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Michael V. Gazzo
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Michael Vincente Gazzo (born April 5, 1923 in Hillside, New Jersey; died February 14, 1995 in Los Angeles, California) was a noted Broadway playwright who later in life became a prominent American film and television actor.
He was a member of the Actors Studio, (and would later go on to train such actors as Henry Silva and Tony Sirico) and was author of the notable Broadway play on drug addiction A Hatful of Rain, which ran for 389 performances in 1955 and 1956 - starring Ben Gazzara and Shelley Winters in the two lead roles. He subsequently adapted it as a film in 1957. The film was then nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Anthony Franciosa).
He was the also the screenwriter of the Elvis Presley hoss-opera King Creole (1958).
As an actor, Gazzo was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Frank Pentangeli in The Godfather Part II.
On his passing in 1995, Michael Gazzo was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.
- L.A. Law (1994)
- Last Action Hero (1993)
- Cannonball Run II (1984)
- Sudden Impact (1983)
- Magnum, P.I. (1981)
- Alligator (1980)
- Taxi (1979)
- Fantasy Island (1979)
- Starsky and Hutch (1977)
- Kojak (1975)
- The Godfather II (1974)
- On the Waterfront {1954)
- Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971)
- Black Sunday(1977)
- Gangsters (1979)
- The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979)
- Fingers (1978)
- Barnaby Jones (1977)
- Baretta (1977)
- King of the Gypsies (1978)
- Cuba Crossing (1980)
- Sizzle (1980)
- Body and Soul (1981)
- The Winter of Our Discontent (1983)
- Fear City (1984)
- Cookie (1989)
- Beyond the Ocean (1990)
- Forever (1991)
- Last Action Hero (1993)
- Ring of Musketeers (1994)
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