The veteran actor known for his collaborations with actor and director John Cassavetes as well as filmmaker Wes Anderson passed away on April 7 at the age of 84.
- Apr 9, 2019
AceShowbiz - Veteran actor Seymour Cassel has died at the age of 84.
He passed away on Sunday, April 07 following complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Cassel made his movie debut in an uncredited role in actor/director John Cassavetes' 1958 release "Shadows".
Over the next few decades, the two went on to collaborate on "The Webster Boy", "Too Late Blues", and "The Killers", as well as "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie", and "Opening Night", "Love Streams".
Cassel earned an Oscar nomination for their 1968 movie "Faces", while he later worked with filmmaker Wes Anderson on "Rushmore", "The Royal Tenenbaums", and "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou".
His other screen credits included Steve Buscemi comedy "In the Soup" in 1992, and TV series "Under Suspicion", "Good Company", and Tracey Ullman's "Tracey Takes On...".
