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Ben Gazzara
Biagio Anthony Gazzarra (August 28, 1930 – February 3, 2012), known as Ben Gazzara, was an American film, stage, and television actor and director. His best known films include Anatomy of a Murder (1959), Voyage of the Damned (1976), Inchon (1981), Road House (1989), The Big Lebowski (1998), Happiness (1998), The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), Summer of Sam (1999), Dogville (2003) and Paris, je t'aime (2006). He was a recurring collaborator with John Cassavetes, working with him on Husbands (1970), The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) and Opening Night (1977).
As the star of the television series Run for Your Life (1965-1968), Gazzarra was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards and two Emmy Awards. He won his first, and only, Emmy Award for his role in the television film Hysterical Blindness (2002).
As actor
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
Ristabbanna
Chez Gino
Il Volo
Christopher Roth
13
Holy Money
The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes
Eve
Empire State Building Murders
Looking for Palladin
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
Donne sbagliate
A Prince Called Toto
Paris Je T'aime
Quiet Flows The Don
Bonjour Michel
The Shore
Pope John Paul II
Dogville Confessions
Dogville
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
L'ospite segreto
Hysterical Blindness
Home Sweet Hoboken
Brian's Song
Nella terra di nessuno
Poor Liza
