Ben Gazzara

Born: 1930-08-28

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Gazzara, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.    


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Released: 1998-03-06

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Dogville

as Jack McKay
Released: 2003-05-21

A mysterious woman named Grace hides in a small mountain town from criminals who pursue her. The...

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The Thomas Crown Affair

as Andrew Wallace
Released: 1999-08-06

A very rich and successful playboy amuses himself by stealing artwork, but may have met his...

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Road House

as Brad Wesley
Released: 1989-05-19

The Double Deuce is the meanest, loudest and rowdiest bar south of the Mason-Dixon Line, and...

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Buffalo '66

as Jimmy Brown
Released: 1998-01-20

Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student...

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Anatomy of a Murder

as Lt. Frederick Manion
Released: 1959-01-07

Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a...

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The Bridge at Remagen

as Sgt. Angelo
Released: 1969-06-25

In March of 1945, as the War in Europe is coming to a close, fighting erupts between German and...

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Summer of Sam

as Luigi
Released: 1999-07-02

During the summer of 1977, a killer known as the Son of Sam keeps all of New York City on edge...

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Paris Je T'aime

as Ben (Quartier Latin)
Released: 2006-06-21

Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished...

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Capone

as Al Capone
Released: 1975-04-16

Young Al Capone catches the eye of Johnny Torrio, a criminal visiting New York from Chicago....

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13

as Schlondorff
Released: 2010-03-12

A naive young man assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground...

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Shadow Conspiracy

as Vicepresident Saxon
Released: 1997-01-25

Bobby Bishop is a special assistant to the President of the United States. Accidentally, he...

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Opening Night

as Manny Victor
Released: 1977-12-22

Actress Myrtle Gordon is a functioning alcoholic who is a few days from the opening night of her...

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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

as Cosmo Vittelli
Released: 1976-02-15

Cosmo Vittelli, the proprietor of a sleazy, low-rent Hollywood cabaret, has a real affection for...

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Happiness

as Lenny Jordan
Released: 1998-10-11

The lives of many individuals connected by the desire for happiness, often from sources usually...

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Bloodline

as Rhys Williams
Released: 1979-06-29

When her father is murdered, a cosmetics heiress becomes the next target of an unknown killer...

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Saint Jack

as Jack Flowers
Released: 1979-04-27

Jack Flowers is an American hustler trying to make his fortune in 1970s Singapore in small time...

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Illuminata

as Old Flavio
Released: 1998-05-21

It's the start of the 20th century, and Tuccio, resident playwright of a theatre repertory...

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If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

as Card Player
Released: 1969-04-24

A group of travelers from the United States race through seven European countries in 18 days.

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The Spanish Prisoner

as Mr. Klein
Released: 1997-12-03

An inventor of a secret process suddenly finds himself alone as both his friends and the...

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Hysterical Blindness

as Nick
Released: 2002-01-16

Two friends lament their unhappy single lives while searching for Mr. Right in 1980s New Jersey.

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Voyage of the Damned

as Morris Troper
Released: 1976-12-22

A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.

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Husbands

as Harry
Released: 1970-12-01

A common friend's sudden death brings three men, married with children, to reconsider their...

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Dogville Confessions

as Himself
Released: 2004-06-27

This film depicts the intense drama that takes place during the making of Dogville. Lars von...

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Los Angeles Plays Itself

as Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski (archive footage)
Released: 2004-07-28

From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop...

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Stag

as Frank Grieco
Released: 1997-04-01

An accidental death at a bachelor party spurs a night of shooting, kidnapping and murder in the...

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Night of 100 Stars II

as Self
Released: 1985-03-10

This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited...

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The Professor

as Il Professore
Released: 1986-09-12

An imprisoned murderer carries out a violent bid for control of Naples' underworld crime syndicate.

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Tales of Ordinary Madness

as Charles Serking
Released: 1981-09-11

Poet/lecturer Charles Serking awakens from his alcoholic haze long enough to take a bus back to...

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Inchon

as Maj. Frank Hallsworth
Released: 1981-05-04

Gen. Douglas MacArthur leads a Korean War campaign, and the war tests a married couple's...

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Convict Cowboy

as Warden Ferguson
Released: 1995-07-15

New inmate Clay Treyton, doing time for fisticuffs, is sent to a Montana ranch where prisoners...

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They All Laughed

as John Russo
Released: 1981-11-20

New York's Odyssey Detective Agency is hired by two different clients to follow two women...

