Seymour Cassel
Acting
🎂 1935-01-22
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).
Cast credits(213)
Lt. Cmdr. Hester Dealt
1987
Tony (voice)
2010
Candy Casino
1996
Attendant
1963
Ed
1957
The Wounded Man
1961
Jerry (uncredited)
1959
Chuck Sirianni (voice)
2004
Irwin
1965
P.O.W. Vanndo
1965
Attendant
1965
Howard
1984
Johnny Boy
2007
Doctor
1962
Driver
1967
Police Sgt.
1963
Somebody
1963
Lawyer #2
1962
Richard
1962
Cancelled
1966
Jensen
1964
Bluebell Hunter
1972
Cabbie
1963
1994
Student (uncredited)
1958
Dick Silvers
1986
Honest Earl Edwards
1986
Coach Gregson
1960
Bernie Willis
2000
2003
2012
Capt. Johnson
1964
B-17 Pilot
1964
Captain Johnson
1964
Left Waist Gunner
1964
Mechanic
1964
Lt. Mickey Schwartz
1994
Dazy Perrit
2001
James Arthur Ferris
2001
1965
1967
Mr. Shackleford
1993
Dusty
2001
Alfred Gronevelt
1997
Governor Haskins
1978
Pop Martinelli (uncredited)
1998
Esteban du Plantier
2004
Saul
1995
Jack Gross
1994
Bert Fischer
1998
Sam Catchem
1990
Father Bonotto
1991
Sullivan
1988
2006
Skunker
1991
Lt. Seeman
2000
Young Hood
1968
Spectator at Execution (uncredited)
2001
Paul
2007
Morty O'Reilly
2003
Sheriff
1986
Master Chief Bogg
1994
Bored Man
1963
Chet
1968
La Bont
1980
Self (uncredited)
1977
Dr. Jaelki
1977
George Ullman
1977
Uncle Jack
2002
Dr. Bernard Fairmont
1988
Tony Cataracts
1992
Uncle Al
1996
Sam Simon
2001
Cheese
1987
Don
2005
Wallace Gibson
1988
Seal Trainer
1976
2008
Frank Waxman
2001
Albert
2002
Al (uncredited)
1960
Uncle Leo
1996
1996
Postal Clerk
1964
Unnamed
1980
Carter
1987
Teenager
1960
Mort Weil
1976
Leonard II
1970
Feldshine
1989
Virgil Leach
1993
Dirt
2006
Boyd Fullbright
2005
Sy Lerner
1997
Joe
1992
Grampa
2011
Pop Pop
2011
George Manning
1977
Duke Slusarski
1979
Santino
1993
Sally
2001
Roy
1999
Hatcher
1989
Self
2000
Detective Harris
1997
Sam Goldberg
2002
Barry Tanner
1981
Poppy
2010
Emile Pillsbury
1998
Seymour Moskowitz
1971
Jasper Sabiano
2009
Dr. Frank Curtis
1982
Tony 'Mouth' Donato
2000
Self
2012
Pop
1994
Jack Lawson
1984
Dr. Klapper
1984
Jack McCallister
1994
Dominic Ackers
2014
Principal
2013
Ed Malmburg
1988
Jacob Frischmuth
1997
Blind Lawyer
1979
Dobbs
1979
Self
1997
Saco
2010
Mel
1992
Tom Farrelly
1992
Eddie
1994
Jojo
1990
Store Keeper
1998
Leon / Larry
1994
Frank
1996
Stanley
2002
Sal
1999
Ira Golub
1996
Daniel Vargas
2003
Koenig
1991
Red
1961
The Real Spencer
2014
Bellboy
1964
Alvin
2008
Levenspiel
2006
Dealer
2012
2006
Smiley Mitchell
1980
Cancelled
2020
Father Mivkovek
2014
Self
2000
Bartender
1992
Malcolm Stone
2007
Ralph
1991
Ralph
1973
Guy
2003
Self
2006
Bob
2001
Harry Bridges (old)
1998
Tony
1986
Uncle Bud
1992
Jeff
2005
Chip O'Herlihee
1998
Dave Forrest
1987
Lt. Frank Vaness
1991
Arthur Imperial
2000
Capistrano Minister
1997
Rupert
2007
Ray Rucker
1992
Frank
1993
Samuel Rourke
1994
John Santo
1983
Self
2005
Older Jonathan
1996
Grandfather
2008
Mr. Ruby
2006
Self
2018
Hoover
2005
Francis
1996
Self
1993
1960
Abe Goldman
2008
Detective McKenneth
2010
Janitor
1993
Dino
1998
Film Critic
2012
Wise Guy
1975
Homer Metcalf
1977
Vic
1962
Jack 'Pappy' Schaffer
2005
Self
1989
Jimmy
1999
Bob
1998
2006
Chet (archive footage)
2011
Self
1996
Clayton
2012
Boyle
2014
1994
2010
Eugene Hinkle
2002
Self
1984
Self
1999
First Client
1996
Larry
2008
Francis
2009
Dragan
1999
Mondo
2010
Eddie
2001
Self
2004
Seymour
1960
Harold
2012
Ahilleas
1996
Older man
1996
Man
2012