Seymour Joseph Cassel (1935-2019) was born in Detroit, Michigan. The veteran character actor who was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as the hippie swinger Chet in John Cassavetes’ Faces (1968), studied acting at the American Theatre Wing and at the Actors Studio. He made his movie debut in Cassavetes’ first film, Shadows (1958), on which he also served as associate producer. Cassel had over 200 IMDb acting credits. Rest in Peace. Mr. Cassel.
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Looks like Gena Rowlands is the only one left from John Cassavetes repertoire company. RIP.
Hey Hank….just goes to show you that even though I thought I knew about him….after further review…I realize he had a much more impressive career than I thought…including his time spent with Cassavetes. Did not even know Cassel had an Oscar nomination before yesterday. He got it for Cassavetes’ Faces in 1968. Thanks for stopping by and commenting. RIP Mr. Cassel.
Seymour Cassel was # 276 on the December 15, 2018 Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list. Back when their site used IMDB data Seymour was actually # 9 at one point. These are all the actors on the Oracle top 1000 he appeared with.
2 HARVEY KEITEL Imaginary Crimes (1994)
6 ROBERT DE NIRO The Last Tycoon (1976)
9 WILLEM DAFOE Animal Factory (2000)
9 WILLEM DAFOE Before It Had a Name (2005)
9 WILLEM DAFOE The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
10 MARTIN SHEEN Dead Presidents (1995)
11 SAMUEL L. JACKSON Trees Lounge (1996)
14 ERNEST BORGNINE Convoy (1978)
14 ERNEST BORGNINE Man on a String (1960)
14 ERNEST BORGNINE Ravagers (1979)
19 DENNIS HOPPER Boiling Point (1993/I)
19 DENNIS HOPPER Chasers (1994)
19 DENNIS HOPPER King of the Mountain (1981)
25 MALCOLM MCDOWELL Bye Bye Benjamin (2006)
25 MALCOLM MCDOWELL Chain of Desire (1992)
26 MICHAEL MADSEN Ballad of the Nightingale (1999)
26 MICHAEL MADSEN Cosmic Radio (2007)
26 MICHAEL MADSEN Trouble Bound (1993)
30 ANTHONY QUINN Mobsters (1991)
34 ALFRED MOLINA The Treat (1998)
34 ALFRED MOLINA When Pigs Fly (1993)
35 HARRY DEAN STANTON Ballad of the Nightingale (1999)
35 HARRY DEAN STANTON Sonny (2002)
35 HARRY DEAN STANTON The Wendell Baker Story (2005)
38 UDO KIER Just One Night (2000)
38 UDO KIER Stingers (1998)
40 ROBERT DUVALL Colors (1988)
40 ROBERT DUVALL The Revolutionary (1970)
46 KEITH DAVID Chasing 3000 (2010)
46 KEITH DAVID Dead Presidents (1995)
46 KEITH DAVID Now Here (2010/I)
48 JOHN CARRADINE The Last Tycoon (1976)
54 JACK NICHOLSON The Last Tycoon (1976)
62 JAMES CAAN Dick Tracy (1990)
62 JAMES CAAN Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
68 CHRISTOPHER LLOYD Track 29 (1988)
73 BURT REYNOLDS The Crew (2000/I)
74 GENE HACKMAN The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
75 DONALD PLEASENCE The Last Tycoon (1976)
83 RICHARD JENKINS It Could Happen to You (1994)
83 RICHARD JENKINS Stealing Harvard (2002)
86 DANNY TREJO Animal Factory (2000)
92 CHARLTON HESTON The Mountain Men (1980)
97 JEANNE MOREAU The Last Tycoon (1976)
103 CLINT EASTWOOD Coogan’s Bluff (1968)
105 ROBERT MITCHUM The Last Tycoon (1976)
108 M. EMMET WALSH Chasing 3000 (2010)
108 M. EMMET WALSH Me and Will (1999)
111 RICHARD HARRIS Ravagers (1979)
115 DUSTIN HOFFMAN Dick Tracy (1990)
116 VAL KILMER Dead Girl (1997)
117 MICHAEL YORK The Treat (1998)
