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]

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

Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
1959 Shadows Yes Yes No Co-written with Robert Alan Aurthur
1961 Too Late Blues Yes Yes Yes Co-written with Richard Carr
1963 A Child Is Waiting Yes No No
1968 Faces Yes Yes Uncredited Also uncredited editor
1970 Husbands Yes Yes Yes Also uncredited editor and actor
1971 Minnie and Moskowitz Yes Yes No Uncredited as actor
1974 A Woman Under the Influence Yes Yes No
1976 The Killing of a Chinese Bookie Yes Yes No
1977 Opening Night Yes Yes No Also actor
1980 Gloria Yes Yes No
1984 Love Streams Yes Yes No Co-written with Ted Allan, also actor
1986 Big Trouble Yes No No

As actor

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1951 Fourteen Hours Bit Role Uncredited
1953 Taxi Bit Role Uncredited
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 Evan US: Our Virgin Island
1959 Shadows Pedestrian Uncredited
1961 Too Late Blues Narrator Uncredited
1962 The Webster Boy Vance Miller
1963 A Child Is Waiting Mentally-challenged Adult Who Walks Toward Camera Uncredited
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 Jim Uncredited
1975 Capone Frankie Yale
1976 Two-Minute Warning Sgt. Button
Mikey and Nicky Nicky Godalin
1977 Heroes VA Doctor Uncredited
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
1984 Fräulein Berlin Himself

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1953 You Are There Plato Episode: "The Death of Socrates (399 B.C.)"
1954 Robert Montgomery Presents Un­known Episode: "Diary"
1954–1955 Danger Various 3 episodes
1955 Kraft Television Theatre Un­known Episode: "Judge Contain's Hotel"
The Elgin Hour Private Tommy Fitch / Frankie Dane 2 episodes
Armstrong Circle Theatre Arthur / Clay Cochran 3 episodes
Pond's Theater Un­known Episode: "Coquette"
Goodyear Television Playhouse Paul Davis Episode: "The Expendable House"
1956 The United States Steel Hour Johnny Episode: "Bring Me a Dream"
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Sam Cobbett Season 1 Episode 16: "You Got to Have Luck"
Appointment with Adventure Un­known Episode: "All Through the Night"
The 20th Century Fox Hour Max Markheim Episode: "The Last Patriarch"
Climax! Abel Wintery / McCloud 2 episodes
1957 O. Henry Playhouse Un­known Episode: "Two Renegades"
Playhouse 90 Dexter Green Episode: "Winter Dreams"
1958 Westinghouse Studio One Private Paul Greco Episode: "Kurishiki Incident"
Alcoa Theatre Tony Benedetti Episode: "The First Star"
Pursuit Sam Caldwell Episode: "Calculated Risk"
1959 General Electric Theater Johnny Episode: "Train for Tecumseh"
Lux Video Theatre Christo Sierra Episode: "The Dreamer"
Decoy Carl Walton Episode: "Across the World"
1959–1960 Johnny Staccato Johnny Staccato / The Killer 27 episodes
1961 Rawhide Cal Fletcher S3:E19, "Incident Near Gloomy River"
1962 The Lloyd Bridges Show Castigo Episode: "El Medico"
Dr. Kildare Makin Saund Episode: "The Visitors"
1963 Channing Lloyd Sullivan Episode: "Message from the Tin Room"
Breaking Point Evan Price Episode: "There Are the Hip, and There Are the Square"
1964 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Rusty Connors / Lee Griffin 2 episodes
1964–1965 Burke's Law Alfred Algeron / Various 4 episodes
1965 Profiles in Courage Parsons Episode: "John Peter Altgeld"
Kraft Suspense Theatre Peter Chandler Episode: "Won't It Ever Be Morning?"
Combat! Kalb Episode: "S.I.W."
The Legend of Jesse James Blackie Dolan Episode: "The Quest"
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Everett Lang Episode: "The Peacemaker"
1965–1967 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Various 3 episodes
1966 The Virginian Jonah MacIntosh Episode: "Long Ride to Wind River"
The Long, Hot Summer Tim Demming Episode: "The Intruders"
1968 Off to See the Wizard General Karonos Episode: "Alexander the Great"
1972 Columbo Alex Benedict Episode: "Étude in Black"
1973 Nightside Carmine Kelly Television film
1979 Flesh and Blood Gus Caputo Television film
1985 King Kongs Faust Berlin Film Fest Footage Uncredited
1989 I'm Almost Not Crazy:
John Cassavetes, the Man and His Work		 Himself Filmed in 1984

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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