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Name
Seymour Cassel

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1935-01-22

Deathday
2019-04-07 (84 years old)

Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA

Biography

Seymour Joseph Cassel (January 22, 1935 – April 7, 2019) was an American actor who appeared in over 200 films and television shows, with a career spanning over 50 years. He first came to prominence in the 1960s in the pioneering independent films of writer/director John Cassavetes. The first of these was Too Late Blues (1961), followed by Faces (1968), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award and won a National Society of Film Critics Award. Cassel went on to appear in Cassavetes's Minnie and Moskowitz (1971), The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976), Opening Night (1977), and Love Streams (1984). He also appeared in other notable films, including: Coogan's Bluff (1968), The Last Tycoon (1976), Valentino (1977), Convoy (1978), Johnny Be Good (1988), Mobsters (1991), In the Soup (1992), Honeymoon in Vegas (1992), Indecent Proposal (1993), The Sleepy Time Gal (2001), Imaginary Crimes (1994), Beer League (2006), and Fort McCoy (2011). Like Cassavetes, Wes Anderson frequently cast Cassel – first in Rushmore (1998), then in The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), and finally in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004).

Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

2004 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou as Esteban du Plantier
1968 Faces as Chet
2003 Stuck on You as Morty O'Reilly
1994 It Could Happen to You as Jack Gross
2007 Postal as Paul
1993 Indecent Proposal as Mr. Shackleford
1998 Rushmore as Bert Fischer
1993 Boiling Point as Virgil Leach
2005 Lonesome Jim as Don
1971 Minnie and Moskowitz as Seymour Moskowitz
1994 Chasers as Master Chief Bogg
1976 The Killing of a Chinese Bookie as Mort Weil
2005 The Wendell Baker Story as Boyd Fullbright
1991 White Fang as Skunker
1996 Dream for an Insomniac as Uncle Leo
2001 The Royal Tenenbaums as Dusty
2002 Stealing Harvard as Uncle Jack
1999 Black & White as Sal
2009 Staten Island as Jasper Sabiano
1978 Convoy as Governor Haskins
2000 Animal Factory as Lt. Seeman
1968 Coogan's Bluff as Young Hood
1992 Honeymoon in Vegas as Tony Cataracts
1986 Eye of the Tiger as Sheriff
1992 Love Is Like That as Uncle Bud
2006 Beer League as Dirt
2001 The Man Who Wasn't There as Spectator at Execution (uncredited)
1988 Track 29 as Dr. Bernard Fairmont
1997 This World, Then the Fireworks as Detective Harris
1976 The Last Tycoon as Seal Trainer
1960 Juke Box Racket as Seymour
2003 A Good Night to Die as Guy
1999 Me and Will as Roy
1998 Hoods as Pop Martinelli (uncredited)
2005 Bittersweet Place as Jack 'Pappy' Schaffer
2000 The Crew as Tony 'Mouth' Donato
2005 Before It Had a Name as Jeff
2001 Women of the Night as Sally
2008 Reach for Me as Alvin
1992 In the Soup as Joe
1984 Love Streams as Jack Lawson
2008 To Love and Die as Grandfather
2003 Passionada as Daniel Vargas
2011 L!fe Happens as Pop Pop
1993 Trouble Bound as Santino
1982 Double Exposure as Dr. Frank Curtis
2000 Just One Night as Arthur Imperial
1981 King of the Mountain as Barry Tanner
2006 Ray of Sunshine
1998 Relax... It's Just Sex as Emile
1994 Imaginary Crimes as Eddie
1980 The Mountain Men as La Bont
2008 Big Heart City as Larry
2011 Freerunner as Grampa
1977 Death Game as George Manning
2012 Booster as Harold
1964 The Hanged Man as Bellboy
1994 There Goes My Baby as Pop
1997 Obsession as Jacob Frischmuth
1988 Colors as Sullivan
1992 Cold Heaven as Tom Farrelly
1996 Things I Never Told You as Frank
1977 Scott Joplin as Dr. Jaelki
1975 Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight as Wise Guy
2001 The Sleepy Time Gal as Bob
1993 Anything for John as Self
1996 John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All as Self
2012 Kingdom Come as Self
1962 The Webster Boy as Vic
2002 The Biz as Eugene Hinkle
2013 The Secret Lives of Dorks as Principal
1998 Johnny 316 as Store Keeper
1977 Black Oak Conspiracy as Homer Metcalf
2006 Sea of Dreams as Tomaso
1993 Partners as Janitor
1986 Beverly Hills Madam as Tony
2012 Pass the Salt, Please as Man
1988 Plain Clothes as Ed Malmburg
1979 California Dreaming as Duke Slusarski
1979 Sunburn as Dobbs
1991 Face of a Stranger as Ralph
1988 Johnny Be Good as Wallace Gibson
2012 Broken Kingdom as Clayton
2014 The Dependables as Dominic Ackers
1991 Mobsters as Father Bonotto
1989 Wicked Stepmother as Feldshine
1964 The Killers as Postal Clerk
2006 Edge of Outside as Self
1992 Adventures in Spying as Ray Rucker
2001 The Cure for Boredom as Eddie
1996 Cannes Man as Sy Lerner
1960 Man on a String
1996 The Last Home Run as Older Jonathan
2014 Fort McCoy as Father Mivkovek
1970 The Revolutionary as Leonard II
2007 Hollywood Dreams as Rupert
1994 Dark Side of Genius as Samuel Rourke
1990 Cold Dog Soup as Jojo
1996 Slaughter of the Cock as Ahilleas
1998 The Treat as Chip O'Herlihee
1984 Young Lust: A Soap Opera as Dr. Klapper
2002 Manna from Heaven as Stanley
2011 Faces as Chet (archive footage)
1991 Dead in the Water as Lt. Frank Vaness
2012 Lost Angeles as Film Critic
1994 Hand Gun as Jack McCallister
1979 Ravagers as Blind Lawyer
2009 Not Dead Yet as Francis
1997 Motel Blue as Capistrano Minister
1999 Kubanisch rauchen as Dragan
1980 Angel on My Shoulder as Smiley Mitchell
1987 Survival Game as Dave Forrest
2010 Back Nine as Mondo
1984 I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work as Self
1999 Ballad of the Nightingale as Jimmy
1989 Arena - John Cassavetes as Self
1999 Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage as Self
1989 Sweet Bird of Youth as Hatcher
2006 Bye Bye Benjamin as Mr. Ruby
1998 Emma's Wish as Harry Bridges (old)
1993 When Pigs Fly as Frank
1977 Valentino as George Ullman
2010 Chasing 3000 as Poppy
1987 Best Seller as Carter
2005 This Is an Adventure as Self
2002 Sonny as Albert
1960 Murder, Inc. as Teenager
2001 Bartleby as Frank Waxman
2000 A Constant Forge as Self
2014 Lucky Dog as The Real Spencer
2006 The Tenants as Levenspiel
1990 Dick Tracy as Sam Catchem
1998 Stingers as Dino
1992 Chain of Desire as Mel
2010 Pete Smalls Is Dead as Saco
1996 Chameleon as Francis
1998 Snapped as Bob
2014 At The Maple Grove as Boyle
2012 Silver Case as Dealer
1961 Too Late Blues as Red
1994 Tollbooth as Leon / Larry
2001 61* as Sam Simon
2004 Making 'Faces' as Self
1991 Diary of a Hitman as Koenig
1994 Ouf!
1996 Turnpike as Older man
2008 Beau Jest as Abe Goldman
2010 Without Borders as Detective McKenneth
1996 Seed as First Client
1995 Dead Presidents as Saul
1996 Dead Girl as Ira Golub
1996 Trees Lounge as Uncle Al
1963 The Nutty Professor as Bored Man
1977 Opening Night as Self (uncredited)
1960 Shadows as Al (uncredited)
1987 Tin Men as Cheese
1983 I Want to Live as John Santo
2018 Every Night's a Saturday Night as Self
2007 Cosmic Radio as Malcolm Stone
1992 What Happened to Pete as Bartender
1973 Nightside as Ralph
1997 Who Is Henry Jaglom? as Self
1980 The Jazz Singer as Unnamed
2000 The Making of 'Rushmore' as Self
2005 Circadian Rhythm as Hoover
2002 The Burial Society as Sam Goldberg

