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
June Moon (1974)
as Paul Sears
Your Money or Your Wife (1972)
as Josh Darwin
The Andersonville Trial (1970)
as Otis Baker
The Phantom of Hollywood (1974)
as Otto Vonner / Karl Vonner
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962)
as Bob Cratchit (voice)
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
as Damon Runyon
W.C. Fields and Me (1976)
as John Barrymore
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970)
as Roger Hand
Bunny O'Hare (1971)
as Lieutenant Horace Greeley
Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man (1970)
as Himself
Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover (1977)
as Jules Rosen
Death Among Friends (1975)
as Chico Donovan
FBI Code 98 (1963)
as Walter Macklin
A Time For Love (1973)
as Tom Pierson
Look in Any Window (1961)
as Gareth Lowell
George M! (1970)
as Jerry Cohan
Knuckle (1975)
as Patrick Delafield