118 STEVE BUSCEMI Animal Factory (2000)
118 STEVE BUSCEMI Deadrockstar (2002)
118 STEVE BUSCEMI Edge of Outside (2006)
118 STEVE BUSCEMI In the Soup (1992)
118 STEVE BUSCEMI Pete Smalls Is Dead (2010)
118 STEVE BUSCEMI Trees Lounge (1996)
118 STEVE BUSCEMI What Happened to Pete (1992)
119 DEAN STOCKWELL Chasers (1994)
121 MICHAEL GAMBON Mobsters (1991)
121 MICHAEL GAMBON The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
123 JEFF GOLDBLUM The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
131 ROBERT VAUGHN Motel Blue (1997)
134 ALEC BALDWIN The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
135 WOODY HARRELSON Indecent Proposal (1993)
143 F. MURRAY ABRAHAM Mobsters (1991)
147 TOM SIZEMORE Love Is Like That (1992)
154 KATHY BATES Dick Tracy (1990)
157 MATT DAMON Stuck on You (2003)
158 JAMES WOODS Best Seller (1987)
160 DANNY GLOVER The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
161 NICOLAS CAGE Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
161 NICOLAS CAGE It Could Happen to You (1994)
161 NICOLAS CAGE Sonny (2002)
162 GARY OLDMAN Track 29 (1988)
166 JON VOIGHT The Revolutionary (1970)
174 ANJELICA HUSTON The Last Tycoon (1976)
174 ANJELICA HUSTON The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
174 ANJELICA HUSTON The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
175 BEN GAZZARA Opening Night (1977)
175 BEN GAZZARA The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
183 FOREST WHITAKER Diary of a Hitman (1991)
192 KRIS KRISTOFFERSON Convoy (1978)
192 KRIS KRISTOFFERSON The Wendell Baker Story (2005)
197 OLIVER PLATT Indecent Proposal (1993)
199 BILL MURRAY Rushmore (1998)
199 BILL MURRAY The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
199 BILL MURRAY The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
200 BRIAN COX Rushmore (1998)
202 ERIC ROBERTS Hollywood Dreams (2006)
204 ELIAS KOTEAS Chain of Desire (1992)
205 PETER FALK Murder, Inc. (1960)
205 PETER FALK Opening Night (1977)
206 STANLEY TUCCI Edge of Outside (2006)
206 STANLEY TUCCI In the Soup (1992)
206 STANLEY TUCCI It Could Happen to You (1994)
209 KEANU REEVES Me and Will (1999)
213 DANNY DEVITO Tin Men (1987)
217 MICKEY ROURKE Animal Factory (2000)
219 OWEN WILSON The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
219 OWEN WILSON The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
219 OWEN WILSON The Wendell Baker Story (2005)
224 JACQUELINE BISSET The Sleepy Time Gal (2001)
224 JACQUELINE BISSET The Sweet Ride (1968)
227 KEENAN WYNN Sunburn (1979)
229 CHARLES DURNING A Constant Forge (2000)
229 CHARLES DURNING Dick Tracy (1990)
230 JEFF COREY The Last Tycoon (1976)
231 TREAT WILLIAMS Hand Gun (1994)
234 TOM BERENGER Chasers (1994)
238 TONY SHALHOUB HONEYMOON IN VEGAS (1992)
244 RANDY QUAID Cold Dog Soup (1990)
257 PAUL SORVINO Dick Tracy (1990)
261 PETER BOYLE Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
268 CAROL KANE In the Soup (1992)
268 CAROL KANE Trees Lounge (1996)
268 CAROL KANE Valentino (1977)
278 AUSTIN PENDLETON Edge of Outside (2006)
278 AUSTIN PENDLETON Manna from Heaven (2002)
279 JASON ISAACS Passionada (2002)
281 CLORIS LEACHMAN Manna from Heaven (2002)
282 VINCENT D’ONOFRIO Imaginary Crimes (1994)
282 VINCENT D’ONOFRIO Little New York (2009)
291 ANNE BANCROFT Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
