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John Cazale

Acting · Born December 8, 1935 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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.

Movies with John Cazale

• The Godfather (1972) — Fredo Corleone
• The Godfather Part III (1990) — Fredo Corleone (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Godfather Part II (1974) — Frederico 'Fredo' Corleone
• The Deer Hunter (1978) — Stan
• Dog Day Afternoon (1975) — Sal
• The Conversation (1974) — Stan
• The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) — Fredo Corleone
• The Freshman (1990) — Fredo Corleone (archive footage) (uncredited)
• I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009) — Self
• The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon' (2006)
• The American Way (1962) — Beatnik