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