Seymour Cassel
American actor (1935–2019)
Seymour Joseph Cassel 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).
Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 12 films (1958–1996) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 3 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).
| Year ▲ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Shadows | Ideal Pictures Inc | 87 min | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1960 | Murder, Inc. | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp | 103 min | 35mm | B&W | sound |
| 1960 | Shadows | Maurice McEndree, Pnico Papatakis, Seymour Cassel production ; screenplay, improvised by cast and director ; directed by John Cassavetes. | 87 | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1961 | Too Late Blues. | Paramount Pictures Corp. | 96 min | 35mm | B&W | sound |
| 1968 | Coogan's Bluff. | Universal Pictures | 90 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1968 | Faces | John Cassavetes | ||||
| 1976 | The Killing of a Chinese Bookie | John Cassavetes | ||||
| 1979 | California Dreaming | John D. Hancock | ||||
| 1979 | The Mountain Men | Columbia Picture Corp | 100 min | 16mm | Color | sound |
| 1990 | Dick Tracy | Warren Beatty | 103 min | 16mm | Color | |
| 1991 | White Fang | Films Incorporated Video | 104 min | 16mm | Color | sound |
| 1996 | Turnpike | Asphalt Institute Bldg | 16mm | sound |