Nationality: American
Birthdate: 07/30/1934
Birthplace: Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Death Date: 09/07/1991
Reliable, fair-haired stage actor, noted for his starring performances in Edward Albee's "American Dream" and "The Zoo Story" in the early 1960s. Piazza made his film debut in Sidney Furie's "A Dangerous Age" (1957) and portrayed studio chief Darryl F. Zanuck in "Guilty by Suspicion" (1991). Piazza also wrote plays and a novel, "The Exact and Very Strange Truth", which was published in 1964.
Councilman Whitewood
1976
1952
Stage debut, "Othello", at the Theatre Intime in Princeton NJ
1958
Broadway debut in "Winesburg, Ohio"
1957
Film debut, "A Dangerous Age" (director, Sidney J. Furie)
1961
Played "Young Man" in Edward Albee's "The American Dream" at the York Playhouse, later (1962) in repertory with Albee's "The Zoo Story" at the Cherry Lane Theatre, New York
1965
Played Dr. Mike Rogers on "Ben Casey" TV series