Jack Cassidy
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John Joseph Edward “Jack” Cassidy (March 5, 1927 – December 12, 1976) was an American actor of stage, film and screen. His frequent professional persona was that of an urbane, super-confident egotist with a dramatic flair, much in the manner of Broadway actor Frank Fay. Cassidy perfected this character to such an extent that he was cast as the legendary John Barrymore in the feature film W.C. Fields and Me. The role of the vain, shallow, buffoon-like newsman Ted Baxter on TV's The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977) was written with Cassidy in mind. However, Cassidy turned down the role, feeling that it was not right for him, and the part went to Ted Knight. Cassidy later appeared as a guest star in a 1971 episode as Ted's highly competitive and equally egocentric brother, Hal. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Cassidy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
The Eiger Sanction (1975)
as Miles Mellough
Bunny O'Hare (1971)
as Lieutenant Horace Greeley
George M! (1970)
as Jerry Cohan
June Moon (1974)
as Paul Sears
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
as Damon Runyon
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962)
as Bob Cratchit (voice)
Death Among Friends (1975)
as Chico Donovan
W.C. Fields and Me (1976)
as John Barrymore
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970)
as Roger Hand
The Andersonville Trial (1970)
as Otis Baker
The Phantom of Hollywood (1974)
as Otto Vonner / Karl Vonner
Look in Any Window (1961)
as Gareth Lowell
FBI Code 98 (1963)
as Walter Macklin
Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover (1977)
as Jules Rosen
Your Money or Your Wife (1972)
as Josh Darwin
A Time For Love (1973)
as Tom Pierson
Knuckle (1975)
as Patrick Delafield
Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man (1970)
as Himself