Born on this day – Ben Gazzara:

Actor

August 28, 1930 – February 3, 2012

Credits:

19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2013); A Constant Forge (2000); A Film és... I.-XIV (1995); A Letter to Three Wives (1985); A Question of Honor (1982); A Rage to Live (1965); A.N.T.A. Album of 1955 (1955); ABC's Nightlife (1965); AFI Life Achievement Award (1980); AFI's 10 Top 10: America's 10 Greatest Films in 10 Classic Genres (2008); An Early Frost (1985); Anatomy '59: The Making of a Classic Motion Picture (2009); Anatomy of a Murder (1959); Angelo nero (1998); Anything for John (1993); Armchair Theatre (1959); Arrest and Trial (1963–1964); Banditi (1995); Believe (2000); Ben Gazzara Remembers the Strange One (2009); Beyond the Ocean (1990); Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies (2008); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); Blindsided (1993); Bloodline (1979); Blue Moon (2000); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1967); Bon dia, Catalunya (1993); Bonjour Michel (2005); Brian's Song (2001); Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003); Buenafuente (2005); Buffalo '66 (1998); Calendar (1963); Capone (1975); Carol for Another Christmas (1964); Cassavetes: Claroscuro americano (2001); Ceremonia de clausura (2005); Chabad: To Life Telethon (2008); Charlie Rose (1998–2004); Chez Gino (2011); Christopher Roth (2010); Cinéma cinémas / Segment: Ben Gazzara: New-York 42nd et 9th (1985); Cinemagazine (1988–1995); Columbo (1974–1975); Conquered City (1962); Control (1987); Convict Cowboy (1995); Convicts 4 (1962); Cry Vengeance! (1961); Danger (1951–1954); Dee Time (1969); Días de cine (2012); Dinah! (1975–1977); Dogville (2003); Dogville Confessions (2003); Domenica in (1994); Don Bosco (1988); Donne sbagliate (2007); Downpayment on Murder (1987); Droit de réponse: l'esprit de contradiction (1982); Du côté de chez Fred (1988); Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me (2013); Els De Davant/Los De Enfrente (1993); Empire State Building Murders (2008); Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s (2012); Eve (2008); Faith: Pope John Paul II (2005); Farmer & Chase (1997); Fatal Vows: The Alexandra O'Hara Story (1994); Festival de San Sebastián - Ceremonia de apertura (2005); Film '83 (1983); Fireball Forward (1972); Forever (1991); Gazzara (2012); Giuseppe Tornatore: Every Film My First Film (2012); Great Performances (1987); Great Performances / Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021); Greenwich Village: A World Apart (2015); Happiness (1998); Here's Hollywood (1962); High Velocity (1976); Hollywood Insider (2022); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Hollywood's Most Sensational Mysteries (1984); Holy Money (2009); Home Sweet Hoboken (2000); Howard Stern (1996); Husbands (1970); Hysterical Blindness (2002); If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969); Il camorrista (1986); Il tesoro di Damasco (1998); Illuminata (1998); Inchon (1981); I've Got a Secret (1959); Jack of Hearts (1999); John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All (1996); Justice (1954); Karussell (1987); King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1969); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); Kraft Theatre (1952–1958); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954); La parada (1990); Ladykiller (1996); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2001); Les gens d'en face (1993); Les hirondelles ne meurent pas à Jerusalem (1994); Lies Before Kisses (1991); L'onore e il rispetto (2009); Looking for Palladin (2008); Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003); L'ospite segreto (2003); Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage (1993); Love, Marilyn (2012); Magacine (2005); Man of the Year (1953); Maneater (1973); Marilyn in Manhattan (1998); Medallion Theatre (1954); Moving Image Salutes James Stewart (1988); Mundo VIP (1996); My Dearest Son (1985); Nefertiti (1994); Nella terra di nessuno (2000); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film (2014); Oops, those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982); Opening Night (1977); Paleoworld (1994–1995); Paradise Cove (1999); Parallel Lives (1994); Paris, I Love You / Segment: Quartier Latin (2006); Password (1962); People Like Us (1990); Peter Falk versus Columbo (2019); Pierrot the Fool / Cannes Film Festival (1990); Piovuto dal cielo (2000); Playhouse 90 (1957–1958); Police Story: The Freeway Killings (1987); Poor Liza (2000); Porndemic (2018); Power (2024); Premio Donostia a Ben Gazzara (2005); Premio Donostia a Matt Dillon (2006); Premio Donostia a Max Von Sydow (2006); Probe and Night Beat (1957); Propheten und Geschäftemacher (1972); Pupetta: Il coraggio e la passione (2013); Pursuit (1972); QB VII (1974); Quicker Than the Eye (1988); Quién es Alejandro Chomski (2002); Ristabbànna (2011); Road House (1989); Run for Your Life (1965–1968); Saint Jack (1979); San Sebastián 2005: Crónica de Carlos Boyero (2005); Schubert (2005); Secret Obsession (1989); Shadow Conspiracy (1997); Shark in a Bottle (1999); Sherwood's Travels (1994); Special Collector's Edition (2012); Stag (1997); Strangers (1996); Strictly Courtroom (2008); Summer of Sam (1999); Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981); Talking Pictures (1979); The 23rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1966); The 29th Annual Tony Awards (1975); The 35th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1978); The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1983); The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards (2012); The 84th Annual Academy Awards (2012); The American Parade (1974); The Annual Daily Variety Honors. A Salutes to Army Archerd (1993); The Annual Theatre World Awards (1976); The Big Lebowski (1998); The Bridge at Remagen (1969); The Camorrist (2024); The David Frost Show (1969); The Death of Richie (1977); The Dick Cavett Show (1970); The Dogfighters (1995); The DuPont Show of the Month (1959); The Family Rico (1972); The Girl from Trieste (1982); The Jerry Lewis Show (1967); The Joe Namath Show (1969); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969); The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976); The Larry Solway Show (1974); The List (2000); The Merv Griffin Show (1967–1975); The Mike Douglas Show (1966–1978); The Name of the Game (1971); The Neptune Factor (1973); The Notorious 7 (1997); The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2012); The Passionate Thief (1960); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Police Film (1972); The Shore (2006); The Sicilian Connection (1972); The Spanish Prisoner (1997); The Strange One (1957); The Thomas Crown Affair (1999); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965–1973); The Tony Danza Show (2005); The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977); The Web (1953); The Young Doctors (1961); Thermidor (1964); They All Laughed (1981); They All Laughed 25 Years Later: Director to Director - A Conversation with Peter Bogdanovich and Wes Anderson (2006); Tikhiy Don (2006); To Tell the Truth (1963); Today (1966); Too Tired to Die (1998); Tre stelle (1999); Treasury Men in Action (1952–1953); Un bacio nel buio (2000); Un principe chiamato Totò (2007); Una donna in fuga (1996); Undertaker's Paradise (2000); Uno scandalo perbene (1984); Valentine's Day (1998); Very Mean Men (2000); Vicious Circles (1997); Voyage of the Damned (1976); What's My Line? (1959–1961); When Michael Calls (1972); Wogan (1987); Woman of Wonders (1985).

