Ben Gazzara

AKA:
Biagio Anthony Gazzara
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
08/28/1930
Birthplace:
New York, New York
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biography
The son of Sicilian immigrants, Ben Gazzara grew up on New York City's tough Lower East Side in a cold-water flat with the bathtub in the kitchen, speaking Italian as his first language. While movies of the era fueled his dreams, it was the applause greeting his first performance in a play at the Boys Club when he was 12 that really sold him on the life of an actor. After studying engineering briefly, he dropped out of the City College of New York to attend (on scholarship) Erwin Piscator's Dramatic Workshop of the New School for Social Research. Later as a member of the Actors Studio, he took Continued
Credits
Cast
2007
Jack McKay
2004
Frank
2000
Andrew Wallace
1999
Lenny Jordan
1998
Jimmy Brown
1998
Joe Klein
1998
Brad Wesley
1989
Manny Victor
1977
Lieutenant Frederick Manion
1939
Vice President Saxon
Gino Minetti
Major Frank Hallsworth
John Sage
Roger Bannon
Dr David Coleman
Capt Stubbs
Cast
Rhys Williams
John Russo
Director
Harry
John Resko
The Professor
Commander Blake
Jocko DeParis
Al Capone
Clifford Baumgartner
Charles Serking
Lieutenant Jack Lasky
Dino Romero
Jack Flowers
Jack Palladin
Elliott Winslowe
Marcelo Rondi
Amos
Pharaoh Amenophis III
screenplay
From Story
milestones
Year
Milestone
1952 
First professional stage appearance in "Jezebel's Husband" at Pennsylvania's Pocono Playhouse
1952 
Early TV appearances include episodes of "Danger" (CBS) and "Kraft Television Theatre" (NBC)
1953 
Broadway debut as lead of "End as a Man"
1955 
Starred on Broadway in original productions of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (as Brick) and "A Hatful of Rain", receiving a Tony nomination for the his portrayal of Johnny Pope in the latter
1955 
Film debut in bit role as a card player in "I'll Cry Tomorrow"
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