John Cassavetes filmography
Introduction  John Cassavetes as Johnny Staccato, 1959John Cassavetes began his career in film in 1953 and ended it in 1986, between which times he was involved in every aspect of the film, television, and stage arts, including acting, directing, scoring, shooting, editing, producing, and marketing.Cassavetes became known for directing a string of critically acclaimed independent films including ''Shadows'' (1959), ''Faces'' (1968), ''Husbands'' (1970), ''Minnie and Moskowitz'' (1971), ''A Woman Under the Influence'' (1974), ''Opening Night'' (1977), ''Gloria'' (1980), and ''Love Streams'' (1984). Cassavetes also had leading roles in both ''Opening Night'' and ''Love Streams'' opposite his wife Gena Rowlands.He is also known for acting in films such as Martin Ritt's film noir ''Edge of the City'' (1957), and Roman Polanski's horror film ''Rosemary's Baby'' (1968), Giuliano Montaldo's Italian crime film ''Machine Gun McCain'' (1969), and Elaine May's crime drama ''Mikey and Nicky'' (1976). He earned an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination for his performance in the war film ''The Dirty Dozen'' (1967).
As director  Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes 1959 ''Shadows''    Co-written with Robert Alan Aurthur 1961 ''Too Late Blues''    Co-written with Richard Carr 1963 ''A Child Is Waiting''     1968 ''Faces''     Also uncredited editor 1970 ''Husbands''     Also uncredited editor and actor 1971 ''Minnie and Moskowitz''    Uncredited as actor 1974 ''A Woman Under the Influence''     1976 ''The Killing of a Chinese Bookie''     1977 ''Opening Night''    Also actor 1980 ''Gloria''     1984 ''Love Streams''    Co-written with Ted Allan, also actor 1986 ''Big Trouble''
As actor === Film === Year Title Role Notes 1951 ''Fourteen Hours'' Bit Role Uncredited 1953 ''Taxi'' Bit Role Uncredited 1955 ''The Night Holds Terror'' Robert Batsford 1956 ''Crime in the Streets'' Frankie Dane  1957 ''Edge of the City'' Axel Nordmann  ''Affair in Havana'' Nick  1958 ''Saddle the Wind'' Tony Sinclair  ''Virgin Island'' Evan US: ''Our Virgin Island'' 1959 ''Shadows'' Pedestrian Uncredited 1961 ''Too Late Blues'' Narrator  Uncredited 1962 ''The Webster Boy'' Vance Miller  1963 ''A Child Is Waiting'' Mentally-challenged Adult Who Walks Toward Camera Uncredited 1964 ''The Killers'' Johnny North  1967 ''Devil's Angels'' Cody  ''The Dirty Dozen'' Victor Franko 1968 ''Rosemary's Baby'' Guy Woodhouse  ''Rome Like Chicago'' (''Bandits in Rome'') Mario Corda  1969 ''Machine Gun McCain'' Hank McCain  ''If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium'' Steve  1970 ''Husbands'' Gus Demetri  1971 ''Minnie and Moskowitz'' Jim Uncredited 1975 ''Capone'' Frankie Yale  1976 ''Two-Minute Warning'' Sgt. Button  ''Mikey and Nicky'' Nicky Godalin  1977 ''Heroes'' VA Doctor Uncredited ''Opening Night''  Maurice Aarons  1978 ''The Fury'' Ben Childress  ''Brass Target'' Maj. Joe De Lucca  1981 ''Whose Life Is It Anyway?'' Dr. Michael Emerson  1982 ''The Incubus'' Sam Cordell  ''Tempest'' Phillip Dimitrius  ''The Haircut'' Music Industry Executive Short film 1983 ''Marvin & Tige'' Marvin Stewart  1984 ''Love Streams'' Robert Harmon  1984 ''Fräulein Berlin'' Himself=== Television ===  Year Title Role Notes 1953 ''You Are There'' Plato Episode: "The Death of Socrates (399 B.C.)" 1954 ''Robert Montgomery Presents''  Episode: "Diary" 1954–1955 ''Danger'' Various 3 episodes 1955 ''Kraft Television Theatre''  Episode: "Judge Contain's Hotel" ''The Elgin Hour'' Private Tommy Fitch / Frankie Dane 2 episodes ''Armstrong Circle Theatre'' Arthur / Clay Cochran 3 episodes ''Pond's Theater''  Episode: "Coquette" ''Goodyear Television Playhouse'' Paul Davis Episode: "The Expendable House" 1956 ''The United States Steel Hour'' Johnny Episode: "Bring Me a Dream" ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' Sam Cobbett Season 1 Episode 16: "You Got to Have Luck" ''Appointment with Adventure''  Episode: "All Through the Night" ''The 20th Century Fox Hour'' Max Markheim Episode: "The Last Patriarch" ''Climax!'' Abel Wintery / McCloud 2 episodes 1957 ''O. Henry Playhouse''  Episode: "Two Renegades" ''Playhouse 90'' Dexter Green Episode: "Winter Dreams"1958 ''Westinghouse Studio One'' Private Paul Greco Episode: "Kurishiki Incident" ''Alcoa Theatre'' Tony Benedetti Episode: "The First Star" ''Pursuit'' Sam Caldwell Episode: "Calculated Risk" 1959 ''General Electric Theater'' Johnny Episode: "Train for Tecumseh" ''Lux Video Theatre'' Christo Sierra Episode: "The Dreamer" ''Decoy'' Carl Walton Episode: "Across the World" 1959–1960 ''Johnny Staccato'' Johnny Staccato / The Killer 27 episodes 1961 ''Rawhide'' Cal Fletcher S3:E19, "Incident Near Gloomy River"1962 ''The Lloyd Bridges Show'' Castigo Episode: "El Medico" ''Dr. Kildare'' Makin Saund Episode: "The Visitors" 1963 ''Channing'' Lloyd Sullivan Episode: "Message from the Tin Room" ''Breaking Point'' Evan Price Episode: "There Are the Hip, and There Are the Square" 1964 ''The Alfred Hitchcock Hour'' Lee Griffin Season 2 Episode 19: "Murder Case" ''The Alfred Hitchcock Hour'' Rusty Connors Season 3 Episode 3: "Water's Edge" 1964–1965 ''Burke's Law'' Alfred Algeron / Various 4 episodes 1965 ''Profiles in Courage'' Parsons Episode: "John Peter Altgeld" ''Kraft Suspense Theatre'' Peter Chandler Episode: "Won't It Ever Be Morning?" ''Combat!'' Kalb Episode: "S.I.W." ''The Legend of Jesse James'' Blackie Dolan Episode: "The Quest" ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'' Everett Lang Episode: "The Peacemaker" 1965–1967 ''Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre'' Various 3 episodes 1966 ''The Virginian'' Jonah MacIntosh Episode: "Long Ride to Wind River" ''The Long, Hot Summer'' Tim Demming Episode: "The Intruders" 1968 ''Off to See the Wizard'' General Karonos Episode: "Alexander the Great" 1972 ''Columbo'' Alex Benedict Episode: "Étude in Black" 1973 ''Nightside'' Carmine Kelly Television film 1979 ''Flesh and Blood'' Gus Caputo Television film 1985 ''King Kongs Faust'' Berlin Film Fest Footage  Uncredited 1989 ''I'm Almost Not Crazy:  John Cassavetes, the Man and His Work'' Himself Filmed in 1984
References
Further reading *Carney, Raymond Francis, Junior, “''American Dreaming: The Films of John Cassavetes and the American Experience'',” (Berkeley and Los Angeles, California and London: University of California Press, 1985).