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Michael Vincenzo Gazzo (April 5, 1923 – February 14, 1995) was an American playwright who later in life became a movie and television actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in The Godfather Part II (1974).
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...
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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Mar 6, 1995 · Michael V. Gazzo, nominated for an Academy Award for “The Godfather, Part II” and author of the 1955 stage drama “A Hatful of Rain,” died Feb. 14 of complications from a stroke at Vencor...
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.
- April 5, 1923
- February 14, 1995
By Staff. Feb 27, 1995. Michael V. Gazzo, who wrote the 1955 play "A Hatful of Rain" and later was nominated for a supporting actor Oscar in "The Godfather Part II," has died. He was 71....
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