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Seymour Joseph Cassel was an American actor who appeared in over 200 movies and television shows, and had a career that spanned over 50 years.
Cassel 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' Minnie and Moskowitz (1971), The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976), Opening Night (1977), and Love Streams (1984).
Notable films included: 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), 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).
Birth Name
Seymour Joseph Cassel
Born
Tuesday, 22 January 1935
Died
Sunday, 07 April 2019
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Every Night's a Saturday Night | Self | 2018 |
The Algerian | Professor Wright | 2015 |
Kissing Strangers | Mr. Koster | 2015 |
Lucky Dog | The Real Spencer | 2014 |
Fort McCoy | Father Mivkovek | 2014 |
Pride of Lions | Dominic Ackers | 2014 |
The Secret Lives of Dorks | Principal | 2013 |
Johnny 316 | Store Keeper | 2012 |
Talent Watch | Self - Guest | 2012 |
Booster | Harold | 2012 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Every Night's a Saturday Night | Self | 2018 |
The Algerian | Professor Wright | 2015 |
Kissing Strangers | Mr. Koster | 2015 |
Lucky Dog | The Real Spencer | 2014 |
Fort McCoy | Father Mivkovek | 2014 |
Pride of Lions | Dominic Ackers | 2014 |
The Secret Lives of Dorks | Principal | 2013 |
Johnny 316 | Store Keeper | 2012 |
Talent Watch | Self - Guest | 2012 |
Booster | Harold | 2012 |
Broken Kingdom | Clayton / Nina | 2012 |
Pass the Salt, Please | Man | 2012 |
Life Happens | Pop Pop | 2012 |
Silver Case | Dealer | 2012 |
Faces | (archive footage) | 2011 |
Freerunner | Gramps / Grampa | 2011 |
Kingdom Come | Himself / Self | 2011 |
Pete Smalls Is Dead | Saco | 2010 |
Back Nine | Mondo | 2010 |
FCU: Fact Checkers Unit | Old Man | 2010 |
Chasing 3000 | Poppy | 2010 |
Big Heart City | Larry | 2010 |
Funny or Die Presents... | King of Police (segment "United States Police Department") | 2010 |
Regular Show | Tony | 2009 |
Dick Tracy Special | Sam Catchem | 2009 |
Little New York | Jasper Sabiano | 2009 |
Not Dead Yet | Francis | 2009 |
Crash | Julian Gold | 2008 |
Reach for Me | Alvin | 2008 |
Cosmic Radio | Malcolm Stone | 2008 |
Postal | Paul | 2007 |
Flight of the Conchords | Johnny Boy | 2007 |
Hollywood Dreams | Rupert | 2007 |
Love Takes Lies | Abe Goldman | 2007 |
Filmnut | Self | 2007 |
Sea of Dreams | Tomaso | 2006 |
Beer League | Dirt | 2006 |
Ray of Sunshine | Victor | 2006 |
Edge of Outside | Self | 2006 |
Heist | Pops | 2006 |
The Tenants | Levenspiel | 2006 |
Bye Bye Benjamin | Mr. Ruby | 2006 |
Lonesome Jim | Don | 2005 |
Before It Had a Name | Jeff | 2005 |
The Wendell Baker Story | Boyd Fullbright | 2005 |
This Is an Adventure | Self | 2005 |
Welcome to California | Jim's Father | 2005 |
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Esteban du Plantier | 2004 |
Justice League Unlimited | Chuck Sirianni | 2004 |
The Burial Society | Sam Goldberg | 2004 |
Stuck on You | Morty O'Reilly | 2003 |
