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John Cazale
American actor (1935-1978) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 42
John Holland Cazale was an American actor. He appeared in five films over seven years, each of which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture at their respective awards ceremonies.
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The Deer HunterFilm, 1978Stan1977
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for TelevisionSeries, Frederico "Fredo" Corleone1975
Dog Day AfternoonFilm, Sal1974
The ConversationFilm, Stan
The Godfather Part IIFilm, 1974Frederico 'Fredo' Corleone1972
The GodfatherFilm, Fredo Corleone1967
N.Y.P.D.Series, Tom Andrews1962
The American WayFilm, Beatnik1935Born12 August 1935People around John
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Francis Ford Coppola Directed The Godfather and The Godfather Part II
Robert De Niro Also in The Godfather Part II and The Godfather
Al Pacino Also in The Godfather and Goncharov
Robert Duvall Also in The Godfather Part II (1975)- Albert S. Ruddy Produced The Godfather and The Godfather Saga
Diane Keaton Also in The Godfather Part II (1975)
Mario Puzo Wrote The Godfather Part II (1975)
James Caan Also in The Godfather Part II (1974)
Talia Shire Also in The Godfather and The Godfather Saga
Nino Rota Wrote The Godfather Part II and The Godfather
Lee Strasberg Also in The Godfather Part II and The Godfather
Abe Vigoda Also in The Godfather Part II (1974)
Al Martino Also in The Godfather Part II (1974)- Michael V. Gazzo Also in The Godfather Part II and The Godfather
Gianni Russo Also in The Godfather and The Godfather Saga
Marlon Brando Also in The Godfather Saga and The Godfather
Martin Scorsese Directed Goncharov (1973)
Gene Hackman Also in The Conversation and Goncharov
Alex Rocco Also in The Godfather Saga and The Godfather
Dominic Chianese Also in The Godfather Part II (1974)
Roman Coppola Also in The Godfather and The Godfather Part II- Joe Spinell Also in The Godfather and The Godfather Part II
Marianna Hill Also in The Godfather Part II and The Godfather
Morgana King Also in The Godfather and The Godfather Part II
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The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 1992
The Godfather 1972
The Godfather Part II 1974
The Deer Hunter 1978
Dog Day Afternoon 1975
Filmography 11
16 credits on file
Television 2
About this person
Cazale started as a theater actor in Boston, ranging from regional, to off-Broadway, to Broadway acting alongside Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, and Sam Waterston. Cazale soon became one of Hollywood's premier character actors, starting with his role as the doomed, weak-minded Fredo Corleone alongside longtime friend Pacino in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974). He also appeared in Coppola's The Conversation (1974) and Sidney Lumet's Dog Day Afternoon (1975), the latter of which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination. In 1977, Cazale was diagnosed with lung cancer, but chose to complete his role in The Deer Hunter (1978). Shortly after filming was completed, he died in New York City on March 13, 1978, aged 42. Archive footage of Cazale in the role of Fredo appears in The Godfather Part III (1990).
