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Seymour Cassel
Seymour Cassel

Seymour Cassel

ActingBorn January 22, 1935Died April 7, 2019 (age 84)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).

Filmography

2014
Lucky Dog

as The Real Spencer

Movie
2014
The Dependables

as Dominic Ackers

Movie
2014
Fort McCoy

as Father Mivkovek

Movie
2014Movie
2013Movie
2012
Booster

as Harold

Movie
2012
Broken Kingdom

as Clayton

Movie
2012
Lost Angeles

as Film Critic

Movie
2012Movie
2012Movie
2012
Silver Case

as Dealer

Movie
2011
Faces

as Chet (archive footage)

Movie
2011
Freerunner

as Grampa

Movie
2011
L!fe Happens

as Pop Pop

Movie
2010
Without Borders

as Detective McKenneth

Movie
2010Movie
2010
Back Nine

as Mondo

Movie
2010
Regular Show

as Tony (voice)

TV
2010
Chasing 3000

as Poppy

Movie
2009
Staten Island

as Jasper Sabiano

Movie
2009
Not Dead Yet

as Francis

Movie
2008
To Love and Die

as Grandfather

Movie
2008
Reach for Me

as Alvin

Movie
2008
Beau Jest

as Abe Goldman

Movie
2008Movie
2007
Cosmic Radio

as Malcolm Stone

Movie
2007
Postal

as Paul

Movie
2007TV
2007Movie
2006Movie
2006Movie
2006Movie
2006
Heist

as Pops

TV
2006
The Tenants

as Levenspiel

Movie
2006
Bye Bye Benjamin

as Mr. Ruby

Movie
2005Movie
2005Movie
2005Movie
2005
The Wendell Baker Story

as Boyd Fullbright

Movie
2005Movie
2005
Bittersweet Place

as Jack 'Pappy' Schaffer

Movie
2004Movie
2004
Justice League Unlimited

as Chuck Sirianni (voice)

TV
2004Movie
2003
Stuck on You

as Morty O'Reilly

Movie
2003
Passionada

as Daniel Vargas

Movie
2003Movie
2003TV
2002
Sonny

as Albert

Movie
2002
The Burial Society

as Sam Goldberg

Movie
2002Movie
2002
Stealing Harvard

as Uncle Jack

Movie
2002
The Biz

as Eugene Hinkle

Movie
2001
The Man Who Wasn't There

as Spectator at Execution (uncredited)

Movie
2001Movie
2001Movie
2001
61*

as Sam Simon

Movie
2001
A Nero Wolfe Mystery

as Dazy Perrit

TV
2001
A Nero Wolfe Mystery

as James Arthur Ferris

TV
2001
Bartleby

as Frank Waxman

Movie
2001Movie
2001Movie
2000
Boston Public

as Bernie Willis

TV
2000
Animal Factory

as Lt. Seeman

Movie
2000Movie
2000
Just One Night

as Arthur Imperial

Movie
2000
The Crew

as Tony 'Mouth' Donato

Movie
2000Movie
1999Movie
1999Movie
1999Movie
1999Movie
1998
Rushmore

as Bert Fischer

Movie
1998
Stingers

as Dino

Movie
1998
Emma's Wish

as Harry Bridges (old)

Movie
1998
Snapped

as Bob

Movie
1998
The Treat

as Chip O'Herlihee

Movie
1998
Hoods

as Pop Martinelli (uncredited)

Movie
1998Movie
1998
Johnny 316

as Store Keeper

Movie
1997
Motel Blue

as Capistrano Minister

Movie
1997
Obsession

as Jacob Frischmuth

Movie
1997Movie
1997Movie
1997
The Last Don

as Alfred Gronevelt

TV
1996
Chameleon

as Francis

Movie
1996
Dead Girl

as Ira Golub

Movie
1996
Turnpike

as Older man

Movie
1996
The Last Home Run

as Older Jonathan

Movie
1996Movie
1996
Arli$$

as Artie

TV
1996
Cannes Man

as Sy Lerner

Movie
1996
Trees Lounge

as Uncle Al

Movie
1996Movie
1996Movie
1996
Tracey Takes On...

as Candy Casino

TV
1996
Seed

as First Client

Movie
1995Movie
1994
Tollbooth

as Leon / Larry

Movie
1994Movie
1994Movie
1994
Hand Gun

as Jack McCallister

Movie
1994
Chicago Hope

as Norman Cambridge

TV
1994
Under Suspicion

as Lt. Mickey Schwartz

TV
1994Movie
1994
Dark Side of Genius

as Samuel Rourke

Movie
1994Movie
1994
Chasers

as Master Chief Bogg

Movie
1993
Partners

as Janitor

Movie
1993Movie
1993Movie
1993
Boiling Point

as Virgil Leach

Movie
1993
Indecent Proposal

as Mr. Shackleford

Movie
1993
Trouble Bound

as Santino

Movie
1992Movie
1992Movie
1992
Honeymoon in Vegas

as Tony Cataracts

Movie
1992Movie
1992
Love Is Like That

as Uncle Bud

Movie
1992
Cold Heaven

as Tom Farrelly

Movie
1992Movie
1991Movie
1991
Dead in the Water

as Lt. Frank Vaness

Movie
1991Movie
1991
Mobsters

as Father Bonotto

Movie
1991
White Fang

as Skunker

Movie
1990Movie
1990
Dick Tracy

as Sam Catchem

Movie
1989Movie
1989Movie
1989
Wicked Stepmother

as Feldshine

Movie
1988
Track 29

as Dr. Bernard Fairmont

Movie
1988
Colors

as Sullivan

Movie
1988
Plain Clothes

as Ed Malmburg

Movie
1988
Johnny Be Good

as Wallace Gibson

Movie
1987
Survival Game

as Dave Forrest

Movie
1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Lt. Cmdr. Hester Dealt

TV
1987
Best Seller

as Carter

Movie
1987
Tin Men

as Cheese

Movie
1986Movie
1986Movie
1986
Matlock

as Dick Silvers

TV
1986
Matlock

as Honest Earl Edwards

TV
1984Movie
1984
Love Streams

as Jack Lawson

Movie
1983
I Want to Live

as John Santo

Movie
1982
Double Exposure

as Dr. Frank Curtis

Movie
1981
King of the Mountain

as Barry Tanner

Movie
1980
The Jazz Singer

as Unnamed

Movie
1980Movie
1980
Angel on My Shoulder

as Smiley Mitchell

Movie
1979
Sunburn

as Dobbs

Movie
1979
Ravagers

as Blind Lawyer

Movie
1979
California Dreaming

as Duke Slusarski

Movie
1978
Convoy

as Governor Haskins

Movie
1977
Opening Night

as Self (uncredited)

Movie
1977
Valentino

as George Ullman

Movie
1977
Death Game

as George Manning

Movie
1977
Black Oak Conspiracy

as Homer Metcalf

Movie
1977
Scott Joplin

as Dr. Jaelki

Movie
1976
The Last Tycoon

as Seal Trainer

Movie
1976Movie
1973
Nightside

as Ralph

Movie
1972
Emergency!

as Bluebell Hunter

TV
1971
Minnie and Moskowitz

as Seymour Moskowitz

Movie
1970
The Revolutionary

as Leonard II

Movie
1968
Faces

as Chet

Movie
1968
Coogan's Bluff

as Young Hood

Movie
1967
The Invaders

as Driver

TV
1966
Batman

as Cancelled

TV
1965
The F.B.I.

as Irwin

TV
1965
The F.B.I.

as P.O.W. Vanndo

TV
1965
The F.B.I.

as Attendant

TV
1965TV
1964
The Hanged Man

as Bellboy

Movie
1964
12 O'Clock High

as Capt. Johnson

TV
1964
12 O'Clock High

as B-17 Pilot

TV
1964
12 O'Clock High

as Captain Johnson

TV
1964
12 O'Clock High

as Left Waist Gunner

TV
1964
12 O'Clock High

as Mechanic

TV
1964
The Killers

as Postal Clerk

Movie
1963
Burke's Law

as Attendant

TV
1963
The Fugitive

as Cabbie

TV
1963Movie
1962
Combat!

as Doctor

TV
1962TV
1962TV
1962Movie
1961Movie
1961
Alcoa Premiere

as The Wounded Man

TV
1960
Shadows

as Al (uncredited)

Movie
1960
My Three Sons

as Coach Gregson

TV
1960
Murder, Inc.

as Teenager

Movie
1960
Juke Box Racket

as Seymour

Movie
1959
The Twilight Zone

as Jerry (uncredited)

TV
1958
Naked City

as Student (uncredited)

TV
1957TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJanuary 22, 1935
Day of DeathApril 7, 2019
Place of BirthDetroit, Michigan, USA
Popularity0.8
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