Seymour Cassel

Seymour Cassel

Known for
Acting
Born
January 22, 1935
Died
April 7, 2019 (aged 84)
Birthplace
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).

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Filmography

2018
Every Night's a Saturday Night poster

Every Night's a Saturday Night

Movie · as Self

2014
The Dependables poster

The Dependables

Movie · as Dominic Ackers

2014
Fort McCoy poster

Fort McCoy

Movie · as Father Mivkovek

2014
Lucky Dog poster

Lucky Dog

Movie · as The Real Spencer

2014
At The Maple Grove poster

At The Maple Grove

Movie · as Boyle

2013
The Secret Lives of Dorks poster

The Secret Lives of Dorks

Movie · as Principal

2012
Booster poster

Booster

Movie · as Harold

2012
Kingdom Come poster

Kingdom Come

Movie · as Self

2012
Pass the Salt, Please

Pass the Salt, Please

Movie · as Man

2012
Broken Kingdom poster

Broken Kingdom

Movie · as Clayton

2012
Lost Angeles poster

Lost Angeles

Movie · as Film Critic

2012
Silver Case poster

Silver Case

Movie · as Dealer

2012
Magic City poster

Magic City

TV

2011
L!fe Happens poster

L!fe Happens

Movie · as Pop Pop

2011
Freerunner poster

Freerunner

Movie · as Grampa

2011
Faces poster

Faces

Movie · as Chet (archive footage)

2010
Back Nine

Back Nine

Movie · as Mondo

2010
Chasing 3000 poster

Chasing 3000

Movie · as Poppy

2010
Pete Smalls Is Dead poster

Pete Smalls Is Dead

Movie · as Saco

2010
Without Borders poster

Without Borders

Movie · as Detective McKenneth

2010
Regular Show poster

Regular Show

TV · as Tony (voice) · 1 ep

2009
Staten Island poster

Staten Island

Movie · as Jasper Sabiano

2009
Not Dead Yet

Not Dead Yet

Movie · as Francis

2008
Reach for Me poster

Reach for Me

Movie · as Alvin

2008
To Love and Die poster

To Love and Die

Movie · as Grandfather

2008
Big Heart City

Big Heart City

Movie · as Larry

2008
Beau Jest poster

Beau Jest

Movie · as Abe Goldman

2008
To Love and Die

To Love and Die

TV · 1 ep

2007
Postal poster

Postal

Movie · as Paul

2007
Hollywood Dreams poster

Hollywood Dreams

Movie · as Rupert

2007
Cosmic Radio poster

Cosmic Radio

Movie · as Malcolm Stone

2007
Flight of the Conchords poster

Flight of the Conchords

TV · as Johnny Boy · 1 ep

2006
Beer League poster

Beer League

Movie · as Dirt

2006
Ray of Sunshine poster

Ray of Sunshine

Movie

2006
Sea of Dreams poster

Sea of Dreams

Movie · as Tomaso

2006
Edge of Outside poster

Edge of Outside

Movie · as Self

2006
Bye Bye Benjamin poster

Bye Bye Benjamin

Movie · as Mr. Ruby

2006
The Tenants poster

The Tenants

Movie · as Levenspiel

2006
Heist poster

Heist

TV · as Pops · 5 eps

2005
Lonesome Jim poster

Lonesome Jim

Movie · as Don

2005
The Wendell Baker Story poster

The Wendell Baker Story

Movie · as Boyd Fullbright

2005
Bittersweet Place poster

Bittersweet Place

Movie · as Jack 'Pappy' Schaffer

2005
Before It Had a Name poster

Before It Had a Name

Movie · as Jeff

2005
This Is an Adventure poster

This Is an Adventure

Movie · as Self

2005
Circadian Rhythm poster

Circadian Rhythm

Movie · as Hoover

2004
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou poster

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Movie · as Esteban du Plantier

2004
Making 'Faces' poster

Making 'Faces'

