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 prem...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Becoming Al Pacino
2022
as Self (archive footage)
A journey through the meteoric rise and tempestuous story of the legendary American actor Al Pacino, from the Bronx of New York to worldwide stardom.
Meryl Streep: Mystery and Metamorphosis
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Meryl Streep is one of the most versatile and successful actresses of all time and is still considered a superstar after 50 years of career. She fasci...
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009
as Self (archive footage)
John Cazale was in only five films – The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather: Part II, Dog Day Afternoon and The Deer Hunter – each was nominat...
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
1992
as Fredo Corleone
Following the release of The Godfather Part III in 1990, Coppola, Barry Malkin, and Walter Murch edited the three Godfather movies into chronological ...
The Freshman
1990
as Fredo Corleone (archive footage) (uncredited)
After a film student gets his belongings stolen, he meets a mobster bearing a startling resemblance to a certain cinematic godfather. Soon, he finds h...
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990
as Fredo Corleone (archive footage)
A documentary on the making of the three Godfather films, with interviews and recollections from the film makers and cast. This feature also includes ...
The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic
1981
as Frederico "Fredo" Corleone
The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic is a reduced, 386-minute version of the 1977 television miniseries, "Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Comple...
The Deer Hunter
1978
as Stan
A group of working-class friends decide to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos -- not the noble venture they im...
Dog Day Afternoon
1975
as Sal
Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turn...
The Godfather Part II
1974
as Frederico 'Fredo' Corleone
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone at...
The Conversation
1974
as Stan
A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.
The Godfather
1972
as Fredo Corleone
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corl...
The Box
1969
Cinematography
A man buys a television.
The American Way
1962
as Beatnik
A comedy short which pokes merry anarchistic fun at such quintessential American institutions as mom, baseball, and apple pie. It features an early ap...
The American Way
1962
Production Assistant, Editor
A comedy short which pokes merry anarchistic fun at such quintessential American institutions as mom, baseball, and apple pie. It features an early ap...