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 an actor and noted Broadway playwright who later in life became a prominent American film and television actor. He was a member of the Actors Studio, and was author of the notable play on drug addiction A Hatful of Rain, which he subsequently adapted as a film. He was the screenwriter of King Creole, Hatful of Rain and The Heart Is the Lonely Hunter.

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.

[edit] Selected filmography

• 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)
• 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)

[edit] References

• Bacarella, Michael, ItalActors: 101 Years of Italian Actors in U.S. Entertainment, The National Italian American Foundation, ISBN: N/A

[edit] External links

• Michael Gazzo at the Internet Movie Database