Movie · as Self

2004
Justice League Unlimited poster

Justice League Unlimited

TV · as Chuck Sirianni (voice) · 1 ep

2003
Stuck on You poster

Stuck on You

Movie · as Morty O'Reilly

2003
A Good Night to Die poster

A Good Night to Die

Movie · as Guy

2003
Passionada poster

Passionada

Movie · as Daniel Vargas

2003
Lucky poster

Lucky

TV · 1 ep

2002
Stealing Harvard poster

Stealing Harvard

Movie · as Uncle Jack

2002
The Biz poster

The Biz

Movie · as Eugene Hinkle

2002
Manna from Heaven poster

Manna from Heaven

Movie · as Stanley

2002
Sonny poster

Sonny

Movie · as Albert

2002
The Burial Society poster

The Burial Society

Movie · as Sam Goldberg

2001
The Royal Tenenbaums poster

The Royal Tenenbaums

Movie · as Dusty

2001
Women of the Night poster

Women of the Night

Movie · as Sally

2001
The Sleepy Time Gal poster

The Sleepy Time Gal

Movie · as Bob

2001
The Cure for Boredom poster

The Cure for Boredom

Movie · as Eddie

2001
Bartleby poster

Bartleby

Movie · as Frank Waxman

2001
61* poster

61*

Movie · as Sam Simon

2001
A Nero Wolfe Mystery poster

A Nero Wolfe Mystery

TV · as Dazy Perrit, James Arthur Ferris · 1 ep

2000
Animal Factory poster

Animal Factory

Movie · as Lt. Seeman

2000
The Crew poster

The Crew

Movie · as Tony 'Mouth' Donato

2000
Just One Night poster

Just One Night

Movie · as Arthur Imperial

2000
A Constant Forge poster

A Constant Forge

Movie · as Self

2000
The Making of 'Rushmore' poster

The Making of 'Rushmore'

Movie · as Self

2000
Boston Public poster

Boston Public

TV · as Bernie Willis · 1 ep

1999
Black & White poster

Black & White

Movie · as Sal

1999
Me and Will poster

Me and Will

Movie · as Roy

1999
Smoking Cuban Style poster

Smoking Cuban Style

Movie · as Dragan

1999
Ballad of the Nightingale poster

Ballad of the Nightingale

Movie · as Jimmy

1999
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage poster

Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage

Movie · as Self

1998
Rushmore poster

Rushmore

Movie · as Bert Fischer

1998
Hoods poster

Hoods

Movie · as Pop Martinelli (uncredited)

1998
Relax... It's Just Sex poster

Relax... It's Just Sex

Movie · as Emile

1998
Johnny 316 poster

Johnny 316

Movie · as Store Keeper

1998
The Treat poster

The Treat

Movie · as Chip O'Herlihee

1998
Emma's Wish poster

Emma's Wish

Movie · as Harry Bridges (old)

1998
Stingers poster

Stingers

Movie · as Dino

1998
Snapped poster

Snapped

Movie · as Bob

1997
This World, Then the Fireworks poster

This World, Then the Fireworks

Movie · as Detective Harris

1997
Obsession poster

Obsession

Movie · as Jacob Frischmuth

1997
Motel Blue poster

Motel Blue

Movie · as Capistrano Minister

1997
Who Is Henry Jaglom? poster

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

Movie · as Self

1997
The Last Don poster

The Last Don

TV · as Alfred Gronevelt · 2 eps

1996
Dream for an Insomniac poster

Dream for an Insomniac

Movie · as Uncle Leo

1996
Things I Never Told You poster

Things I Never Told You

Movie · as Frank

1996
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All

John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All

Movie · as Self

1996
Cannes Man poster

Cannes Man

Movie · as Sy Lerner

1996
The Last Home Run poster

The Last Home Run

Movie · as Older Jonathan

1996
Slaughter of the Cock poster

Slaughter of the Cock

Movie · as Ahilleas

1996
Chameleon poster

Chameleon

Movie · as Francis

1996
Turnpike

Turnpike

Movie · as Older man

1996
Seed poster

Seed

Movie · as First Client

1996
Dead Girl poster

Dead Girl

Movie · as Ira Golub

1996
Trees Lounge poster

Trees Lounge

Movie · as Uncle Al

1996
Tracey Takes On... poster

Tracey Takes On...

TV · as Candy Casino · 50 eps

1996
Good Company

Good Company

TV · 6 eps

1996
Arli$$ poster

Arli$$

TV · as Artie · 1 ep

1995
Dead Presidents poster

Dead Presidents

Movie · as Saul

1994
It Could Happen to You poster

It Could Happen to You

Movie · as Jack Gross

1994
Chasers poster

Chasers

Movie · as Master Chief Bogg

1994
Imaginary Crimes poster

Imaginary Crimes

Movie · as Eddie

1994
There Goes My Baby poster

There Goes My Baby

Movie · as Pop

1994
Dark Side of Genius poster

Dark Side of Genius

Movie · as Samuel Rourke

1994
Hand Gun poster

Hand Gun

Movie · as Jack McCallister

1994
Tollbooth poster

Tollbooth

Movie · as Leon / Larry

1994
Ouf!

Ouf!

Movie

1994
Chicago Hope poster

Chicago Hope

TV · as Norman Cambridge · 1 ep

1994
Under Suspicion poster

Under Suspicion

TV · as Lt. Mickey Schwartz · 18 eps

1993
Indecent Proposal poster

Indecent Proposal

Movie · as Mr. Shackleford

1993
Boiling Point poster

Boiling Point

Movie · as Virgil Leach

1993
Trouble Bound poster

Trouble Bound

Movie · as Santino

1993
Anything for John poster

Anything for John

Movie · as Self

1993
Partners poster

Partners

Movie · as Janitor

1993
When Pigs Fly poster

When Pigs Fly

Movie · as Frank

1992
Honeymoon in Vegas poster

Honeymoon in Vegas

Movie · as Tony Cataracts

1992
Love Is Like That poster

Love Is Like That

Movie · as Uncle Bud

1992
In the Soup poster

In the Soup

Movie · as Joe

1992
Cold Heaven poster

Cold Heaven

Movie · as Tom Farrelly

1992
Adventures in Spying poster

Adventures in Spying

Movie · as Ray Rucker

1992
Chain of Desire poster

Chain of Desire

Movie · as Mel

1992
What Happened to Pete poster

What Happened to Pete

Movie · as Bartender

1991
White Fang poster

White Fang

Movie · as Skunker

1991
Face of a Stranger poster

Face of a Stranger

Movie · as Ralph

1991
Mobsters poster

Mobsters

Movie · as Father Bonotto

1991
Dead in the Water poster

Dead in the Water

Movie · as Lt. Frank Vaness

1991
Diary of a Hitman poster

Diary of a Hitman

Movie · as Koenig

1990
Cold Dog Soup poster

Cold Dog Soup

Movie · as Jojo

1990
Dick Tracy poster

Dick Tracy

Movie · as Sam Catchem

1989
Wicked Stepmother poster

Wicked Stepmother

Movie · as Feldshine

1989
Arena - John Cassavetes

Arena - John Cassavetes

Movie · as Self

1989
Sweet Bird of Youth poster

Sweet Bird of Youth

Movie · as Hatcher

1988
Track 29 poster

Track 29

Movie · as Dr. Bernard Fairmont

1988
Colors poster

Colors

Movie · as Sullivan

1988
Plain Clothes poster

Plain Clothes

Movie · as Ed Malmburg

1988
Johnny Be Good poster

Johnny Be Good

Movie · as Wallace Gibson

1987
Survival Game poster

Survival Game

Movie · as Dave Forrest

1987
Best Seller poster

Best Seller

Movie · as Carter

1987
Tin Men poster

Tin Men

Movie · as Cheese

1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation poster

Star Trek: The Next Generation

TV · as Lt. Cmdr. Hester Dealt · 1 ep

1986
Eye of the Tiger poster

Eye of the Tiger

Movie · as Sheriff

1986
Beverly Hills Madam poster

Beverly Hills Madam

Movie · as Tony

1986
Matlock poster

Matlock

TV · as Dick Silvers, Honest Earl Edwards · 2 eps

1984
Love Streams poster

Love Streams

Movie · as Jack Lawson

1984
Young Lust: A Soap Opera poster

Young Lust: A Soap Opera

Movie · as Dr. Klapper

1984
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work poster

I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work

Movie · as Self

1984
Tales from the Darkside poster

Tales from the Darkside

TV · as Howard · 1 ep

1983
I Want to Live poster

I Want to Live

Movie · as John Santo

1982
Double Exposure poster

Double Exposure

Movie · as Dr. Frank Curtis

1981
King of the Mountain poster

King of the Mountain

Movie · as Barry Tanner

1980
The Mountain Men poster

The Mountain Men

Movie · as La Bont

1980
Angel on My Shoulder poster

Angel on My Shoulder

Movie · as Smiley Mitchell

1980
The Jazz Singer poster

The Jazz Singer

Movie · as Unnamed

1979
California Dreaming poster

California Dreaming

Movie · as Duke Slusarski

1979
Sunburn poster

Sunburn

Movie · as Dobbs

1979
Ravagers poster

Ravagers

Movie · as Blind Lawyer

1978
Convoy poster

Convoy

Movie · as Governor Haskins

1977
Death Game poster

Death Game

Movie · as George Manning

1977
Scott Joplin poster

Scott Joplin

Movie · as Dr. Jaelki

1977
Black Oak Conspiracy poster

Black Oak Conspiracy

Movie · as Homer Metcalf

1977
Valentino poster

Valentino

Movie · as George Ullman

1977
Opening Night poster

Opening Night

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1976
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie poster

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

Movie · as Mort Weil

1976
The Last Tycoon poster

The Last Tycoon

Movie · as Seal Trainer

1975
Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight poster

Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight

Movie · as Wise Guy

1973
Nightside poster

Nightside

Movie · as Ralph

1972
Emergency! poster

Emergency!

TV · as Bluebell Hunter · 1 ep

1971
Minnie and Moskowitz poster

Minnie and Moskowitz

Movie · as Seymour Moskowitz

1970
The Revolutionary poster

The Revolutionary

Movie · as Leonard II

1968
Faces poster

Faces

Movie · as Chet

1968
Coogan's Bluff poster

Coogan's Bluff

Movie · as Young Hood

1967
Cimarron Strip poster

Cimarron Strip

TV · 1 ep

1967
The Invaders poster

The Invaders

TV · as Driver · 1 ep

1966
Batman poster

Batman

TV · as Cancelled · 2 eps

1965
The F.B.I. poster

The F.B.I.

TV · as Irwin, P.O.W. Vanndo, Attendant · 1 ep

1965
Laredo poster

Laredo

TV · 1 ep

1964
The Hanged Man poster

The Hanged Man

Movie · as Bellboy

1964
The Killers poster

The Killers

Movie · as Postal Clerk

1964
12 O'Clock High poster

12 O'Clock High

TV · as Capt. Johnson, B-17 Pilot, Captain Johnson, Left Waist Gunner, Mechanic · 1 ep

1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea poster

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

TV · as Jensen · 1 ep

1963
The Nutty Professor poster

The Nutty Professor

Movie · as Bored Man

1963
Burke's Law poster

Burke's Law

TV · as Attendant · 1 ep

1963
The Fugitive poster

The Fugitive

TV · as Cabbie · 1 ep

1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

TV · as Police Sgt., Somebody · 1 ep

1962
The Webster Boy poster

The Webster Boy

Movie · as Vic

1962
Combat! poster

Combat!

TV · as Doctor · 1 ep

1962
The Lloyd Bridges Show poster

The Lloyd Bridges Show

TV · as Lawyer #2, Richard · 1 ep

1961
Too Late Blues poster

Too Late Blues

Movie · as Red

1961
Alcoa Premiere poster

Alcoa Premiere

TV · as The Wounded Man · 1 ep

1960
Juke Box Racket poster

Juke Box Racket

Movie · as Seymour

1960
Man on a String poster

Man on a String

Movie · as Hotel Pageboy (uncredited)

1960
Murder, Inc. poster

Murder, Inc.

Movie · as Teenager

1960
Shadows poster

Shadows

Movie · as Al (uncredited)

1960
My Three Sons poster

My Three Sons

TV · as Coach Gregson · 1 ep

1959
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as Jerry (uncredited) · 1 ep

1958
Naked City poster

Naked City

TV · as Student (uncredited) · 1 ep

1957
Wagon Train poster

Wagon Train

TV · as Ed · 1 ep