Birthname: John Nicholas Cassavetes
| Sign | Sagittarius |
| Born | Dec 9, 1929 New York City, NY |
| Died | Feb 3, 1989 Los Angeles, CA |
| Age | Died at 59 |
| Final Resting PlaceWestwood Memorial Park | |
John Cassavetes | |
| Job | Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Film editor |
| Years active | 1951-88 |
| Top Roles | Axel Nordmann, Retarded Adult Who Walks Toward Camera, Guy Woodhouse, Victor Franko, Bit Part |
| Top Genres | Drama, Crime, Film Noir, Action, Thriller/Suspense, Mystery |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, World War II, Romance (Drama) |
| Top Collaborators | Don Siegel (Director), Val Avery, Ben Gazzara, Gena Rowlands |
| Shares birthday with | Kirk Douglas, Broderick Crawford, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. see more.. |
John Cassavetes Overview:
Legendary actor, John Cassavetes, was born John Nicholas Cassavetes on Dec 9, 1929 in New York City, NY. Cassavetes died at the age of 59 on Feb 3, 1989 in Los Angeles, CA and was laid to rest in Westwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, CA.
MINI BIO:
Spare, dark, lean-and-hungry-looking American actor who largely escaped the gangster roles for which his Italianate features seemed to destine him. Also a director of critical acclaim, although his films' public appeal remained limited. His biggest popular success was a TV series, Johnny Staccato. He married actress Gena Rowlands, subsequent star of many of his films. Oscar-nominated for The Dirty Dozen, he died at 59 from complications arising from cirrhosis of the liver. (Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).HONORS and AWARDS:
.Although Cassavetes was nominated for three Oscars, he never won a competitive Academy Award.
Academy Awards
| Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
| 1967 | Best Supporting Actor | The Dirty Dozen (1967) | Victor Franko | Nominated |
| 1968 | Best Writing | Faces (1968) | N/A | Nominated |
| 1974 | Best Director | A Woman under the Influence (1974) | N/A | Nominated |
Cassavetes was immortalized on a US postal stamp in 2003.
John Cassavetes BlogHub Articles:
A Child Is Waiting (1963, John Cassavetes)
By Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 6, 2018 From The Stop ButtonA Child Is Waiting had all kinds of production clashes between producer Stanley Kramer and director Cassavetes. And, apparently, between stars Burt Lancaster and Judy Garland and director Cassavetes. Kramer even fired Cassavetes during editing; none of those problems come through in the finished pro... Read full article
Gena Rowlands and John Cassavetes: Each Other’s Muse…
By Christy Putnam on Jan 23, 2016 From Christy PutnamAs I was unsure of what “symbiotic” meant in the context of actors and directors, I began to travel to the land of the “lexicons,” a green, fertile place found only in the imagination. Sometimes there’s a pot of gold, and sometimes there is a cold, hard fact that canno... Read full article
Video of the Week: Los Angeles, The City in Cinema: The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (John Cassavetes, 1978)
By Marisa on Aug 26, 2015 From The Timothy Carey ExperienceOur video this week is a thoughtful analysis by essayist Colin Marshall of John Cassavetes‘ The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1978 director’s cut) as it relates to the city of Los Angeles itself. Timothy is briefly glimpsed in the restaurant scene in which Mort (Seymour Cassel) delivers t... Read full article
Bonus: John Cassavetes
By Marisa on Dec 9, 2014 From The Timothy Carey Experience“You can defeat fear through humor, through pain, through honesty, bravery, intuition, and through love in the truest sense.” – John Cassavetes, born this date in 1929. A great friend and mentor to Timothy. Would that the both of them were still with us, but their spirits live on. ... Read full article
Criterion: Shadows, John Cassavetes
By Aaron West on Aug 2, 2014 From Criterion BluesAug 2 Posted by aaronwest SHADOWS, John Cassavetes, 1959 As I watched John Cassavetes? first film, I was struck immediately by how different it was from the films of the era, and how much in common it had with the French New Wave films that were just about to burst onto the scene. I have no idea wh... Read full article
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John Cassavetes Quotes:
Guy Woodhouse: Good ol' Hutch, he's spreading cheer wherever he goes. I'm gonna get a newspaper, honey.
[pause]
Guy Woodhouse: He's a professional crepe-hanger.
Rosemary Woodhouse: He's not a professional crepe-hanger.
Guy Woodhouse: Then he's one of the top-ranking amateurs.
Hank McCain: What do you do? Sell women? Sell marijuana? - what d'you do? Where'd you get the twenty-five thousand? I wouldn't give you twenty-five cents. What d'you do? - you go out and you hustle yourself all over the street. Small time - no dignity! You don't beg.
Jack McCain: That's why, Hank - I need this chance. I got tired of being small change.
Hank McCain: You're gonna be small change all your life.
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