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

  • Star Trek: The Next Generation

    Star Trek: The Next Generation

  • Regular Show

    Regular Show

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Batman

    Batman

  • Emergency!

    Emergency!

  • Chicago Hope

    Chicago Hope

  • Matlock

    Matlock

  • Matlock

    Matlock

  • Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The Invaders

    The Invaders

  • Boston Public

    Boston Public

  • Justice League Unlimited

    Justice League Unlimited

  • Combat!

    Combat!

  • Naked City

    Naked City

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • Beer League

    Beer League

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • My Three Sons

    My Three Sons

  • Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

    Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

  • Tales from the Darkside

    Tales from the Darkside

  • Freerunner

    Freerunner

  • 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

  • Colors

    Colors

  • The Killers

    The Killers

  • Sonny

    Sonny

  • Tracey Takes On...

    Tracey Takes On...

  • Chameleon

    Chameleon

  • Hoods

    Hoods

  • Cold Heaven

    Cold Heaven

  • Love Streams

    Love Streams

  • L!fe Happens

    L!fe Happens

  • Stingers

    Stingers

  • Broken Kingdom

    Broken Kingdom

  • Laredo

    Laredo

  • Mobsters

    Mobsters

  • Bittersweet Place

    Bittersweet Place

  • The Revolutionary

    The Revolutionary

  • Tin Men

    Tin Men

  • Rushmore

    Rushmore

  • Snapped

    Snapped

  • Passionada

    Passionada

  • The Lloyd Bridges Show

    The Lloyd Bridges Show

  • The Lloyd Bridges Show

    The Lloyd Bridges Show

  • Big Heart City

    Big Heart City

  • King of the Mountain

    King of the Mountain

  • The Crew

    The Crew

  • Sunburn

    Sunburn

  • The Tenants

    The Tenants

  • Valentino

    Valentino

  • Cimarron Strip

    Cimarron Strip

  • Cosmic Radio

    Cosmic Radio

  • Flight of the Conchords

    Flight of the Conchords

  • Black & White

    Black & White

  • Boiling Point

    Boiling Point

  • In the Soup

    In the Soup

  • Wicked Stepmother

    Wicked Stepmother

  • Scott Joplin

    Scott Joplin

  • Manna from Heaven

    Manna from Heaven

  • Dead Girl

    Dead Girl

  • Plain Clothes

    Plain Clothes

  • Motel Blue

    Motel Blue

  • Kubanisch rauchen

    Kubanisch rauchen

  • Indecent Proposal

    Indecent Proposal

  • Tollbooth

    Tollbooth

  • A Nero Wolfe Mystery

    A Nero Wolfe Mystery

  • A Nero Wolfe Mystery

    A Nero Wolfe Mystery

  • Love Is Like That

    Love Is Like That

  • Magic City

    Magic City

  • Circadian Rhythm

    Circadian Rhythm

  • Bartleby

    Bartleby

  • I Want to Live

    I Want to Live

  • Alcoa Premiere

    Alcoa Premiere

  • Staten Island

    Staten Island

  • The Royal Tenenbaums

    The Royal Tenenbaums

  • The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

    The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

  • Partners

    Partners

  • Lonesome Jim

    Lonesome Jim

  • The Last Don

    The Last Don

  • Too Late Blues

    Too Late Blues

  • Dick Tracy

    Dick Tracy

  • Just One Night

    Just One Night

  • Trees Lounge

    Trees Lounge

  • The Man Who Wasn't There

    The Man Who Wasn't There

  • Arena - John Cassavetes

    Arena - John Cassavetes

  • Fort McCoy

    Fort McCoy

  • Lucky Dog

    Lucky Dog

  • It Could Happen to You

    It Could Happen to You

  • Postal

    Postal

  • Ravagers

    Ravagers

  • Convoy

    Convoy

  • Dead Presidents

    Dead Presidents

  • Hand Gun

    Hand Gun

  • White Fang

    White Fang

  • The Nutty Professor

    The Nutty Professor

  • Heist

    Heist

  • The Treat

    The Treat

  • Shadows

    Shadows

  • The Biz

    The Biz

  • Bye Bye Benjamin

    Bye Bye Benjamin

  • Coogan's Bluff

    Coogan's Bluff

  • Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage

    Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage

  • Every Night's a Saturday Night

    Every Night's a Saturday Night

  • Chasers

    Chasers

  • Animal Factory

    Animal Factory

  • Emma's Wish

    Emma's Wish

  • Who Is Henry Jaglom?

    Who Is Henry Jaglom?

