1935-01-22 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 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).
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Every Night's a Saturday Night | Self | 2018-04-28 |
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Lucky Dog | The Real Spencer | 2014-08-29 |
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At The Maple Grove | Boyle | 2014-01-01 |
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Fort McCoy | Father Mivkovek | 2014-01-01 |
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The Dependables | Dominic Ackers | 2014-06-03 |
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The Secret Lives of Dorks | Principal | 2013-09-27 |
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Pass the Salt, Please | Man | 2012-04-20 |
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Lost Angeles | Film Critic | 2012-09-16 |
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Broken Kingdom | Clayton | 2012-10-02 |
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Silver Case | Dealer | 2012-01-26 |
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Kingdom Come | Self | 2012-04-28 |
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Booster | Harold | 2012-10-12 |
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Freerunner | Grampa | 2011-09-14 |
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L!fe Happens | Pop Pop | 2011-06-18 |
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Faces | Chet (archive footage) | 2011-11-19 |
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The Aristofrogs | 2010-08-19 | |
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Χωρίς Σύνορα | Detective McKenneth | 2010-10-21 |
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Pete Smalls Is Dead | Saco | 2010-09-17 |
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Back Nine | Mondo | 2010-09-14 |
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Chasing 3000 | Poppy | 2010-07-16 |
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Staten Island | Jasper Sabiano | 2009-02-07 |
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Not Dead Yet | Francis | 2009-01-01 |
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To Love and Die | Grandfather | 2008-12-30 |
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Beau Jest | Abe Goldman | 2008-02-22 |
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Reach for Me | Alvin | 2008-10-01 |
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Big Heart City | Larry | 2008-01-01 |
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Postal | Paul | 2007-10-18 |
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Cosmic Radio | Malcolm Stone | 2007-10-27 |
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Hollywood Dreams | Rupert | 2007-05-25 |
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Ray of Sunshine | 2006-08-17 | |
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Bye Bye Benjamin | Mr. Ruby | 2006-01-31 |
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Edge of Outside | Self | 2006-06-11 |
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Sea of Dreams | 2006-11-09 | |
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The Tenants | Levenspiel | 2006-02-03 |
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Beer League | Dirt | 2006-09-15 |
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Before It Had a Name | Jeff | 2005-09-10 |
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Circadian Rhythm | Hoover | 2005-11-03 |
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The Wendell Baker Story | Boyd Fullbright | 2005-08-03 |
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Bittersweet Place | Jack 'Pappy' Schaffer | 2005-04-26 |
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This Is an Adventure | Self | 2005-05-10 |
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Lonesome Jim | Don | 2005-11-16 |
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Esteban du Plantier | 2004-12-10 |
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Making 'Faces' | Self | 2004-01-01 |
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Passionada | Daniel Vargas | 2003-08-17 |
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A Good Night to Die | Guy | 2003-05-03 |
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Stuck on You | Morty O'Reilly | 2003-12-10 |
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Sonny | Albert | 2002-10-26 |
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The Burial Society | Sam Goldberg | 2002-10-07 |
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Stealing Harvard | Uncle Jack | 2002-09-13 |
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The Biz | Eugene Hinkle | 2002-08-28 |
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Manna from Heaven | Stanley | 2002-09-14 |
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The Cure for Boredom | Eddie | 2001-10-02 |
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Bartleby | Frank Waxman | 2001-03-10 |
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61* | Sam Simon | 2001-04-28 |
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The Man Who Wasn't There | Spectator at Execution (uncredited) | 2001-10-26 |
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The Royal Tenenbaums | Dusty | 2001-10-05 |
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The Sleepy Time Gal | Bob | 2001-01-24 |
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Women of the Night | Sally | 2001-01-01 |
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Animal Factory | Lt. Seeman | 2000-10-13 |
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Just One Night | Arthur Imperial | 2000-09-26 |
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A Constant Forge | Self | 2000-01-01 |
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The Making of 'Rushmore' | Self | 2000-01-25 |
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The Crew | Tony 'Mouth' Donato | 2000-08-21 |
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Black & White | Sal | 1999-11-29 |
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Me and Will | Roy | 1999-07-10 |
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Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage | Self | 1999-10-07 |
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Kubanisch rauchen | Dragan | 1999-08-19 |
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Ballad of the Nightingale | Jimmy | 1999-05-07 |
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The Treat | Chip O'Herlihee | 1998-09-10 |
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Snapped | Bob | 1998-09-12 |
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Stingers | Dino | 1998-10-31 |
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Johnny 316 | Store Keeper | 1998-03-20 |
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Emma's Wish | Harry Bridges (old) | 1998-10-18 |
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Rushmore | Bert Fischer | 1998-12-11 |
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Hoods | Pop Martinelli (uncredited) | 1998-08-05 |
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Relax... It's Just Sex | Emile Pillsbury | 1998-06-28 |
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Motel Blue | Capistrano Minister | 1997-12-16 |
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Obsession | Jacob Frischmuth | 1997-08-28 |
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Who Is Henry Jaglom? | Self | 1997-07-08 |
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This World, Then the Fireworks | Detective Harris | 1997-07-11 |
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Caméléone | Francis | 1996-10-09 |
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Turnpike | Older man | 1996-09-17 |
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The Last Home Run | Older Jonathan | 1996-08-15 |
