Seymour Cassel
Born: 1935-01-22 in Detroit, Michigan, USA
Died: 2019-04-07
Known For: Acting
Biography
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).
Filmography
2018
- Every Night's a Saturday Night as Self
2014
- The Dependables as Dominic Ackers
- Lucky Dog as The Real Spencer
- Fort McCoy as Father Mivkovek
- At The Maple Grove as Boyle
2013
- The Secret Lives of Dorks as Principal
2012
- Silver Case as Dealer
- Kingdom Come as Self
- Magic City
- Broken Kingdom as Clayton
- Lost Angeles as Film Critic
- Booster as Harold
- Pass the Salt, Please as Man
2011
- Freerunner as Grampa
- L!fe Happens as Pop Pop
- Faces as Chet (archive footage)
2010
- Regular Show as Tony (voice)
- Chasing 3000 as Poppy
- The Aristofrogs
- Without Borders as Detective McKenneth
- Back Nine as Mondo
- Pete Smalls Is Dead as Saco
2009
- Staten Island as Jasper Sabiano
- Not Dead Yet as Francis
2008
- Reach for Me as Alvin
- Big Heart City as Larry
- Beau Jest as Abe Goldman
- To Love and Die as Grandfather
- To Love and Die
2007
- Flight of the Conchords as Johnny Boy
- Postal as Paul
- Hollywood Dreams as Rupert
- Cosmic Radio as Malcolm Stone
2006
- Beer League as Dirt
- The Tenants as Levenspiel
- Edge of Outside as Self
- Sea of Dreams
- Ray of Sunshine
- Bye Bye Benjamin as Mr. Ruby
- Heist
2005
- Lonesome Jim as Don
- Bittersweet Place as Jack 'Pappy' Schaffer
- Circadian Rhythm as Hoover
- Before It Had a Name as Jeff
- This Is an Adventure as Self
- The Wendell Baker Story as Boyd Fullbright
2004
- Justice League Unlimited as Chuck Sirianni (voice)
- The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou as Esteban du Plantier
- Making 'Faces' as Self
2003
- Passionada as Daniel Vargas
- Stuck on You as Morty O'Reilly
- A Good Night to Die as Guy
- Lucky
2002
- Sonny as Albert
- Stealing Harvard as Uncle Jack
- Manna from Heaven as Stanley
- The Burial Society as Sam Goldberg
- The Biz as Eugene Hinkle
2001
- The Royal Tenenbaums as Dusty
- A Nero Wolfe Mystery as Dazy Perrit
- 61* as Sam Simon
- The Man Who Wasn't There as Spectator at Execution (uncredited)
- Women of the Night as Sally
- The Sleepy Time Gal as Bob
- The Cure for Boredom as Eddie
- Bartleby as Frank Waxman
2000
- Boston Public as Bernie Willis
- Animal Factory as Lt. Seeman
- The Crew as Tony 'Mouth' Donato
- A Constant Forge as Self
- The Making of 'Rushmore' as Self
- Just One Night as Arthur Imperial
1999
- Black & White as Sal
- Kubanisch rauchen as Dragan
- Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage as Self
- Me and Will as Roy
- Ballad of the Nightingale as Jimmy
1998
- Rushmore as Bert Fischer
- Stingers as Dino
- Snapped as Bob
- Johnny 316 as Store Keeper
- Hoods as Pop Martinelli (uncredited)
- The Treat as Chip O'Herlihee
- Emma's Wish as Harry Bridges (old)
- Relax... It's Just Sex as Emile Pillsbury
1997
- Motel Blue as Capistrano Minister
- Obsession as Jacob Frischmuth
- The Last Don as Alfred Gronevelt
- This World, Then the Fireworks as Detective Harris
- Who Is Henry Jaglom? as Self
1996
- Trees Lounge as Uncle Al
- Tracey Takes On... as Candy Casino
- The Last Home Run as Older Jonathan
- Chameleon as Francis
- Dream for an Insomniac as Uncle Leo
- Dead Girl as Ira Golub
- Good Company
- Cannes Man as Sy Lerner
- Things I Never Told You as Frank
- Seed as First Client
- Slaughter of the Cock as Ahilleas
- John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All as Self
- Turnpike as Older man
1995
- Dead Presidents as Saul
1994
- Chicago Hope
- Chasers as Master Chief Bogg
- It Could Happen to You as Jack Gross
- Hand Gun as Jack McCallister
- Tollbooth as Leon / Larry
- Imaginary Crimes as Eddie
- There Goes My Baby as Pop
- Dark Side of Genius as Samuel Rourke
- Under Suspicion as Lt. Mickey Schwartz
- Ouf!