Passionada | Daniel Vargas | 2003 |
Gary the Rat | Man in Panda Suit | 2003 |
Lucky | The Trake | 2003 |
A Good Night to Die | Guy | 2003 |
Sonny | Albert | 2002 |
Manna from Heaven | Stanley | 2002 |
Stealing Harvard | Uncle Jack | 2002 |
The Biz | Eugene Hinkle | 2002 |
The Royal Tenenbaums | Dusty | 2001 |
The Man Who Wasn't There | Spectator at execution | 2001 |
The Cure for Boredom | Eddie | 2001 |
61* | Sam Simon | 2001 |
A Nero Wolfe Mystery | James Arthur Ferris / Dazy Perrit | 2001 |
Bartleby | Frank Waxman | 2001 |
The Sleepy Time Gal | Bob | 2001 |
Women of the Night | Sally | 2001 |
Boston Public | Bernie Willis | 2000 |
Just One Night | Arthur Imperial | 2000 |
The Crew | Tony 'Mouth' Donato | 2000 |
Animal Factory | Lt. Seeman | 2000 |
A Constant Forge | Self | 2000 |
Black and White | Sal | 1999 |
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage | Himself / Self | 1999 |
Smoking Cuban Style | Dragan | 1999 |
Me and Will | Roy | 1999 |
Ballad of the Nightingale | Jimmy | 1999 |
Rushmore | Bert Fischer | 1998 |
Stingers | Dino | 1998 |
Emma's Wish | Harry Bridges (old) / Harry | 1998 |
The Treat | Chip O'Herlihee | 1998 |
Hoods | Pop Martinelli | 1998 |
Relax... It's Just Sex | Emile Pillsbury | 1998 |
Motel Blue | Capistrano Minister | 1997 |
Obsession | Jacob Frischmuth | 1997 |
This World, Then the Fireworks | Detective Harris | 1997 |
Who Is Henry Jaglom? | Self | 1997 |
The Last Don | Alfred Gronevelt | 1997 |
Things I Never Told You | Frank | 1996 |
Trees Lounge | Uncle Al | 1996 |
Chameleon | Francis | 1996 |
The Last Home Run | Older Jonathan | 1996 |
Slaughter of the Cock | Ahilleas | 1996 |
Arli$$ | Artie | 1996 |
Dream for an Insomniac | Uncle Leo | 1996 |
Les frères Gravet | Self | 1996 |
Good Company | Jack O'Shea | 1996 |
Tracey Takes On... | Candy Casino | 1996 |
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All | Himself / Self | 1996 |
Cannes Man | Sy Lerner | 1996 |
Dead Girl | Ira Golub | 1996 |
Dead Presidents | Saul | 1995 |
Tollbooth | Larry / Leon | 1994 |
Imaginary Crimes | Eddie | 1994 |
Hand Gun | Jack McCallister | 1994 |
ER | Alfred Gower | 1994 |
Chicago Hope | Norman Cambridge | 1994 |
Under Suspicion | Lt. Mickey Schwartz | 1994 |
There Goes My Baby | Pop | 1994 |
Dark Side of Genius | Samuel Rourke | 1994 |
It Could Happen to You | Jack Gross | 1994 |
Chasers | Master Chief Bogg | 1994 |
When Pigs Fly | Frank | 1993 |
Anything for John | 1993 | |
Boiling Point | Virgil Leach / Leach | 1993 |
Indecent Proposal | Mr. Shackleford / William Shackleford | 1993 |
Trouble Bound | Santino | 1993 |
Partners | 1993 | |
Adventures in Spying | Ray Rucker | 1992 |
Honeymoon in Vegas | Tony Cataracts | 1992 |
In the Soup | Joe | 1992 |
Bad Love | Uncle Bud | 1992 |
Cold Heaven | Tom Farrelly | 1992 |
Chain of Desire | Mel | 1992 |
Face of a Stranger | Ralph | 1991 |
Dead in the Water | Lt. Frank Vaness | 1991 |
Diary of a Hitman | Koenig | 1991 |
Mobsters | Father Bonotto | 1991 |
White Fang | Skunker | 1991 |
Hollywood Mavericks | Chet | 1990 |
Cold Dog Soup | Jojo | 1990 |
