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John Cassavetes (I) (1929–1989)

Actor | Director | Writer

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Dropped out of university to become a sports announcer. See more trivia »

Born:

John Nicholas Cassavetes
in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 59) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1985 King Kongs Faust
Berlin Film Fest Footage (uncredited)
 
1985 Nederland C (TV movie)
Portret van de acteur/cineast
 
1984 Love Streams
Robert Harmon
 
1983 Marvin & Tige
Marvin Stewart
 
1982 Tempest
Phillip Dimitrius
 
1982 The Incubus
Dr. Sam Cordell
 
1982 The Haircut (short)
Music Industry Executive
 
1981 Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Dr. Michael Emerson
 
1979 Flesh & Blood (TV movie)
Gus Caputo
 
1978 Brass Target
Maj. Joe De Lucca
 
1978 The Fury
Ben Childress
 
1977 Opening Night
Maurice Aarons
 
1977 Heroes
VA Doctor (uncredited)
 
1976 Mikey and Nicky
Nicky Godalin
 
1976 Two-Minute Warning
Sgt. Button
 
1975 Capone
Frankie Yale
 
1973 Nightside (TV movie)
Carmine Kelly
 
1972 Columbo (TV series)
Alex Benedict
– Étude in Black (1972) … Alex Benedict
 
1971 Minnie and Moskowitz
Jim (uncredited)
 
1970 Husbands
Gus Demetri
 
1969 If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Steve
 
1969 Machine Gun McCain
Hank McCain
 
1968 Bandits in Rome
Mario Corda
 
1968 Rosemary's Baby
Guy Woodhouse
 
1968 Alexander the Great (TV movie)
Karonos
 
1968 Off to See the Wizard (TV series)
General Karonos
– Alexander the Great (1968) … General Karonos
 
1967 The Dirty Dozen
Victor Franko
 
1967 Devil's Angels
Cody
 
1965-1967 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
Harrybell / Lou Rutledge / Sergeant Lee Harmon
– Free of Charge (1967) … Harrybell
– Wind Fever (1966) … Lou Rutledge
– The Fliers (1965) … Sergeant Lee Harmon
 
1966 The Long, Hot Summer (TV series)
Tim Demming
– The Intruders (1966) … Tim Demming
 
1966 The Virginian (TV series)
Jonah MacIntosh
– Long Ride to Wind River (1966) … Jonah MacIntosh
 
1965 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)
Everett Lang
– The Peacemaker (1965) … Everett Lang
 
1965 The Legend of Jesse James (TV series)
Blackie Dolan
– The Quest (1965) … Blackie Dolan
 
1965 Combat! (TV series)
Kalb
– S.I.W. (1965) … Kalb
 
1964-1965 Burke's Law (TV series)
Alfred Algeron / Carlos de Vega / Eddie Dineen / …
– Who Killed the Grand Piano? (1965) … Alfred Algeron
– Who Killed Hamlet? (1965) … Stephen Collins
– Who Killed Don Pablo? (1964) … Carlos de Vega
– Who Killed Annie Foran? (1964) … Eddie Dineen
 
1965 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV series)
Peter Chandler
– Won't It Ever Be Morning? (1965) … Peter Chandler
 
1965 Profiles in Courage (TV series)
Parsons
– John Peter Altgeld (1965) … Parsons
 
1964 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
Lee Griffin / Rusty Connors
– Water's Edge (1964) … Rusty Connors
– Murder Case (1964) … Lee Griffin
 
1964 The Killers
Johnny North
 
1963 Breaking Point (TV series)
Evan Price
– There Are the Hip, and There Are the Square (1963) … Evan Price
 
1963 Channing (TV series)
Lloyd Sullivan
– Message from the Tin Room (1963) … Lloyd Sullivan
 
1963 A Child Is Waiting
Retarded Adult Who Walks Toward Camera (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
 
1962 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Makin Saund
– The Visitors (1962) … Makin Saund
 
