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).
The Shore
2005
The Big Lebowski
1998
Don Bosco
1988
Parallel Lives
1994
Convicts 4
1962
Anatomy of a Murder
1959
Fireball Forward
1972
Dogville
2003
When Michael Calls
1972
Lies Before Kisses
1991
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Voyage of the Damned
1976
Road House
1989
The Thomas Crown Affair
1999
13
2010
Shadow Conspiracy
1997
Saint Jack
1979
Buffalo '66
1998
Happiness
1998
Blue Moon
2000
Inchon
1981
Paris Je T'aime
2006
Summer of Sam
1999
The List
2000
The Bridge at Remagen
1969
Capone
1975
Opening Night
1977
Dogville Confessions
2004
Blindsided
1993
The Professor
1986
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
1976
Bloodline
1979
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
Chez Gino
2011
Vicious Circles
1997
The Spanish Prisoner
1997
Bitter Champagne
1986
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969
Tales of Ordinary Madness
1981