Known for Acting
Birthday
August 28, 1930
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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).

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

Golden Globe Awards

What's My Line?

What's My Line?

The Dick Cavett Show
The Tony Danza Show
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Run for Your Life

Dinah!

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Arrest and Trial

L'onore e il rispetto

Quiet Flows the Don

QB VII

Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore

Pope John Paul II

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald