Seymour Cassel
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
Regular Show
2010
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
Chicago Hope
1994
Wagon Train
1957
The Fugitive
1963
Matlock
1986
Matlock
1986
Batman
1966
Arli$$
1996
The Twilight Zone
1959
Emergency!
1972
My Three Sons
1960
Filmography
Regular Show
as Tony (voice) · 2010
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Lt. Cmdr. Hester Dealt · 1987
Chicago Hope
as Norman Cambridge · 1994
Wagon Train
as Ed · 1957
The Fugitive
as Cabbie · 1963
Matlock
as Dick Silvers · 1986
Matlock
as Honest Earl Edwards · 1986
Batman
as Cancelled · 1966
Arli$$
as Artie · 1996
The Twilight Zone
as Jerry (uncredited) · 1959
Emergency!
as Bluebell Hunter · 1972
My Three Sons
as Coach Gregson · 1960
Naked City
as Student (uncredited) · 1958
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Police Sgt. · 1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Somebody · 1963
Boston Public
as Bernie Willis · 2000
Combat!
as Doctor · 1962
The F.B.I.
as Irwin · 1965
The F.B.I.
as P.O.W. Vanndo · 1965
The F.B.I.
as Attendant · 1965
Tales from the Darkside
as Howard · 1984
Burke's Law
as Attendant · 1963
Justice League Unlimited
as Chuck Sirianni (voice) · 2004
The Invaders
as Driver · 1967
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Jensen · 1964
12 O'Clock High
as Capt. Johnson · 1964
12 O'Clock High
as B-17 Pilot · 1964
12 O'Clock High
as Captain Johnson · 1964
12 O'Clock High
as Left Waist Gunner · 1964
12 O'Clock High
as Mechanic · 1964
Laredo
· 1965
Flight of the Conchords
as Johnny Boy · 2007
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
as Dazy Perrit · 2001
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
as James Arthur Ferris · 2001
Tracey Takes On...
as Candy Casino · 1996
Cimarron Strip
· 1967
Indecent Proposal
as Mr. Shackleford · 1993
Alcoa Premiere
as The Wounded Man · 1961
Magic City
· 2012
The Royal Tenenbaums
as Dusty · 2001
The Lloyd Bridges Show
as Lawyer #2 · 1962
The Lloyd Bridges Show
as Richard · 1962
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
as Esteban du Plantier · 2004
It Could Happen to You
as Jack Gross · 1994
The Last Don
as Alfred Gronevelt · 1997
White Fang
as Skunker · 1991
Lucky
· 2003
The Man Who Wasn't There
as Spectator at Execution (uncredited) · 2001
Heist
as Pops · 2006
Dick Tracy
as Sam Catchem · 1990
Rushmore
as Bert Fischer · 1998
Convoy
as Governor Haskins · 1978
Colors
as Sullivan · 1988
Stuck on You
as Morty O'Reilly · 2003
The Nutty Professor
as Bored Man · 1963
Under Suspicion
as Lt. Mickey Schwartz · 1994
Coogan's Bluff
as Young Hood · 1968
Johnny Be Good
as Wallace Gibson · 1988
The Mountain Men
as La Bont · 1980
Dead Presidents
as Saul · 1995
Animal Factory
as Lt. Seeman · 2000
Diary of a Hitman
as Koenig · 1991
Boiling Point
as Virgil Leach · 1993
Trees Lounge
as Uncle Al · 1996
The Last Tycoon
as Seal Trainer · 1976
Good Company
· 1996
Things I Never Told You
as Frank · 1996
Honeymoon in Vegas
as Tony Cataracts · 1992
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
as Mort Weil · 1976
The Killers
as Postal Clerk · 1964
There Goes My Baby
as Pop · 1994
Tin Men
as Cheese · 1987
Cannes Man
as Sy Lerner · 1996
Opening Night
as Self (uncredited) · 1977
This World, Then the Fireworks
as Detective Harris · 1997
Postal
as Paul · 2007
The Crew
as Tony 'Mouth' Donato · 2000
Mobsters
as Father Bonotto · 1991
L!fe Happens
as Pop Pop · 2011
Valentino
as George Ullman · 1977
Chasers
as Master Chief Bogg · 1994
Love Streams
as Jack Lawson · 1984
Eye of the Tiger
as Sheriff · 1986
Stealing Harvard
as Uncle Jack · 2002
The Jazz Singer
as Unnamed · 1980
Beer League
as Dirt · 2006
Faces
as Chet · 1968
To Love and Die
· 2008
The Wendell Baker Story
as Boyd Fullbright · 2005
Best Seller
as Carter · 1987
Cold Heaven
as Tom Farrelly · 1992
Plain Clothes
as Ed Malmburg · 1988
Too Late Blues
as Red · 1961
Death Game
as George Manning · 1977
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
as Self · 1997
Trouble Bound
as Santino · 1993
61*
as Sam Simon · 2001
Partners
as Janitor · 1993
Minnie and Moskowitz
as Seymour Moskowitz · 1971
Dream for an Insomniac
as Uncle Leo · 1996
Young Lust: A Soap Opera
as Dr. Klapper · 1984
Wicked Stepmother
as Feldshine · 1989
Track 29
as Dr. Bernard Fairmont · 1988
King of the Mountain
as Barry Tanner · 1981
Murder, Inc.
