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