John Cazale
Actor
December 8, 1935 — March 13, 1978 (42 years)
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.
Known For
Filmography
| 2008 | Premio Donostia a Meryl Streep · as Stan |
| 2006 | The Godfather and the Mob · as Cast |
| 2004 | Based on a True Story · as Cast |
| 1992 | The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 · as Fredo Corleone |
| 1990 | The Godfather Part III · as Fredo Corleone (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1990 | The Godfather Family: A Look Inside · as Fredo Corleone |
| 1990 | The Freshman · as Fredo Corleone (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1978 | The Deer Hunter · as Stan |
| 1977 | The Godfather: A Novel for Television · as Frederico "fredo" Corleone |
| 1975 | Dog Day Afternoon · as Sal |
| 1974 | The Godfather Part II · as Frederico 'fredo' Corleone |
| 1974 | The Conversation · as StanOn Plex |
| 1972 | The Godfather · as Fredo Corleone |
| 1967 | N.Y.P.D. · as Tom Andrews |
| 2023 | Film Geek · as Self - Actor, Dog Day Afternoon |
| 2022 | Al Pacino, le Bronx et la fureur · as Self |
| 2009 |