Jack Cassidy

Actor Mar 5 (died age 49) Richmond Hill, New York, USA 1948–1977 (29 year career)

6.6 avg rating

Biography

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 Mo…

Known For

Film

The Eiger Sanction

Miles Mellough

Film

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol

Bob Cratchit (voice)

Film

Columbo

Ken Franklin

Film

Bewitched

Rance Butler

Film

Get Smart

Mr. Bob

Film

W.C. Fields and Me

John Barrymore

Film

Bonanza

Kevin O'Casey

Film

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

Damon Runyon

Filmography

Acting (62)

Movies (18)

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

1977

as Damon Runyon

4.9

Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover

1977

as Jules Rosen

W.C. Fields and Me

as John Barrymore

The Eiger Sanction

as Miles Mellough

Knuckle

as Patrick Delafield

Death Among Friends

1975

as Chico Donovan

3.6

The Phantom of Hollywood

1974

as Otto Vonner / Karl Vonner

5.1

June Moon

1974

as Paul Sears

A Time For Love

1973

as Tom Pierson

Your Money or Your Wife

1972

as Josh Darwin

5.3

Bunny O'Hare

1971

as Lieutenant Horace Greeley

5.6

George M!

1970

as Jerry Cohan

10.0

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

1970

as Roger Hand

6.2

The Andersonville Trial

1970

as Otis Baker

6.7

Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man

1970

as Himself

FBI Code 98

1963

as Walter Macklin

3.8

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol

1962

as Bob Cratchit (voice)

6.2

Look in Any Window

1961

as Gareth Lowell

5.6

Television (44)

Matt Helm

as Buckman

Barnaby Jones

as Craig Woodridge

Banyon

as Grey Gloves

The Julie Andrews Hour

as Self

Columbo

as Ken Franklin

Great Performances

as Paul Sears

Cannon

as Gen. James O'Hara

Alias Smith and Jones

1971

as Harry Wagoner

7.0

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1970

as Hal Baxter

7.6

McCloud

1970

as Lord Charles Bridges

7.1

Night Gallery

1970

as Marius Davis (segment "The Last Laurel")

Love, American Style

as Chuck

Hawaii Five-O

as Morwood

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self (uncredited)

The Mod Squad

as Perry Lemko

The Carol Burnett Show

1967

as Self - Guest / Various Characters

He & She

as Oscar North

Coronet Blue

as Spangler

Mission: Impossible

as Orin Kerr

That Girl

as Marty Haines

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

as Rock Mussin

Get Smart

as Mr. Bob

Bewitched

as Rance Butler

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self - Guest Host

6.2

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Arthur Mannix

The Lucy Show

as Professor Zoorkin

Everglades

Surfside 6

The Chevy Mystery Show

as David Townsend

Bonanza

as Kevin O'Casey

The Bell Telephone Hour

as Self

Hawaiian Eye

Lock-Up

as Vincent Gibson

77 Sunset Strip

Bronco

Maverick

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

as Danny Fortune

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Mark Lansing

Gunsmoke

as Marcus France

General Electric Theater

1953

as Alan Richards

6.4

Lux Video Theatre

1950

as Dr. Frederick Steele

6.3

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

as Self

6.8