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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).
Acted in 178
2010s
- 2014
Fort McCoy
Father Mivkovek
At The Maple Grove
Boyle
- 2013
The Secret Lives of Dorks
Principal
- 2012
Broken Kingdom
Clayton
Lost Angeles
Film Critic
Silver Case
Dealer
- 2011
Faces
Chet (archive footage)
- 2010
Without Borders
Detective McKenneth
Chasing 3000
Poppy
2000s
- 2009
- 2008
To Love and Die
Grandfather
Reach for Me
Alvin
Beau Jest
Abe Goldman
- 2007
Hollywood Dreams
Rupert
- 2006
Sea of Dreams
Tomaso
Ray of Sunshine
Movie
Bye Bye Benjamin
Mr. Ruby
- 2005
Circadian Rhythm
Hoover
Bittersweet Place
Jack 'Pappy' Schaffer
- 2004
- 2003
Passionada
Daniel Vargas
A Good Night to Die
Guy
Lucky
TV
- 2002
The Burial Society
Sam Goldberg
Manna from Heaven
Stanley
The Biz
Eugene Hinkle
- 2001
The Cure for Boredom
Eddie
The Sleepy Time Gal
Bob
Women of the Night
Sally
- 2000
Just One Night
Arthur Imperial
1990s
- 1999
Smoking Cuban Style
Dragan
Ballad of the Nightingale
Jimmy
- 1998
Stingers
Dino
Emma's Wish
Harry Bridges (old)
Snapped
Bob
Relax... It's Just Sex
Emile
Johnny 316
Store Keeper
- 1997
Motel Blue
Capistrano Minister
Obsession
Jacob Frischmuth
The Last Don
Alfred Gronevelt · 2 episodes
- 1996
Chameleon
Francis
Dead Girl
Ira Golub
The Last Home Run
Older Jonathan
Slaughter of the Cock
Ahilleas
Things I Never Told You
Frank
Seed
First Client
- 1995
- 1994
Tollbooth
Leon / Larry
Under Suspicion
Lt. Mickey Schwartz · 18 episodes
There Goes My Baby
Pop
Dark Side of Genius
Samuel Rourke
- 1993
Partners
Janitor
When Pigs Fly
Frank
Trouble Bound
Santino
- 1992
Adventures in Spying
Ray Rucker
Chain of Desire
Mel
What Happened to Pete
Bartender
- 1991
Face of a Stranger
Ralph
Dead in the Water
Lt. Frank Vaness
- 1990
Cold Dog Soup
Jojo
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
Plain Clothes
Ed Malmburg
- 1987
Survival Game
Dave Forrest
- 1986
Beverly Hills Madam
Tony
- 1984
Love Streams
Jack Lawson
- 1983
I Want to Live
John Santo
- 1982
- 1981
- 1980
Angel on My Shoulder
Smiley Mitchell
1970s
- 1979
Sunburn
Dobbs
Ravagers
Blind Lawyer
California Dreaming
Duke Slusarski
- 1978
- 1977
Death Game
George Manning
Black Oak Conspiracy
Homer Metcalf
Scott Joplin
Dr. Jaelki
- 1976
The Last Tycoon
Seal Trainer
- 1975
Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight
Wise Guy
- 1973
Nightside
Ralph
- 1972
- 1971
Minnie and Moskowitz
Seymour Moskowitz
- 1970
The Revolutionary
Leonard II
1960s
- 1968
- 1967
- 1966
- 1965
- 1964
The Hanged Man
Bellboy
The Killers
Postal Clerk
- 1963
- 1962
The Webster Boy
Vic
- 1961
Too Late Blues
Red
- 1960
Murder, Inc.
Teenager
Juke Box Racket
Seymour
Man on a String
Hotel Pageboy (uncredited)
Produced 1
1960s
- 1960
Appearances12
2010s
- 2018
Every Night's a Saturday Night
Self
- 2012
2000s
- 2006
Edge of Outside
Self
- 2005
This Is an Adventure
Self
- 2004
Making 'Faces'
Self
- 2000
A Constant Forge
Self
The Making of 'Rushmore'
Self
1990s
- 1999
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
Self
- 1997
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Self
- 1993
Anything for John
Self
1980s
- 1984
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
Self
1970s
- 1977
