John Cassavetes
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).
Known for
Columbo
Alex Benedict
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Rusty Connors
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Lee Griffin
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
The Virginian
Jonah MacIntosh
The Philco Television Playhouse
The United States Steel Hour
Johnny
Dr. Kildare
Makin Saund
Combat!
Kalb
Rawhide
Cal Fletcher
Studio One
Paul Greco
Climax!
Malcolm McCloud
Climax!
Abel Winter
Robert Montgomery Presents
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Burke's Law
Eddie Dineen
Burke's Law
Alfred Algernon
Burke's Law
Stephen Collins
Burke's Law
Carlos de Vega
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Sam Cobbett
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Peter Chandler
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Max Markheim
The Dirty Dozen
Victor Franko
The Legend of Jesse James
Blackie Dolan
Rosemary's Baby
Guy Woodhouse
The Dick Clark Show
Self
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Dr. Michael Emerson
Johnny Staccato
Johnny Staccato
Profiles in Courage
Parsons
The Fury
Ben Childress
Husbands
Gus Demetri
Machine Gun McCain
Hank McCain
The Killers
Johnny North
Heroes
VA Doctor (uncredited)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Self
150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement
Man Talking
Capone
Frankie Yale
Love Streams
Robert Harmon
The Haircut
Music Industry Executive
Channing
Lloyd Sullivan
Incubus
Dr. Sam Cordell
Shadows
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Brass Target
Maj. Joe De Lucca
Appointment with Adventure
Danny Loomis
Mikey and Nicky
Nicky
Bandits in Rome
Mario Corda
Fourteen Hours
Reporter (uncredited)
8 Husbands
Duke Bellingham
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Robert Harmon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Operation Dirty Dozen
Self
Saddle the Wind
Tony Sinclair
Opening Night
Maurice Aarons
Edge of the City
Axel Nordmann
General Electric Theater
Johnny
Tempest
Phillip
Flesh & Blood
Gus Caputo
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Iconic Couples of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Movies Are My Life
Self
Nightside
Carmine Kelly
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Steve
Two-Minute Warning
Sgt. Chris Button
Arena - John Cassavetes
Self
The Webster Boy
Vance Miller
Devil's Angels
Cody
Anything for John
Self (archive footage)
Minnie and Moskowitz
Jim
Affair in Havana
Nick Douglas
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Guy Woodhouse (archive footage)
The Making of 'Husbands'
Self
Alexander The Great
Karonos
Virgin Island
Evan
Fräulein Berlin
himself
Nederland C
Self - Portrait of the actor / cinematographer
Taxi
Man (uncredited)
Crime in the Streets
Frankie Dane
A Constant Forge
Self (archive footage)
John Cassavetes par Thierry Jousse
The Night Holds Terror
Robert Batsford
Marvin & Tige
Marvin
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
Self
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
Self (archive footage)
Out of the Shadows: The Films of John Cassavetes
Self
No Right to Kill
McCloud
"Cinéastes de notre temps": John Cassavetes
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Omnibus
Pepe
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self