2000 Boston Public ( 1 episode ) as Bernie Willis
1984 Tales from the Darkside ( 1 episode ) as Howard
1963 Burke's Law ( 1 episode ) as Attendant
1987 Star Trek: The Next Generation ( 1 episode ) as Lt. Cmdr. Hester Dealt
1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Irwin
2006 Heist ( 5 episodes ) as Pops
1966 Batman ( 2 episodes ) as Cancelled
1996 Tracey Takes On... ( 50 episodes ) as Candy Casino
2007 Flight of the Conchords ( 1 episode ) as Johnny Boy
1962 Combat! ( 1 episode ) as Doctor
1972 Emergency! ( 1 episode ) as Bluebell Hunter
1959 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as Jerry (uncredited)
1994 Chicago Hope ( 1 episode ) as Norman Cambridge
2008 To Love and Die ( 1 episode )
1965 Laredo ( 1 episode )
1967 Cimarron Strip ( 1 episode )
1963 The Fugitive ( 1 episode ) as Cabbie
1994 Under Suspicion ( 18 episodes ) as Lt. Mickey Schwartz
2003 Lucky ( 1 episode )
1996 Good Company ( 6 episodes )
2012 Magic City ( 0 episode )
2004 Justice League Unlimited ( 1 episode ) as Chuck Sirianni (voice)
1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Police Sgt.
1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as P.O.W. Vanndo
1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Somebody
2010 Regular Show ( 1 episode ) as Tony (voice)
1967 The Invaders ( 1 episode ) as Driver
1964 12 O'Clock High ( 1 episode ) as Capt. Johnson
1964 12 O'Clock High ( 1 episode ) as B-17 Pilot
1957 Wagon Train ( 1 episode ) as Ed
1962 The Lloyd Bridges Show ( 1 episode ) as Lawyer #2
1964 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea ( 1 episode ) as Jensen
1997 The Last Don ( 2 episodes ) as Alfred Gronevelt
2001 A Nero Wolfe Mystery ( 1 episode ) as Dazy Perrit
2001 A Nero Wolfe Mystery ( 1 episode ) as James Arthur Ferris
1986 Matlock ( 2 episodes ) as Dick Silvers
1986 Matlock ( 1 episode ) as Honest Earl Edwards
1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Attendant
1964 12 O'Clock High ( 1 episode ) as Captain Johnson
1964 12 O'Clock High ( 1 episode ) as Left Waist Gunner
1964 12 O'Clock High ( 1 episode ) as Mechanic
1962 The Lloyd Bridges Show ( 1 episode ) as Richard
1960 My Three Sons ( 1 episode ) as Coach Gregson
1958 Naked City ( 1 episode ) as Student (uncredited)
1961 Alcoa Premiere ( 1 episode ) as The Wounded Man
1996 Arli$$ ( 1 episode ) as Artie

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