1993
- Indecent Proposal as Mr. Shackleford
- Trouble Bound as Santino
- Boiling Point as Virgil Leach
- When Pigs Fly as Frank
- Partners as Janitor
- Anything for John as Self
1992
- Cold Heaven as Tom Farrelly
- Honeymoon in Vegas as Tony Cataracts
- In the Soup as Joe
- Adventures in Spying as Ray Rucker
- Love Is Like That as Uncle Bud
- Chain of Desire as Mel
- What Happened to Pete as Bartender
1991
- Mobsters as Father Bonotto
- Diary of a Hitman as Koenig
- White Fang as Skunker
- Dead in the Water as Lt. Frank Vaness
- Face of a Stranger as Ralph
1990
- Dick Tracy as Sam Catchem
- Cold Dog Soup as Jojo
1989
- Wicked Stepmother as Feldshine
- Arena - John Cassavetes as Self
- Sweet Bird of Youth as Hatcher
1988
- Track 29 as Dr. Bernard Fairmont
- Colors as Sullivan
- Plain Clothes as Ed Malmburg
- Johnny Be Good as Wallace Gibson
1987
- Star Trek: The Next Generation as Lt. Cmdr. Hester Dealt
- Survival Game as Dave Forrest
- Tin Men as Cheese
- Best Seller as Carter
1986
- Matlock as Dick Silvers
- Eye of the Tiger as Sheriff
- Beverly Hills Madam as Tony
1984
- Tales from the Darkside as Howard
- I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work as Self
- Love Streams as Jack Lawson
- Young Lust: A Soap Opera as Dr. Klapper
1983
- I Want to Live as John Santo
1982
- Double Exposure as Dr. Frank Curtis
1981
- King of the Mountain as Barry Tanner
1980
- The Jazz Singer as Unnamed
- The Mountain Men as La Bont
- Angel on My Shoulder as Smiley Mitchell
1979
- Sunburn as Dobbs
- Ravagers as Blind Lawyer
- California Dreaming as Duke Slusarski
1978
- Convoy as Governor Haskins
1977
- Scott Joplin as Dr. Jaelki
- Opening Night as Self (uncredited)
- Black Oak Conspiracy as Homer Metcalf
- Valentino as George Ullman
- Death Game as George Manning
1976
- The Killing of a Chinese Bookie as Mort Weil
- The Last Tycoon as Seal Trainer
1975
- Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight as Wise Guy
1973
- Nightside as Ralph
1972
- Emergency! as Bluebell Hunter
1971
- Minnie and Moskowitz as Seymour Moskowitz
1970
- The Revolutionary as Leonard II
1968
- Faces as Chet
- Coogan's Bluff as Young Hood
1967
- The Invaders as Driver
- Cimarron Strip
1966
- Batman as Cancelled
1965
- The F.B.I. as Irwin
- Laredo
1964
- 12 O'Clock High as Capt. Johnson
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Jensen
- The Killers as Postal Clerk
- The Hanged Man as Bellboy
1963
- The Fugitive as Cabbie
- Burke's Law as Attendant
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Police Sgt.
- The Nutty Professor as Bored Man
1962
- Combat! as Doctor
- The Lloyd Bridges Show as Lawyer #2
- The Webster Boy as Vic
1961
- Alcoa Premiere as The Wounded Man
- Too Late Blues as Red
1960
- My Three Sons as Coach Gregson
- Shadows as Al (uncredited)
- Murder, Inc. as Teenager
- Man on a String
- Juke Box Racket as Seymour
1959
- The Twilight Zone as Jerry (uncredited)
1958
- Naked City as Student (uncredited)
1957
- Wagon Train as Ed