John Cazale emerged from a theater career in the 1960s as a completed commodity, hailing from humble beginnings as a cab driver in Boston and rising to screen fame among a generation of burgeoning actors with names like De Niro and Pacino. Born in Revere, Massachusetts (maybe fittingly — for his connection to films about America), Cazale rose from a working-class, Irish-Italian family to enter the drama program at Oberlin College. After studying under Peter Kass, Cazale jumped to theater roles in Boston, then in New York City, working odd jobs and eventually meeting Al Pacino during a stint as a messenger for Standard Oil.
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