
John Cassavetes
Directing
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Acting Credits
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Directed
Biography
John Nicholas Cassavetes (December 9, 1929 – February 3, 1989) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. First known as an actor on television and in film, Cassavetes also became a pioneer of American independent cinema, writing and directing movies financed in part with income from his acting work. AllMovie called him "an iconoclastic maverick," while The New Yorker suggested that he "may be the most influential American director of the last half century." As an actor, Cassavetes...
Known For
Filmography

John Cassavetes par Thierry Jousse
2024

150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement
2021
as Man Talking

Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
2019
as Self (archive footage)

Peter Falk versus Columbo
2019
as Self (archive footage)

Iconic Couples of Hollywood
2015
as Self (archive footage)

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008
as Guy Woodhouse (archive footage)

Operation Dirty Dozen
2006
as Self

A Constant Forge
2000
as Self (archive footage)

Out of the Shadows: The Films of John Cassavetes
1993
as Self

Anything for John
1993
as Self (archive footage)
Arena - John Cassavetes
1989
as Self

Movies Are My Life
1988
as Self

Marvin & Tige
1985
as Marvin
Nederland C
1985
as Self - Portrait of the actor / cinematographer

Love Streams
1984
as Robert Harmon

Fräulein Berlin
1984
as himself

I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
1984
as Self

Tempest
1982
as Phillip

Incubus
1982
as Dr. Sam Cordell

The Haircut
1982
as Music Industry Executive

Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1981
as Dr. Michael Emerson

Flesh & Blood
1979
as Gus Caputo

Flesh & Blood
1979
as Gus Caputo

The Fury
1978
as Ben Childress

Brass Target
1978
as Maj. Joe De Lucca

Opening Night
1977
as Maurice Aarons

Heroes
1977
as VA Doctor (uncredited)

Two-Minute Warning
1976
as Sgt. Chris Button

Mikey and Nicky
1976
as Nicky

Capone
1975
as Frankie Yale

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self

Nightside
1973
as Carmine Kelly

Minnie and Moskowitz
1971
as Jim

The Making of 'Husbands'
1971
as Self

Columbo
1971
as Alex Benedict

Husbands
1970
as Gus Demetri

Machine Gun McCain
1969
as Hank McCain

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969
as Steve

Rosemary's Baby
1968
as Guy Woodhouse

Alexander The Great
1968
as Karonos

Bandits in Rome
1968
as Mario Corda

The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest

The Dirty Dozen
1967
as Victor Franko

Devil's Angels
1967
as Cody

The Legend of Jesse James
1965
as Blackie Dolan

The Killers
1964
as Johnny North

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
Profiles in Courage
1964
as Parsons

Burke's Law
1963
as Eddie Dineen

Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Peter Chandler
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963

Channing
1963
as Lloyd Sullivan

Burke's Law
1963
as Stephen Collins

Burke's Law
1963
as Alfred Algernon

Burke's Law
1963
as Carlos de Vega

The Webster Boy
1962
as Vance Miller

Combat!
1962
as Kalb

The Virginian
1962
as Jonah MacIntosh

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Rusty Connors

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Lee Griffin

Dr. Kildare
1961
as Makin Saund

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960
as Self

Shadows
1960
as Pedestrian (uncredited)

Virgin Island
1959
as Evan

Johnny Staccato
1959
as Johnny Staccato

Rawhide
1959
as Cal Fletcher

Saddle the Wind
1958
as Tony Sinclair

The Dick Clark Show
1958
as Self

Affair in Havana
1957
as Nick Douglas

Edge of the City
1957
as Axel Nordmann

Crime in the Streets
1956
as Frankie Dane

No Right to Kill
1956
as McCloud

The Night Holds Terror
1955
as Robert Batsford

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Sam Cobbett

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Max Markheim
Appointment with Adventure
1955
as Danny Loomis

Climax!
1954
as Malcolm McCloud

Climax!
1954
as Abel Winter

Taxi
1953
as Man (uncredited)

General Electric Theater
1953
as Johnny

The United States Steel Hour
1953
as Johnny

Omnibus
1952
as Pepe

Omnibus
1952

Fourteen Hours
1951
as Reporter (uncredited)

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950

Studio One
1948
as Paul Greco

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter