
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

Every Night's a Saturday Night
Movie · as Self

The Dependables
Movie · as Dominic Ackers

Fort McCoy
Movie · as Father Mivkovek

Lucky Dog
Movie · as The Real Spencer

At The Maple Grove
Movie · as Boyle

The Secret Lives of Dorks
Movie · as Principal

Booster
Movie · as Harold

Kingdom Come
Movie · as Self
Pass the Salt, Please
Movie · as Man

Broken Kingdom
Movie · as Clayton

Lost Angeles
Movie · as Film Critic

Silver Case
Movie · as Dealer

Magic City
TV

L!fe Happens
Movie · as Pop Pop

Freerunner
Movie · as Grampa

Faces
Movie · as Chet (archive footage)
Back Nine
Movie · as Mondo

Chasing 3000
Movie · as Poppy

Pete Smalls Is Dead
Movie · as Saco

Without Borders
Movie · as Detective McKenneth

Regular Show
TV · as Tony (voice) · 1 ep

Staten Island
Movie · as Jasper Sabiano
Not Dead Yet
Movie · as Francis

Reach for Me
Movie · as Alvin

To Love and Die
Movie · as Grandfather
Big Heart City
Movie · as Larry

Beau Jest
Movie · as Abe Goldman
To Love and Die
TV · 1 ep

Postal
Movie · as Paul

Hollywood Dreams
Movie · as Rupert

Cosmic Radio
Movie · as Malcolm Stone

Flight of the Conchords
TV · as Johnny Boy · 1 ep

Beer League
Movie · as Dirt

Ray of Sunshine
Movie

Sea of Dreams
Movie · as Tomaso

Edge of Outside
Movie · as Self

Bye Bye Benjamin
Movie · as Mr. Ruby

The Tenants
Movie · as Levenspiel

Heist
TV · as Pops · 5 eps

Lonesome Jim
Movie · as Don

The Wendell Baker Story
Movie · as Boyd Fullbright

Bittersweet Place
Movie · as Jack 'Pappy' Schaffer

Before It Had a Name
Movie · as Jeff

This Is an Adventure
Movie · as Self

Circadian Rhythm
Movie · as Hoover

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Movie · as Esteban du Plantier

Making 'Faces'
Movie · as Self

Justice League Unlimited
TV · as Chuck Sirianni (voice) · 1 ep

Stuck on You
Movie · as Morty O'Reilly

A Good Night to Die
Movie · as Guy

Passionada
Movie · as Daniel Vargas

Lucky
TV · 1 ep

Stealing Harvard
Movie · as Uncle Jack

The Biz
Movie · as Eugene Hinkle

Manna from Heaven
Movie · as Stanley

Sonny
Movie · as Albert

The Burial Society
Movie · as Sam Goldberg

The Royal Tenenbaums
Movie · as Dusty

Women of the Night
Movie · as Sally

The Sleepy Time Gal
Movie · as Bob

The Cure for Boredom
Movie · as Eddie

Bartleby
Movie · as Frank Waxman

61*
Movie · as Sam Simon

A Nero Wolfe Mystery
TV · as Dazy Perrit, James Arthur Ferris · 1 ep

Animal Factory
Movie · as Lt. Seeman

The Crew
Movie · as Tony 'Mouth' Donato

Just One Night
Movie · as Arthur Imperial

A Constant Forge
Movie · as Self

The Making of 'Rushmore'
Movie · as Self

Boston Public
TV · as Bernie Willis · 1 ep

Black & White
Movie · as Sal

Me and Will
Movie · as Roy

Smoking Cuban Style
Movie · as Dragan

Ballad of the Nightingale
Movie · as Jimmy

Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
Movie · as Self

Rushmore
Movie · as Bert Fischer

Hoods
Movie · as Pop Martinelli (uncredited)

Relax... It's Just Sex
Movie · as Emile

Johnny 316
Movie · as Store Keeper

The Treat
Movie · as Chip O'Herlihee

Emma's Wish
Movie · as Harry Bridges (old)

Stingers
Movie · as Dino

Snapped
Movie · as Bob

This World, Then the Fireworks
Movie · as Detective Harris

Obsession
Movie · as Jacob Frischmuth

Motel Blue
Movie · as Capistrano Minister

Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Movie · as Self

The Last Don
TV · as Alfred Gronevelt · 2 eps

Dream for an Insomniac
Movie · as Uncle Leo

Things I Never Told You
Movie · as Frank
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
Movie · as Self

Cannes Man
Movie · as Sy Lerner

The Last Home Run
Movie · as Older Jonathan

Slaughter of the Cock
Movie · as Ahilleas

Chameleon
Movie · as Francis
Turnpike
Movie · as Older man

Seed
Movie · as First Client

Dead Girl
Movie · as Ira Golub

Trees Lounge
Movie · as Uncle Al

Tracey Takes On...
TV · as Candy Casino · 50 eps
Good Company
TV · 6 eps

Arli$$
TV · as Artie · 1 ep

Dead Presidents
Movie · as Saul

It Could Happen to You
Movie · as Jack Gross

Chasers
Movie · as Master Chief Bogg

Imaginary Crimes
Movie · as Eddie

There Goes My Baby
Movie · as Pop

Dark Side of Genius
Movie · as Samuel Rourke

Hand Gun
Movie · as Jack McCallister

Tollbooth
Movie · as Leon / Larry
Ouf!
Movie

Chicago Hope
TV · as Norman Cambridge · 1 ep

Under Suspicion
TV · as Lt. Mickey Schwartz · 18 eps

Indecent Proposal
Movie · as Mr. Shackleford

Boiling Point
Movie · as Virgil Leach

Trouble Bound
Movie · as Santino

Anything for John
Movie · as Self

Partners
Movie · as Janitor

When Pigs Fly
Movie · as Frank

Honeymoon in Vegas
Movie · as Tony Cataracts

Love Is Like That
Movie · as Uncle Bud

In the Soup
Movie · as Joe

Cold Heaven
Movie · as Tom Farrelly

Adventures in Spying
Movie · as Ray Rucker

Chain of Desire
Movie · as Mel

What Happened to Pete
Movie · as Bartender

White Fang
Movie · as Skunker

Face of a Stranger
Movie · as Ralph

Mobsters
Movie · as Father Bonotto

Dead in the Water
Movie · as Lt. Frank Vaness

Diary of a Hitman
Movie · as Koenig

Cold Dog Soup
Movie · as Jojo

Dick Tracy
Movie · as Sam Catchem

Wicked Stepmother
Movie · as Feldshine
Arena - John Cassavetes
Movie · as Self

Sweet Bird of Youth
Movie · as Hatcher

Track 29
Movie · as Dr. Bernard Fairmont

Colors
Movie · as Sullivan

Plain Clothes
Movie · as Ed Malmburg

Johnny Be Good
Movie · as Wallace Gibson

Survival Game
Movie · as Dave Forrest

Best Seller
Movie · as Carter

Tin Men
Movie · as Cheese

Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV · as Lt. Cmdr. Hester Dealt · 1 ep

Eye of the Tiger
Movie · as Sheriff

Beverly Hills Madam
Movie · as Tony

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

Love Streams
Movie · as Jack Lawson

Young Lust: A Soap Opera
Movie · as Dr. Klapper

I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
Movie · as Self

Tales from the Darkside
TV · as Howard · 1 ep

I Want to Live
Movie · as John Santo

Double Exposure
Movie · as Dr. Frank Curtis

King of the Mountain
Movie · as Barry Tanner

The Mountain Men
Movie · as La Bont

Angel on My Shoulder
Movie · as Smiley Mitchell

The Jazz Singer
Movie · as Unnamed

California Dreaming
Movie · as Duke Slusarski

Sunburn
Movie · as Dobbs

Ravagers
Movie · as Blind Lawyer

Convoy
Movie · as Governor Haskins

Death Game
Movie · as George Manning

Scott Joplin
Movie · as Dr. Jaelki

Black Oak Conspiracy
Movie · as Homer Metcalf

Valentino
Movie · as George Ullman

Opening Night
Movie · as Self (uncredited)

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Movie · as Mort Weil

The Last Tycoon
Movie · as Seal Trainer

Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight
Movie · as Wise Guy

Nightside
Movie · as Ralph

Emergency!
TV · as Bluebell Hunter · 1 ep

Minnie and Moskowitz
Movie · as Seymour Moskowitz

The Revolutionary
Movie · as Leonard II

Faces
Movie · as Chet

Coogan's Bluff
Movie · as Young Hood

Cimarron Strip
TV · 1 ep

The Invaders
TV · as Driver · 1 ep

Batman
TV · as Cancelled · 2 eps

The F.B.I.
TV · as Irwin, P.O.W. Vanndo, Attendant · 1 ep

Laredo
TV · 1 ep

The Hanged Man
Movie · as Bellboy

The Killers
Movie · as Postal Clerk

12 O'Clock High
TV · as Capt. Johnson, B-17 Pilot, Captain Johnson, Left Waist Gunner, Mechanic · 1 ep

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
TV · as Jensen · 1 ep

The Nutty Professor
Movie · as Bored Man

Burke's Law
TV · as Attendant · 1 ep

The Fugitive
TV · as Cabbie · 1 ep
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · as Police Sgt., Somebody · 1 ep

The Webster Boy
Movie · as Vic

Combat!
TV · as Doctor · 1 ep

The Lloyd Bridges Show
TV · as Lawyer #2, Richard · 1 ep

Too Late Blues
Movie · as Red

Alcoa Premiere
TV · as The Wounded Man · 1 ep

Juke Box Racket
Movie · as Seymour

Man on a String
Movie · as Hotel Pageboy (uncredited)

Murder, Inc.
Movie · as Teenager

Shadows
Movie · as Al (uncredited)

My Three Sons
TV · as Coach Gregson · 1 ep

The Twilight Zone
TV · as Jerry (uncredited) · 1 ep

Naked City
TV · as Student (uncredited) · 1 ep

Wagon Train
TV · as Ed · 1 ep