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Trees Lounge | Uncle Al | 1996-05-11 |
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Cannes Man | Sy Lerner | 1996-06-03 |
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Seed | First Client | 1996-01-01 |
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John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All | Self | 1996-01-28 |
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Dead Girl | Ira Golub | 1996-09-22 |
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Η Σφαγή του Κόκορα | Ahilleas | 1996-08-13 |
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Dream for an Insomniac | Uncle Leo | 1996-04-18 |
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Things I never told you | Frank | 1996-04-24 |
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Dead Presidents | Saul | 1995-09-29 |
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Hand Gun | Jack McCallister | 1994-10-01 |
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Dark Side of Genius | Samuel Rourke | 1994-08-12 |
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There Goes My Baby | Pop | 1994-09-02 |
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It Could Happen to You | Jack Gross | 1994-07-16 |
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Tollbooth | Leon / Larry | 1994-11-01 |
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Chasers | Master Chief Bogg | 1994-04-22 |
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Ouf! | 1994-11-01 | |
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Imaginary Crimes | Eddie | 1994-10-14 |
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Partners | Janitor | 1993-11-12 |
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Trouble Bound | Santino | 1993-01-09 |
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Boiling Point | Virgil Leach | 1993-04-16 |
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When Pigs Fly | Frank | 1993-09-12 |
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Anything for John | Self | 1993-09-06 |
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Indecent Proposal | Mr. Shackleford | 1993-04-07 |
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What Happened to Pete | Bartender | 1992-03-02 |
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Chain of Desire | Mel | 1992-05-26 |
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Love Is Like That | Uncle Bud | 1992-06-01 |
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Honeymoon in Vegas | Tony Cataracts | 1992-08-28 |
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Adventures in Spying | Ray Rucker | 1992-12-06 |
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Cold Heaven | Tom Farrelly | 1992-05-29 |
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In the Soup | Joe | 1992-10-23 |
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Diary of a Hitman | Koenig | 1991-11-20 |
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Face of a Stranger | Ralph | 1991-12-29 |
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Mobsters | Father Bonotto | 1991-07-26 |
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White Fang | Skunker | 1991-01-18 |
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Dead in the Water | Lt. Frank Vaness | 1991-12-04 |
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Dick Tracy | Sam Catchem | 1990-04-05 |
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Cold Dog Soup | Jojo | 1990-09-06 |
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Wicked Stepmother | Feldshine | 1989-02-03 |
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Arena - John Cassavetes | Self | 1989-02-24 |
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Sweet Bird of Youth | Hatcher | 1989-10-01 |
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Plain Clothes | Ed Malmburg | 1988-04-15 |
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Colors | Sullivan | 1988-04-15 |
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Johnny Be Good | Wallace Gibson | 1988-03-22 |
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Track 29 | Dr. Bernard Fairmont | 1988-05-15 |
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Best Seller | Carter | 1987-09-25 |
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Survival Game | Dave Forrest | 1987-10-23 |
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Tin Men | Cheese | 1987-03-06 |
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Beverly Hills Madam | Tony | 1986-04-06 |
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Eye of the Tiger | Sheriff | 1986-07-07 |
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I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work | Self | 1984-07-01 |
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Young Lust: A Soap Opera | Dr. Klapper | 1984-04-27 |
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Love Streams | Jack Lawson | 1984-03-22 |
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I Want to Live | John Santo | 1983-05-09 |
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Double Exposure | Dr. Frank Curtis | 1982-09-03 |
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King of the Mountain | Barry Tanner | 1981-04-04 |
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The Mountain Men | La Bont | 1980-06-01 |
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Angel on My Shoulder | Smiley Mitchell | 1980-05-11 |
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The Jazz Singer | Unnamed | 1980-12-17 |
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California Dreaming | Duke Slusarski | 1979-04-01 |
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Ravagers | Blind Lawyer | 1979-06-26 |
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Sunburn | Dobbs | 1979-08-10 |
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Convoy | Governor Haskins | 1978-06-27 |
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Opening Night | Self (uncredited) | 1977-12-22 |
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Scott Joplin | Dr. Jaelki | 1977-02-11 |
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Death Game | George Manning | 1977-05-01 |
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Valentino | George Ullman | 1977-09-07 |
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Black Oak Conspiracy | Homer Metcalf | 1977-04-20 |
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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie | Mort Weil | 1976-02-15 |
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The Last Tycoon | Seal Trainer | 1976-11-18 |
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Moment to Moment | Wise Guy | 1975-01-01 |
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Nightside | Ralph | 1973-04-15 |
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Minnie and Moskowitz | Seymour Moskowitz | 1971-12-22 |
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The Revolutionary | Leonard II | 1970-07-15 |
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Faces | Chet | 1968-11-24 |
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Coogan's Bluff | Young Hood | 1968-10-02 |
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The Killers | Postal Clerk | 1964-07-07 |
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The Hanged Man | Bellboy | 1964-11-18 |
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The Nutty Professor | Bored Man | 1963-06-04 |
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The Webster Boy | Vic | 1962-06-01 |
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Too Late Blues | Red | 1961-11-01 |
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Juke Box Racket | Seymour | 1960-05-01 |
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Shadows | Al (uncredited) | 1960-10-14 |
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Murder, Inc. | Teenager | 1960-06-28 |
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Man on a String | 1960-03-25 |
