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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. His play about drug addiction, "A Hatful of Rain," was a success on Broadway, running for 389 performances in 1955 and 1956 and winning Ben Gazzara and Anthony Franciosa Tony award nominations as Best Actor and Best Featured Actor, respectively. However, his second (and what would prove to be his last) Broadway play, "The Night Circus," also starring Gazzara, was a flop, lasting just 7 performances in 1958,
"A Hatful of Rain" was made into a successful film by Oscar-winning director Fred Zinnemann in 1957. Franciosa won an Oscar nomination for reprising his role in the film. Gazzo turned to screenwriting, penning the Elvis Presley hoses-opera King Creole (1958). Eventually he turned back to acting, where his stocky physique and unique screech of a voice made him a first-rate character actor by the 1970s.
His biggest and best acting gig came to him when Richard S. Castellano refused to appear in The Godfather Part II (1974) due to a money dispute. Castellano's character Clemenza was killed off and Gazzo was cast as Clemenza's successor in the Corleone crime family in New York. 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.
Gazzo continued to work in films until his death, mostly assaying Mafia bosses and other criminal types. On film, though, he was able to break out of typecasting in his frequent television appearances and play good guys. He died of a stroke on February 14, 1995 in Los Angeles, at the age of 71.- Ray McNeil was born on 17 December 1964. He was married to Sally McNeil. He died on 14 February 1995 in Oceanside, California, USA.
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Maria Andergast was born on 4 June 1912 in Brunnthal, Bavaria, Germany. She was an actress, known for Skandal um die Fledermaus (1936), Das große Abenteuer (1938) and Die Wirtin von Maria Wörth (1952). She was married to Richard Häussler, Siegfried Breuer and Heinz Helbig. She died on 14 February 1995 in Lainz-Vienna, Austria.- Arnold Friedman was born on 12 April 1937 in the USA. He was married to Elaine Friedman. He died on 14 February 1995 in Collins, New York, USA.
- Werner Peter Pfeffer was born on 3 April 1927 in Germany. He was married to Jacqueline Eva Pahl. He died on 14 February 1995 in California, USA.
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Nigel Finch was born on 1 August 1949 in Tenterden, Kent, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for Stonewall (1995), Arena (1975) and The Errand (1980). He died on 14 February 1995 in London, England, UK.- Special Effects
Dale L. Martin was born on 22 June 1942 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He is known for RoboCop (1987), Total Recall (1990) and The Net (1995). He died on 14 February 1995 in Mission Hills, California, USA.- Actor
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Ischa Meijer was born on 14 February 1943 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor and writer, known for Oog in oog (1991), Ibiza, zon en zonde (1969) and Evenings (1989). He died on 14 February 1995 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Actor
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Zhi Cheng was born on 3 February 1926 in Wuhan, Hubei, China. He was an actor, known for Biao (1949), The 'Magic-Cat' and the 'Tough-Spider' (1989) and Ye dian (1947). He died on 14 February 1995 in Shanghai, China.- Celia Tejeda was born on 29 December 1909 in Ciudad Lerdo, Durango, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Jugándose la vida (1963), La garra del leopardo (1963) and Mi caballo prieto rebelde (1967). She was married to Roberto Gómez Flores, Elpidio Larios Morales and Luis Mario Jarero. She died on 14 February 1995 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
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Earle Luby was born on 26 February 1916 in Canada. He was a writer and producer, known for The Twentieth Century (1957), The Roaring Game (1952) and RKO Screenliner: Flying Pinwheels (1952). He died on 14 February 1995 in Redding, California, USA.- Sabira Maikanova was born on 1 January 1914 in Perovsk, Turkestan, Russian Empire [now Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan]. She was an actress, known for Kyz-Zhibek (1972), A Poem About Love (1954) and Daughter of the Steppes (1955). She died on 14 February 1995.