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