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).
125 movies · 24 shows
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021·0.0
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
2014·9.0
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
2014·6.7
Ristabbanna
2012·6.0
Chez Gino
2011·4.4
Christopher Roth
2010·4.3
Il Volo
2010·0.0
13
2010·5.8
Holy Money
2009·5.0
The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes
2009·0.0
Eve
2008·5.6
Empire State Building Murders
2008·0.0
Looking for Palladin
2008·3.0
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
2008·7.0
A Prince Called Toto
2007·5.0
Donne sbagliate
2007·4.0
Quiet Flows The Don
2006·4.3
Paris Je T'aime
2006·6.8
Pope John Paul II
2005·0.0
The Shore
2005·6.7
Bonjour Michel
2005·0.0
Dogville Confessions
2004·7.0
Dogville
2003·7.8
L'ospite segreto
2003·0.0
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003·7.0
Hysterical Blindness
2002·6.1
Home Sweet Hoboken
2001·7.0
Brian's Song
2001·6.4
Jack of Hearts
2000·2.9
A Constant Forge
2000·6.8
The List
2000·4.8
Nella terra di nessuno
2000·9.0
Piovuto dal cielo
2000·9.0
Undertaker's Paradise
2000·6.5
Shark in a Bottle
2000·7.1
Very Mean Men
2000·5.3
Believe
2000·5.5
Blue Moon
2000·7.5
Poor Liza
2000·9.0
The Thomas Crown Affair
1999·6.8
Summer of Sam
1999·6.5
Paradise Cove
1999·6.5
Happiness
1998·7.4
Il tesoro di Damasco
1998·10.0
Marilyn in Manhattan
1998·7.9
Too Tired to Die
1998·5.1
Angelo Nero
1998·0.0
Illuminata
1998·5.5
The Big Lebowski
1998·7.8
Buffalo '66
1998·7.1
Valentine's Day
1998·3.9
The Spanish Prisoner
1997·6.8
Stag
1997·5.1
Shadow Conspiracy
1997·5.0
Farmer & Chase
1997·9.0
Vicious Circles
1997·4.8
Ladykiller
1996·4.0
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
1996·0.0
The Zone
1995·4.7
Convict Cowboy
1995·6.5
Bandits
1995·3.7
Parallel Lives
1994·5.7
Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem
1994·8.0
Nefertiti: Daughter of the Sun
1994·5.1
Anything for John
1993·7.3
Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage
1993·6.0
Blindsided
1993·4.2
The Window Over the Way
1993·9.0
Forever
1991·4.4
Lies Before Kisses
1991·0.0
People Like Us
1990·5.8
Beyond the Ocean
1990·4.7
Quicker Than the Eye
1989·4.4
Road House
1989·6.8
Arena - John Cassavetes
1989·0.0
Don Bosco
1988·6.5
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
1987·6.3
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987·6.5
Control
1987·5.6
Downpayment on Murder
1987·6.3
The Professor
1986·7.1
Bitter Champagne
1986·8.0
A Letter to Three Wives
1985·3.8
My Dearest Son
1985·5.3
Woman of Wonders
1985·6.8
An Early Frost
1985·5.8
Night of 100 Stars II
1985·6.8
Uno scandalo perbene
1984·5.6
The Girl from Trieste
1982·4.8
A Question of Honor
1982·8.5
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982·6.0
Droit de Réponse
1981·8.3
They All Laughed
1981·5.9
Tales of Ordinary Madness
1981·6.0
Inchon
1981·3.9
Bloodline
1979·4.9
Saint Jack
1979·6.7
Opening Night
1977·7.6
The Death of Richie
1977·7.0
Voyage of the Damned
1976·6.0
High Velocity
1976·9.0
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
1976·7.0
Capone
1975·5.9
Maneater
1973·7.0
The Neptune Factor
1973·5.1
The Sicilian Connection
1972·6.1
Pursuit
1972·5.4
The Family Rico
1972·9.5
Fireball Forward
1972·6.5
When Michael Calls
1972·5.7
The Making of 'Husbands'
1971·0.0
Husbands
1970·6.7
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970·7.3
The Bridge at Remagen
1969·6.8
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969·5.9
A Rage to Live
1965·4.8
Carol for Another Christmas
1964·5.9
Conquered City
1962·5.5
Convicts 4
1962·5.1
The Young Doctors
1961·5.8
The Passionate Thief
1960·6.9
You'll Never See Me Again
1959·0.0
Anatomy of a Murder
1959·7.8
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
1958·5.0
The Strange One
1957·6.5