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John Cazale
Birthday: August 12, 1935

Birth Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Height: 5' 1"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for John Cazale. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

 

Biography

After studying Drama at Oberlin College and Boston University, wiry-nosed, melancholy character actor John Cazale established himself as one of the off-Broadway scene's most intensely fascinating talents. He won Obie Awards for his stage performances in The Indian Wants the Bronx and The Line. At the invitation of his close friend Al Pacino, Cazale tried out for a role in The Godfather (1972), landing the part of Fredo Corleone. He was subsequently seen in The Godfather Part II (1974) and Dog Day Afternoon (1975). Looking far older than his forty-two years, John Cazale made his last appearance in The Deer Hunter (1978), which co-starred his then-fianc

Movie Credits
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992)
[ Robert De Niro ][ Al Pacino ][ Marlon Brando ][ Robert Duvall ][ Francis Ford Coppola ]
The Deer Hunter (1978)
[ Robert De Niro ][ Christopher Walken ][ John Savage ][ George Dzundza ][ Irving Berlin ]
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
[ Al Pacino ][ Lance Henriksen ][ Chris Sarandon ][ Sidney Lumet ][ Charles Durning ]
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
[ Robert De Niro ][ Al Pacino ][ Robert Duvall ][ Francis Ford Coppola ][ James Caan ]
The Conversation (1974)
[ Harrison Ford ][ Gene Hackman ][ Robert Duvall ][ Francis Ford Coppola ][ Frederic Forrest ]
The Godfather (1972)
[ Al Pacino ][ Marlon Brando ][ Robert Duvall ][ James Caan ][ Bing Crosby ]
The American Way (1962)

Trivia

  • Once engaged to Meryl Streep
  • Was dying of cancer while filming The Deer Hunter (1978)
  • Cazale appeared in only five feature films in his career, and all of them were nominated for Best Picture.
  • Studied drama at Oberlin College and Boston University.
  • Played characters in two movies named Stan (The Deer Hunter (1978), and The Conversation (1974)).
  • Italian-American.
  • Years after his death he appeared in a sixth feature film, The Godfather: Part III (1990) in archive footage. The Godfather: Part III was also nominated for Best Picture.
  • Was friends with Al Pacino when he was a teenager.
  • In spite of the desperate, violent characters he played in a handful of films, he was by all accounts an enormously kind and gentle person off screen, having been a close personal friend of most of the actors he had worked with. Among his greatest achievements was that he helped the discovery of childhood friend Al Pacino, fellow, hungry theater actor Robert De Niro, and his fiancée at the time of his early death, Meryl Streep.
  • Has a theater named after him, the McGinn/Cazale Theatre, located at 2162 Broadway at 76th Street, above the Promenade Theatre on the fourth floor. The theater sits from 99 to 108 people.
  • Cited as a "Distinguished Performance" by the Off-Broadway Obie Awards for the 1967-68 season for his performance in Israel Horovitz's play "The Indian Wants the Bronx".
  • Close friend and frequent co-star, Al Pacino, referred to Cazale as his "acting partner", the guy he could've acted with his entire life.
  • Three of the five feature-length movies he made also starred Al Pacino: The Godfather (1972), The Godfather: Part II (1974) and Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

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