Portrait of Seymour Cassel

Seymour Cassel

Acting

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).

Born: January 22, 1935

Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA

Filmography

2014
Lucky Dog

as The Real Spencer

2014
The Dependables

as Dominic Ackers

2014
Fort McCoy

as Father Mivkovek

2014
2012
Booster

as Harold

2012
Broken Kingdom

as Clayton

2012
Lost Angeles

as Film Critic

2012
2012
Silver Case

as Dealer

2011
Faces

as Chet (archive footage)

2011
Freerunner

as Grampa

2011
L!fe Happens

as Pop Pop

2010
Without Borders

as Detective McKenneth

2010
Regular Show

as Tony (voice)

2010
Chasing 3000

as Poppy

2009
Staten Island

as Jasper Sabiano

2008
To Love and Die

as Grandfather

2008
Reach for Me

as Alvin

2008
Beau Jest

as Abe Goldman

2007
Cosmic Radio

as Malcolm Stone

2007
Postal

as Paul

2007
2007
2006
2006
2006
2006
The Tenants

as Levenspiel

2006
Bye Bye Benjamin

as Mr. Ruby

2005
2005
2005
The Wendell Baker Story

as Boyd Fullbright

2005
Bittersweet Place

as Jack 'Pappy' Schaffer

2004
2004
Justice League Unlimited

as Chuck Sirianni (voice)

2004
2003
Stuck on You

as Morty O'Reilly

2003
Passionada

as Daniel Vargas

2003
2002
Sonny

as Albert

2002
The Burial Society

as Sam Goldberg

2002
2002
Stealing Harvard

as Uncle Jack

2002
The Biz

as Eugene Hinkle

2001
The Man Who Wasn't There

as Spectator at Execution (uncredited)

2001
61*

as Sam Simon

2001
A Nero Wolfe Mystery

as Dazy Perrit

2001
A Nero Wolfe Mystery

as James Arthur Ferris

2001
Bartleby

as Frank Waxman

2001
2000
Boston Public

as Bernie Willis

2000
Animal Factory

as Lt. Seeman

2000
2000
Just One Night

as Arthur Imperial

2000
The Crew

as Tony 'Mouth' Donato

1999
1999
1999
1998
Rushmore

as Bert Fischer

1998
Stingers

as Dino

1998
Emma's Wish

as Harry Bridges (old)

1998
Snapped

as Bob

1998
The Treat

as Chip O'Herlihee

1998
Hoods

as Pop Martinelli (uncredited)

1998
Relax... It's Just Sex

as Emile Pillsbury

1998
Johnny 316

as Store Keeper

1997
Motel Blue

as Capistrano Minister

1997
Obsession

as Jacob Frischmuth

1997
1997
The Last Don

as Alfred Gronevelt

1996
Chameleon

as Francis

1996
Dead Girl

as Ira Golub

1996
The Last Home Run

as Older Jonathan

1996
Cannes Man

as Sy Lerner

1996
Trees Lounge

as Uncle Al

1996
1996
Tracey Takes On...

as Candy Casino

1996
Seed

as First Client

1995
1994
1994
Hand Gun

as Jack McCallister

1994
Chicago Hope

as Norman Cambridge

1994
Under Suspicion

as Lt. Mickey Schwartz

1994
Dark Side of Genius

as Samuel Rourke

1994
1994
Chasers

as Master Chief Bogg

1993
1993
Boiling Point

as Virgil Leach

1993
Indecent Proposal

as Mr. Shackleford

1993
Trouble Bound

as Santino

1992
1992
1992
Honeymoon in Vegas

as Tony Cataracts

1992
Love Is Like That

as Uncle Bud

1992
Cold Heaven

as Tom Farrelly

1992
1992
1991
1991
Dead in the Water

as Lt. Frank Vaness

1991
1991
Mobsters

as Father Bonotto

1991
White Fang

as Skunker

1990
1990
Dick Tracy

as Sam Catchem

1989
1989
Wicked Stepmother

as Feldshine

1988
Track 29

as Dr. Bernard Fairmont

1988
Colors

as Sullivan

1988
Plain Clothes

as Ed Malmburg

1988
Johnny Be Good

as Wallace Gibson

1987
Survival Game

as Dave Forrest

1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Lt. Cmdr. Hester Dealt

1987
Best Seller

as Carter

1987
Tin Men

as Cheese

1986
1986
Matlock

as Dick Silvers

1986
Matlock

as Honest Earl Edwards

1984
1984
Love Streams

as Jack Lawson

1983
I Want to Live

as John Santo

1982
Double Exposure

as Dr. Frank Curtis

1981
King of the Mountain

as Barry Tanner

1980
The Jazz Singer

as Unnamed

1980
1980
Angel on My Shoulder

as Smiley Mitchell

1979
Sunburn

as Dobbs

1979
Ravagers

as Blind Lawyer

1979
California Dreaming

as Duke Slusarski

1978
Convoy

as Governor Haskins

1977
Opening Night

as Self (uncredited)

1977
Valentino

as George Ullman

1977
Death Game

as George Manning

1977
Black Oak Conspiracy

as Homer Metcalf

1977
Scott Joplin

as Dr. Jaelki

1976
The Last Tycoon

as Seal Trainer

1973
Nightside

as Ralph

1972
Emergency!

as Bluebell Hunter

1971
Minnie and Moskowitz

as Seymour Moskowitz

1970
The Revolutionary

as Leonard II

1968
Faces

as Chet

1968
Coogan's Bluff

as Young Hood

1967
The Invaders

as Driver

1966
Batman

as Cancelled

1965
The F.B.I.

as Irwin

1965
The F.B.I.

as P.O.W. Vanndo

1965
The F.B.I.

as Attendant

1965
1964
The Hanged Man

as Bellboy

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
The Killers

as Postal Clerk

1963
Burke's Law

as Attendant

1963
The Fugitive

as Cabbie

1963
1962
Combat!

as Doctor

1962
1962
1961
1961
Alcoa Premiere

as The Wounded Man

1960
Shadows

as Al (uncredited)

1960
My Three Sons

as Coach Gregson

1960
Murder, Inc.

as Teenager

1960
Juke Box Racket

as Seymour

1959
The Twilight Zone

as Jerry (uncredited)

1958
Naked City

as Student (uncredited)

1957