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Piazza also wrote plays and a novel, The Exact and Very Strange Truth (1964), a coming-of-age story about an Italian-American boy in Little Rock, Arkansas, which was Piazza's hometown.[2][6] However, Ben wrote in the book's introduction that any resemblance between the characters and real people was “irrelevant”, although the parallels to his own life were unmistakable. Piazza dedicated the book to openly gay playwrightEdward Albee, who was a close friend.
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Piazza was married to actress Dolores Dorn from 1967 until 1979.[7] Piazza was in a committed relationship with Wayne Tripp, from 1973 until Piazza died of AIDS-related cancer in 1991.[8]
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You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in French April 2012 Click show for important translation instructions View a machine translated version of the French article Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Consider adding a topic to this template there are already 6 006 articles in the main category and specifying topic will aid in categorization Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at fr Ben Piazza see its history for attribution You should also add the template Translated fr Ben Piazza to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation Ben Piazza July 30 1933 September 7 1991 was an American actor Ben PiazzaBornBenito Daniel Piazza 1933 07 30 July 30 1933Little Rock Arkansas U S DiedSeptember 7 1991 1991 09 07 aged 58 Sherman Oaks California U S Resting placeForest Lawn Memorial Park Glendale Alma materPrinceton University 1955 1 Occupation s Actor playwright authorYears active1951 1991Known forThe Very Strange and Exact Truth 1964 novel 2 Notable workThe Hanging TreeSpouseDolores Dorn m 1967 div 1979 wbr PartnerWayne Tripp 1973 1991 Contents 1 Life and career 2 Personal life and death 3 Filmography 4 References 5 External linksLife and career editPiazza made his film debut in Sidney J Furie s Canadian film A Dangerous Age 1959 followed by his Hollywood debut in The Hanging Tree 1959 Though he signed contracts with Warner Bros and Gary Cooper s production companies for five years he did not make another film until No Exit 1962 3 A prolific television and film character actor Piazza is perhaps most widely recognized as the wealthy restaurant patron in John Landis 1980 comedy hit The Blues Brothers from whom Jake John Belushi offers to purchase his wife and daughter Prior to that he also played the violent boyfriend who scars Liza Minnelli s character s face in Otto Preminger s Tell Me That You Love Me Junie Moon 1970 Piazza s other film appearances include The Candy Snatchers 1973 Piazza played a dramatic role in an episode ofBarnaby Jones titled Bond of Fear 04 15 1975 The Bad News Bears 1976 I Never Promised You a Rose Garden 1977 Nightwing 1979 Peter Bogdanovich s Mask 1985 Clean and Sober 1988 and Guilty by Suspicion 1991 in which he portrayed Hollywood film director mogul Darryl F Zanuck In 1986 Piazza had a three month stint on the daytime soap opera Santa Barbara as Dr A L Rawlings 4 Piazza also played the role of Walt Driscoll in the sixth season of Dallas 1978 TV series between 1982 and 1983 5 Piazza also wrote plays and a novel The Exact and Very Strange Truth 1964 a coming of age story about an Italian American boy in Little Rock Arkansas which was Piazza s hometown 2 6 However Ben wrote in the book s introduction that any resemblance between the characters and real people was irrelevant although the parallels to his own life were unmistakable Piazza dedicated the book to openly gay playwright Edward Albee who was a close friend Personal life and death editPiazza was married to actress Dolores Dorn from 1967 until 1979 7 Piazza was in a committed relationship with Wayne Tripp from 1973 until Piazza died of AIDS related cancer in 1991 8 Filmography editYear Title Role Notes1957 A Dangerous Age David1959 The Hanging Tree Rune1962 No Exit Camarero1970 Tell Me That You Love Me Junie Moon Jesse1972 The Outside Man Desk Clerk1973 The Candy Snatchers Avery1975 Gunsmoke Fifer Hard Labor 1976 The Bad News Bears Bob Whitewood1977 I Never Promised You a Rose Garden Jay Blake1979 Nightwing Roger Piggott1979 The Concorde Airport 79 Associate TV version Uncredited1980 The Blues Brothers Father1982 Waltz Across Texas Bill Wrather1982 1983 Dallas Walt Driscoll TV series Season 6 11 episodes 1985 Mask Mr Simms1988 Clean and Sober Kramer1990 Rocky V Doctor Uncredited1991 Guilty by Suspicion Darryl ZanuckReferences edit Little Rock Look Back Ben Piazza Little Rock Culture Vulture July 30 2013 Retrieved February 9 2016 a b The Very Exact and Strange Truth The Neglected Books Page May 23 2010 Ben Piazza Gets Contract Montreal Gazette July 29 1958 Retrieved August 12 2019 Dr A L Rawlings Ben Piazza IMDb Piazza Ben 1964 The Exact and Very Strange Truth First ed Farrar Straus ISBN 978 0014105380 Hendricks Nancy May 24 2017 Ben Piazza Encyclopedia of Arkansas History amp Culture Retrieved August 12 2019 Ben Piazza Broadway Screen Actor Los Angeles Times September 14 1991 Retrieved February 9 2016 Demetria Fulton reviewed Piazza in Barnaby Jones episode Bond of Fear External links editBen Piazza at IMDb Ben Piazza at the Internet Broadway Database Ben Piazza at the Internet Broadway Database juvenile credits Ben Piazza at Find a Grave Ben Piazza at the University of Wisconsin s Actors Studio audio collection nbsp This article about a United States film and television actor born in the 1930s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ben Piazza amp oldid 1176902107, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
