John Cazale

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1935-08-12

Deathday 1978-03-12 (42 years old)

Place of Birth Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As John Holland Cazale

John Cazale

Biography

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.

Known For

Actor

2022
Becoming Al Pacino

as Self (archive footage)

2020
Meryl Streep: Mystery and Metamorphosis

as Self (archive footage)

2009
1992
1990
The Freshman

as Fredo Corleone (archive footage) (uncredited)

1990
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

as Fredo Corleone (archive footage)

1981
The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic

as Frederico "Fredo" Corleone

1978
1974
The Godfather Part II

as Frederico 'Fredo' Corleone

1974
1972
The Godfather

as Fredo Corleone

1967
N.Y.P.D.

as Tom Andrews

1962
The American Way

as Beatnik

Producer

1962
The American Way

as Production Assistant

Editor

1962

Crew

1969
The Box

as Cinematography