Ben Gazzara
Acting
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).
Born: August 28, 1930
Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
The Family Rico
A Mafia chief is torn between his brother, who has defected from the family, and his loyalty to the organization.
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
Droit de Réponse
"Droit de Réponse" (Right of Reply) is a French debate program broadcast between December 12, 1981 and September 19, 1987 on the TF1 channel, presented by Michel Polac and produced by Maurice Dugowson. Broadcast live on a weekly basis, on Saturdays from 8.30 p.m., the right of reply has been the source of many controversies, due to the various speakers who have come to present their point of view on the show (which leads to famous scandals , remained in the memory of viewers), but also for the variety and relevance of the topics covered, which ensured the success of the program on the air for several years. On French television, this program is considered by some observers as a “pioneer program in terms of controversy-show or clash, in modern language”.
Night of 100 Stars II
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
Anatomy of a Murder
Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. Over the course of an extensive trial, Biegler parries with District Attorney Lodwick and out-of-town prosecutor Claude Dancer to set his client free, but his case rests on the victim's mysterious business partner, who's hiding a dark secret.
The Big Lebowski
Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events involving nihilists, adult film producers, ferrets, errant toes, and large sums of money.
Dogville
A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town, she learns that their support has a price.
Arrest and Trial
Arrest and Trial is a 90-minute American crime/legal drama series that ran during the 1963-1964 season on ABC, airing Sundays from 8:30-10 p.m. Eastern.
QB VII
A physician sues a novelist for publishing statements implicating the doctor in Nazi war crimes.
Filmography
as 'O Professore di Vesuviano
as Cosmo Vitelli (archive footage)
as Don Otello Di Bella
as Oncle Giovanni
as Paul Andersen
as Schlondorff
as Vatican's Banker
as Joe
as Jack Palladin
as Self
as Franco Maresco
as General Secretov
as Secretov
as Don Fred Di Venanzio
as Ben (Quartier Latin)
as Kardinal Agostino Casaroli
as Mr. Bob Harris
as Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski (archive footage)
as Self
as Jack McKay
as Ispettore di Polizia Solomos
as Nick
as Coach Halas
as Batossa
as Self
as D.A. Bernard Salman
as L'avvocato Scalzi
as Jim
as The Arranger
as Gino Minetti
as Frank Cavallo
as The Narrator
as E.A.D.A.
as Andrew Wallace
as Luigi
as Duke Mantee
as Lenny Jordan
as Gregorio Kos
as Self
as John Sage
as Padre Guelfi
as Old Flavio
as Jackie Treehorn
as Jimmy Brown
as Joe Buddha
as Mr. Klein
as Frank Grieco
as Vicepresident Saxon
as Farmer
as March
as Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky
as Dick Althorp
as Warden Ferguson
as Amos
as Charlie Duke
as Moshe
as Amenophis III
as Self
as Joseph Bonanno
as Ira Gold
as Marcelo
as Grant Sanders
as Gus Bailey
as John Tana
as Ben Norell
as Brad Wesley
as Don Giovanni Bosco
as Capt. Tom Wright
as Self (archive footage)
as Mike Zella
as Harry Cardell
as 'O Professore di Vesuviano
as Paul Rivière
as Porter Holloway
as Antonio Morelli
as Alberto
as Nick Pierson
as Self
as The man with no memory
as Dino Romani
as Detective Joe DeFalco
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as John Russo
as Charles Serking
as Maj. Frank Hallsworth
as Rhys Williams
as Jack Flowers
as Manny Victor
as Anson 'Kip' Roberts
as George Werner
as Morris Troper
as Cosmo Vittelli
as Al Capone
as Self
as Abe Cady
as Nick Baron
as Cmdr. Adrian Blake
as Joseph Coppola
as Steven Graves
as Eddie Rico
as Maj. Gen Joe Barrett
as Doremus Connelly
as Self
as Harry
as Self (archive footage)
as Sgt. Angelo
as Card Player
as Self - Guest
as Roger Bannon
as Paul Bryan
as Fred
as Paul Bryan
as Nick Anderson
as Captain George Stubbs
as John Resko
as Self
as Self - Co-Host
as Dr. David Coleman
as Lello
as Lieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion
as Moony (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
as Jocko de Paris
as Self - Nominee
as Self - Mystery Guest
as Self - Panelist
as Self - Nominee / Presenter