[DemforBush]

BTW, one often wonders what John Cazale might have done had he not died at such a young age (bone cancer took him at just 42). He was every bit the acting equal of Pacino and DeNiro in Godfather/GF II, IMHO. He was also outstanding in the few other films he was able to complete before his death (Deer Hunter, Dog Day Afternoon, and the oft-overlooked The Conversation).

[Stepan12]

Cazale was a great character actor. He was reminiscent to me of Louis Wolheim. The great character actor of the silents and early talkies. He was also felled by cancer, ending a brilliant career.

Louis Wolheim

[dfwgator]

He was also outstanding in the few other films he was able to complete before his death (Deer Hunter, Dog Day Afternoon, and the oft-overlooked The Conversation).

Plus he was nailing Meryl Streep in her prime.

[dfwgator]

And I always felt that Cazale’s performance blew away everybody else’s in the Godfather movies...the character of Fredo probably had the widest range of any of the characters, most others were for the most part, one-dimensional, compared to Fredo.

[gusty]

He had quite a run. Every movie he was in won the Academy Award. That is something. When you watch the Deer Hunter, remember he was dying at the time, but still hit it out of the park.