Biagio Anthony Gazzarra (August 28, 1930 – February 3, 2012), known as Ben Gazzara, was an American film, stage, and Emmy Award winning television actor and director.
Gazzara was born in New York City, the son of Italian immigrants Angelina (née Cusumano) and Antonio Gazzarra, who was a laborer and carpenter. Gazzara grew up in New York's Kips Bay neighborhood; he lived on East 29th Street and participated in the drama program at Madison Square Boys and Girls Club located across the street. He attended New York City's Stuyvesant High School; but finally graduated from Saint Simon Stock in the Bronx. Years later, he said that the discovery of his love for acting saved him from a life of crime during his teen years. He went to City College of New York to study electrical engineering. After two years, he relented. He took classes in acting at the Dramatic Workshop of The New School in New York with the influential German director Erwin Piscator and afterward joined the Actors Studio.
In 1954, Gazzara (having tweaked his original surname from "Gazzarra") made several appearances on NBC's legal drama Justice, based on case studies from the Legal Aid Society of New York. Gazzara starred in various Broadway productions around this time, including creating the role of Brick in Tennessee Williams' Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1955) opposite Barbara BelGeddes, directed by Elia Kazan, although he lost out to Paul Newman when the film version was cast. He joined other Actors Studio members in the 1957 film The Strange One. Then came a high-profile performance as a soldier on trial for avenging his wife's rape in Otto Preminger's courtroom drama Anatomy of a Murder (1959).
Dick Cavett John Cassavetes, Peter Falk and Ben Gazzara (1970) Husbands Film
QB VII (1974) [Part 1] Ben Gazzara, Anthony Hopkins
QB VII (1974) [Part 2] Ben Gazzara, Anthony Hopkins
The Life and Times of Ben Gazzara | Profiles | Reserve Channel
Ben Gazzara as Charles Bukowski explains "Style"
Ben Gazzara in Killing of a Chinese Bookie - Opening 15 min: OneMinFilmSchool
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Ben Gazzara on The Killing of a Chinese Bookie and the re-cut
Elaine Stritch on choosing Rock Hudson over Ben Gazzara
What's My Line? - Ben Gazzara; Martin Gabel [panel] (Sep 3, 1961)
What's My Line? - Garry Moore; Ben Gazzara [panel] (Sep 27, 1959)
BEN GAZZARA - New York 42nd et 9th - CINEMA CINEMAS - 1ére partie
Tippi Hedren & Ben Gazzara - end of a love affair
Omaggio a Ben Gazzara, celebre in Italia per la sua interpretazione ne "Il camorrista" di Tornatore
Dick Cavett John Cassavetes, Peter Falk and Ben Gazzara (1970) Husbands Film
QB VII (1974) [Part 1] Ben Gazzara, Anthony Hopkins
QB VII (1974) [Part 2] Ben Gazzara, Anthony Hopkins
The Life and Times of Ben Gazzara | Profiles | Reserve Channel
Ben Gazzara as Charles Bukowski explains "Style"
Ben Gazzara in Killing of a Chinese Bookie - Opening 15 min: OneMinFilmSchool
ben gazzara
Ben Gazzara on The Killing of a Chinese Bookie and the re-cut
Elaine Stritch on choosing Rock Hudson over Ben Gazzara
What's My Line? - Ben Gazzara; Martin Gabel [panel] (Sep 3, 1961)
What's My Line? - Garry Moore; Ben Gazzara [panel] (Sep 27, 1959)
BEN GAZZARA - New York 42nd et 9th - CINEMA CINEMAS - 1ére partie
Tippi Hedren & Ben Gazzara - end of a love affair
Omaggio a Ben Gazzara, celebre in Italia per la sua interpretazione ne "Il camorrista" di Tornatore
San Juan Bosco, La Pelicula Completa, con Ben Gazzara, 1988
★ BEN GAZZARA ★ Some Of His Leading Ladies Through The Years
L'Assassinio di un Allibratore Cinese, John Cassavetes - con Ben Gazzara
Charles Bukowski Ben Gazzara stile
Peter Falk 2/2 - Ben Gazzara 1/2
Janice Rule & Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life TV series
Ben Gazzara & Kim Darby in Run For Your Life TV show
Gena Rowlands & Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life
TROIS CAMARADES - John CASSAVETES - Peter FALK - Ben GAZZARA - 2EME et DERNIERE PARTIE
Don Bosco part1
Don Bosco (1988)
What's My Line? - Eddie Hodges; Ben Gazzara [panel] (Aug 2, 1959)
What's My Line? Eddie Hodges; Ben Gazzara [panel] (Aug 2, 1959)
In Memory of Ben Gazzara on VVH-TV
What's My Line? - Peggy Lee; Ben Gazzara [panel]; Martin Gabel [panel] (Feb 28, 1960)
Storie di ordinaria follia (Crônicas de um amor louco)
JERRY LEWIS SHOW com Janet Leigh e Ben Gazzara.
A Rage to Live (1965) HD
Kraft Suspense Theatre: Rapture at Two-Forty (1965)
Kraft Suspense Theatre: "Rapture at Two-Forty" (1965)
"THE TRIAL OF LEE HARVEY OSWALD" (1977)
A hatful of rain (1957) full movie
Natasha Lyonne Is (Still) The New Badass
The Strange One
WHEN MICHAEL CALLS" (1972) TUESDAY ABC MOVIE OF THE WEEK
Ben Gazzara Interview at John Cassavetes Festival
Sugar Ray Robinson interview, acting & working out with Ben Gazzara
Ben Gazzara Szabo Stein Imre interview
TROIS CAMARADES - John CASSAVETES - Peter FALK - Ben GAZZARA - 1ERE PARTIE
Ben Gazzara.The NameGiving
Sam Wanamaker & Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life
Ben Gazzara & Collin Wilcox in Run For Your Life
Ben Gazzara, Risk-Taking Actor, Is Dead at 81
BEN GAZZARA Y SUS INVITADAS...wmv
BEN GAZZARA R.I.P. (August 28, 1930 -- February 3, 2012)
Claudine Longet "Meditation" performance that began her recording career
Now Playing : Dogville (2003) ~|Full Movie|~
Dick Cavett John Cassavetes, Peter Falk and Ben Gazzara (1970) Husbands Film
Dick Cavett John Cassavetes, Peter Falk and Ben Gazzara (1970) Husbands Film
Julie Wilson and Ben Gazzara in The Strange One (1957)
A Herdeira (Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, James Mason) Dublagem Herbert Richers
San Juan Bosco, La Pelicula Completa, con Ben Gazzara, 1988
A Question of Honor (1982) Ben Gazzara, Paul Sorvino, Robert Vaughn
Ben Gazzara On Kazoo And On Guitar
Don Bosco Ben Gazzara 1ªparte
Don Bosco Ben Gazzara 3ªparte
Don Bosco Ben Gazzara 4ªparte
Beijos e mentiras 1991 (Jaclyn Smith ,Ben Gazzara) Dublagem Herbert Richers
People Like Us (TV Movie 1990) Ben Gazzara, Connie Sellecca,
Ben Gazzara
What's My Line Ben Gazzara; Martin Gabel panel Sep 3, 1961
Charles Bukowski ( Ben Gazzara ) - Stile
Whats My Line! Ben Gazzara; Martin Gabel panel Sep 3, 1961 2
Whats My Line! Eddie Hodges; Ben Gazzara panel Aug 2, 1959 2
Whats My Line! Garry Moore; Ben Gazzara panel Sep 27, 1959 2
Whats My Line! Peggy Lee; Ben Gazzara panel; Martin Gabel panel Feb 28, 1960 2