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).
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Full filmography
- Regular Show (2010) as Tony (voice)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) as Lt. Cmdr. Hester Dealt
- The Fugitive (1963) as Cabbie
- Chicago Hope (1994) as Norman Cambridge
- Batman (1966) as Cancelled
- Boston Public (2000) as Bernie Willis
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964) as Jensen
- Wagon Train (1957) as Ed
- Emergency! (1972) as Bluebell Hunter
- Matlock (1986) as Dick Silvers
- Matlock (1986) as Honest Earl Edwards
- Burke's Law (1963) as Attendant
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963) as Police Sgt.
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963) as Somebody
- The Twilight Zone (1959) as Jerry (uncredited)
- My Three Sons (1960) as Coach Gregson
- Combat! (1962) as Doctor
- Tales from the Darkside (1984) as Howard
- The Invaders (1967) as Driver
- Naked City (1958) as Student (uncredited)
- The F.B.I. (1965) as Irwin
- The F.B.I. (1965) as P.O.W. Vanndo
- The F.B.I. (1965) as Attendant
- Justice League Unlimited (2004) as Chuck Sirianni (voice)