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John Cazale

John Cazale

Birthday: 1935-08-12 | Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

John Holland Cazale was an American actor. He appeared in five films during six years that were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture: The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather Part II, Dog Day Afternoon, and The Deer Hunter. He appeared in archival footage in The Godfather Part III, also nominated for Best Picture, making him the only actor to have this multi-film distinction. From his start as a theater actor, he became one of Hollywood's premier character actors, starting with his role as the doomed, weak-minded Fredo Corleone opposite longtime friend Al Pacino in Francis Ford Coppola's film The Godfather and its 1974 sequel. Cazale chose to continue acting despite being diagnosed with lung cancer. He died in New York City on March 12, 1978, shortly after completing his role in The Deer Hunter. Theatre producer Joseph Papp called Cazale "an amazing intellect, an extraordinary person and a fine, dedicated artist". A film documentary tribute to Cazale, I Knew It Was You, was screened at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival Description above from the Wikipedia article John Cazale, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2009
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

as    Self (archive footage)

1990
'The Godfather' Family: A Look Inside

as    Fredo Corleone (archive footage)

1978
The Deer Hunter

as    Stan

1975
Dog Day Afternoon

as    Salvatore 'Sal' Naturile

1974
The Godfather Part II

as    Frederico 'Fredo' Corleone

1974
The Conversation

as    Stan