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Convicts 4

as John Resko
Released: 1962-09-15

After his death sentence is commuted to life in prison, John Resko is transferred from Sing-Sing...

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The Sicilian Connection

as Joseph Coppola
Released: 1972-12-21

A small time hood smuggles drugs from Turkey to Italy in an effort to make it into the big time,...

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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1988-11-22

Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.

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The Girl from Trieste

as Dino Romani
Released: 1982-10-28

A middle-aged artist (Ben Gazarra) sketching on the beach witnesses a young woman (Ornella Muti)...

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Eve

as Joe
Released: 2008-08-27

Kate is a young woman visiting her grandmother to talk about her mother "Eve" but instead she...

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Fireball Forward

as Maj. Gen Joe Barrett
Released: 1972-03-05

A hard-nose general takes over a division with a bad combat record.

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Control

as Mike Zella
Released: 1987-02-14

An experiment of psychological effects under stressful conditions in a shelter. When fifteen...

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Blue Moon

as Frank Cavallo
Released: 2000-01-16

Hoping to revitalize their marriage, an elderly couple from New York (Gazzara, Moreno) go on...

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Forever

as Marcelo
Released: 1991-08-16

Marked by her father's strong presence, since he is a rich and powerful businessman, the...

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Pursuit

as Steven Graves
Released: 1972-12-12

What begins as a routine investigation quickly escalates into a heartstopping race to save...

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Bandits

as Amos
Released: 1995-01-01

Amos, a watchmaker, loses his wife due to post-surgery complications. Destroyed by grief, he...

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Parallel Lives

as Charlie Duke
Released: 1994-08-04

A college reunion turns into a tangled web of passion, romance and intrigue as old friends and...

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Believe

as uncredited
Released: 2000-03-22

After being continually kicked out of boarding schools, Ben is sent to live with his stern...

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Carol for Another Christmas

as Fred
Released: 1964-12-28

Daniel Grudge, a wealthy industrialist and fierce isolationist long embittered by the loss of...

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Blindsided

as Ira Gold
Released: 1993-01-20

An ex-cop is temporarily blinded when he steals cash from a money laundering operations. While...

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Brian's Song

as Coach Halas
Released: 2001-12-02

The story of professional football players Gale Sayes and Brian Piccolo, and how their...

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Don Bosco

as Don Giovanni Bosco
Released: 1988-01-31

This film depicts the life of Saint John Bosco, who dedicated his life to rescuing abandoned and...

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The Strange One

as Jocko de Paris
Released: 1957-04-12

A military school student develops a destructive power over his fellow cadets.

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Christopher Roth

as Paul Andersen
Released: 2010-04-10

A horror novelist begins to fear his stories may have a life of their own.

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Holy Money

as Vatican's Banker
Released: 2009-09-16

Anthony's family runs a small Italian restaurant in London. When his childhood friend, Dario,...

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People Like Us

as Gus Bailey
Released: 1990-05-13

When a wealthy scriptwriter and socialite's daughter is murdered, he feels let down by the...

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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1982-01-01

A collection of bloopers and outtakes from an enormous selection of Hollywood classic...

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The Death of Richie

as George Werner
Released: 1977-01-10

A sensitive but confused teenager feels pressure from all directions and turns to drugs, which...

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Ladykiller

as Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky
Released: 1996-10-05

Over a year after a chase to catch a serial slayer dubbed the 'LADYKILLER' ended in the death of...

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The Neptune Factor

as Cmdr. Adrian Blake
Released: 1973-08-03

When an underwater ocean lab is lost in a earthquake, an advanced submarine is sent down to find...

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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

as Self
Released: 2003-01-01

Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about...

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The Shore

as uncredited
Released: 2005-09-11

The devastating disappearance of a young girl haunts her grieving family in this fact-based tale...

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The Passionate Thief

as Lello
Released: 1960-10-12

On New Year's Eve, a young woman and an out-of-work actor complicate a pickpocket's plans to ply...

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Police Story: The Freeway Killings

as Capt. Tom Wright
Released: 1987-05-03

Thriller/Drama about LAPD detectives tracking down two serial killers who are murdering hookers.

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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

as Self
Released: 2021-08-14

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s...

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Chez Gino

as Oncle Giovanni
Released: 2011-03-29

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Downpayment on Murder

as Harry Cardell
Released: 1987-01-18

About an estranged husband who, in an explosive rage, decides to have his wife murdered by a...

