Seymour Cassel

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: Acting

Born: Detroit, Michigan, USA, 1935-01-22

Died: 2019-04-07

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1960	Juke Box Racket	Seymour	60
2	1960	Man on a String		60
3	1960	Murder, Inc.	Teenager	64
4	1960	Shadows	Al (uncredited)	69
5	1961	Too Late Blues	Red	65
6	1962	The Webster Boy	Vic	0
7	1963	The Nutty Professor	Bored Man	65
8	1964	The Killers	Postal Clerk	69
9	1964	The Hanged Man	Bellboy	46
10	1968	Coogan's Bluff	Young Hood	64
11	1968	Faces	Chet	71
12	1970	The Revolutionary	Leonard II	50
13	1971	Minnie and Moskowitz	Seymour Moskowitz	67
14	1973	Nightside	Ralph	0
15	1975	Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight	Wise Guy	40
16	1976	The Killing of a Chinese Bookie	Mort Weil	71
17	1976	The Last Tycoon	Seal Trainer	63
18	1977	Scott Joplin	Dr. Jaelki	61
19	1977	Black Oak Conspiracy	Homer Metcalf	50
20	1977	Death Game	George Manning	57
21	1977	Valentino	George Ullman	59
22	1977	Opening Night	Self (uncredited)	76
23	1978	Convoy	Governor Haskins	63
24	1979	California Dreaming	Duke Slusarski	46
25	1979	Ravagers	Blind Lawyer	43
26	1979	Sunburn	Dobbs	50
27	1980	Angel on My Shoulder	Smiley Mitchell	60
28	1980	The Mountain Men	La Bont	59
29	1980	The Jazz Singer	Unnamed	59
30	1981	King of the Mountain	Barry Tanner	55
31	1982	Double Exposure	Dr. Frank Curtis	42
32	1983	I Want to Live	John Santo	40
33	1984	Love Streams	Jack Lawson	72
34	1984	Young Lust: A Soap Opera	Dr. Klapper	10
35	1984	I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work	Self	84
36	1986	Beverly Hills Madam	Tony	46
37	1986	Eye of the Tiger	Sheriff	60
38	1987	Tin Men	Cheese	63
39	1987	Best Seller	Carter	60
40	1987	Survival Game	Dave Forrest	40
41	1988	Johnny Be Good	Wallace Gibson	46
42	1988	Colors	Sullivan	65
43	1988	Plain Clothes	Ed Malmburg	60
44	1988	Track 29	Dr. Bernard Fairmont	55
45	1989	Wicked Stepmother	Feldshine	45
46	1989	Arena - John Cassavetes	Self	0
47	1989	Sweet Bird of Youth	Hatcher	57
48	1990	Dick Tracy	Sam Catchem	62
49	1990	Cold Dog Soup	Jojo	49
50	1991	White Fang	Skunker	68
51	1991	Mobsters	Father Bonotto	63
52	1991	Diary of a Hitman	Koenig	52
53	1991	Dead in the Water	Lt. Frank Vaness	53
54	1991	Face of a Stranger	Ralph	100
55	1992	What Happened to Pete	Bartender	0
56	1992	Chain of Desire	Mel	43
57	1992	Cold Heaven	Tom Farrelly	46
58	1992	Love Is Like That	Uncle Bud	46
59	1992	Honeymoon in Vegas	Tony Cataracts	57
60	1992	In the Soup	Joe	66
61	1992	Adventures in Spying	Ray Rucker	20
62	1993	Trouble Bound	Santino	56
63	1993	Indecent Proposal	Mr. Shackleford	64
64	1993	Boiling Point	Virgil Leach	50
65	1993	Anything for John	Self	60
66	1993	When Pigs Fly	Frank	51
67	1993	Partners	Janitor	42
68	1994	Chasers	Master Chief Bogg	54
69	1994	It Could Happen to You	Jack Gross	67
70	1994	Dark Side of Genius	Samuel Rourke	52
71	1994	There Goes My Baby	Pop	61
72	1994	Hand Gun	Jack McCallister	43
73	1994	Imaginary Crimes	Eddie	62
74	1994	Tollbooth	Leon / Larry	47
75	1994	Ouf!		0
76	1995	Dead Presidents	Saul	67
77	1996	Seed	First Client	0
78	1996	John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All	Self	0
79	1996	Dream for an Insomniac	Uncle Leo	51
80	1996	Things I Never Told You	Frank	54
81	1996	Trees Lounge	Uncle Al	69
82	1996	Slaughter of the Cock	Ahilleas	15
83	1996	The Last Home Run	Older Jonathan	30
84	1996	Turnpike	Older man	0
85	1996	Dead Girl	Ira Golub	44
86	1996	Chameleon	Francis	49
87	1997	Cannes Man	Sy Lerner	54
88	1997	Who Is Henry Jaglom?	Self	66
89	1997	This World, Then the Fireworks	Detective Harris	51
90	1997	Obsession	Jacob Frischmuth	40
91	1997	Motel Blue	Capistrano Minister	37
92	1998	Johnny 316	Store Keeper	52
93	1998	Relax... It's Just Sex	Emile Pillsbury	59
94	1998	Hoods	Pop Martinelli (uncredited)	66
95	1998	The Treat	Chip O'Herlihee	32
96	1998	Snapped	Bob	60
97	1998	Emma's Wish	Harry Bridges (old)	38
98	1998	Stingers	Dino	0
99	1998	Rushmore	Bert Fischer	74
100	1999	Ballad of the Nightingale	Jimmy	10
101	1999	Me and Will	Roy	55
102	1999	Kubanisch rauchen	Dragan	40
103	1999	Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage	Self	70
104	1999	Black & White	Sal	55
105	2000	A Constant Forge	Self	66
106	2000	The Making of 'Rushmore'	Self	60
107	2000	The Crew	Tony 'Mouth' Donato	55
108	2000	Just One Night	Arthur Imperial	50
109	2000	Animal Factory	Lt. Seeman	64
110	2001	Women of the Night	Sally	40
111	2001	The Sleepy Time Gal	Bob	48
112	2001	Bartleby	Frank Waxman	59
113	2001	61*	Sam Simon	70
114	2001	The Cure for Boredom	Eddie	100
115	2001	The Royal Tenenbaums	Dusty	75
116	2001	The Man Who Wasn't There	Spectator at Execution (uncredited)	75
117	2002	The Biz	Eugene Hinkle	0
118	2002	Stealing Harvard	Uncle Jack	48
119	2002	Manna from Heaven	Stanley	0
120	2002	The Burial Society	Sam Goldberg	53
121	2002	Sonny	Albert	51
122	2003	A Good Night to Die	Guy	24
123	2003	Passionada	Daniel Vargas	70
124	2003	Stuck on You	Morty O'Reilly	53
125	2004	Making 'Faces'	Self	0
126	2004	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Esteban du Plantier	71
127	2005	Bittersweet Place	Jack 'Pappy' Schaffer	0
128	2005	This Is an Adventure	Self	65
129	2005	The Wendell Baker Story	Boyd Fullbright	51
130	2005	Before It Had a Name	Jeff	33
131	2005	Circadian Rhythm	Hoover	27
132	2005	Lonesome Jim	Don	61
133	2006	Bye Bye Benjamin	Mr. Ruby	0
134	2006	The Tenants	Levenspiel	49
135	2006	Edge of Outside	Self	58
136	2006	Ray of Sunshine		0
137	2006	Beer League	Dirt	52
138	2006	Sea of Dreams		48
139	2007	Hollywood Dreams	Rupert	26
140	2007	Postal	Paul	46
141	2007	Cosmic Radio	Malcolm Stone	15
142	2008	Big city Heart	Larry	0
143	2008	Beau Jest	Abe Goldman	20
144	2008	Reach for Me	Alvin	30
145	2008	To Love and Die	Grandfather	59
146	2009	Not Dead Yet	Francis	0
147	2009	Staten Island	Jasper Sabiano	60
148	2010	Chasing 3000	Poppy	59
149	2010	The Aristofrogs		0
150	2010	Back Nine	Mondo	50
151	2010	Pete Smalls Is Dead	Saco	46
152	2010	Without Borders	Detective McKenneth	40
153	2011	L!fe Happens	Pop Pop	55
154	2011	Freerunner	Grampa	45
155	2011	Faces	Chet (archive footage)	0
156	2012	Silver Case	Dealer	48
157	2012	Pass the Salt, Please	Man	0
158	2012	Kingdom Come	Self	62
159	2012	Lost Angeles	Film Critic	10
160	2012	Broken Kingdom	Clayton	63
161	2012	Booster	Harold	47
162	2013	The Secret Lives of Dorks	Principal	49
163	2014	Fort McCoy	Father Mivkovek	48
164	2014	At The Maple Grove	Boyle	0
165	2014	The Dependables	Dominic Ackers	31
166	2014	Lucky Dog	The Real Spencer	35
167	2018	Every Night's a Saturday Night	Self	80
168	2020	Batman '66 Meets the Green Hornet	Cancelled	80

