
Seymour Cassel
Known for Acting · 203 credits
- Born
- 1935-01-22
- Died
- 2019-04-07
- Place of birth
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
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).
Known For
TV Shows (36)

Regular Show
2010
as Tony (voice)

Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Lt. Cmdr. Hester Dealt

Chicago Hope
1994
as Norman Cambridge

The Fugitive
1963
as Cabbie

Batman
1966
as Cancelled

Wagon Train
1957
as Ed

The Twilight Zone
1959
as Jerry (uncredited)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Police Sgt. / Somebody

Emergency!
1972
as Bluebell Hunter

Matlock
1986
as Dick Silvers / Honest Earl Edwards

My Three Sons
1960
as Coach Gregson

Combat!
1962
as Doctor

Naked City
1958
as Student (uncredited)

The F.B.I.
1965
as Irwin / P.O.W. Vanndo / Attendant

Boston Public
2000
as Bernie Willis

Burke's Law
1963
as Attendant

Tales from the Darkside
1984
as Howard

The Invaders
1967
as Driver

Arli$$
1996
as Artie

Justice League Unlimited
2004
as Chuck Sirianni (voice)

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
as Jensen

12 O'Clock High
1964
as Capt. Johnson / B-17 Pilot / Captain Johnson / Left Waist Gunner / Mechanic

Laredo
1965

Flight of the Conchords
2007
as Johnny Boy

Tracey Takes On...
1996
as Candy Casino

Cimarron Strip
1967

A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2001
as Dazy Perrit / James Arthur Ferris

Alcoa Premiere
1961
as The Wounded Man

Magic City
2012

The Lloyd Bridges Show
1962
as Lawyer #2 / Richard

The Last Don
1997
as Alfred Gronevelt

Heist
2006
as Pops

Under Suspicion
1994
as Lt. Mickey Schwartz

Lucky
2003
Good Company
1996
To Love and Die
2008
Movies (167)

Indecent Proposal
1993
as Mr. Shackleford

It Could Happen to You
1994
as Jack Gross

The Royal Tenenbaums
2001
as Dusty

Dead Presidents
1995
as Saul

Convoy
1978
as Governor Haskins

Colors
1988
as Sullivan

Dick Tracy
1990
as Sam Catchem

White Fang
1991
as Skunker

Chasers
1994
as Master Chief Bogg

Rushmore
1998
as Bert Fischer

The Nutty Professor
1963
as Bored Man

The Man Who Wasn't There
2001
as Spectator at Execution (uncredited)

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004
as Esteban du Plantier

Mobsters
1991
as Father Bonotto

Opening Night
1977
as Self (uncredited)

