Seymour Cassel

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

212

Gender

Male

Birthday

1935-01-22

Day of death

2019-04-07 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Detroit, Michigan, USA

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).

Known For

  • Regular Show

    Regular Show

  • Star Trek: The Next Generation

    Star Trek: The Next Generation

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

  • Batman

    Batman

  • My Three Sons

    My Three Sons

  • Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

  • Chicago Hope

    Chicago Hope

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Emergency!

    Emergency!

  • Matlock

    Matlock

  • Matlock

    Matlock

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • Naked City

    Naked City

  • Combat!

    Combat!

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • Boston Public

    Boston Public

  • Tales from the Darkside

    Tales from the Darkside

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • Justice League Unlimited

    Justice League Unlimited

  • Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

    Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

  • Laredo

    Laredo

  • The Invaders

    The Invaders

  • 12 O'Clock High

    12 O'Clock High

  • 12 O'Clock High

    12 O'Clock High

  • 12 O'Clock High

    12 O'Clock High

  • 12 O'Clock High

    12 O'Clock High

  • 12 O'Clock High

    12 O'Clock High

  • Tracey Takes On...

    Tracey Takes On...

  • Indecent Proposal

    Indecent Proposal

  • Flight of the Conchords

    Flight of the Conchords

  • Cimarron Strip

    Cimarron Strip

  • The Man Who Wasn't There

    The Man Who Wasn't There

  • Rushmore

    Rushmore

  • Stealing Harvard

    Stealing Harvard

  • Black Oak Conspiracy

    Black Oak Conspiracy

  • Colors

    Colors

  • Dream for an Insomniac

    Dream for an Insomniac

  • It Could Happen to You

    It Could Happen to You

  • A Nero Wolfe Mystery

    A Nero Wolfe Mystery

  • A Nero Wolfe Mystery

    A Nero Wolfe Mystery

  • The Hanged Man

    The Hanged Man

  • Alcoa Premiere

    Alcoa Premiere

  • Silver Case

    Silver Case

  • Freerunner

    Freerunner

  • Coogan's Bluff

    Coogan's Bluff

  • Diary of a Hitman

    Diary of a Hitman

  • The Nutty Professor

    The Nutty Professor

  • The Last Tycoon

    The Last Tycoon

  • Magic City

    Magic City

  • The Lloyd Bridges Show

    The Lloyd Bridges Show

  • The Lloyd Bridges Show

    The Lloyd Bridges Show

  • The Royal Tenenbaums

    The Royal Tenenbaums

  • The Webster Boy

    The Webster Boy

  • Survival Game

    Survival Game

  • Lost Angeles

    Lost Angeles

  • Mobsters

    Mobsters

  • Honeymoon in Vegas

    Honeymoon in Vegas

  • Convoy

    Convoy

  • The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

    The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

  • White Fang

    White Fang

  • In the Soup

    In the Soup

  • The Dependables

    The Dependables

  • Obsession

    Obsession

  • Track 29

    Track 29

  • Shadows

    Shadows

  • Manna from Heaven

    Manna from Heaven

  • Adventures in Spying

    Adventures in Spying

  • There Goes My Baby

    There Goes My Baby

  • Chasers

    Chasers

  • The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

    The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

  • Stingers

    Stingers

  • The Last Don

    The Last Don

  • Without Borders

    Without Borders

  • The Secret Lives of Dorks

    The Secret Lives of Dorks

  • Sunburn

    Sunburn

  • Hollywood Dreams

    Hollywood Dreams

  • Scott Joplin

    Scott Joplin

  • 61*

    61*

  • The Mountain Men

    The Mountain Men

  • Under Suspicion

    Under Suspicion

  • Boiling Point

    Boiling Point

  • Beer League

    Beer League

  • Lucky Dog

    Lucky Dog

  • Trees Lounge

    Trees Lounge

  • Staten Island

    Staten Island

  • Sea of Dreams

    Sea of Dreams

  • The Making of 'Rushmore'

    The Making of 'Rushmore'

  • Animal Factory

    Animal Factory

  • Lonesome Jim

    Lonesome Jim

  • King of the Mountain

    King of the Mountain

  • Sonny

    Sonny

  • Tin Men

    Tin Men

  • Chasing 3000

    Chasing 3000

  • Dark Side of Genius

    Dark Side of Genius

  • When Pigs Fly

    When Pigs Fly

  • Reach for Me

    Reach for Me

  • Faces

    Faces

  • Murder, Inc.

    Murder, Inc.

