Seymour Cassel
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Regular Show
Tony (voice)
2010
Series
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Lt. Cmdr. Hester Dealt
1987
Series
Wagon Train
Ed
1957
Series
Chicago Hope
Norman Cambridge
1994
Series
The Fugitive
Cabbie
1963
Series
Combat!
Doctor
1962
Series
The Twilight Zone
Jerry (uncredited)
1959
Series
Batman
Cancelled
1966
Series
My Three Sons
Coach Gregson
1960
Series
Boston Public
Bernie Willis
2000
Series
Matlock
Dick Silvers
1986
Series
Matlock
Honest Earl Edwards
1986
Series
Emergency!
Bluebell Hunter
1972
Series
Arli$$
Artie
1996
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Police Sgt.
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Somebody
1963
Series
Tales from the Darkside
Howard
1984
Series
Naked City
Student (uncredited)
1958
Series
The F.B.I.
Irwin
1965
Series
The F.B.I.
P.O.W. Vanndo
1965
Series
The F.B.I.
Attendant
1965
Series
Burke's Law
Attendant
1963
Series
Justice League Unlimited
Chuck Sirianni (voice)
2004
Series
The Invaders
Driver
1967
Series
Magic City
2012
Series
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Jensen
1964
Series
12 O'Clock High
Capt. Johnson
1964
Series
12 O'Clock High
B-17 Pilot
1964
Series
12 O'Clock High
Captain Johnson
1964
Series
12 O'Clock High
Left Waist Gunner
1964
Series
12 O'Clock High
Mechanic
1964
Series
Laredo
1965
Series
Tracey Takes On...
Candy Casino
1996
Series
Flight of the Conchords
Johnny Boy
2007
Series
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Dazy Perrit
2001
Series
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
James Arthur Ferris
2001
Film
Indecent Proposal
Mr. Shackleford
1993
Series
Cimarron Strip
1967
Film
It Could Happen to You
Jack Gross
1994
Series
Alcoa Premiere
The Wounded Man
1961
Series
The Lloyd Bridges Show
Lawyer #2
1962
Series
The Lloyd Bridges Show
Richard
1962
Film
Rushmore
Bert Fischer
1998
Film
The Royal Tenenbaums
Dusty
2001
Film
Dick Tracy
Sam Catchem
1990
Film
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Esteban du Plantier
2004
Film
Convoy
Governor Haskins
1978
Film
White Fang
Skunker
1991
Series
The Last Don
Alfred Gronevelt
1997
Series
Heist
Pops
2006
Film
Colors
Sullivan
1988
Film
The Man Who Wasn't There
Spectator at Execution (uncredited)
2001
Series
Lucky
2003
Film
The Crew
Tony 'Mouth' Donato
2000
Film
There Goes My Baby
Pop
1994
Film
Chasers
Master Chief Bogg
1994
Series
Under Suspicion
Lt. Mickey Schwartz
1994
Film
Coogan's Bluff
Young Hood
1968
Film
Animal Factory
Lt. Seeman
2000
Film
Cold Heaven
Tom Farrelly
1992
Film
Tin Men
Cheese
1987
Film
Stuck on You
Morty O'Reilly
2003
Film
Postal
Paul
2007
Film
The Nutty Professor
Bored Man
1963
Film
Dead Presidents
Saul
1995
Film
Plain Clothes
Ed Malmburg
1988
Film
Valentino
George Ullman
1977
Film
Hand Gun
Jack McCallister
1994
Film
Trees Lounge
Uncle Al
1996
Film
Bartleby
Frank Waxman
2001
Film
Faces
Chet
1968
Film
Beer League
Dirt
2006
Film
L!fe Happens
Pop Pop
2011
Film
Opening Night
Self (uncredited)
1977
Film
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Mort Weil
1976
Film
The Mountain Men
La Bont
1980
Film
Boiling Point
Virgil Leach
1993
Film
The Killers
Postal Clerk
1964
Film
Johnny Be Good
Wallace Gibson
1988
Film
The Last Tycoon
Seal Trainer
1976
Film
Eye of the Tiger
Sheriff
1986
Film
The Jazz Singer
Unnamed
1980
Film
Honeymoon in Vegas
Tony Cataracts
1992
Film
61*
Sam Simon
2001
Film
Diary of a Hitman
Koenig
1991
Film
Mobsters
Father Bonotto
1991
Film
Cosmic Radio
Malcolm Stone
2007
Film
Snapped
Bob
1998
Film
The Treat
Chip O'Herlihee
1998
Film
This Is an Adventure
Self
2005
Film
Love Streams
Jack Lawson
1984
Film
Things I Never Told You
Frank
1996
Film
Too Late Blues
Red
1961
Film
Stealing Harvard
Uncle Jack
2002
Film
Death Game
George Manning
1977
Film
Minnie and Moskowitz
Seymour Moskowitz
1971
Film
The Wendell Baker Story
Boyd Fullbright
2005
Film
Pete Smalls Is Dead
Saco
2010
Film
Best Seller
Carter
1987
Good Company
1996
Film
Partners
Janitor
1993
To Love and Die
2008
Film
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Self
1997
Film
Sunburn
Dobbs
1979
Film
Man on a String
1960
Film
Relax... It's Just Sex
Emile
1998
Film
Sonny
Albert
2002
Film
Cannes Man
Sy Lerner
1996
Film
Passionada
Daniel Vargas
2003
Film
Murder, Inc.
