Acting · Boston, Massachusetts, USA · Born December 8, 1935
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.
MovieThe Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
2016
as Frederico "Fredo" Corleone
MovieI Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009
as Self
MovieThe Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
1992
as Fredo Corleone
MovieThe Freshman
1990
as Fredo Corleone (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThe Deer Hunter
1978
as Stan
TVMario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
1977
as Frederico "Fredo" Corleone
MovieDog Day Afternoon
1975
as Sal
MovieThe Godfather Part II
1974
as Frederico 'Fredo' Corleone
MovieThe Conversation
1974
as Stan
MovieThe Godfather
1972
as Fredo Corleone
TVN.Y.P.D.
1967
as Tom Andrews
MovieThe American Way
1962
as Beatnik