295 WILL PATTON Cold Heaven (1991)
295 WILL PATTON In the Soup (1992)
295 WILL PATTON This World, Then the Fireworks (1997)
295 WILL PATTON Tollbooth (1994)
300 BILLY ZANE This World, Then the Fireworks (1997)
301 JOE PANTOLIANO Hoods (1998)
307 DAN HEDAYA Boiling Point (1993/I)
307 DAN HEDAYA The Crew (2000/I)
311 SHARON STONE Diary of a Hitman (1991)
324 UMA THURMAN Johnny Be Good (1988)
329 JOHN HEARD Animal Factory (2000)
333 CHRISTIAN SLATER Mobsters (1991)
334 ROBERT REDFORD Indecent Proposal (1993)
337 BILLY BOB THORNTON Indecent Proposal (1993)
337 BILLY BOB THORNTON Trouble Bound (1993)
352 BRIAN KEITH The Mountain Men (1980)
353 CATE BLANCHETT The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
354 WILLIAM H. MACY Welcome to Collinwood (2002)
362 KEVIN POLLAK Cannes Man (1996)
362 KEVIN POLLAK Chameleon (1996/I)
362 KEVIN POLLAK Hoods (1998)
364 RAY LIOTTA Chasing 3000 (2010)
382 ROBERT DOWNEY JR. Johnny Be Good (1988)
383 JOHN RATZENBERGER Valentino (1977)
387 LIN SHAYE Stuck on You (2003)
390 BURT YOUNG Convoy (1978)
392 BRIAN DENNEHY Best Seller (1987)
393 JAMES REMAR White Fang (1991/I)
403 AL PACINO Dick Tracy (1990)
406 GARY BUSEY Chasers (1994)
406 GARY BUSEY Eye of the Tiger (1986)
409 MICHAEL LERNER Pete Smalls Is Dead (2010)
410 WOODY STRODE Ravagers (1979)
412 DAVID PAYMER Bartleby (2001)
412 DAVID PAYMER The Burial Society (2002)
415 VALERIA GOLINO I sfagi tou kokora (1996)
422 PETER VAUGHAN Valentino (1977)
426 LUIS GUZMAN Hand Gun (1994)
426 LUIS GUZMAN Welcome to Collinwood (2002)
429 DON CHEADLE Colors (1988)
431 HENRY SILVA Dick Tracy (1990)
435 ROBERT STACK Plain Clothes (1988)
444 DEBI MAZAR Cosas que nunca te dije (1996)
444 DEBI MAZAR In the Soup (1992)
444 DEBI MAZAR Love Is Like That (1992)
444 DEBI MAZAR Trees Lounge (1996)
448 DEMI MOORE Indecent Proposal (1993)
454 JAMES GAMMON Black Oak Conspiracy (1977)
455 ROSANNA ARQUETTE Welcome to California (2005)
460 SEAN PENN Colors (1988)
461 DIANE BAKER Imaginary Crimes (1994)
464 BEN STILLER THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (2001)
465 STUART WHITMAN Murder, Inc. (1960)
474 TONY CURTIS The Last Tycoon (1976)
480 KEVIN CORRIGAN Lonesome Jim (2005)
480 KEVIN CORRIGAN Trees Lounge (1996)
481 KAREN BLACK Hollywood Dreams (2006)
482 JOHN C. MCGINLEY Stealing Harvard (2002)
495 BO HOPKINS Getting to Know You (1999)
498 MAURY CHAYKIN Bartleby (2001)
501 RAY MILLAND The Last Tycoon (1976)
507 TOM ARNOLD Animal Factory (2000)
508 BARBARA HERSHEY Tin Men (1987)
510 ALLEN GARFIELD Dick Tracy (1990)
510 ALLEN GARFIELD Obsession (1997)
515 JOE MANTEGNA Hoods (1998)
518 ERIC STOLTZ FORT MCCOY (2011)
531 DIANE LADD Murder, Inc. (1960)
531 DIANE LADD Plain Clothes (1988)
533 ETHAN HAWKE Little New York (2009)
533 ETHAN HAWKE White Fang (1991/I)
535 LESLIE CARON Valentino (1977)
538 AMANDA PLUMMER Dead Girl (1997)
543 ANGIE DICKINSON The Killers (1964)
547 RICHARD DREYFUSS The Crew (2000/I)
547 RICHARD DREYFUSS Tin Men (1987)
552 GEORGE CLOONEY Welcome to Collinwood (2002)
557 JEREMY PIVEN The Crew (2000/I)
559 WESLEY SNIPES Boiling Point (1993/I)
571 LUKE WILSON Rushmore (1998)
571 LUKE WILSON Stuck on You (2003)
571 LUKE WILSON The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
571 LUKE WILSON The Wendell Baker Story (2005)
579 ALEX ROCCO Now Here (2010/I)
582 RICHARD EDSON Cosas que nunca te dije (1996)
