John Cassavetes
Born in New York City, New York, USA — Dec 09 1929• Died Feb 03 1989
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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…
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Columbo
Alex Benedict
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Rusty Connors
Combat!
Kalb
Climax!
Malcolm McCloud
Robert Montgomery Presents
The Virginian
Jonah MacIntosh
Studio One
Paul Greco
Dr. Kildare
Makin Saund
The Philco Television Playhouse
Burke's Law
Eddie Dineen
Rawhide
Cal Fletcher
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Peter Chandler
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Sam Cobbett
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Max Markheim
The United States Steel Hour
Johnny
Johnny Staccato
Johnny Staccato
The Dick Clark Show
Self
Rosemary's Baby
Guy Woodhouse
The Legend of Jesse James
Blackie Dolan
Channing
Lloyd Sullivan
The Dirty Dozen
Victor Franko
Profiles in Courage
Parsons
The Lloyd Bridges Show
Directing
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Fury
Ben Childress
General Electric Theater
Johnny
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Robert Harmon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gloria
Directing
A Woman Under the Influence
Directing
Tempest
Phillip
Gloria
Writing
Mikey and Nicky
Nicky
She's So Lovely
Writing
Appointment with Adventure
Danny Loomis
Faces
Directing
A Constant Forge
Self (archive footage)
Flesh & Blood
Gus Caputo
The Killers
Johnny North
Opening Night
Maurice Aarons
Heroes
VA Doctor (uncredited)
Incubus
Dr. Sam Cordell
Capone
Frankie Yale
Fourteen Hours
Reporter (uncredited)
Big Trouble
Directing
Brass Target
Maj. Joe De Lucca
Two-Minute Warning
Sgt. Chris Button
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Steve
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Dr. Michael Emerson
Love Streams
Robert Harmon
A Child Is Waiting
Directing
Minnie and Moskowitz
Jim
Iconic Couples of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Guy Woodhouse (archive footage)
Edge of the City
Axel Nordmann
Husbands
Gus Demetri
Shadows
Pedestrian (uncredited)
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Directing
Movies Are My Life
Self
Saddle the Wind
Tony Sinclair
The Night Holds Terror
Robert Batsford
Taxi
Man (uncredited)
Crime in the Streets
Frankie Dane
Affair in Havana
Nick Douglas
Devil's Angels
Cody
Operation Dirty Dozen
Self
Alexander The Great
Karonos
Too Late Blues
Directing
Bandits in Rome
Mario Corda
Nightside
Carmine Kelly
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Self
Machine Gun McCain
Hank McCain
No Right to Kill
McCloud
Marvin & Tige
Marvin
Virgin Island
Evan
The Haircut
Music Industry Executive
Mass State Lottery
Crew
Arena - John Cassavetes
Self
Anything for John
Self (archive footage)
Before Opening Night
Writing
Out of the Shadows: The Films of John Cassavetes
Self
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
Self
150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement
Man Talking
The Making of 'Husbands'
Self
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
Self (archive footage)
Castanha
Crew
The Webster Boy
Vance Miller
Fräulein Berlin
himself
"Cinéastes de notre temps": John Cassavetes
Nederland C
Self - Portrait of the actor / cinematographer
John Cassavetes par Thierry Jousse