John Cazale

Acting · Born 1935-12-08 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

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.

Filmography

• The Godfather Part II as Frederico 'Fredo' Corleone
• Dog Day Afternoon as Sal
• The Conversation as Stan
• The Deer Hunter as Stan
• The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959 as Frederico "Fredo" Corleone
• The Godfather as Fredo Corleone
• The Freshman as Fredo Corleone (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The American Way as Beatnik
• The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 as Fredo Corleone
• I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale as Self