1962 The Lloyd Bridges Show (TV series)
Castigo
– El Medico (1962) … Castigo
 
1962 The Webster Boy
Vance Miller
 
1961 Too Late Blues
On-Screen Trailer Host & Narrator (uncredited)
 
1961 Rawhide (TV series)
Cal Fletcher
– Incident Near Gloomy River (1961) … Cal Fletcher
 
1959-1960 Johnny Staccato (TV series)
Johnny Staccato / The Killer
– Swinging Long Hair (1960) … Johnny Staccato
– A Nice Little Town (1960) … Johnny Staccato
– The Mask of Jason (1960) … Johnny Staccato
– An Angry Young Man (1960) … Johnny Staccato
– An Act of Terror (1960) … Johnny Staccato
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1959 Shadows (uncredited)
 
1959 Our Virgin Island
Evan
 
1959 Decoy (TV series)
Carl Walton
– Across the World (1959) … Carl Walton (as Nick Colasanto)
 
1959 Lux Playhouse (TV series)
Christo Sierra
– The Dreamer (1959) … Christo Sierra
 
1959 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Johnny
– Train for Tecumseh (1959) … Johnny
 
1958 Pursuit (TV series)
Sam Caldwell
– Calculated Risk (1958) … Sam Caldwell
 
1958 Alcoa Theatre (TV series)
Tony Benedetti
– The First Star (1958) … Tony Benedetti
 
1958 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Private Paul Greco
– Kurishiki Incident (1958) … Private Paul Greco
 
1958 Saddle the Wind
Tony Sinclair
 
1957 Affair in Havana
Nick
 
1957 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Dexter Green
– Winter Dreams (1957) … Dexter Green
 
1957 Edge of the City
Axel Nordmann
 
1956 Climax! (TV series)
Abel Wintery / McCloud
– Savage Portrait (1956) … Abel Wintery
– No Right to Kill (1956) … McCloud
 
1956 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV series)
Max Markheim
– The Last Patriarch (1956) … Max Markheim
 
1956 Crime in the Streets
Frankie Dane
 
1956 Appointment with Adventure (TV series)
– All Through the Night (1956)
 
1956 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Sam Cobbett
– You Got to Have Luck (1956) … Sam Cobbett
 
1956 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Johnny
– Bring Me a Dream (1956) … Johnny
 
1955 Goodyear Playhouse (TV series)
– The Expendable House (1955)
 
1955 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
– A Room in Paris (1955)
 
1955 The Night Holds Terror
Robert Batsford
 
1955 Ponds Theater (TV series)
– Coquette (1955)
 
1955 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
Arthur / Clay Cochran
– Time for Love (1955) … Arthur
– Buckskin (1955) … Clay Cochran
– Ladders of Lies (1955)
 
1955 The Elgin Hour (TV series)
Frankie Dane / Private Tommy Fitch
– Combat Medics (1955) … Private Tommy Fitch
– Crime in the Streets (1955) … Frankie Dane
 
1955 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
– Judge Contain's Hotel (1955)
 
1954-1955 Danger (TV series)
– Wire Tap (1955)
– No Passport for Death (1955)
– Lonesome Road (1954)
 
1954 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series)
– Diary (1954)
 
1953 You Are There (TV series)
Plato
– The Death of Socrates (399 B.C.) (1953) … Plato
 
1953 Taxi
Bit Role (uncredited)
 
1951 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
First Guard
– The Sire de Maletroit's Door (1951) … First Guard
 
1951 Fourteen Hours
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (16 titles)
1986 Big Trouble
 
1984 Love Streams
 
1980 Gloria
 
1977 Opening Night
 
1976 The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
 
1974 A Woman Under the Influence
 
1972 Columbo (TV series)
– Étude in Black (1972) (uncredited)
 
1971 Minnie and Moskowitz
 
1970 Husbands
 
1968/I Faces
 
1966 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
– In Pursuit of Excellence (1966)
 
1962-1963 The Lloyd Bridges Show (TV series)
– My Daddy Can Lick Your Daddy (1963)
– A Pair of Boots (1962)
 
1963 A Child Is Waiting
 
1961 Too Late Blues
 
1959-1960 Johnny Staccato (TV series)
– Solomon (1960)
– Night of Jeopardy (1960)
– A Piece of Paradise (1959)
– Evil (1959)
– Murder for Credit (1959)
 
1959 Shadows
 
Show ShowWriter (14 titles)
2010 Antes del estreno (original story)
 
