Actor. His is the only actor in history, in which every motion picture that he had a role was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, John Cazale left behind a small but impressive contribution to film. He started acting on the stage, with off-Broadway productions of plays such as: "The Indian Wants the Bronx It's Called the Sugar Plum" in 1968 and "Acrobats & Line" in 1971. He would then start his film career with "The Godfather" in 1972, playing Fredo Corleone, reprising his role in its sequel, "The Godfather Part II" in 1974, both receiving Oscars for Best Picture for their respective years. He would have a small role in Francis Ford Coppola's "The Conversation" in 1974, alongside Gene Hackman. He had his biggest role in "Dog Day Afternoon" in 1975, playing an accomplice to a bank robbery to help his friend, played by Al Pacino, pay for his wife's sex change operation. He met his fiancée, actress Meryl Streep during a production of William Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure" in 1976. They would star together in "The Deer Hunter" in 1978. By this time, Cazale, a chain smoker, was terminally ill with lung cancer. As such, the studio almost recast him, only keeping him because of Robert De Niro's and Streep's insistence, with director Michael Cimino filming Cazale's scenes first. He died just a few days after filming all of his scenes, never seeing the final product, nor knowing the film received an Academy Award for Best Picture. He had a posthumous appearance in "The Godfather Part III" in 1990 via archive footage, which would also be nominated for Best Picture.
Actor. His is the only actor in history, in which every motion picture that he had a role was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, John Cazale left behind a small but impressive contribution to film. He started acting on the stage, with off-Broadway productions of plays such as: "The Indian Wants the Bronx It's Called the Sugar Plum" in 1968 and "Acrobats & Line" in 1971. He would then start his film career with "The Godfather" in 1972, playing Fredo Corleone, reprising his role in its sequel, "The Godfather Part II" in 1974, both receiving Oscars for Best Picture for their respective years. He would have a small role in Francis Ford Coppola's "The Conversation" in 1974, alongside Gene Hackman. He had his biggest role in "Dog Day Afternoon" in 1975, playing an accomplice to a bank robbery to help his friend, played by Al Pacino, pay for his wife's sex change operation. He met his fiancée, actress Meryl Streep during a production of William Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure" in 1976. They would star together in "The Deer Hunter" in 1978. By this time, Cazale, a chain smoker, was terminally ill with lung cancer. As such, the studio almost recast him, only keeping him because of Robert De Niro's and Streep's insistence, with director Michael Cimino filming Cazale's scenes first. He died just a few days after filming all of his scenes, never seeing the final product, nor knowing the film received an Academy Award for Best Picture. He had a posthumous appearance in "The Godfather Part III" in 1990 via archive footage, which would also be nominated for Best Picture.
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