582 RICHARD EDSON Love Is Like That (1992)
582 RICHARD EDSON This World, Then the Fireworks (1997)
582 RICHARD EDSON Welcome to California (2005)
584 JENNIFER TILLY Hoods (1998)
584 JENNIFER TILLY Johnny Be Good (1988)
584 JENNIFER TILLY Relax… It’s Just Sex (1998)
584 JENNIFER TILLY The Crew (2000/I)
587 CHRIS PENN Cannes Man (1996)
587 CHRIS PENN Imaginary Crimes (1994)
587 CHRIS PENN Mobsters (1991)
587 CHRIS PENN Stealing Harvard (2002)
605 LIONEL STANDER Wicked Stepmother (1989)
609 MARTIN SCORSESE Edge of Outside (2006)
614 WILLIAM FORSYTHE Dick Tracy (1990)
614 WILLIAM FORSYTHE King of the Mountain (1981)
623 VIGGO MORTENSEN Boiling Point (1993/I)
626 GWYNETH PALTROW The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
640 MELISSA LEO HOLLYWOOD DREAMS (2006)
644 JEFFREY JONES The Revolutionary (1970)
652 LILI TAYLOR Cosas que nunca te dije (1996)
654 MARSHALL BELL Black and White (1999/II)
654 MARSHALL BELL Dick Tracy (1990)
654 MARSHALL BELL Johnny Be Good (1988)
663 DERMOT MULRONEY THERE GOES MY BABY (1994)
667 LENA HEADEY PETE SMALLS IS DEAD (2010)
670 J.T. WALSH Tin Men (1987)
677 MARK RUFFALO There Goes My Baby (1994)
681 ED BEGLEY JR. Welcome to California (2005)
686 SAM ROCKWELL In the Soup (1992)
686 SAM ROCKWELL Welcome to Collinwood (2002)
689 ANTON DIFFRING Valentino (1977)
693 JAMES RUSSO A Good Night to Die (2003)
693 JAMES RUSSO Cold Heaven (1991)
697 SEAN YOUNG Motel Blue (1997)
704 VIRGINIA MADSEN Ballad of the Nightingale (1999)
706 RICHARD PORTNOW Ballad of the Nightingale (1999)
706 RICHARD PORTNOW Tin Men (1987)
712 SALLY KELLERMAN Women of the Night (2001)
714 MICHAEL J. POLLARD Dick Tracy (1990)
721 JOHN HAWKES Johnny Be Good (1988)
721 JOHN HAWKES Sweet Underground (2004)
723 DYLAN MCDERMOTT THE TENANTS (2005)
729 PATRICK BAUCHAU Chain of Desire (1992)
729 PATRICK BAUCHAU Dark Side of Genius (1994)
730 LOUISE FLETCHER Johnny 316 (1998)
730 LOUISE FLETCHER Manna from Heaven (2002)
730 LOUISE FLETCHER Tollbooth (1994)
733 DANIEL CRAIG Obsession (1997)
745 HARRY SHEARER Plain Clothes (1988)
747 GINA GERSHON Black and White (1999/II)
747 GINA GERSHON This World, Then the Fireworks (1997)
752 FAMKE JANSSEN Dead Girl (1997)
756 TIMOTHY HUTTON Just One Night (2000)
758 GRACE ZABRISKIE Chain of Desire (1992)
758 GRACE ZABRISKIE Me and Will (1999)
758 GRACE ZABRISKIE Seed (1997)
760 LEE MARVIN The Killers (1964)
761 JAMES FRANCO Sonny (2002)
764 FRANKIE FAISON The Sleepy Time Gal (2001)
765 COLM MEANEY Dick Tracy (1990)
769 SNOOP DOGG THE TENANTS (2005)
772 SALLY KIRKLAND Double Exposure (1983)
772 SALLY KIRKLAND Hollywood Dreams (2006)
775 GENA ROWLANDS Faces (1968/I)
775 GENA ROWLANDS Love Streams (1984)
775 GENA ROWLANDS Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)
775 GENA ROWLANDS Opening Night (1977)
775 GENA ROWLANDS Shadows (1959)
794 JOAN COLLINS Sunburn (1979)
796 WILL FERRELL The Wendell Baker Story (2005)
801 BETTE DAVIS Wicked Stepmother (1989)
815 DANA ANDREWS The Last Tycoon (1976)
816 PAUL WINFIELD Relax… It’s Just Sex (1998)
818 BILLY CONNOLLY INDECENT PROPOSAL (1993)
831 COLLEEN CAMP Death Game (1977)
831 COLLEEN CAMP Track 29 (1988)
831 COLLEEN CAMP Wicked Stepmother (1989)
835 BRIDGET FONDA It Could Happen to You (1994)
847 BUD CORT The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
852 ANNE ARCHER There Goes My Baby (1994)