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Il Volo

as uncredited
Released: 2010-03-19

Inspired by the experiences of some small southern Italian municipalities which chose to...

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Very Mean Men

as Gino Minetti
Released: 2000-06-10

A bartender wants rid of an obnoxious drunk but not until the drunk has left a decent tip. So...

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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1970-03-24

Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King,...

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High Velocity

as uncredited
Released: 1976-09-01

Ben Gazzara and Paul Winfield play Vietnam veterans turned mercenaries who are hired to rescue a...

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Donne sbagliate

as Franco Maresco
Released: 2007-03-05

Silvia Soriani, widow of a merchant associated with the Camorra, is arrested by the police. The...

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A Letter to Three Wives

as Porter Holloway
Released: 1985-12-16

Three women are going on a trip that leaves incommunicado with the rest of the world and before...

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Poor Liza

as The Narrator
Released: 2000-01-01

A beautiful peasant girl is romanced and abandoned by a young nobleman.

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An Early Frost

as Nick Pierson
Released: 1985-05-01

Successful lawyer Michael Pierson is gay, but he has always hidden this part of his life from...

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Maneater

as Nick Baron
Released: 1973-12-09

Two couples on a camping trip are hunted by two tigers set upon them by a crazed animal trainer.

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Vicious Circles

as March
Released: 1997-01-01

When a young man is arrested for dealing drugs, his girlfriend tries to help him out by making...

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Droit de Réponse

as Self
Released: 1981-12-12

"Droit de Réponse" (Right of Reply) is a French debate program broadcast between December 12,...

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The Zone

as Dick Althorp
Released: 1995-11-16

Former Gulf War hero Rowdy Welles is framed for murder by unscrupulous CIA boss Dick Althorp. As...

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Bitter Champagne

as Paul Rivière
Released: 1986-01-01

In North Africa, a father and his illegitimate son are in love with the same woman.

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The Young Doctors

as Dr. David Coleman
Released: 1961-08-23

An aging doctor's resentment of his young assistant could lead to tragedy.

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A Rage to Live

as Roger Bannon
Released: 1965-10-20

Grace Caldwell, a young Pennsylvania newspaper heiress living with her widowed mother, has...

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Quiet Flows The Don

as Secretov
Released: 2006-11-07

With World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution, and the Russian Civil War as backdrop, it's an...

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One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film

as Self
Released: 2014-08-26

The grim woes that surrounded famed director Peter Bogdanovich and his film, "They All Laughed."

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Paradise Cove

as Duke Mantee
Released: 1999-01-01

A 1999 film directed by Robert Clapsadle.

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A Constant Forge

as Self
Released: 2000-01-01

One of the great mavericks of cinema, John Cassavetes has earned a reputation as the godfather...

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The List

as D.A. Bernard Salman
Released: 2000-09-27

After being arrested for solicitation, a high-class prostitute threatens to make public a list...

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When Michael Calls

as Doremus Connelly
Released: 1972-02-05

A woman begins to receive ominous phone calls from her nephew, who died 15 years earlier. With...

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Too Tired to Die

as John Sage
Released: 1998-01-20

Keith is a Japanese twenty-something who is followed by Death in various disguises. When he...

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Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage

as Joseph Bonanno
Released: 1993-05-23

The story of Rosalie Bonnano, the daughter of a powerful New York Mafia boss who married the son...

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Lies Before Kisses

as Grant Sanders
Released: 1991-03-03

A wealthy publisher is accused of murdering a prostitute he had once spent the night with. The...

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Farmer & Chase

as Farmer
Released: 1997-01-10

A career thief forms a partnership with his reluctant son.

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Uno scandalo perbene

as The man with no memory
Released: 1984-10-19

Based on a real-life mystery in the newspapers after World War I, this conventional,...

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The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

as Anson 'Kip' Roberts
Released: 1977-09-30

The bizarre story behind the man accused of assassinating John F. Kennedy and what might have...

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Looking for Palladin

as Jack Palladin
Released: 2008-03-05

Brash young Hollywood talent agent Josh Ross (David Moscow) is dispatched to Guatemala, where...

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Angelo Nero

as Padre Guelfi
Released: 1998-06-24

Jack Altieri, a young Italian-American restaurant owner, arrives at Vesta awaits him a painting...

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Conquered City

as Captain George Stubbs
Released: 1962-12-05

Filmed in 1962 but not released in the US until 1966 (with 20 of its 108 minutes removed),...

