Ben Piazza

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Ben Piazza (born July 30, 1934 in Little Rock , Arkansas , † September 7, 1991 in Sherman Oaks , Los Angeles , California ) was an American actor .

life and career

He made his theatrical debut in 1952 with the play Othello , and he had his first film role in 1959 alongside Gary Cooper and Maria Schell in Der Galgenbaum . This was followed by numerous appearances in television productions such as Matlock , California Clan , Cagney & Lacey and from 1982 to 1983 in Dallas as Walt Driscoll . In 1990, he starred opposite Sylvester Stallone in Rocky V .

Ben Piazza was married to actress Dolores Dorn from 1967 to 1979, and was in a relationship with Wayne Tripp from 1973 until his death. He died in 1991 at the age of 58 of cancer related to his AIDS disease.

Prizes and awards

Ben Piazza won the Theater World Award in 1959 for his role in Kataki .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from February 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dallas-online.de
  2. ^ Four 'Dallas' Actors We Lost To HIV / AIDS. September 11, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2018 (American English).
  3. ↑ Theater World Awards - Theater World Awards. Retrieved December 28, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Piazza, Ben
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Little Rock , Arkansas, United States
DATE OF DEATH September 7, 1991
Place of death Sherman Oaks , Los Angeles, California, United States