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Detroit, Michigan, USA
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…
Known for
- Every Night's a Saturday Night — Self2018
- The Dependables — Dominic Ackers2014
- Fort McCoy — Father Mivkovek2014
- Lucky Dog — The Real Spencer2014
- At The Maple Grove — Boyle2014
- The Secret Lives of Dorks — Principal2013
- Booster — Harold2012
- Kingdom Come — Self2012
- Pass the Salt, Please — Man2012
- Broken Kingdom — Clayton2012
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Key facts
- Born
- Seymour Joseph Cassel , ( 1935-01-22 ) January 22, 1935, Detroit, Michigan , U.S.
- Died
- April 7, 2019 (2019-04-07) (aged 84), Los Angeles , California , U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1959–2015
- Spouse
- Elizabeth Deering ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1964 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1983 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Seymour
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- acting
- Image
- Seymour Cassel2.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- English language
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- Seymour Cassel
- date of birth
- 1935-01-22
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- name in native language
- Seymour Cassel
- date of death
- 2019-04-07
- start of work period
- 1959-00-00
- end of work period
- 2019-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- Alzheimer's disease
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Encyclopedic overview
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), It Could Happen to You (1993), Imaginary Crimes (1994), The Sleepy Time Gal (2001), 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).
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