Seymour Cassel

ActorProduction Jan 22 (died age 84) Detroit, Michigan, USA 1957–2018 (61 year career)

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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 Minni…

Known For

Film

The Royal Tenenbaums

Dusty

Film

Rushmore

Bert Fischer

Film

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Esteban du Plantier

Film

The Man Who Wasn't There

Spectator at Execution (uncredited)

Film

Indecent Proposal

Mr. Shackleford

Film

It Could Happen to You

Jack Gross

Film

White Fang

Skunker

Film

Dick Tracy

Sam Catchem

Filmography

Acting (202)

Movies (167)

Every Night's a Saturday Night

as Self

The Dependables

as Dominic Ackers

Fort McCoy

as Father Mivkovek

Lucky Dog

as The Real Spencer

At The Maple Grove

as Boyle

The Secret Lives of Dorks

as Principal

Broken Kingdom

as Clayton

Silver Case

as Dealer

Kingdom Come

as Self

Booster

as Harold

Lost Angeles

as Film Critic

Pass the Salt, Please

2012

as Man

L!fe Happens

as Pop Pop

Freerunner

as Grampa

Faces

as Chet (archive footage)

Without Borders

2010

as Detective McKenneth

Chasing 3000

as Poppy

Pete Smalls Is Dead

as Saco

Back Nine

as Mondo

The Aristofrogs

Staten Island

as Jasper Sabiano

Not Dead Yet

as Francis

Reach for Me

as Alvin

To Love and Die

as Grandfather

Big Heart City

as Larry

Beau Jest

as Abe Goldman

Postal

as Paul

Cosmic Radio

as Malcolm Stone

Hollywood Dreams

as Rupert

Beer League

as Dirt

Sea of Dreams

The Tenants

as Levenspiel

Bye Bye Benjamin

as Mr. Ruby

Ray of Sunshine

Edge of Outside

as Self

Circadian Rhythm

as Hoover

Before It Had a Name

as Jeff

Bittersweet Place

as Jack 'Pappy' Schaffer

Lonesome Jim

as Don

This Is an Adventure

as Self

The Wendell Baker Story

2005

as Boyd Fullbright

5.0

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

2004

as Esteban du Plantier

7.1

Making 'Faces'

2004

as Self

Passionada

as Daniel Vargas

Stuck on You

as Morty O'Reilly

A Good Night to Die

as Guy

The Burial Society

as Sam Goldberg

Sonny

as Albert

The Biz

as Eugene Hinkle

Stealing Harvard

2002

as Uncle Jack

4.8

Manna from Heaven

2002

as Stanley

61*

as Sam Simon

The Royal Tenenbaums

as Dusty

The Cure for Boredom

as Eddie

The Man Who Wasn't There

2001

as Spectator at Execution (uncredited)

Bartleby

as Frank Waxman

The Sleepy Time Gal

as Bob

Women of the Night

as Sally

Animal Factory

as Lt. Seeman

The Crew

as Tony 'Mouth' Donato

5.3

The Making of 'Rushmore'

as Self

Just One Night

as Arthur Imperial

A Constant Forge

as Self

Kubanisch rauchen

as Dragan

Black & White

as Sal

Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage

as Self

Me and Will

as Roy

Ballad of the Nightingale

1999

as Jimmy

3.3

Stingers

1998

as Dino

Rushmore

1998

as Bert Fischer

7.4

Hoods

1998

as Pop Martinelli (uncredited)

6.6

Snapped

1998

as Bob

4.7

Relax... It's Just Sex

as Emile Pillsbury

The Treat

as Chip O'Herlihee

Johnny 316

as Store Keeper

Emma's Wish

as Harry Bridges (old)

3.8

Motel Blue

1997

as Capistrano Minister

3.3

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

1997

as Self

6.6

This World, Then the Fireworks

as Detective Harris

Obsession

as Jacob Frischmuth

Trees Lounge

as Uncle Al

Seed

as First Client

Dead Girl

as Ira Golub

Cannes Man

as Sy Lerner

Chameleon

as Francis

Things I Never Told You

1996

as Frank

5.3

Dream for an Insomniac

1996

as Uncle Leo

5.0

Turnpike

1996

as Older man

Slaughter of the Cock

as Ahilleas

The Last Home Run

as Older Jonathan

John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All

1996

as Self

Dead Presidents

as Saul

Dark Side of Genius

as Samuel Rourke

There Goes My Baby

as Pop

It Could Happen to You

as Jack Gross

Chasers

as Master Chief Bogg

Hand Gun

as Jack McCallister

Tollbooth

as Leon / Larry

Imaginary Crimes

as Eddie

Ouf!