Stuck on You
2003
as Morty O'Reilly

Valentino
1977
as George Ullman

Coogan's Bluff
1968
as Young Hood

Postal
2007
as Paul

Tin Men
1987
as Cheese

Trees Lounge
1996
as Uncle Al

The Crew
2000
as Tony 'Mouth' Donato

Silver Case
2012
as Dealer

The Killers
1964
as Postal Clerk

61*
2001
as Sam Simon

Animal Factory
2000
as Lt. Seeman

Boiling Point
1993
as Virgil Leach

Cannes Man
1996
as Sy Lerner

The Tenants
2006
as Levenspiel

Hand Gun
1994
as Jack McCallister

Honeymoon in Vegas
1992
as Tony Cataracts

Best Seller
1987
as Carter

Imaginary Crimes
1994
as Eddie

Stealing Harvard
2002
as Uncle Jack

The Jazz Singer
1980
as Unnamed

Johnny Be Good
1988
as Wallace Gibson

The Last Tycoon
1976
as Seal Trainer

Track 29
1988
as Dr. Bernard Fairmont

Young Lust: A Soap Opera
1984
as Dr. Klapper

This World, Then the Fireworks
1997
as Detective Harris

Me and Will
1999
as Roy

Sonny
2002
as Albert

Seed
1996
as First Client

Plain Clothes
1988
as Ed Malmburg

Obsession
1997
as Jacob Frischmuth

Things I Never Told You
1996
as Frank

Faces
1968
as Chet

Eye of the Tiger
1986
as Sheriff

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
1976
as Mort Weil

The Wendell Baker Story
2005
as Boyd Fullbright

Ravagers
1979
as Blind Lawyer

Kingdom Come
2012
as Self

Wicked Stepmother
1989
as Feldshine

Cold Heaven
1992
as Tom Farrelly

Bye Bye Benjamin
2006
as Mr. Ruby

Love Streams
1984
as Jack Lawson

L!fe Happens
2011
as Pop Pop

Shadows
1960
as Al (uncredited)

Trouble Bound
1993
as Santino

There Goes My Baby
1994
as Pop

In the Soup
1992
as Joe

This Is an Adventure
2005
as Self

Sunburn
1979
as Dobbs

The Mountain Men
1980
as La Bont

Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997
as Self

Broken Kingdom
2012
as Clayton

The Revolutionary
1970
as Leonard II

Passionada
2003
as Daniel Vargas

Johnny 316
1998
as Store Keeper

Too Late Blues
1961
as Red

Sweet Bird of Youth
1989
as Hatcher

Beer League
2006
as Dirt

Hoods
1998
as Pop Martinelli (uncredited)
Partners
1993
as Janitor

Death Game
1977
as George Manning

California Dreaming
1979
as Duke Slusarski

Manna from Heaven
2002
as Stanley

Pete Smalls Is Dead
2010
as Saco

Fort McCoy
2014
as Father Mivkovek

Women of the Night
2001
as Sally

Lonesome Jim
2005
as Don

Beverly Hills Madam
1986
as Tony

Staten Island
2009
as Jasper Sabiano

Diary of a Hitman
1991
as Koenig

Dead Girl
1996
as Ira Golub

Murder, Inc.
1960
as Teenager

The Hanged Man
1964
as Bellboy

Black & White
1999
as Sal

Minnie and Moskowitz
1971
as Seymour Moskowitz

A Constant Forge
2000
as Self

Beau Jest
2008
as Abe Goldman

Ballad of the Nightingale
1999
as Jimmy

The Treat
1998
as Chip O'Herlihee

Relax... It's Just Sex
1998
as Emile

Double Exposure
1982
as Dr. Frank Curtis

I Want to Live
1983
as John Santo

The Sleepy Time Gal
2001
as Bob
Tollbooth
1994
as Leon / Larry

Lucky Dog
2014
as The Real Spencer

Motel Blue
1997
as Capistrano Minister

Hollywood Dreams
2007
as Rupert

Every Night's a Saturday Night
2018
as Self

Cosmic Radio
2007
as Malcolm Stone

Chasing 3000
2010
as Poppy

Bartleby
2001
as Frank Waxman

Love Is Like That
1992
as Uncle Bud

Edge of Outside
2006
as Self

Cold Dog Soup
1990
as Jojo

The Secret Lives of Dorks
2013
as Principal

A Good Night to Die
2003
as Guy

Freerunner
2011
as Grampa

King of the Mountain
1981
as Barry Tanner

The Dependables
2014
as Dominic Ackers

Dream for an Insomniac
1996
as Uncle Leo

Nightside
1973
as Ralph

Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight
1975
as Wise Guy

Sea of Dreams
2006

Reach for Me
2008
as Alvin

Chain of Desire
1992
as Mel

Dead in the Water
1991
as Lt. Frank Vaness
About 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 B… With 203 credits spanning from 1957 to 2018, Seymour Cassel has appeared in 167 films and 36 TV shows.
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- Indecent Proposal (1993) — as Mr. Shackleford
- It Could Happen to You (1994) — as Jack Gross
- The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) — as Dusty
- Dead Presidents (1995) — as Saul
- Convoy (1978) — as Governor Haskins
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