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John Cassavetes filmography

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John Cassavetes filmography

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John Cassavetes as Johnny Staccato, 1959

John Cassavetes began his career in film in 1953 and ended it in 1986, between which times he was involved in every aspect of the film, television, and stage arts, including acting, directing, scoring, shooting, editing, producing, and marketing.

Cassavetes became known for directing a string of critically acclaimed independent films including Shadows (1959), Faces (1968), Husbands (1970), Minnie and Moskowitz (1971), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Opening Night (1977), Gloria (1980), and Love Streams (1984). Cassavetes also had leading roles in both Opening Night and Love Streams opposite his wife Gena Rowlands.

He is also known for acting in films such as Martin Ritt's film noir Edge of the City (1957), and Roman Polanski's horror film Rosemary's Baby (1968), Giuliano Montaldo's Italian crime film Machine Gun McCain (1969), and Elaine May's crime drama Mikey and Nicky (1976). He earned an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination for his performance in the war film The Dirty Dozen (1967).

As director

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerNotes
1959ShadowsCo-written with Robert Alan Aurthur
1961Too Late BluesCo-written with Richard Carr
1963A Child Is Waiting
1968FacesAlso uncredited editor
1970HusbandsAlso uncredited editor and actor
1971Minnie and MoskowitzUncredited as actor
1974A Woman Under the Influence
1976The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
1977Opening NightAlso actor
1980Gloria
1984Love StreamsCo-written with Ted Allan, also actor
1986Big Trouble

As actor

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1951Fourteen HoursBit RoleUncredited
1953TaxiBit RoleUncredited
1955The Night Holds TerrorRobert Batsford
1956Crime in the StreetsFrankie Dane
1957Edge of the CityAxel Nordmann
Affair in HavanaNick
1958Saddle the WindTony Sinclair
Virgin IslandEvanUS: Our Virgin Island
1959ShadowsPedestrianUncredited
1961Too Late BluesNarratorUncredited
1962The Webster BoyVance Miller
1963A Child Is WaitingMentally-challenged Adult Who Walks Toward CameraUncredited
1964The KillersJohnny North
1967Devil's AngelsCody
The Dirty DozenVictor Franko
1968Rosemary's BabyGuy Woodhouse
Rome Like Chicago (Bandits in Rome)Mario Corda
1969Machine Gun McCainHank McCain
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be BelgiumSteve
1970HusbandsGus Demetri
1971Minnie and MoskowitzJimUncredited
1975CaponeFrankie Yale
1976Two-Minute WarningSgt. Button
Mikey and NickyNicky Godalin
1977HeroesVA DoctorUncredited
Opening NightMaurice Aarons
1978The FuryBen Childress
Brass TargetMaj. Joe De Lucca
1981Whose Life Is It Anyway?Dr. Michael Emerson
1982The IncubusSam Cordell
TempestPhillip Dimitrius
The HaircutMusic Industry ExecutiveShort film
1983Marvin & TigeMarvin Stewart
1984Love StreamsRobert Harmon
1984Fräulein BerlinHimself

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1953You Are TherePlatoEpisode: "The Death of Socrates (399 B.C.)"
1954Robert Montgomery PresentsEpisode: "Diary"
1954NBC Opera TheatreJochanaanEpisode: "Salome" (voiced by Norman Atkins)
1954–1955DangerVarious3 episodes
1955Kraft Television TheatreEpisode: "Judge Contain's Hotel"
The Elgin HourPrivate Tommy Fitch / Frankie Dane2 episodes
Armstrong Circle TheatreArthur / Clay Cochran3 episodes
Pond's TheaterEpisode: "Coquette"
Goodyear Television PlayhousePaul DavisEpisode: "The Expendable House"
1956The United States Steel HourJohnnyEpisode: "Bring Me a Dream"
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSam CobbettSeason 1 Episode 16: "You Got to Have Luck"
Appointment with AdventureEpisode: "All Through the Night"
The 20th Century Fox HourMax MarkheimEpisode: "The Last Patriarch"
Climax!Abel Wintery / McCloud2 episodes
1957O. Henry PlayhouseEpisode: "Two Renegades"
Playhouse 90Dexter GreenEpisode: "Winter Dreams"
1958Westinghouse Studio OnePrivate Paul GrecoEpisode: "Kurishiki Incident"
Alcoa TheatreTony BenedettiEpisode: "The First Star"
PursuitSam CaldwellEpisode: "Calculated Risk"
1959General Electric TheaterJohnnyEpisode: "Train for Tecumseh"
Lux Video TheatreChristo SierraEpisode: "The Dreamer"
DecoyCarl WaltonEpisode: "Across the World"
1959–1960Johnny StaccatoJohnny Staccato / The Killer27 episodes
1961RawhideCal FletcherS3:E19, "Incident Near Gloomy River"
1962The Lloyd Bridges ShowCastigoEpisode: "El Medico"
Dr. KildareMakin SaundEpisode: "The Visitors"
1963ChanningLloyd SullivanEpisode: "Message from the Tin Room"
Breaking PointEvan PriceEpisode: "There Are the Hip, and There Are the Square"
1964The Alfred Hitchcock HourLee GriffinSeason 2 Episode 19: "Murder Case"
The Alfred Hitchcock HourRusty ConnorsSeason 3 Episode 3: "Water's Edge"
1964–1965Burke's LawAlfred Algeron / Various4 episodes
1965Profiles in CourageParsonsEpisode: "John Peter Altgeld"
Kraft Suspense TheatrePeter ChandlerEpisode: "Won't It Ever Be Morning?"
Combat!KalbEpisode: "S.I.W."
The Legend of Jesse JamesBlackie DolanEpisode: "The Quest"
Voyage to the Bottom of the SeaEverett LangEpisode: "The Peacemaker"
1965–1967Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreVarious3 episodes
1966The VirginianJonah MacIntoshEpisode: "Long Ride to Wind River"
The Long, Hot SummerTim DemmingEpisode: "The Intruders"
1968Off to See the WizardGeneral KaronosEpisode: "Alexander the Great"
1972ColumboAlex BenedictEpisode: "Étude in Black"
1973NightsideCarmine KellyTelevision film
1979Flesh and BloodGus CaputoTelevision film
1985King Kongs FaustBerlin Film Fest FootageUncredited
1989*I'm Almost Not Crazy:
John Cassavetes, the Man and His Work*HimselfFilmed in 1984

References

References

  1. Raymond Carney, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=RRW9tkc7KyQC&dq=%22john+cassavetes%22+%22every+aspect%22&pg=PA28 The films of John Cassavetes]'', New York and London: Cambridge University Press, 1994: p. 28.
  2. Ray Carney, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=_1OELt31O70C&dq=%22john+cassavetes%22+designed+posters&pg=PA254 Cassavetes on Cassavetes]'', Macmillan, 2001: p. 254.
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