BEN GAZZARA - DOCUMENT SIGNED 07/30/1979 - HFSID 147583

BEN GAZZARA
He signs an earnings statement for the Directors Guild.
Document signed: "Ben Gazzara", 1 page, 8½x7. Declaration of Gross Earnings Statement for the Directors Guild of America, Not dated by him, but covering the first quarter of 1979, with an ink receipts stamp of July 30, 1979. Gazzara earned $3,206.50 as a director in the quarter, all for one episode of the TV series Columbo. Ben Gazzara is an Emmy-winning American actor of stage, TV and movies. His first Broadway role, as Jocko de Paris in End as a Man (1953-54), earned him a 1954 Theatre World Award. He went on to create the role of Brick in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955-1956) and star in A Hatful of Rain (1955-1956); both of these roles were played by other actors in the film adaptations. However, Gazzara was recast as Jocko Paris in the 1957 film adaptation of End as a Man, one of his first movie roles, and he managed to steal scenes from Jimmy Stewart in Anatomy of a Murder, two years later. Gazzara moved to TV after failing to find adequate movie roles and, since his role as Leon Uris' counterpart in QB VII, has favored off-beat roles, including a bisexual villain in Road House (1989) and dysfunctional characters in Buffalo '66, Happiness and The Big Lebowski (all 1998). He has appeared in over 120 films and TV shows 120. Staple holes at upper right corner. Stamp above signature not touching signature. Stamp on verso (light show-through. Otherwise, fine condition.

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