1. Seymour Joseph Cassel was an American actor who appeared in over 200 films and television shows, with a career spanning over 50 years.
16 Facts About Seymour Cassel
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Seymour Cassel appeared in other notable films, including: Coogan's Bluff, The Last Tycoon, Valentino, Convoy, Johnny Be Good, Mobsters, In the Soup, Honeymoon in Vegas, Indecent Proposal, The Sleepy Time Gal, Imaginary Crimes, Beer League, and Fort McCoy.
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Seymour Cassel's mother was remarried to a master sergeant in the US Army Air Forces, and the family moved to Panama, where Cassel's stepfather was said to have won a nightclub in a game of craps.
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Seymour Cassel later said that at 17, he was given a choice: join the Navy, or go to jail.
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Seymour Cassel picked the military, and after three years of service and a brief stint in college, he returned to Detroit, where he built props for a theater company and took small acting roles.
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Seymour Cassel made his film debut in the first film Cassavetes directed, Shadows, on which he served as associate producer.
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Seymour Cassel appeared in The Lloyd Bridges Show in the episode "A Pair of Boots", directed by his friend Cassavetes.
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Seymour Cassel appeared as "Cancelled", one of Colonel Gumm's henchmen in the 1960s Batman TV episode "A Piece of the Action", which featured guest stars Van Williams and Bruce Lee as The Green Hornet and Kato, respectively.
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In 1968, Seymour Cassel was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Chet in John Cassavetes's Faces.
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Seymour Cassel was very supportive of the American independent film community, especially in the wake of Cassavetes's death.
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Seymour Cassel had a small role in Steve Buscemi's directorial debut Trees Lounge and appeared in three films by Wes Anderson: Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums and The Life Aquatic.
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Seymour Cassel had a featured role alongside Jacqueline Bisset in Christopher Munch's critically acclaimed low-budget drama The Sleepy Time Gal.
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Seymour Cassel appeared for four seasons on comedian Tracey Ullman's television series Tracey Takes On.
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Seymour Cassel married Elizabeth Deering in 1964; they had two children before divorcing in 1983.
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Seymour Cassel died on April 7,2019, aged 84, of Alzheimer's disease.
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Seymour Cassel won the National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Faces.