John Cassavetes

John Cassavetes

1929-12-09 New York City, New York, USA Male 87 Known Credits

Biography

John Nicholas Cassavetes (December 9, 1929 – February 3, 1989) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. First known as an actor on television and in film, Cassavetes also became a pioneer of American independent cinema, writing and directing movies financed in part with income from his acting work. AllMovie called him "an iconoclastic maverick," while The New Yorker suggested that he "may be the most influential American director of the last half century." As an actor, Cassavetes starred in notable Hollywood films throughout the 1950s and 1960s, including Edge of the City (1957), The Dirty Dozen (1967), and Rosemary's Baby (1968). He began his directing career with the 1959 independent feature Shadows and followed with independent productions such as Faces (1968), Husbands (1970), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Opening Night (1977), and Love Streams (1984), in addition to intermittent studio work. Cassavetes' films employed an actor-centered approach which privileged character examination over traditional Hollywood storytelling or stylized production values. His films became associated with an improvisational, cinéma vérité aesthetic. He collaborated frequently with a rotating group of friends, crew members, and actors, including his wife Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, Ben Gazzara, and Seymour Cassel. For his role in The Dirty Dozen, Cassavetes received a Best Supporting Actor nomination. As a filmmaker, he was nominated for Best Original Screenplay for Faces (1968) and Best Director for A Woman Under the Influence (1974). Description from the Wikipedia article John Cassavetes, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1929-12-09

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Known Credits

87

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

John Nicholas Cassavetes, 존 카사베츠, 约翰·卡萨维蒂

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Known For Movies

Known For TV Shows

Movie Credits

Rosemary's Baby

1968

Guy Woodhouse

The Dirty Dozen

1967

Victor Franko

Marvin & Tige

1985

Marvin

The Fury

1978

Ben Childress

Saddle the Wind

1958

Tony Sinclair

Incubus

1982

Dr. Sam Cordell

Capone

1975

Frankie Yale

The Killers

1964

Johnny North

Tempest

1982

Phillip

Two-Minute Warning

1976

Sgt. Chris Button

Fourteen Hours

1951

Reporter (uncredited)

Shadows

1960

Pedestrian (uncredited)

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

2014

Robert Harmon (archive footage) (uncredited)

Opening Night

1977

Maurice Aarons

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

1981

Dr. Michael Emerson

Love Streams

1984

Robert Harmon

Husbands

1970

Gus Demetri

Crime in the Streets

1956

Frankie Dane

The Kid Stays in the Picture

2002

Self (archive footage)

Machine Gun McCain

1969

Hank McCain

Heroes

1977

VA Doctor (uncredited)

Brass Target

1978

Maj. Joe De Lucca

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

2008

Guy Woodhouse (archive footage)

Flesh & Blood

1979

Gus Caputo

Edge of the City

1957

Axel Nordmann

A Constant Forge

2000

Self (archive footage)

Taxi

1953

Man (uncredited)

Virgin Island

1959

Evan

Nightside

1973

Carmine Kelly

No Right to Kill

1956

McCloud

Anything for John

1993

Self (archive footage)

Affair in Havana

1957

Nick Douglas

Bandits in Rome

1968

Mario Corda

The Haircut

1982

Music Industry Executive

Edge of Outside

2006

Self (archive footage)

The Night Holds Terror

1955

Robert Batsford

The Webster Boy

1962

Vance Miller

Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film

2019

Self (archive footage)

Nederland C

1985

Self - Portrait of the actor / cinematographer

Fräulein Berlin

1984

himself

TV Credits

Dr. Kildare

1961

Makin Saund (1 episodes)

The Dick Cavett Show

1968

Self - Guest (1 episodes)

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

Self (3 episodes)

Columbo

1971

Alex Benedict (1 episodes)

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

Rusty Connors (1 episodes)

Golden Globe Awards

1944

Self - Nominee (1 episodes)

Rawhide

1959

Cal Fletcher (1 episodes)

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975

Self (1 episodes)

Studio One

1948

Paul Greco (1 episodes)

The United States Steel Hour

1953

Johnny (1 episodes)

The Dick Clark Show

1958

Self (1 episodes)

The Legend of Jesse James

1965

Blackie Dolan (1 episodes)

Omnibus

1952

Pepe (1 episodes)

Combat!

1962

Kalb (1 episodes)

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

Self (1 episodes)

Climax!

1954

Malcolm McCloud (1 episodes)

Burke's Law

1963

Eddie Dineen (1 episodes)

Profiles in Courage

1964

Parsons (1 episodes)

The Virginian

1962

Jonah MacIntosh (1 episodes)

Johnny Staccato

1959

Johnny Staccato (27 episodes)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

Sam Cobbett (1 episodes)

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955

Max Markheim (1 episodes)

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963

Peter Chandler (1 episodes)

Channing

1963

Lloyd Sullivan (1 episodes)

General Electric Theater

1953

Johnny (1 episodes)

Iconic Couples of Hollywood

2015

Self (archive footage) (1 episodes)

Movie Production Credits

Gloria

Original Film Writer

1999

Incubus

Screenplay

1982

Gloria

Director

1980

Big Trouble

Director

1986

Faces

Director

1968

Shadows

Writer

1960

Opening Night

Director

1977

Love Streams

Director

1984

Husbands

Director

1970

A Child Is Waiting

Director

1963

She's So Lovely

Writer

1997

Castanha

Thanks

2014

Too Late Blues

Writer

1961

TV Production Credits