Ben Gazzara

Sun, Feb 5 2012 10:48 IST | Views | Add your comment SHARE: Versatile US actor Ben Gazzara died in a New York hospital of pancreatic cancer, The New York Times said. He was 81. A student at New York's legendary Actor's Studio where other Hollywood stars like Marlon Brando and Al Pacino learned their profession, Gazzara, who died Friday, took his first steps as an actor in the world of theater. Gazzara won applause on the Broadway stage playing the part of Brick in "Cat on a Hot Tin...Read Full Story

Ben Gazzara, an intense actor whose long career included playing Brick in the original “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” on Broadway, roles in influential films by John Cassavetes and work with several generations of top Hollywood directors, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 81. The cause was pancreatic cancer, his lawyer, Jay Julien, said. Mr. Gazzara lived in Manhattan.Mr. Gazzara studied with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio in Manhattan, where the careers of stars like Marlon Brando and Rod...Read Full Story

Ray Fisher//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images Maybe you knew him from Roadhouse, The Big Lebowski or the John Cassavetes canon, but chances are you knew, and recognized, Ben Gazzara. Gazzara, the always-working actor who specialized in tough guys, bad guys and every other kind of guy in between, died Friday at a New York hospital of pancreatic cancer, the New York Times reported. He was 81. R.I.P.: R&B singer David Peaston  Gazzara's screen and Broadway credits, well more than 100 in all...Read Full Story

Ben Gazzara, an intense actor whose long career included playing Brick in the original “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” on Broadway, roles in influential films by John Cassavetes and work with several generations of top Hollywood directors, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 81. The cause was pancreatic cancer, his lawyer, Jay Julien, said. Mr. Gazzara lived in Manhattan. Mr. Gazzara studied with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio in Manhattan, where the careers of stars like Marlon Brando and Rod...Read Full Story

Ben Gazzara, an intense actor whose long career included playing Brick in the original “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” on Broadway, roles in influential films by John Cassavetes and work with several generations of top Hollywood directors, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 81. The cause was pancreatic cancer, his lawyer, Jay Julien, said. Mr. Gazzara lived in Manhattan. Mr. Gazzara studied with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio in Manhattan, where the careers of stars like Marlon Brando and Rod...Read Full Story