  • The Burial Society

    The Burial Society

  • Emma's Wish

    Emma's Wish

  • Johnny Be Good

    Johnny Be Good

  • The Last Home Run

    The Last Home Run

  • Not Dead Yet

    Not Dead Yet

  • Cold Dog Soup

    Cold Dog Soup

  • The Cure for Boredom

    The Cure for Boredom

  • Stuck on You

    Stuck on You

  • Angel on My Shoulder

    Angel on My Shoulder

  • Postal

    Postal

  • Ray of Sunshine

    Ray of Sunshine

  • Dead in the Water

    Dead in the Water

  • Opening Night

    Opening Night

  • Beverly Hills Madam

    Beverly Hills Madam

  • Black & White

    Black & White

  • Snapped

    Snapped

  • Hoods

    Hoods

  • Johnny 316

    Johnny 316

  • Dead Presidents

    Dead Presidents

  • The Jazz Singer

    The Jazz Singer

  • A Good Night to Die

    A Good Night to Die

  • Pete Smalls Is Dead

    Pete Smalls Is Dead

  • The Killers

    The Killers

  • L!fe Happens

    L!fe Happens

  • Heist

    Heist

  • Eye of the Tiger

    Eye of the Tiger

  • This World, Then the Fireworks

    This World, Then the Fireworks

  • Back Nine

    Back Nine

  • The Revolutionary

    The Revolutionary

  • Big Heart City

    Big Heart City

  • Chameleon

    Chameleon

  • Things I Never Told You

    Things I Never Told You

  • Face of a Stranger

    Face of a Stranger

  • The Aristofrogs

    The Aristofrogs

  • Lucky

    Lucky

  • The Biz

    The Biz

  • Fort McCoy

    Fort McCoy

  • A Constant Forge

    A Constant Forge

  • Dick Tracy

    Dick Tracy

  • Valentino

    Valentino

  • Kingdom Come

    Kingdom Come

  • Man on a String

    Man on a String

  • The Tenants

    The Tenants

  • Cannes Man

    Cannes Man

  • Broken Kingdom

    Broken Kingdom

  • Passionada

    Passionada

  • Wicked Stepmother

    Wicked Stepmother

  • Who Is Henry Jaglom?

    Who Is Henry Jaglom?

  • Minnie and Moskowitz

    Minnie and Moskowitz

  • Ravagers

    Ravagers

  • Cold Heaven

    Cold Heaven

  • Edge of Outside

    Edge of Outside

  • Bye Bye Benjamin

    Bye Bye Benjamin

  • Good Company

    Good Company

  • The Crew

    The Crew

  • Death Game

    Death Game

  • Hand Gun

    Hand Gun

  • Women of the Night

    Women of the Night

  • I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work

    I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work

  • Bittersweet Place

    Bittersweet Place

  • Motel Blue

    Motel Blue

  • Imaginary Crimes

    Imaginary Crimes

  • Kubanisch rauchen

    Kubanisch rauchen

  • The Sleepy Time Gal

    The Sleepy Time Gal

  • Tollbooth

    Tollbooth

  • Circadian Rhythm

    Circadian Rhythm

  • Beau Jest

    Beau Jest

  • Best Seller

    Best Seller

  • Every Night's a Saturday Night

    Every Night's a Saturday Night

  • Just One Night

    Just One Night

  • Me and Will

    Me and Will

  • Ballad of the Nightingale

    Ballad of the Nightingale

  • Love Is Like That

    Love Is Like That

  • Too Late Blues

    Too Late Blues

  • Young Lust: A Soap Opera

    Young Lust: A Soap Opera

  • John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All

    John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All

  • The Wendell Baker Story

    The Wendell Baker Story

  • Cosmic Radio

    Cosmic Radio

  • Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight

    Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight

  • Plain Clothes

    Plain Clothes

  • To Love and Die

    To Love and Die

  • Dead Girl

    Dead Girl

  • Anything for John

    Anything for John

  • Bartleby

    Bartleby

  • Love Streams

    Love Streams

  • Before It Had a Name

    Before It Had a Name

  • Making 'Faces'

    Making 'Faces'

  • This Is an Adventure

    This Is an Adventure

  • Partners

    Partners

  • Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage

    Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage

  • California Dreaming

    California Dreaming

  • I Want to Live

    I Want to Live

  • Trouble Bound

    Trouble Bound

  • Pass the Salt, Please

    Pass the Salt, Please

  • Double Exposure

    Double Exposure

  • To Love and Die

    To Love and Die

  • Relax... It's Just Sex

    Relax... It's Just Sex

  • The Treat

    The Treat

  • Sweet Bird of Youth

    Sweet Bird of Youth

  • Arena - John Cassavetes

    Arena - John Cassavetes

  • What Happened to Pete

    What Happened to Pete

  • Slaughter of the Cock

    Slaughter of the Cock

  • Chain of Desire

    Chain of Desire

  • Nightside

    Nightside

  • Booster

    Booster

  • Seed

    Seed

  • Ouf!

    Ouf!

  • Juke Box Racket

    Juke Box Racket

  • Faces

    Faces

  • Turnpike

    Turnpike

  • At The Maple Grove

    At The Maple Grove