  • Stuck on You

    Stuck on You

  • This Is an Adventure

    This Is an Adventure

  • Under Suspicion

    Under Suspicion

  • Seed

    Seed

  • Johnny Be Good

    Johnny Be Good

  • Lucky

    Lucky

  • 61*

    61*

  • Honeymoon in Vegas

    Honeymoon in Vegas

  • Stealing Harvard

    Stealing Harvard

  • The Mountain Men

    The Mountain Men

  • Relax... It's Just Sex

    Relax... It's Just Sex

  • Murder, Inc.

    Murder, Inc.

  • Good Company

    Good Company

  • The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

    The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

  • Opening Night

    Opening Night

  • The Jazz Singer

    The Jazz Singer

  • The Last Tycoon

    The Last Tycoon

  • Minnie and Moskowitz

    Minnie and Moskowitz

  • Diary of a Hitman

    Diary of a Hitman

  • Faces

    Faces

  • Ouf!

    Ouf!

  • Best Seller

    Best Seller

  • There Goes My Baby

    There Goes My Baby

  • Double Exposure

    Double Exposure

  • The Dependables

    The Dependables

  • The Wendell Baker Story

    The Wendell Baker Story

  • This World, Then the Fireworks

    This World, Then the Fireworks

  • Anything for John

    Anything for John

  • Imaginary Crimes

    Imaginary Crimes

  • Slaughter of the Cock

    Slaughter of the Cock

  • Kingdom Come

    Kingdom Come

  • Nightside

    Nightside

  • Edge of Outside

    Edge of Outside

  • Track 29

    Track 29

  • Dead in the Water

    Dead in the Water

  • Chasing 3000

    Chasing 3000

  • California Dreaming

    California Dreaming

  • Women of the Night

    Women of the Night

  • Things I Never Told You

    Things I Never Told You

  • Pete Smalls Is Dead

    Pete Smalls Is Dead

  • Beverly Hills Madam

    Beverly Hills Madam

  • Me and Will

    Me and Will

  • Eye of the Tiger

    Eye of the Tiger

  • Cannes Man

    Cannes Man

  • Man on a String

    Man on a String

  • A Good Night to Die

    A Good Night to Die

  • Trouble Bound

    Trouble Bound

  • Johnny 316

    Johnny 316

  • Dream for an Insomniac

    Dream for an Insomniac

  • Death Game

    Death Game

  • Obsession

    Obsession

  • Silver Case

    Silver Case

  • To Love and Die

    To Love and Die

  • The Secret Lives of Dorks

    The Secret Lives of Dorks

  • The Hanged Man

    The Hanged Man

  • Sweet Bird of Youth

    Sweet Bird of Youth

  • Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight

    Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight

  • Chain of Desire

    Chain of Desire

  • Lost Angeles

    Lost Angeles

  • Faces

    Faces

  • Young Lust: A Soap Opera

    Young Lust: A Soap Opera

  • The Aristofrogs

    The Aristofrogs

  • Cold Dog Soup

    Cold Dog Soup

  • Beau Jest

    Beau Jest

  • Not Dead Yet

    Not Dead Yet

  • Before It Had a Name

    Before It Had a Name

  • A Constant Forge

    A Constant Forge

  • Face of a Stranger

    Face of a Stranger

  • The Making of 'Rushmore'

    The Making of 'Rushmore'

  • Adventures in Spying

    Adventures in Spying

  • Hollywood Dreams

    Hollywood Dreams

  • Survival Game

    Survival Game

  • John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All

    John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All

  • Without Borders

    Without Borders

  • To Love and Die

    To Love and Die

  • Ballad of the Nightingale

    Ballad of the Nightingale

  • Reach for Me

    Reach for Me

  • The Sleepy Time Gal

    The Sleepy Time Gal

  • Turnpike

    Turnpike

  • Back Nine

    Back Nine

  • Ray of Sunshine

    Ray of Sunshine

  • Sea of Dreams

    Sea of Dreams

  • When Pigs Fly

    When Pigs Fly

  • The Cure for Boredom

    The Cure for Boredom

  • Black Oak Conspiracy

    Black Oak Conspiracy

  • Booster

    Booster

  • The Webster Boy

    The Webster Boy

  • The Last Home Run

    The Last Home Run

  • Making 'Faces'

    Making 'Faces'

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

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

  • Angel on My Shoulder

    Angel on My Shoulder

  • Dark Side of Genius

    Dark Side of Genius

  • The Burial Society

    The Burial Society

  • Pass the Salt, Please

    Pass the Salt, Please

  • At The Maple Grove

    At The Maple Grove

  • What Happened to Pete

    What Happened to Pete

  • Juke Box Racket

    Juke Box Racket