1999 Gloria (1980 screenplay)
 
1997 She's So Lovely (written by)
 
1984 Love Streams
 
1980 Gloria (written by)
 
1977 Opening Night
 
1976 The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
 
1974 A Woman Under the Influence (written by)
 
1971 Minnie and Moskowitz
 
1970 Husbands (written by)
 
1968/I Faces (written by)
 
1966 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
– In Pursuit of Excellence (1966) (writer)
 
1961 Too Late Blues (written by)
 
1959 Shadows (written by)
 
Show ShowProducer (2 titles)
1968/I Faces (producer - uncredited)
 
1961 Too Late Blues (producer)
 
Show ShowEditor (2 titles)
1968/I Faces (uncredited)
 
1959 Shadows
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1978 Mountain Pass (continuity)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1970 Husbands (performer: "Show Me the Way to Go Home" 1925 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (10 titles)
2010 Dig a Hole to Put the Devil In (short) (dedicatee)
 
2010 If I Needed Someone (short) (special thanks)
 
2009 The New Bike (short) (acknowledgment)
 
2007 I'm Calling Frank (in memory of)
 
2005 Csöpp szivem (short) (thanks for inspiration)
 
1991 The Indian Runner (in loving memory)
 
1990 Texasville (special thanks)
 
1990 Rafales (dedicatee)
 
1989 Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une histoire seule (video documentary) (dedicatee)
 
1978 Mountain Pass (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (27 titles)
1990 Sam Shaw on John Cassavetes (documentary short)
 
1984 I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes - the Man and His Work (documentary)
Himself
 
1984 Fräulein Berlin
Himself
 
1983 Cinéma cinémas (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Cassavetes 'Love Stream' plans n° 145, 146, 147 (1983) … Himself
 
1978 The 35th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV documentary)
Himself - Audience Member
 
1977 The 34th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1976 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 August 1976 (1976) … Himself
 
1976 Les rendez-vous du dimanche (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 April 1976 (1976) … Himself
 
1975 The 47th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Director
 
1970-1972 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 May 1972 (1972) … Himself
– Episode dated 23 December 1971 (1971) … Himself
– Episode dated 7 February 1971 (1971) … Himself
– Episode dated 7 December 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1969-1971 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.72 (1971) … Himself
– Episode #1.4 (1969) … Himself
 
1968-1970 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 September 1970 (1970) … Himself
– Episode #2.55 (1968) … Himself
 
1970 The American National Theater of Arts Academy Honors Laurence Olivier (TV movie)
Himself
 
1968-1969 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.249 (1969) … Himself
– Episode #3.31 (1968) … Himself
– Episode #2.136 (1968) … Himself
– Episode #2.84 (1968) … Himself
 
1969 Cinéastes de notre temps (TV series documentary)
Himself
– John Cassavetes (1969) … Himself
 
1968 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 November 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 November 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 The 40th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
 
1968 Mia and Roman (documentary short)
Himself
 
1967 All-Star Benefit Celebrity Baseball Game (TV movie)
Himself - Player
 
1967 Operation Dirty Dozen (documentary short)
Himself
 
1966 The Eamonn Andrews Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.29 (1966) … Himself
 
1961 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 August 1961 (1961) … Himself
 
1960 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1958 The Dick Clark Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.4 (1958) … Himself
 
1958 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #5.19 (1958) … Himself
 
1957 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #10.18 (1957) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (14 titles)
2012 Cinéphiles de notre temps (TV series documentary)
 
2010 A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (TV series documentary)
 
2008 Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (documentary)
Guy Woodhouse
 
2007 La tele de tu vida (TV series)
 
2007 13 heures le journal (TV series)
 
2006 Edge of Outside (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Premio Donostia a Ben Gazzara (TV movie)
Gus Demetri (uncredited)
 
2003 A Decade Under the Influence (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 The Kid Stays in the Picture (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2000 Hollywood Remembers Lee Marvin (TV documentary)
Victor Franko
 
2000 A Constant Forge (documentary)
Himself
 
1995 A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Anything for John (TV documentary)
 
1989 The 61st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself (Memorial Tribute)
 

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Nick Colasanto

Height:

5' 7" (1.70 m)
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Trivia:

Dropped out of university to become a sports announcer. See more »

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Realistic, documentary-like films See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius