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John Cassavetes
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John Cassavetes

1929 – 1989 · New York City, New York, USA · Active 1944–2025

John Nicholas Cassavetes (December 9, 1929 – February 3, 1989) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. First known as an actor on television and in film, Cassavetes also became a pioneer of American independent cinema, writing and directing movies financed in part with income from his acting work. AllMovie called him "an iconoclastic maverick," while The New Yorker suggested that he "may be the most influential American director of the last half century." As an actor, Cassavetes starred in notable Hollywood films throughout the 1950s and 1960s, including Edge of the City (1957...

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The Incubus

The Incubus

1982 ★ 5.7

In the small New England town of Galen, a young teenage boy claims he has dreams of young women being brutally raped and murdered. A doctor and the local sheriff discover that the boy's dreams are real and that a sinister cult might be behind the brutal murders. They must track down the vicious killer, who may be the indestructible incarnation of a demon spawned from hell.

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Filmography

130 credits
2010s 4 credits
2019
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 7.2
2019
Peter Falk versus Columbo as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 7.2
2015
Iconic Couples of Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
TV ★ 8.0
2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Robert Harmon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.2
2000s 3 credits
2008
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired as Guy Woodhouse (archive footage)
Movie ★ 6.3
2006
Movie ★ 6.0
2000
A Constant Forge as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 6.6
1990s 2 credits
1993
Anything for John as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 6.0
1980s 11 credits
1989
Movie
1988
Movie ★ 6.0
1985
Marvin & Tige as Marvin
Movie ★ 4.9
1985
Nederland C as Self - Portrait of the actor / cinematographer
Movie ★ 4.0
1984
Love Streams as Robert Harmon
Movie ★ 7.2
1984
Movie
1982
Tempest as Phillip
Movie ★ 5.9
1982
Incubus as Dr. Sam Cordell
Movie ★ 5.6
1982
The Haircut as Music Industry Executive
Movie ★ 7.5
1981
Whose Life Is It Anyway? as Dr. Michael Emerson
Movie ★ 7.0
1970s 15 credits
1979
Flesh & Blood as Gus Caputo
Movie ★ 5.5
1979
Flesh & Blood as Gus Caputo
TV
1978
The Fury as Ben Childress
Movie ★ 6.3
1978
Brass Target as Maj. Joe De Lucca
Movie ★ 5.4
1977
Opening Night as Maurice Aarons
Movie ★ 7.6
1977
Heroes as VA Doctor (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.1
1976
Two-Minute Warning as Sgt. Chris Button
Movie ★ 6.2
1976
Movie ★ 6.9
1975
Capone as Frankie Yale
Movie ★ 5.8
1975
TV ★ 6.0
1973
Nightside as Carmine Kelly
Movie
1971
Movie ★ 6.7
1971
Movie
1971
Columbo as Alex Benedict
TV ★ 8.1
1970
Husbands as Gus Demetri
Movie ★ 6.7
1960s 30 credits
1969
Movie ★ 6.0
1969
Movie ★ 5.8
1968
Rosemary's Baby as Guy Woodhouse
Movie ★ 7.8
1968
Movie ★ 5.0
1968
Bandits in Rome as Mario Corda
Movie ★ 5.0
1968
The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
TV ★ 6.8
1967
The Dirty Dozen as Victor Franko
Movie ★ 7.6
1967
Movie ★ 5.3
1965
TV ★ 4.8
1964
The Killers as Johnny North
Movie ★ 6.9
1964
TV ★ 5.0
1963
Burke's Law as Eddie Dineen
TV ★ 6.0
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre as Peter Chandler
TV ★ 5.3
1963
Channing as Lloyd Sullivan
TV ★ 7.0
1963
Burke's Law as Stephen Collins
TV ★ 6.0
1963
Burke's Law as Alfred Algernon
TV ★ 6.0
1963
Burke's Law as Carlos de Vega
TV ★ 6.0
1962
The Webster Boy as Vance Miller
Movie
1962
Combat! as Kalb
TV ★ 7.7
1962
The Virginian as Jonah MacIntosh
TV ★ 6.4
1962
TV ★ 7.9
1962
TV ★ 7.9
1961
Dr. Kildare as Makin Saund
TV ★ 5.5
1961
TV ★ 5.4
1960
Movie ★ 6.0
1960
Shadows as Pedestrian (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.9
1950s 23 credits
1959
Movie ★ 5.0
1959
Johnny Staccato as Johnny Staccato
TV ★ 5.0
1959
Rawhide as Cal Fletcher
TV ★ 7.2
1958
Saddle the Wind as Tony Sinclair
Movie ★ 6.5
1958
TV ★ 5.5
1957
Affair in Havana as Nick Douglas
Movie ★ 5.2
1957
Edge of the City as Axel Nordmann
Movie ★ 7.1
1956
Crime in the Streets as Frankie Dane
Movie ★ 6.0
1956
Movie
1955
The Night Holds Terror as Robert Batsford
Movie ★ 5.4
1955
TV ★ 7.8
1955
TV ★ 5.4
1955
TV ★ 6.5
1954
Climax! as Malcolm McCloud
TV ★ 3.3
1954
Climax! as Abel Winter
TV ★ 3.3
1953
Taxi as Man (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.4
1953
TV ★ 6.4
1953
TV ★ 6.2
1952
Omnibus as Pepe
TV ★ 6.0
1952
TV ★ 6.0
1951
Fourteen Hours as Reporter (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.3
1940s 5 credits
1948
Studio One as Paul Greco
TV ★ 5.0
1948
TV ★ 6.8
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
TV ★ 7.2
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
TV ★ 7.2
Crew Credits
2020s 1 credit
2025
Movie ★ 9.5
2010s 2 credits
2014
Castanha Thanks
Movie ★ 6.0
2011
Movie ★ 5.6
1990s 2 credits
1999
Gloria Original Film Writer
Movie ★ 5.8
1997
Movie ★ 5.9
1980s 6 credits
1986
Big Trouble Director
Movie ★ 5.4
1984
Movie ★ 7.2
1984
Love Streams Screenplay
Movie ★ 7.2
1982
Incubus Screenplay
Movie ★ 5.6
1980
Gloria Director
Movie ★ 6.9
1980
Gloria Writer
Movie ★ 6.9
1970s 11 credits
1977
Movie ★ 7.6
1977
Movie ★ 7.6
1976
Movie ★ 7.1
1976
Movie ★ 7.1
1974
Movie ★ 7.8
1974
Movie ★ 7.8
1971
Movie ★ 6.7
1971
Movie ★ 6.7
1970
Husbands Director
Movie ★ 6.7
1970
Husbands Writer
Movie ★ 6.7
1970
Husbands Editor
Movie ★ 6.7
1960s 12 credits
1968
Faces Producer
Movie ★ 7.1
1968
Faces Editor
Movie ★ 7.1
1968
Faces Director
Movie ★ 7.1
1968
Faces Writer
Movie ★ 7.1
1963
Movie ★ 6.8
1962
TV ★ 5.0
1961
Movie ★ 6.5
1961
Movie ★ 6.5
1961
Movie ★ 6.5
1960
Shadows Editor
Movie ★ 6.9
1960
Shadows Director
Movie ★ 6.9
1960
Shadows Writer
Movie ★ 6.9
1950s 1 credit
1959
TV ★ 5.0