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Reliable, fair-haired stage actor, noted for his starring performances in Edward Albee's "American Dream" and "The Zoo Story" in the early 1960s. Piazza made his film debut in Sidney Furie's "A Dangerous Age" (1957) and portrayed studio chief Darryl F. Zanuck in "Guilty by Suspicion" (1991). Piazza also wrote plays and a novel, "The Exact and Very Strange Truth", which was published in 1964.
Full Bio , Awards & Milestones

Filmography

Guilty By Suspicion - ( Darryl Zanuck / 1991 / Released / Foreign Films )
Clean & Sober - ( Kramer / 1988 / Released / )
Mask - ( Mr Simms / 1985 / Released / )
Waltz Across Texas - ( Bill / 1983 / Released / )
The Blues Brothers - ( Father / 1980 / Released / )
Nightwing - ( Roger Piggott / 1979 / Released / )
I Never Promised You A Rose Garden - ( Mr Blake / 1977 / Released / New World Pictures )
The Bad News Bears - ( Councilman Whitewood / 1976 / Released / )
The Candy Snatchers - ( / 1973 / Released / GFC )
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon - ( Jesse / 1970 / Released / )
No Exit - ( Camarero / 1962 / Released / Zenith Pictures )
The Hanging Tree - ( Rune / 1959 / Released / )
TV Credits
Never Forget ( 1991 / Released ): Actor
The Bakery ( 1990 / Released ): Actor
Blind Tom: The Story of Thomas Bethune ( 1987 / Released ): Actor
The Billionaire Boys Club ( 1987 / Released ): Actor
Consenting Adult ( 1985 / Released ): Actor
Scene of the Crime ( 1984 / Released ): Actor
Grace Kelly ( 1983 / Released ): Actor
John Steinbeck's "The Winter of Our Discontent" ( 1983 / Released ): Actor
The Winds of War ( 1983 / Released ): Actor
The Circle Family ( 1982 / Released ): Actor
The Wall ( 1982 / Released ): Actor
A Matter of Life and Death ( 1981 / Released ): Actor
The Five of Me ( 1981 / Released ): Actor
The Children of An Lac ( 1980 / Released ): Actor
The Last Song ( 1980 / Released ): Actor
The Murder That Wouldn't Die ( 1980 / Released ): Actor
Bender ( 1979 / Released ): Actor
Dallas ( 1978 / Released ): Actor
The Critical List ( 1978 / Released ): Actor
The Waverly Wonders ( 1978 / Released ): Actor
When Every Day Was the Fourth of July ( 1978 / Released ): Actor
Forever Fernwood ( 1977 / Released ): Actor
Kill Me If You Can ( 1977 / Released ): Actor
Once an Eagle ( 1976 / Released ): Actor
Fear on Trial ( 1975 / Released ): Actor
Fer-De-Lance ( 1974 / Released ): Actor
Ben Casey ( 1961 / Released ): Actor
Love of Life ( 1951 / Released ): Actor
Full Biography (Back to top)

Reliable, fair-haired stage actor, noted for his starring performances in Edward Albee's "American Dream" and "The Zoo Story" in the early 1960s. Piazza made his film debut in Sidney Furie's "A Dangerous Age" (1957) and portrayed studio chief Darryl F. Zanuck in "Guilty by Suspicion" (1991). Piazza also wrote plays and a novel, "The Exact and Very Strange Truth", which was published in 1964.

Profession(s):
Actor, playwright
Sometimes Credited As:
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Family
wife:Dolores Dorn-Heft (divorced)

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Education
Princeton University
Actors Studio
Awards (Back to top)
Theatre World Award "Kataki (The Enemy)" 1959

Milestones (Back to top)
1991 Last TV acting role in "Never Forget" (shown on TNT)
1969 Wrote plays "Lime Green" and "Khaki Blue", performed at the Provincetown Playhouse, NY
1965 Played Dr. Mike Rogers on "Ben Casey" TV series
1961 Played "Young Man" in Edward Albee's "The American Dream" at the York Playhouse, later (1962) in repertory with Albee's "The Zoo Story" at the Cherry Lane Theatre, New York
1958 Broadway debut in "Winesburg, Ohio"
1957 Film debut, "A Dangerous Age" (director, Sidney J. Furie)
1952 Stage debut, "Othello", at the Theatre Intime in Princeton NJ
Featured as Walt Driscoll on nighttime soap-opera, "Dallas"

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