866 PERCY HERBERT Valentino (1977)
875 PATRICIA CLARKSON WELCOME TO COLLINWOOD (2002)
879 JAY LENO Stuck on You (2003)
880 SARAH JESSICA PARKER Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
882 PETER GALLAGHER Cannes Man (1996)
889 RICHARD LYNCH Death Game (2001)
895 TIM GUINEE CHAIN OF DESIRE (1992)
910 MIMI ROGERS Trees Lounge (1996)
918 MIGUEL SANDOVAL The Crew (2000/I)
921 RICHARD BRIGHT Getting to Know You (1999)
931 WILLIAM HOOTKINS This World, Then the Fireworks (1997)
931 WILLIAM HOOTKINS Valentino (1977)
947 MARY KAY PLACE LONESOME JIM (2005)
951 GREG KINNEAR Stuck on You (2003)
956 YAPHET KOTTO Eye of the Tiger (1986)
1000 MANDY PATINKIN Dick Tracy (1990)
HM (975) DAVID OGDEN-STEIRS NOT DEAD YET (2009)
Seymour appeared with 36 Oscar winners.
AL PACINO Dick Tracy (1990)
ANJELICA HUSTON The Last Tycoon (1976)
ANJELICA HUSTON The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
ANJELICA HUSTON The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
ANNE BANCROFT Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
ANTHONY QUINN Mobsters (1991)
ART CARNEY Ravagers (1979)
ART CARNEY Sunburn (1979)
BETTE DAVIS Wicked Stepmother (1989)
CASEY AFFLECK LONESOME JIM (2005)
CATE BLANCHETT The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
CHARLTON HESTON The Mountain Men (1980)
CHER Stuck on You (2003)
CLORIS LEACHMAN Manna from Heaven (2002)
DUSTIN HOFFMAN Dick Tracy (1990)
ERNEST BORGNINE Convoy (1978)
ERNEST BORGNINE Man on a String (1960)
ERNEST BORGNINE Ravagers (1979)
F. MURRAY ABRAHAM Mobsters (1991)
FOREST WHITAKER Diary of a Hitman (1991)
GARY OLDMAN Track 29 (1988)
GENE HACKMAN The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
GWYNETH PALTROW The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
J. K. SIMMONS Postal (2007)
JACK NICHOLSON The Last Tycoon (1976)
JON VOIGHT The Revolutionary (1970)
KATHY BATES Dick Tracy (1990)
LEE MARVIN The Killers (1964)
LOUISE FLETCHER Johnny 316 (1998)
LOUISE FLETCHER Manna from Heaven (2002)
LOUISE FLETCHER Tollbooth (1994)
MELISSA LEO HOLLYWOOD DREAMS (2006)
NICOLAS CAGE Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
NICOLAS CAGE It Could Happen to You (1994)
NICOLAS CAGE Sonny (2002)
PATRICIA ARQUETTE TROUBLE BOUND (1993)
RAY MILLAND The Last Tycoon (1976)
RED BUTTONS It Could Happen to You (1994)
RICHARD DREYFUSS The Crew (2000/I)
RICHARD DREYFUSS Tin Men (1987)
ROBERT DE NIRO The Last Tycoon (1976)
ROBERT DUVALL Colors (1988)
ROBERT DUVALL The Revolutionary (1970)
SAM ROCKWELL In the Soup (1992)
SEAN PENN Colors (1988)
SHIRLEY JONES Manna from Heaven (2002)
TIMOTHY HUTTON Just One Night (2000)
Hey Dan….thanks for sharing this list to celebrate his movie career and this sad day. 36 Oscar winners for an actor that has over 200 acting credits seems low….but most of his career was spent in low budget indy movies….and many Oscar winners do not have that same trait.
Looking at the massive first list (to be expected…as he is in the Top 300)….is fun. Lots of favorites are on that list. People like Luke Wilson at #571, Steve Buscemi at #118, James Caan at #62, Sam Rockwell at #686 and Bill Murray #199. Good tribute. RIP
Sad news. He was the perfect character actor. Seen often yet never stole the thunder from the leading stars.
Good point SteinHoF16. Very well said. Rest in Peace Mr. Cassel.