Dick Tracy | Sam Catchem | 1990 |
Sweet Bird of Youth | Hatcher | 1989 |
Wicked Stepmother | Feldshine | 1989 |
Track 29 | Dr. Bernard Fairmont / Dr. Bernard | 1988 |
Colors | Sullivan | 1988 |
Johnny Be Good | Wallace Gibson | 1988 |
Plain Clothes | Ed Malmburg | 1987 |
Star Trek: The Next Generation | Lt. Cmdr. Hester Dealt | 1987 |
Best Seller | Carter | 1987 |
Hooperman | Bum | 1987 |
Survival Game | Dave Forrest | 1987 |
Tin Men | Cheese | 1987 |
Ohara | Todd Ames | 1987 |
Eye of the Tiger | Sheriff | 1986 |
Beverly Hills Madam | Tony | 1986 |
Matlock | Dick Silvers / Honest Earl Edwards | 1986 |
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes - the Man and His Work | Self | 1984 |
Love Streams | Jack Lawson | 1984 |
Tales from the Darkside | Howard | 1983 |
Blood Feud | Frank Kierdorff - Hoffa Enforcer / Torch | 1983 |
Double Exposure | Dr. Frank Curtis | 1982 |
King of the Mountain | Barry Tanner | 1981 |
The Jazz Singer | Unnamed | 1980 |
The Mountain Men | La Bont | 1980 |
Angel on My Shoulder | Smiley Mitchell | 1980 |
Sunburn | Dobbs | 1979 |
Ravagers | Blind Lawyer | 1979 |
California Dreaming | Duke Slusarski | 1979 |
Convoy | Governor Haskins | 1978 |
Opening Night | Seymour Cassel | 1977 |
Valentino | George Ullman | 1977 |
Death Game | George Manning | 1977 |
Black Oak Conspiracy | Homer Metcalf | 1977 |
Scott Joplin | Dr. Jaelki | 1977 |
The Last Tycoon | Seal Trainer | 1976 |
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie | Mort Weil | 1976 |
Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight | Wise Guy | 1975 |
Emergency! | Bluebell Hunter | 1972 |
Minnie and Moskowitz | Seymour Moskowitz / Moskowitz | 1971 |
The Revolutionary | Leonard II | 1970 |
The David Frost Show | Self - Guest | 1969 |
Coogan's Bluff | Young Hood / John, Young Hood | 1968 |
The Sweet Ride | Surfer / Cyclist | 1968 |
Faces | Chet | 1968 |
Cimarron Strip | Spock | 1967 |
Batman | Cancelled | 1966 |
Convoy | Phelps | 1965 |
Laredo | Jud | 1965 |
The F.B.I. | P.O.W. Vanndo / Irwin / Attendant | 1965 |
The Hanged Man | Bellboy | 1964 |
12 O'Clock High | Mechanic / Left Waist Gunner / Captain Johnson / Capt. Johnson / B-17 Pilot | 1964 |
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Jensen | 1964 |
The Killers | Postal Clerk | 1964 |
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Somebody | 1963 |
Burke's Law | Attendant | 1963 |
The Fugitive | Cabbie | 1963 |
The Nutty Professor | Bored Man | 1963 |
Combat! | Doctor | 1962 |
The Lloyd Bridges Show | Lawyer #2 / Richard | 1962 |
The Webster Boy | Vic | 1962 |
Too Late Blues | Red | 1961 |
Alcoa Premiere | The Wounded Man | 1961 |
My Three Sons | Coach Gregson | 1960 |
Murder, Inc. | Teenager | 1960 |
Juke Box Racket | Seymour | 1960 |
Man on a String | Hotel Pageboy | 1960 |
The Twilight Zone | Jerry | 1959 |
Deadline | Flyer | 1959 |
Naked City | Student | 1958 |
Wagon Train | Ed | 1957 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Shadows | 1960 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1969 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |