Actor
John Cazale
Born December 8, 1935 in Boston, Massachusetts, USADied March 13, 19787 films
John Holland Cazale (August 12, 1935 - March 12, 1978) was an American actor. He appeared in five films during six years, each one 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.
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First watchThe Godfather19728.7as Fredo CorleoneSpanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his…View filmEssential films
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7 films as actor- 1992The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980Fredo Corleone
- 1978The Deer HunterStan
- 1975Dog Day AfternoonSal
- 1974The Godfather Part IIFrederico 'Fredo' Corleone
- 1974The ConversationStan
- 1972The GodfatherFredo Corleone
- 1962The American WayBeatnik