Ben Gazzara Net Worth is
$800,000

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Ben Gazzara’s display profession began with two critically acclaimed functions as heavies in the past due 1950s. He considered tv in the 1960s but produced a silver screen return with functions in three John Cassavetes movies in the 1970s. The 1980s and 1990s noticed Gazzara work more often than previously in personality parts. If he by no means became the main character his early movies and stage function promised, he previously a career significant for its durability. He was created Biagio Anthony Gazzara on August 28, 1930, in NEW YORK. The son of the Sicilian immigrant laborer, he was raised on New York’s hard Lower East Aspect. After viewing Laurette Taylor in “The Cup Menagerie,” Gazzara made a decision he wished to become an professional. He studied anatomist (unhappily) but give up after getting an acting scholarship or grant (he proved helpful under well-known trainer Erwin Piscator). Gazzara then joined the Stars Studio, in which a group of college students improvised a play from Calder Willingham’s book End as a guy. The tale of the brutal southern armed service academy reached Broadway somewhat transformed in 1953 but with Gazzara still in the main role. It had been a star producing part (he received a Theatre Globe honor) and then performed leads in the initial productions of “Kitty on the Warm Tin Roof” (1955) and “A Hatful of Rainfall” (1955) (he was nominated for any Tony). Bigger titles Paul Newman and Don Murray performed those last two functions on the silver screen but Gazzara produced his film debut in The Unusual One (1957) the film edition of “End as a guy.” The film was a crucial but not industrial success. His following part was as the accused in Anatomy of the Murder (1959) that was a big strike. Gazzara followed this with an Italian endeavor co-starring Anna Magnani, Risate di gioia (1960), two Hollywood movies The Small Doctors (1961) and Convicts 4 (1962) and another Italian film Conquered Town (1962). None of the did very much for his profession, and he considered television. He made an appearance in the effective series Arrest and Trial (1963) and Operate for YOUR DAILY LIFE (1965). Among, he produced A Trend to Live (1965), a film edition of John O’Hara’s book. He came back to movies in The Bridge at Remagen (1969) and having a cameo appearance in WHETHER IT’S Tuesday, This SHOULD BE Belgium (1969). His friend in the cameo was John Cassavetes, who directed and co-starred with him in Husbands (1970), a crucial success. Gazzara produced two even more well-received films along with his buddy Cassavetes: The Getting rid of of a Chinese language Bookie (1976) and Starting Night (1977). Gazzara’s other movies in the 1970s had been undistinguished in addition to the sprawling Voyage from the Damned (1976) and a rare leading function in movie director Peter Bogdanovich’s Saint Jack port (1979). Bloodline (1979) plus they All Laughed (1981) (also directed by Bogdanovich) had been only notable due to Gazzara’s off-screen romantic relationship with co-star Audrey Hepburn (ironically, Gazzara got declined to create his display screen debut in Battle and Peacefulness (1956) starring Hepburn). Storie di ordinaria follia (1981) was another business lead for Gazzara, nonetheless it received a blended critical reception. Various other big-screen jobs in the 1980s had been scarce aside from Street Home (1989), a Patrick Swayze automobile that Gazzara thought out of most his films have been one of the most repeated on tv. He worked very much on the tiny screen, like the groundbreaking tv movie AN EARLY ON Frost (1985), playing the daddy of an Helps victim. The 1990s saw Gazzara working like nothing you’ve seen prior, appearing in 38 motion pictures. Most had been for free-to-air tv or wire but he also done the silver screen in The Spanish Prisoner (1997), THE BEST Lebowski (1998), Pleasure (1998) and Summertime of Sam (1999). His tv function included a visitor appearance as an professional assistant attorney inside a 2001 bout of Law & Purchase: Unique Victims Device (1999)

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Arrest and Trial (1963) was the forerunner of Legislation & Purchase (1990) and its own spin-off series. Gazzara offers often returned to the level throughout his career-in “THE NIGHT TIME Circus” (1958) (where he met second wife Janice Guideline), “Strange Interlude” (1963), “Traveller Without Baggage” (1964), Hughie/Duet (1975) (nominated for any Tony), “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” (1976) (once again Tony nominated), and “Shimada” (1992). He in addition has worked like a movie director on shows his series Work for YOUR DAILY LIFE (1965) as well as the Name of the overall game (1968) and the tv screen movies Columbo: A PAL in Deed (1974) and Columbo: Stressed Waters (1975) offering his friend Peter Falk. The unreleased Beyond the Sea (1990) (which he also published) was his last film like a movie director. In 2003 Gazzara appeared in the indie Dogville (2003) adding Lars von Trier towards the set of interesting and acclaimed directors with whom he spent some time working. There can not be many stars who are able to boast they have acted in movies by Otto Preminger (Anatomy of the Murder (1959)), John Cassavetes, Joel Coen (THE BEST Lebowski (1998)), Spike Lee (Summertime of Sam (1999)), and Lars von Trier, amongst others. Ben Gazzara passed away at age group 81 of pancreatic cancers on Feb 3, 2012.

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Quick Facts

Full Name	Ben Gazzara
Date Of Birth	August 28, 1930
Died	February 3, 2012, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Place Of Birth	Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Height	1.79 m
Profession	Actor, Television Director
Education	The New School, City College of New York, Stuyvesant High School, Actors Studio
Nationality	American
Spouse	Elke Stuckmann, Janice Rule, Louise Erickson
Children	Elizabeth Gazzara, Danja Gazzara
Parents	Antonio Gazzarra, Angelina Cusumano
Siblings	Anthony Gazzara
Awards	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie, National Board of Review Award for Best Cast, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance
Nominations	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie, Tony Award for Best Lead Actor in a Play, Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star - Male, David di Donatello for Best Actor, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series
Movies	Anatomy of a Murder, Road House, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, The Big Lebowski, Husbands, Opening Night, Buffalo '66, They All Laughed, Dogville, The Thomas Crown Affair, The Strange One, The Spanish Prisoner, Summer of Sam, Bloodline, Tales of Ordinary Madness, The Bridge at Remagen, Saint Jack, Hysterical Blindness, Happiness, Paris, I Love You, Looking for Palladin, An Early Frost, Capone, Convicts 4, Inchon, A Rage to Live, The Passionate Thief, The Professor, Illuminata, Shadow Conspiracy, The Young Doctors, The Neptune Factor, The Girl from Trieste, Voyage of the Damned, The Captive City, Too Tired to Die, The Death of Richie, Convict Cowboy, Lies Before Kisses, Stag, My Dearest Son, A Carol for Another Christmas, A Proper Scandal, Fireball Forward, Parallel Lives, When Michael Calls, High Velocity, Very Mean Men, Brian's Song, Pursuit, Scene of the Crime
TV Shows	L'onore e il rispetto, Pope John Paul II, QB VII, Run for Your Life, Arrest and Trial, People Like Us