Highest rated as cast or director
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).
Acted in 111
2020s
- 2025
Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
'O Professore di Vesuviano · 5 episodes
2010s
- 2013
Pupetta, Woman of Honor
Don Otello Di Bella · 4 episodes
- 2011
- 2010
Christopher Roth
Paul Andersen
Il Volo
Movie
2000s
- 2009
Holy Money
Vatican's Banker
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006
Quiet Flows The Don
Secretov
Quiet Flows the Don
General Secretov · 7 episodes
L'onore e il rispetto
Don Fred Di Venanzio · 6 episodes
- 2005
Pope John Paul II
Kardinal Agostino Casaroli · 2 episodes
- 2003
L'ospite segreto
Ispettore di Polizia Solomos
- 2002
Hysterical Blindness
Nick
- 2001
Brian's Song
Coach Halas
- 2000
Nella terra di nessuno
L'avvocato Scalzi
Undertaker's Paradise
Jim
Shark in a Bottle
The Arranger
Very Mean Men
Gino Minetti
Believe
Movie
Blue Moon
Frank Cavallo
1990s
- 1999
Paradise Cove
Duke Mantee
- 1998
Il tesoro di Damasco
Gregorio Kos
Too Tired to Die
John Sage
Angelo Nero
Padre Guelfi
Illuminata
Old Flavio
Valentine's Day
Joe Buddha
- 1997
Stag
Frank Grieco
Farmer & Chase
Farmer
Vicious Circles
March
- 1996
Ladykiller
Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky
- 1995
The Zone
Dick Althorp
Bandits
Amos
- 1994
Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem
Moshe
- 1993
Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage
Joseph Bonanno
Blindsided
Ira Gold
The Window Over the Way
Movie
- 1991
Forever
Marcelo
- 1990
Beyond the Ocean
John Tana
1980s
- 1989
Quicker Than the Eye
Ben Norell
- 1988
Don Bosco
Don Giovanni Bosco
- 1987
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
Capt. Tom Wright
Control
Mike Zella
Downpayment on Murder
Harry Cardell
- 1986
Bitter Champagne
Paul Rivière
- 1985
A Letter to Three Wives
Porter Holloway
My Dearest Son
Antonio Morelli
Woman of Wonders
Alberto
An Early Frost
Nick Pierson
- 1984
Uno scandalo perbene
The man with no memory
- 1982
- 1981
They All Laughed
John Russo
Inchon
Maj. Frank Hallsworth
1970s
- 1979
Bloodline
Rhys Williams
- 1977
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
Anson 'Kip' Roberts · 2 episodes
- 1976
High Velocity
Clifford Baumgartner
- 1975
- 1974
QB VII
Abe Cady · 2 episodes
- 1973
Maneater
Nick Baron
The Neptune Factor
Cmdr. Adrian Blake
- 1972
The Sicilian Connection
Joseph Coppola
Pursuit
Steven Graves
The Family Rico
Eddie Rico
Fireball Forward
Maj. Gen Joe Barrett
When Michael Calls
Doremus Connelly
- 1970
Husbands
Harry
1960s
- 1969
- 1965
- 1964
- 1963
- 1962
Convicts 4
John Resko
- 1961
The Young Doctors
Dr. David Coleman
- 1960
The Passionate Thief
Lello
1950s
- 1959
- 1958
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
Moony (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
- 1957
The Strange One
Jocko de Paris
- 1956
Armchair Theatre
Jim Mason · 1 episode
Directed 4
1990s
- 1990
Beyond the Ocean
Director
1970s
- 1971
1960s
- 1968
- 1965
Wrote 1
1990s
- 1990
Beyond the Ocean
Writer
Appearances24
2020s
- 2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
2010s
- 2014
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
Self
2000s
- 2009
The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes
Self
- 2007
A Prince Called Toto
Self
- 2004
- 2003
- 2000
A Constant Forge
Self
1990s
- 1998
Marilyn in Manhattan
Self
- 1993
Anything for John
Self
1980s
- 1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
- 1985
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
- 1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
- 1981
Droit de Réponse
Self
1970s
- 1974
- 1971
The Making of 'Husbands'
Self
- 1970
1960s
- 1968
- 1962
- 1961