On this day in movie history - Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

Anatomy of a Murder

directed by Otto Preminger,

written by Wendell Mayes,

based on the novel by Robert Traver,

was released in the United States on June 29, 1959.

Music by Duke Ellington.

Cast:

James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O’Connell, Eve Arden, Kathryn Grant, George C. Scott, Orson Bean, Russ Brown, Murray Hamilton, Brooks West, Ken Lynch, John Qualen, Howard McNear, Alexander Campbell, Ned Wever, Jimmy Conlin, Royal Beal, Joseph Kearns, Don Ross, Lloyd Le Vasseur, James Waters, Joseph N. Welch, Danny the Dog, Duke Ellington, Irv Kupcinet, Lawrence K. Paquin, Chuck Ramsay, Mrs. Joseph Welch.

On this day in movie history - Opening Night (1977)

Opening Night

directed and written by John Cassavetes,

was released in the United States on December 25, 1977.

Music by Bo Harwood.

Cast:

Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara, Joan Blondell, Paul Stewart, Zohra Lampert, Laura Johnson, John Tuell, Ray Powers, John Finnegan, Louise Lewis, Fred Draper, Katherine Cassavetes, Lady Rowlands, Carol Warren, Briana Carver, Angelo Grisanti, Meade Roberts, Eleanor Zee, David Rowlands, Sharon Van Ivan, Jimmy Christie, James Karen, Jimmy Joyce, Sherry Bain, Sylvia Davis Shaw, Peter Lampert, Josh Becker, Peter Bogdanovich, Seymour Cassel, Robert Dassanowsky, Peter Falk, Jana Howard, Ronisue Kiser, William Kramer, Patrick Labyorteaux, Robert Leader, Naomi Stevens.