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Michael Vincenzo Gazzo (April 5, 1923 – February 14, 1995) was an American playwright who later in life became a film and television actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in The Godfather Part II (1974).
Gazzo was outstanding as the old-fashioned, unsophisticated mafioso who, believing he has been betrayed and marked for death by his don, turns state's evidence against him, only to honor the Mafia code of "omerta" in the end. Gazzo won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nod for his performance.
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- Hillside, New Jersey, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
Michael V. Gazzo. Actor: The Godfather Part II. Michael Vincente Gazzo was born in Hillside, New Jersey, on April 5, 1923. He attended Erwin Piscator's Dramatic Workshop at the New School on the GI Bill after being demobilized from the US Army Air Force after World War II. Gazzo's first major success was as a playwright.
- April 5, 1923
- February 14, 1995
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Feb 24, 1995 · Michael V. Gazzo, an actor and playwright whose 1955 drama, "A Hatful of Rain," broke theatrical ground in its candid and sympathetic portrayal of drug addiction, died on Feb. 14 at Vencor...
Michael V. Gazzo Biography (1923-1995) Full name, Michael Vincente Gazzo; born April 5, 1923, in Hillside, NJ; diedof complications following a stroke, February 14, 1995, in Los Angeles, CA. Actor, director, and playwright.
Mar 6, 1995 · Mar 5, 1995 11:00pm PT. Michael V. Gazzo. By Variety Staff. Michael V. Gazzo, nominated for an Academy Award for “The Godfather, Part II” and author of the 1955 stage drama “A Hatful of...
Feb 14, 1995 · Michael V. Gazzo is known as an Actor, Screenplay, Theatre Play, Writer, and Teleplay. Some of his work includes The Godfather Part II, Alligator, Last Action Hero, Sudden Impact, Black Sunday, Cannonball Run II, Fingers, and Fear City.
