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