as Teenager · 1960
Man on a String
· 1960
Pete Smalls Is Dead
as Saco · 2010
Women of the Night
as Sally · 2001
Relax... It's Just Sex
as Emile · 1998
Me and Will
as Roy · 1999
Shadows
as Al (uncredited) · 1960
Double Exposure
as Dr. Frank Curtis · 1982
Imaginary Crimes
as Eddie · 1994
In the Soup
as Joe · 1992
Cosmic Radio
as Malcolm Stone · 2007
Sweet Bird of Youth
as Hatcher · 1989
Sonny
as Albert · 2002
Bartleby
as Frank Waxman · 2001
Lonesome Jim
as Don · 2005
Before It Had a Name
as Jeff · 2005
Dead in the Water
as Lt. Frank Vaness · 1991
This Is an Adventure
as Self · 2005
Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight
as Wise Guy · 1975
I Want to Live
as John Santo · 1983
Love Is Like That
as Uncle Bud · 1992
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
as Self · 1999
Silver Case
as Dealer · 2012
The Secret Lives of Dorks
as Principal · 2013
Sunburn
as Dobbs · 1979
The Treat
as Chip O'Herlihee · 1998
Booster
as Harold · 2012
Broken Kingdom
as Clayton · 2012
Manna from Heaven
as Stanley · 2002
The Making of 'Rushmore'
as Self · 2000
A Good Night to Die
as Guy · 2003
Hand Gun
as Jack McCallister · 1994
The Sleepy Time Gal
as Bob · 2001
Staten Island
as Jasper Sabiano · 2009
Motel Blue
as Capistrano Minister · 1997
To Love and Die
as Grandfather · 2008
Hollywood Dreams
as Rupert · 2007
Scott Joplin
as Dr. Jaelki · 1977
The Cure for Boredom
as Eddie · 2001
Ballad of the Nightingale
as Jimmy · 1999
Black & White
as Sal · 1999
Passionada
as Daniel Vargas · 2003
Face of a Stranger
as Ralph · 1991
A Constant Forge
as Self · 2000
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
as Self · 1984
Chain of Desire
as Mel · 1992
Dead Girl
as Ira Golub · 1996
Kubanisch rauchen
as Dragan · 1999
Angel on My Shoulder
as Smiley Mitchell · 1980
The Dependables
as Dominic Ackers · 2014
The Tenants
as Levenspiel · 2006
Lost Angeles
as Film Critic · 2012
Stingers
as Dino · 1998
The Last Home Run
as Older Jonathan · 1996
When Pigs Fly
as Frank · 1993
Seed
as First Client · 1996
Lucky Dog
as The Real Spencer · 2014
The Revolutionary
as Leonard II · 1970
Bye Bye Benjamin
as Mr. Ruby · 2006
Freerunner
as Grampa · 2011
Ravagers
as Blind Lawyer · 1979
Slaughter of the Cock
as Ahilleas · 1996
Circadian Rhythm
as Hoover · 2005
California Dreaming
as Duke Slusarski · 1979
The Burial Society
as Sam Goldberg · 2002
The Hanged Man
as Bellboy · 1964
Ouf!
· 1994
Chasing 3000
as Poppy · 2010
Johnny 316
as Store Keeper · 1998
Cold Dog Soup
as Jojo · 1990
Kingdom Come
as Self · 2012
Snapped
as Bob · 1998
Just One Night
as Arthur Imperial · 2000
Obsession
as Jacob Frischmuth · 1997
Anything for John
as Self · 1993
Dark Side of Genius
as Samuel Rourke · 1994
Every Night's a Saturday Night
as Self · 2018
Reach for Me
as Alvin · 2008
Hoods
as Pop Martinelli (uncredited) · 1998
Edge of Outside
as Self · 2006
Black Oak Conspiracy
as Homer Metcalf · 1977
Tollbooth
as Leon / Larry · 1994
What Happened to Pete
as Bartender · 1992
Arena - John Cassavetes
as Self · 1989
Beverly Hills Madam
as Tony · 1986
Nightside
as Ralph · 1973
At The Maple Grove
as Boyle · 2014
The Webster Boy
as Vic · 1962
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
as Self · 1996
Bittersweet Place
as Jack 'Pappy' Schaffer · 2005
Sea of Dreams
as Tomaso · 2006
Back Nine
as Mondo · 2010
Adventures in Spying
as Ray Rucker · 1992
Fort McCoy
as Father Mivkovek · 2014
Chameleon
as Francis · 1996
Faces
as Chet (archive footage) · 2011
Without Borders
as Detective McKenneth · 2010
Survival Game
as Dave Forrest · 1987
Emma's Wish
as Harry Bridges (old) · 1998
Turnpike
as Older man · 1996
Pass the Salt, Please
as Man · 2012
The Biz
as Eugene Hinkle · 2002
Ray of Sunshine
· 2006
Beau Jest
as Abe Goldman · 2008
Juke Box Racket
as Seymour · 1960
Big Heart City
as Larry · 2008
Making 'Faces'
as Self · 2004
Not Dead Yet
as Francis · 2009