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Michael Vincenzo Gazzo
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Career
He authored the gritty Broadway play about drug addiction A Hatful of Rain, which ran for 389 performances in 1955 and 1956. lieutenant starred Ben Gazzara and Shelley Winters in the two lead roles, and subsequently was adapted into a film by Oscar-winning director Fred Zinnemann in 1957. The movie was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Anthony Franciosa).
A 1968 made-for-television version (as a filmed play) starred Peter Falk, Sandy Dennis and Michael Parks.
Gazzo"s other screen writing credits include the Elvis Presley American musical drama King Creole in 1958. He also authored the Broadway play The Night Circus starring Ben Gazzara.
He lost to Robert De Niro, who played Vito Corleone in the same film. Gazzo died in 1995 due to complications from a stroke.
He was buried in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Los Angeles
Achievements
Membership
Gazzo was a member of the Actors Studio and would later go on to train such actors as Debra Winger, Henry Silva and Tony Sirico.
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Died
February 14, 1995 (aged 71)