Actor
· Acting
Seymour Cassel
Born 1935-01-22
Died 2019-04-07
📍 Detroit, Michigan, USA
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).
Filmography 198
Every Night's a Saturday Night
as Self
2018
Lucky Dog
as The Real Spencer
2014
The Dependables
as Dominic Ackers
2014
Fort McCoy
as Father Mivkovek
2014
At The Maple Grove
as Boyle
2014
The Secret Lives of Dorks
as Principal
2013
Booster
as Harold
2012
Broken Kingdom
as Clayton
2012
Lost Angeles
as Film Critic
2012
Kingdom Come
as Self
2012
Magic City
2012
Silver Case
as Dealer
2012
Faces
as Chet (archive footage)
2011
Freerunner
as Grampa
2011
L!fe Happens
as Pop Pop
2011
Without Borders
as Detective McKenneth
2010
Pete Smalls Is Dead
as Saco
2010
Regular Show
as Tony (voice)
2010
The Aristofrogs
2010
Chasing 3000
as Poppy
2010
Staten Island
as Jasper Sabiano
2009
To Love and Die
as Grandfather
2008
Reach for Me
as Alvin
2008
Beau Jest
as Abe Goldman
2008
Cosmic Radio
as Malcolm Stone
2007
Postal
as Paul
2007
Flight of the Conchords
as Johnny Boy
2007
Hollywood Dreams
as Rupert
2007
Sea of Dreams
2006
Beer League
as Dirt
2006
Ray of Sunshine
2006
Edge of Outside
as Self
2006
Heist
as Pops
2006
The Tenants
as Levenspiel
2006
Bye Bye Benjamin
as Mr. Ruby
2006
Lonesome Jim
as Don
2005
Circadian Rhythm
as Hoover
2005
Before It Had a Name
as Jeff
2005
The Wendell Baker Story
as Boyd Fullbright
2005
This Is an Adventure
as Self
2005
Bittersweet Place
as Jack 'Pappy' Schaffer
2005
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
as Esteban du Plantier
2004
Justice League Unlimited
as Chuck Sirianni (voice)
2004
Making 'Faces'
as Self
2004
Stuck on You
as Morty O'Reilly
2003
Passionada
as Daniel Vargas
2003
A Good Night to Die
as Guy
2003
Lucky
2003
Sonny
as Albert
2002
The Burial Society
as Sam Goldberg
2002
Manna from Heaven
as Stanley
2002
Stealing Harvard
as Uncle Jack
2002
The Biz
as Eugene Hinkle
2002
The Man Who Wasn't There
as Spectator at Execution (uncredited)
2001
The Royal Tenenbaums
as Dusty
2001
The Cure for Boredom
as Eddie
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
The Sleepy Time Gal
as Bob
2001
Women of the Night
as Sally
2001
Boston Public
as Bernie Willis
2000
Animal Factory
as Lt. Seeman
2000
A Constant Forge
as Self
2000
Just One Night
as Arthur Imperial
2000
The Crew
as Tony 'Mouth' Donato
2000
The Making of 'Rushmore'
as Self
2000
Black & White
as Sal
1999
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
as Self
1999
Kubanisch rauchen
as Dragan
1999
Me and Will
as Roy
1999
Ballad of the Nightingale
as Jimmy
1999
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
1998
Johnny 316
as Store Keeper
1998
Motel Blue
as Capistrano Minister
1997
Obsession
as Jacob Frischmuth
1997
This World, Then the Fireworks
as Detective Harris
1997
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
as Self
1997
The Last Don
as Alfred Gronevelt
1997
Chameleon
as Francis
1996
Dead Girl
as Ira Golub
1996
The Last Home Run
as Older Jonathan
1996
Arli$$
as Artie
1996
Cannes Man
as Sy Lerner
1996
Trees Lounge
as Uncle Al
1996
Things I Never Told You
as Frank
1996
Dream for an Insomniac
as Uncle Leo
1996
Tracey Takes On...
