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