Biagio Anthony Gazzarra (August 28, 1930 โ 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 'O Professore di Vesuviano(5 eps)
as Don Otello Di Bella(4 eps)
as Oncle Giovanni
as Paul Andersen
as Schlondorff
as Vatican's Banker
as Joe
as Paulie Genovese
as Jack Palladin
as Self
as Franco Maresco
as Secretov
as General Secretov(7 eps)
as Don Fred Di Venanzio(6 eps)
as Ben (Quartier Latin)
as Kardinal Agostino Casaroli(2 eps)
as Mr. Bob Harris
as michele Terranova
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
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.(1 ep)
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 Doctor(1 ep)
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 Self
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 Riviรจre
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(125 eps)
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(2 eps)
as George Werner
as Morris Troper
as Clifford Baumgartner
as Cosmo Vittelli
as Al Capone
as Self(1 ep)
as Abe Cady(2 eps)
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(1 ep)
as Self
as Harry
as Self (archive footage)
as Sgt. Angelo
as Card Player
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Roger Bannon
as Paul Bryan(86 eps)
as Fred
as Paul Bryan(1 ep)
as Sidney(1 ep)
as Nick Anderson(30 eps)
as Captain George Stubbs
as Self(3 eps)
as John Resko
as Self(2 eps)
as Self - Co-Host(1 ep)
as Dr. David Coleman
as Lello
as Jim Mason
as Lt. Frederick Manion
as Moony (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
as Stanley Carr
as Jocko de Paris
as Jim Mason(1 ep)
as Self - Nominee(2 eps)
as Self(4 eps)
as Self - Nominee / Presenter(1 ep)