as Candy Casino
1996
Seed
as First Client
1996
Dead Presidents
as Saul
1995
Imaginary Crimes
as Eddie
1994
Hand Gun
as Jack McCallister
1994
Chicago Hope
as Norman Cambridge
1994
Under Suspicion
as Lt. Mickey Schwartz
1994
There Goes My Baby
as Pop
1994
Dark Side of Genius
as Samuel Rourke
1994
It Could Happen to You
as Jack Gross
1994
Chasers
as Master Chief Bogg
1994
When Pigs Fly
as Frank
1993
Anything for John
as Self
1993
Boiling Point
as Virgil Leach
1993
Indecent Proposal
as Mr. Shackleford
1993
Trouble Bound
as Santino
1993
Adventures in Spying
as Ray Rucker
1992
In the Soup
as Joe
1992
Honeymoon in Vegas
as Tony Cataracts
1992
Chain of Desire
as Mel
1992
Love Is Like That
as Uncle Bud
1992
Cold Heaven
as Tom Farrelly
1992
What Happened to Pete
as Bartender
1992
Face of a Stranger
as Ralph
1991
Dead in the Water
as Lt. Frank Vaness
1991
Diary of a Hitman
as Koenig
1991
Mobsters
as Father Bonotto
1991
White Fang
as Skunker
1991
Cold Dog Soup
as Jojo
1990
Dick Tracy
as Sam Catchem
1990
Sweet Bird of Youth
as Hatcher
1989
Wicked Stepmother
as Feldshine
1989
Track 29
as Dr. Bernard Fairmont
1988
Colors
as Sullivan
1988
Plain Clothes
as Ed Malmburg
1988
Johnny Be Good
as Wallace Gibson
1988
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
1987
Eye of the Tiger
as Sheriff
1986
Beverly Hills Madam
as Tony
1986
Matlock
as Dick Silvers
1986
Matlock
as Honest Earl Edwards
1986
Tales from the Darkside
as Howard
1984
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
as Self
1984
Young Lust: A Soap Opera
as Dr. Klapper
1984
Love Streams
as Jack Lawson
1984
I Want to Live
as John Santo
1983
Double Exposure
as Dr. Frank Curtis
1982
King of the Mountain
as Barry Tanner
1981
The Jazz Singer
as Unnamed
1980
The Mountain Men
as La Bont
1980
Angel on My Shoulder
as Smiley Mitchell
1980
Sunburn
as Dobbs
1979
Ravagers
as Blind Lawyer
1979
California Dreaming
as Duke Slusarski
1979
Convoy
as Governor Haskins
1978
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
1977
The Last Tycoon
as Seal Trainer
1976
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
as Mort Weil
1976
Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight
as Wise Guy
1975
Nightside
as Ralph
1973
Emergency!
as Bluebell Hunter
1972
Minnie and Moskowitz
as Seymour Moskowitz
1971
The Revolutionary
as Leonard II
1970
Faces
as Chet
1968
Coogan's Bluff
as Young Hood
1968
Cimarron Strip
1967
The Invaders
as Driver
1967
Batman
as Cancelled
1966
The F.B.I.
as Irwin
1965
The F.B.I.
as P.O.W. Vanndo
1965
The F.B.I.
as Attendant
1965
Laredo
1965
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
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Jensen
1964
The Killers
as Postal Clerk
1964
Burke's Law
as Attendant
1963
The Fugitive
as Cabbie
1963
The Nutty Professor
as Bored Man
1963
Combat!
as Doctor
1962
The Lloyd Bridges Show
as Lawyer #2
1962
The Lloyd Bridges Show
as Richard
1962
The Webster Boy
as Vic
1962
Too Late Blues
as Red
1961
Alcoa Premiere
as The Wounded Man
1961
Shadows
as Al (uncredited)
1960
My Three Sons
as Coach Gregson
1960
Murder, Inc.
as Teenager
1960
Juke Box Racket
as Seymour
1960
Man on a String
1960
The Twilight Zone
as Jerry (uncredited)
1959
Naked City
as Student (uncredited)
1958
Wagon Train
as Ed
1957