His powerful dramatic performances brought an intensity to a spread of roles and created him a memorable presence in iconic productions over the years.
From the initial Cat on a Hot Tin Roof on Broadway to the movie the massive Lebowski and countless others, he created a bearing on stage, screen and film.
Ben Gazzara
Accomplished as an actor, and called dapper and irresistible to girls, Gazzara (also known for Roadhouse) came by his several streetwise roles naturally.
He began his career on Broadway productions, later moving to California to look in movies, together with Anatomy of a Murder and therefore the Young Doctors.
He conjointly played his most famous role on TV, as a doomed attorney on NBC's answer to ABC's The Fugitive. referred to as Run for Your Life, it ran from 1965-68.
