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