
Ben Gazzara
Born: 1930-08-28
Place of birth: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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).
Filmography

Il tesoro di Damasco
1998

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
1977

The Family Rico
1972

Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
2014

Nella terra di nessuno
2000

Poor Liza
2000

Farmer & Chase
1997

The Window Over the Way
1993

High Velocity
1976

A Question of Honor
1982

Droit de Réponse
1981

Arrest and Trial
1963

Columbo
1971

Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem
1994

Bitter Champagne
1986

Night of 100 Stars II
1985

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999