Seymour Cassel
Known For
Acting
Born
1935-01-22 in Detroit, Michigan, USA
Died
2019-04-07
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).
Most Known For
Regular Show
as Tony (voice)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Lt. Cmdr. Hester Dealt
The Twilight Zone
as Jerry (uncredited)
Batman
as Cancelled
The Fugitive
as Cabbie
Emergency!
as Bluebell Hunter
Wagon Train
as Ed
Matlock
as Dick Silvers
Matlock
as Honest Earl Edwards
Chicago Hope
as Norman Cambridge
Combat!
as Doctor
Justice League Unlimited
as Chuck Sirianni (voice)
Boston Public
as Bernie Willis
Tales from the Darkside
as Howard
The Invaders
as Driver
The F.B.I.
as Irwin
The F.B.I.
as P.O.W. Vanndo
The F.B.I.
as Attendant
Naked City
as Student (uncredited)
My Three Sons
as Coach Gregson