Demi Moore is finally seeking help. E! reports that the Striptease star is on "total lockdown" at the Cirque Lodge in Utah.

He built a career playing con-artists, criminals, pimps, cheats, and drunks, yet somehow you couldn't help but believe every word that came out of Ben Gazzara's mouth.

MARCH 22: Actor Ben Gazzara attends the 'Dogville' New York Premiere on March 22, 2004 at Clearview Chelsea West Cinemas, in New York City.

OCTOBER 22: Actor Ethan Hawke and actor Ben Gazzara take part in the Lit By Lightning: Tennessee Williams Today panel at Tribeca Theater Festival October 22, 2004 in New York City.

A native New Yorker, the Emmy winner studied with drama guru Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio and became a Broadway stage sensation in the 1950s thanks to leading roles in plays like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and A Hatful of Rain.

Ben Gazzara, who died Friday in New York at the age of 81, was an actor with a gruff voice and intense demeanor.