Teenager
1960
Film
Freerunner
Grampa
2011
Film
This World, Then the Fireworks
Detective Harris
1997
Film
I Want to Live
John Santo
1983
Film
Bye Bye Benjamin
Mr. Ruby
2006
Film
Dream for an Insomniac
Uncle Leo
1996
Film
Manna from Heaven
Stanley
2002
Film
Broken Kingdom
Clayton
2012
Film
Me and Will
Roy
1999
Film
Wicked Stepmother
Feldshine
1989
Film
Staten Island
Jasper Sabiano
2009
Film
King of the Mountain
Barry Tanner
1981
Film
Young Lust: A Soap Opera
Dr. Klapper
1984
Film
In the Soup
Joe
1992
Film
Love Is Like That
Uncle Bud
1992
Film
Hollywood Dreams
Rupert
2007
Film
Chasing 3000
Poppy
2010
Film
Before It Had a Name
Jeff
2005
Film
Lonesome Jim
Don
2005
Film
Women of the Night
Sally
2001
Film
Seed
First Client
1996
Film
Stingers
Dino
1998
Film
The Sleepy Time Gal
Bob
2001
Film
Lucky Dog
The Real Spencer
2014
Ouf!
1994
Film
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
Self
1999
Film
Anything for John
Self
1993
Film
Shadows
Al (uncredited)
1960
Film
Black & White
Sal
1999
Film
Trouble Bound
Santino
1993
Film
The Tenants
Levenspiel
2006
Film
Booster
Harold
2012
Film
Track 29
Dr. Bernard Fairmont
1988
Film
Circadian Rhythm
Hoover
2005
Film
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
Self
1984
Film
Imaginary Crimes
Eddie
1994
Film
The Secret Lives of Dorks
Principal
2013
Film
Double Exposure
Dr. Frank Curtis
1982
Film
Motel Blue
Capistrano Minister
1997
Film
Johnny 316
Store Keeper
1998
Film
Just One Night
Arthur Imperial
2000
Film
When Pigs Fly
Frank
1993
Film
Sweet Bird of Youth
Hatcher
1989
Film
Dead in the Water
Lt. Frank Vaness
1991
Film
Nightside
Ralph
1973
Film
The Dependables
Dominic Ackers
2014
Film
Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight
Wise Guy
1975
Film
Ballad of the Nightingale
Jimmy
1999
Film
Edge of Outside
Self
2006
Arena - John Cassavetes
Self
1989
Film
Slaughter of the Cock
Ahilleas
1996
Film
California Dreaming
Duke Slusarski
1979
Film
The Making of 'Rushmore'
Self
2000
Film
Ravagers
Blind Lawyer
1979
Film
What Happened to Pete
Bartender
1992
Film
Beverly Hills Madam
Tony
1986
Film
Cold Dog Soup
Jojo
1990
Film
Angel on My Shoulder
Smiley Mitchell
1980
Film
A Constant Forge
Self
2000
Film
Sea of Dreams
Tomaso
2006
Film
The Last Home Run
Older Jonathan
1996
Film
Kingdom Come
Self
2012
Film
A Good Night to Die
Guy
2003
Film
Kubanisch rauchen
Dragan
1999
Film
Dark Side of Genius
Samuel Rourke
1994
Film
The Cure for Boredom
Eddie
2001
Film
Hoods
Pop Martinelli (uncredited)
1998
Film
To Love and Die
Grandfather
2008
Film
Chain of Desire
Mel
1992
Film
Silver Case
Dealer
2012
Film
Fort McCoy
Father Mivkovek
2014
Film
Scott Joplin
Dr. Jaelki
1977
Film
Obsession
Jacob Frischmuth
1997
Film
The Revolutionary
Leonard II
1970
Film
Face of a Stranger
Ralph
1991
Film
Black Oak Conspiracy
Homer Metcalf
1977
Film
Reach for Me
Alvin
2008
Film
Chameleon
Francis
1996
Film
Without Borders
Detective McKenneth
2010
Film
Lost Angeles
Film Critic
2012
Film
At The Maple Grove
Boyle
2014
Film
Survival Game
Dave Forrest
1987
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
Self
1996
Film
Every Night's a Saturday Night
Self
2018
Film
Ray of Sunshine
2006
Film
Tollbooth
Leon / Larry
1994
Film
Dead Girl
Ira Golub
1996
Film
The Hanged Man
Bellboy
1964
Film
Emma's Wish
Harry Bridges (old)
1998
Film
The Webster Boy
Vic
1962
Back Nine
Mondo
2010
Film
Adventures in Spying
Ray Rucker
1992
Film
Beau Jest
Abe Goldman
2008
Film
The Burial Society
Sam Goldberg
2002
Film
The Biz
Eugene Hinkle
2002
Turnpike
Older man
1996
Not Dead Yet
Francis
2009
Film
Faces
Chet (archive footage)
2011
Film
Making 'Faces'
Self
2004
Film
Juke Box Racket
Seymour
1960
Film
Bittersweet Place
Jack 'Pappy' Schaffer
2005
Big Heart City
Larry
2008
Pass the Salt, Please
Man
2012