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1957	Wagon Train	Ed	63
2	1958	Naked City	Student (uncredited)	55
3	1959	The Twilight Zone	Jerry (uncredited)	84
4	1960	My Three Sons	Coach Gregson	65
5	1961	Alcoa Premiere	The Wounded Man	50
6	1962	The Lloyd Bridges Show	Lawyer #2	50
7	1962	The Lloyd Bridges Show	Richard	50
8	1962	Combat!	Doctor	77
9	1963	The Fugitive	Cabbie	72
10	1963	Burke's Law	Attendant	60
11	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Police Sgt.	57
12	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Somebody	57
13	1964	Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea	Jensen	78
14	1964	12 O'Clock High	Capt. Johnson	73
15	1964	12 O'Clock High	B-17 Pilot	73
16	1964	12 O'Clock High	Captain Johnson	73
17	1964	12 O'Clock High	Left Waist Gunner	73
18	1964	12 O'Clock High	Mechanic	73
19	1965	Laredo		63
20	1965	The F.B.I.	Irwin	55
21	1965	The F.B.I.	P.O.W. Vanndo	55
22	1965	The F.B.I.	Attendant	55
23	1966	Batman	Cancelled	73
24	1967	The Invaders	Driver	68
25	1967	Cimarron Strip		50
26	1972	Emergency!	Bluebell Hunter	78
27	1984	Tales from the Darkside	Howard	72
28	1986	Matlock	Dick Silvers	71
29	1986	Matlock	Honest Earl Edwards	71
30	1987	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Lt. Cmdr. Hester Dealt	84
31	1994	Under Suspicion	Lt. Mickey Schwartz	75
32	1994	Chicago Hope		72
33	1996	Tracey Takes On...	Candy Casino	85
34	1996	Good Company		0
35	1997	The Last Don	Alfred Gronevelt	71
36	2000	Boston Public	Bernie Willis	76
37	2001	A Nero Wolfe Mystery	Dazy Perrit	78
38	2001	A Nero Wolfe Mystery	James Arthur Ferris	78
39	2003	Lucky		0
40	2004	Justice League Unlimited	Chuck Sirianni (voice)	83
41	2006	Heist		68
42	2007	Flight of the Conchords	Johnny Boy	79
43	2008	To Love and Die		0
44	2010	Regular Show	Tony (voice)	86
45	2012	Magic City		69

Seymour Cassel

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