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