Indecent Proposal

as Mr. Shackleford

Anything for John

as Self

Partners

as Janitor

Boiling Point

as Virgil Leach

When Pigs Fly

as Frank

Trouble Bound

as Santino

Adventures in Spying

as Ray Rucker

Honeymoon in Vegas

as Tony Cataracts

Cold Heaven

as Tom Farrelly

In the Soup

as Joe

Chain of Desire

as Mel

Love Is Like That

as Uncle Bud

What Happened to Pete

1992

as Bartender

Dead in the Water

as Lt. Frank Vaness

White Fang

as Skunker

Mobsters

as Father Bonotto

Diary of a Hitman

as Koenig

Face of a Stranger

as Ralph

Cold Dog Soup

as Jojo

Dick Tracy

as Sam Catchem

Wicked Stepmother

as Feldshine

Sweet Bird of Youth

as Hatcher

Arena - John Cassavetes

1989

as Self

Colors

as Sullivan

Plain Clothes

as Ed Malmburg

Johnny Be Good

as Wallace Gibson

Track 29

as Dr. Bernard Fairmont

Tin Men

as Cheese

Best Seller

as Carter

Survival Game

as Dave Forrest

Beverly Hills Madam

as Tony

Eye of the Tiger

as Sheriff

Love Streams

as Jack Lawson

Young Lust: A Soap Opera

1984

as Dr. Klapper

1.0

I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work

as Self

I Want to Live

as John Santo

Double Exposure

as Dr. Frank Curtis

King of the Mountain

as Barry Tanner

Angel on My Shoulder

as Smiley Mitchell

The Mountain Men

as La Bont

The Jazz Singer

as Unnamed

Sunburn

as Dobbs

Ravagers

as Blind Lawyer

California Dreaming

as Duke Slusarski

Convoy

as Governor Haskins

Valentino

as George Ullman

Scott Joplin

as Dr. Jaelki

Opening Night

as Self (uncredited)

Death Game

as George Manning

Black Oak Conspiracy

as Homer Metcalf

The Last Tycoon

as Seal Trainer

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

1976

as Mort Weil

7.1

Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight

1975

as Wise Guy

4.0

Nightside

1973

as Ralph

Minnie and Moskowitz

as Seymour Moskowitz

The Revolutionary

as Leonard II

Faces

as Chet

Coogan's Bluff

as Young Hood

The Hanged Man

as Bellboy

The Killers

as Postal Clerk

The Nutty Professor

as Bored Man

The Webster Boy

as Vic

Too Late Blues

as Red

Shadows

as Al (uncredited)

Man on a String

Murder, Inc.

as Teenager

Juke Box Racket

as Seymour

Television (35)

Regular Show

2010

as Tony (voice)

8.6

To Love and Die

2008

Flight of the Conchords

as Johnny Boy

Heist

Justice League Unlimited

2004

as Chuck Sirianni (voice)

Lucky

A Nero Wolfe Mystery

as Dazy Perrit

Boston Public

as Bernie Willis

The Last Don

as Alfred Gronevelt

Arli$$

as Artie

Tracey Takes On...

as Candy Casino

Good Company

Chicago Hope

as Norman Cambridge

Under Suspicion

as Lt. Mickey Schwartz

7.5

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987

as Lt. Cmdr. Hester Dealt

8.4

Matlock

1986

as Dick Silvers

7.1

Tales from the Darkside

as Howard

Emergency!

as Bluebell Hunter

The Invaders

as Driver

Cimarron Strip

Batman

as Cancelled

The F.B.I.

as Irwin

Laredo

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

as Jensen

12 O'Clock High

as Capt. Johnson

The Fugitive

as Cabbie

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

as Somebody

Burke's Law

as Attendant

Combat!

as Doctor

The Lloyd Bridges Show

as Richard

Alcoa Premiere

as The Wounded Man

My Three Sons

as Coach Gregson

The Twilight Zone

as Jerry (uncredited)

8.5

Naked City

1958

as Student (uncredited)

5.5

Wagon Train

1957

as Ed

6.6

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Shadows

1960

Associate Producer

6.9