John Cassavetes Biography (1929-1989) (2024)

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Born December 9, 1929, in New York, NY; died of cirrhosis of the liver, February 3, 1989, in Los Angeles, CA; married Gena Rowlands (an actress), March 19, 1958; children: Nicholas, Alexandra, Zoe.

Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Birth Details
December 9, 1929
New York, New York, United States
Death Details
February 3, 1989
Los Angeles, California, United States

Famous Works

  • Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
  • Appeared with a theatrical repertory company in Providence, RI, 1950- 52.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK
  • Assistant stage manager, The Fifth Season, Cort Theatre, New York City, 1953.
  • producer, "Love Streams," "Knives," and "The Third Day Comes," in Three Plays of Love and Hate, Center Theatre, Hollywood, CA, 1981.
  • FILM DEBUT--Fourteen Hours, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1951.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
  • Robert Batsford, The Night Holds Terror, Columbia, 1955.
  • Frankie Dane, Crime in the Streets, Allied Artists, 1956.
  • Nick, Affair in Havana, Allied Artists, 1957.
  • Axel North, Edge of the City (also known as A Man Is Ten Feet Tall), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1957.
  • Tony Sinclair, Saddle the Wind, MGM, 1958.
  • Evan, Virgin Island (also known as Our Virgin Island), Films-around- the-World, 1960.
  • Vance Miller, The Webster Boy (also known as Middle of Nowhere), Regal, 1962.
  • Johnny North, The Killers (also known as Ernest Hemingway's The Killers),Universal, 1964.
  • Cody, The Devil's Angels, American International, 1967.
  • Victor Franko, The Dirty Dozen, MGM, 1967.
  • Guy Woodhouse, Rosemary's Baby, Paramount, 1968.
  • card player, If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium, United Artists, 1969.
  • Gus, Husbands, Columbia, 1970.
  • Hank McCain, Machine Gun McCain (also known as Gli intoccabili), Columbia, 1970.
  • Jim, Minnie and Moskowitz, Universal, 1971.
  • Frankie Yale, Capone, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1975.
  • Nicky, Mikey and Nicky, Paramount, 1976.
  • Sergeant Chris Button, Two-Minute Warning, Universal, 1976.
  • Maurice Aarons, Opening Night, Faces Distribution, 1977.
  • Major Joe DeLuca, Brass Target, United Artists, 1978.
  • Childress, The Fury, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1978.
  • Dr. Michael Emerson, Whose Life Is It Anyway?, Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer/United Artists (MGM/UA), 1981.
  • Dr. Sam Cordell, The Incubus, Artists Releasing, 1982.
  • Phillip Dimitrious, Tempest, Columbia, 1982.
  • Marvin Stewart, Marvin and Tige, Major, 1983.
  • Robert Harmon, Love Streams, MGM/UA, 1984.
  • Also appeared in Taxi, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1953; Bandits in Rome (alsoknown as Roma coma Chicago), 1969; Heroes, Universal, 1977; I'm Almost Not Crazy ... John Cassavetes: The Man and His Work (documentary), Cannon Releasing, 1983; and Movies Are My Life: Martin Scorsese (documentary).
  • FIRST FILM WORK--Director, Shadows, Lion, 1960.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK; DIRECTOR
  • (Also producer) Too Late Blues, Paramount, 1962.
  • A Child Is Waiting, Paramount, 1963.
  • (also editor with Maurice McEndree and Al Ruban) Faces, Continental Distributing, 1968.
  • Husbands, Columbia, 1970.
  • Minnie and Moskowitz, Universal, 1971.
  • A Woman under the Influence, Faces International, 1974.
  • The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Faces Distribution, 1976.
  • Opening Night, Faces Distribution, 1977.
  • (also producer) Gloria, Columbia, 1980.
  • Love Streams, MGM/UA, 1984.
  • Big Trouble, Columbia, 1986.
  • TELEVISION DEBUT--Omnibus, CBS, 1953.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; SERIES
  • Title role, Johnny Staccato, NBC, 1959-60.
  • Credits; PILOTS
  • Sergeant Lee Harmon, "The Fliers," Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, NBC, 1965.
  • Paul Chandler, "Won't It Ever Be Morning?," Kraft Suspense Theatre, NBC,1965.
  • General Karonos, Alexander the Great, ABC, 1968.
  • Carmine Kelly, Nightside, ABC, 1973.
  • Credits; EPISODIC
  • "Crime in the Streets," The Elgin Television Hour, ABC, 1955.
  • Columbo, NBC, 1972.
  • "The Haircut," Shortstories, Arts and Entertainment, 1988.
  • Also "Combat Medics," The Elgin Television Hour, ABC; Alcoa Theatre, NBC;Danger, CBS; Philco Television Playhouse, NBC; Goodyear Television Playhouse, NBC; "Winter Dreams," Playhouse 90, CBS; Studio One, CBS; General ElectricTheatre, CBS; Lux Playhouse, CBS; Rawhide, CBS; Dr. Kildare, NBC; The Lloyd Bridges Show, CBS; Channing,ABC; The Breaking Point, ABC; Burke's Law, ABC; Profiles in Courage,NBC; Combat, ABC; The Legend of Jesse James, ABC; Voyage tothe Bottom of the Sea, ABC; The Virginian, NBC; The Long, Hot Summer, ABC; Climax, CBS; "The Death of Socrates,"You Are There, CBS; Appointment with Adventure, CBS; Kraft Mystery Theatre, NBC; Pursuit, CBS; Kraft Television Theatre; Alfred Hitchcock Presents; Armstrong Circle Theatre; U.S. Steel Hour.
  • Credits; MOVIES
  • Gus Caputo, Flesh and Blood, CBS, 1979.
  • Credits; SPECIALS
  • Hedda Hopper's Hollywood, NBC, 1960.
  • Also appeared in The Expendable House, 1963; There Are the Hip and ThereAre the Square, 1963; and Murder Case, 1964.
  • Writings;STAGE
  • The East/West Game, produced in Los Angeles, CA, 1980.
  • "Knives" in Three Plays of Love and Hate, Center Theatre, Hollywood, CA,1981.
  • A Woman of Mystery, Court Theatre, Los Angeles, 1987.
  • Writings;FILM
  • (Improvisation written with cast members) Shadows, Lion, 1960.
  • (with Richard Carr) Too Late Blues Paramount, 1962.
  • Faces, Continental Distributing, 1968, published by New American Library,1970.
  • Husbands, Columbia, 1970, published by Scripts Limited.
  • Minnie and Moskowitz, Universal, 1971, published by Black Sparrow Press,1973.
  • A Woman under the Influence, Faces International, 1974.
  • The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Faces Distribution, 1976.
  • Opening Night, Faces Distribution, 1977.
  • Gloria, Columbia, 1980.
  • (with Ted Allan; also songwriter) Love Streams, Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer/United Artists, 1984.

Further Reference

OBITUARIES AND OTHER SOURCES:

  • New York Times, February 4, 1989.
  • Variety, February 8-14, 1989.

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