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Beyond the Ocean

as John Tana
Released: 1990-04-09

A big-time businessman throws in the towel on his company and high-tails it out to Bali just as...

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Valentine's Day

as Joe Buddha
Released: 1998-01-01

Detective Jack Valentine is reinstated from his desk job to go back onto the streets. His first...

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Anything for John

as Self
Released: 1993-09-06

An intimate portrait of actor-writer-director John Cassavetes and a loving tribute to his genius...

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My Dearest Son

as Antonio Morelli
Released: 1985-09-20

A respectable lawyer finds out his son is a heroin addict. Heartbroken, he'll do anything to...

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Nefertiti: Daughter of the Sun

as Amenophis III
Released: 1994-01-01

Tadushepa grows from a young princess from the Mitanni kingdom to the legendary Queen Nefertiti...

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Three Plays by Tennessee Williams

as Moony (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
Released: 1958-04-15

A presentation of Tennessee Williams' three one-act plays: "Moony's Kid Don't Cry", "The Last of...

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Undertaker's Paradise

as Jim
Released: 2000-06-25

Black comedy about a young undertaker, starting his own firm in a seaside resort.

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Jack of Hearts

as Batossa
Released: 2000-11-02

A cop looking for a chance to redeem himself comes up against a man who has built a fortune out...

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Woman of Wonders

as Alberto
Released: 1985-09-06

In a straightforward yet unexceptional rendering of the life and loves of Alberto (Ben Gazzara),...

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Nella terra di nessuno

as L'avvocato Scalzi
Released: 2000-09-21

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Quicker Than the Eye

as Ben Norell
Released: 1989-07-22

An expert magician is hired to entertain world leaders at a peace summit. Unfortunately, he...

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The Family Rico

as Eddie Rico
Released: 1972-09-13

A Mafia chief is torn between his brother, who has defected from the family, and his loyalty to...

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A Prince Called Toto

as Self
Released: 2007-05-15

Totò, the mythical comedian of Italian stage and screen, was the illegitimate child of a noble...

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Shark in a Bottle

as The Arranger
Released: 2000-06-12

Guy Normal (probably not his real name) is clumsy, has amnesia, and has fallen into the hands of...

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Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem

as Moshe
Released: 1994-01-02

Both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are sensitively explored in the Tunisian-French...

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A Question of Honor

as Detective Joe DeFalco
Released: 1982-04-28

Television account of an honest New York narcotics cop who becomes unwillingly involved in a...

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The Making of 'Husbands'

as Self
Released: 1971-03-28

A documentary behind the scenes of John Cassavetes' 'Husbands' (1970).

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L'ospite segreto

as Ispettore di Polizia Solomos
Released: 2003-05-02

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to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour

as Cosmo Vitelli (archive footage)
Released: 2023-11-26

An omnium-gatherum of film, poem, and song excerpts contextually juxtaposed in an attempt to...

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The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes

as Self
Released: 2009-08-18

Producer Al Ruban, actor Ben Gazzara, and cinematographer Victor J. Kemper share their fond...

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Il tesoro di Damasco

as Gregorio Kos
Released: 1998-10-06

A mysterious black marble tablet is found in Syrian desert by an Arab terrorist after an attack...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as E.A.D.A.
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1968-06-06

The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various...

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What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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Run for Your Life

as Paul Bryan
First aired: 1965-09-13

Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only...

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Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Paul Bryan
First aired: 1963-10-10

Kraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on...

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Arrest and Trial

as Detective Sergeant Nick Anderson
First aired: 1963-09-15

Arrest and Trial is a 90-minute American crime/legal drama series that ran during the 1963-1964...

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L'onore e il rispetto

as Don Fred Di Venanzio
First aired: 2006-09-05

L'onore e il rispetto is an Italian television series. There are three seasons, each with six...

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Pope John Paul II

as Kardinal Agostino Casaroli
First aired: 2005-12-04

The life of the remarkable man who passed away after an extraordinary 26 year reign, and whose...

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QB VII

as Abe Cady
First aired: 1974-04-29

A physician sues a novelist for publishing statements implicating the doctor in Nazi war crimes.

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Quiet Flows the Don

as Secretov tábornok
First aired: 2006-11-06

With World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution, and the Russian Civil War as backdrop, it's an...

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Pupetta - Il Coraggio e la passione

as Don Otello Di Bella
First aired: 2013-06-06

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