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.

Filmography

• 2006The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
• 1992The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 — Fredo Corleone
• 1990The Freshman — Fredo Corleone (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1990The Godfather Part III — Fredo Corleone (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1978The Deer Hunter — Stan
• Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television — Frederico "Fredo" Corleone
• 1975Dog Day Afternoon — Sal
• 1974The Conversation — Stan
• 1974The Godfather Part II — Frederico 'Fredo' Corleone
• 1972The Godfather — Fredo Corleone
• 1969The Box — Cinematography
• N.Y.P.D. — Tom Andrews
• 1962The American Way — Beatnik, Production Assistant, Editor

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2009I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale — Self