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. [1] [2]

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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
1959 Shadows YesYesNoCo-written with Robert Alan Aurthur
1961 Too Late Blues YesYesYesCo-written with Richard Carr
1963 A Child Is Waiting YesNoNo
1968 Faces YesYesUncreditedAlso uncredited editor
1970 Husbands YesYesYesAlso uncredited editor and actor
1971 Minnie and Moskowitz YesYesNoUncredited as actor
1974 A Woman Under the Influence YesYesNo
1976 The Killing of a Chinese Bookie YesYesNo
1977 Opening Night YesYesNoAlso actor
1980 Gloria YesYesNo
1984 Love Streams YesYesNoCo-written with Ted Allan, also actor
1986 Big Trouble YesNoNo

As actor

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1951 Fourteen Hours Bit RoleUncredited
1953 Taxi Bit RoleUncredited
1955 The Night Holds Terror Robert Batsford
1956 Crime in the Streets Frankie Dane
1957 Edge of the City Axel Nordmann
Affair in Havana Nick
1958 Saddle the Wind Tony Sinclair
Virgin Island EvanUS: Our Virgin Island
1959 Shadows PedestrianUncredited
1961 Too Late Blues NarratorUncredited
1962 The Webster Boy Vance Miller
1963 A Child Is Waiting Mentally-challenged Adult Who Walks Toward CameraUncredited
1964 The Killers Johnny North
1967 Devil's Angels Cody
The Dirty Dozen Victor Franko
1968 Rosemary's Baby Guy Woodhouse
Rome Like Chicago ( Bandits in Rome )Mario Corda
1969 Machine Gun McCain Hank McCain
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium Steve
1970 Husbands Gus Demetri
1971 Minnie and Moskowitz JimUncredited
1975 Capone Frankie Yale
1976 Two-Minute Warning Sgt. Button
Mikey and Nicky Nicky Godalin
1977 Heroes VA DoctorUncredited
Opening Night Maurice Aarons
1978 The Fury Ben Childress
Brass Target Maj. Joe De Lucca
1981 Whose Life Is It Anyway? Dr. Michael Emerson
1982 The Incubus Sam Cordell
Tempest Phillip Dimitrius
The Haircut Music Industry Executive Short film
1983 Marvin & Tige Marvin Stewart
1984 Love Streams Robert Harmon
1984Fräulein BerlinHimself

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1953 You Are There Plato Episode: "The Death of Socrates (399 B.C.)"
1954 Robert Montgomery Presents Un­knownEpisode: "Diary"
1954–1955 Danger Various3 episodes
1955 Kraft Television Theatre Un­knownEpisode: "Judge Contain's Hotel"
The Elgin Hour Private Tommy Fitch / Frankie Dane2 episodes
Armstrong Circle Theatre Arthur / Clay Cochran3 episodes
Pond's Theater Un­knownEpisode: "Coquette"
Goodyear Television Playhouse Paul DavisEpisode: "The Expendable House"
1956 The United States Steel Hour JohnnyEpisode: "Bring Me a Dream"
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Sam CobbettSeason 1 Episode 16: "You Got to Have Luck"
Appointment with Adventure Un­knownEpisode: "All Through the Night"
The 20th Century Fox Hour Max MarkheimEpisode: "The Last Patriarch"
Climax! Abel Wintery / McCloud2 episodes
1957 O. Henry Playhouse Un­knownEpisode: "Two Renegades"
Playhouse 90 Dexter GreenEpisode: "Winter Dreams"
1958 Westinghouse Studio One Private Paul GrecoEpisode: "Kurishiki Incident"
Alcoa Theatre Tony BenedettiEpisode: "The First Star"
Pursuit Sam CaldwellEpisode: "Calculated Risk"
1959 General Electric Theater JohnnyEpisode: "Train for Tecumseh"
Lux Video Theatre Christo SierraEpisode: "The Dreamer"
Decoy Carl WaltonEpisode: "Across the World"
1959–1960 Johnny Staccato Johnny Staccato / The Killer27 episodes
1961 Rawhide Cal FletcherS3:E19, "Incident Near Gloomy River"
1962 The Lloyd Bridges Show CastigoEpisode: "El Medico"
Dr. Kildare Makin SaundEpisode: "The Visitors"
1963 Channing Lloyd SullivanEpisode: "Message from the Tin Room"
Breaking Point Evan PriceEpisode: "There Are the Hip, and There Are the Square"
1964 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Lee GriffinSeason 2 Episode 19: "Murder Case"
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Rusty ConnorsSeason 3 Episode 3: "Water's Edge"
1964–1965 Burke's Law Alfred Algeron / Various4 episodes
1965 Profiles in Courage ParsonsEpisode: "John Peter Altgeld"
Kraft Suspense Theatre Peter ChandlerEpisode: "Won't It Ever Be Morning?"
Combat! KalbEpisode: "S.I.W."
The Legend of Jesse James Blackie DolanEpisode: "The Quest"
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Everett LangEpisode: "The Peacemaker"
1965–1967 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Various3 episodes
1966 The Virginian Jonah MacIntoshEpisode: "Long Ride to Wind River"
The Long, Hot Summer Tim DemmingEpisode: "The Intruders"
1968 Off to See the Wizard General KaronosEpisode: "Alexander the Great"
1972 Columbo Alex BenedictEpisode: "Étude in Black"
1973NightsideCarmine Kelly Television 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

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References

  1. Raymond Carney, The films of John Cassavetes , New York and London: Cambridge University Press, 1994: p. 28.
  2. Ray Carney, Cassavetes on Cassavetes , Macmillan, 2001: p. 254.

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