Seymour Cassel, the prolific independent film actor who starred in “Faces” and several other John Cassavetes films, has died. He was 84.
The Oscar-nominated actor died Sunday in Los Angeles following complications from Alzheimer’s disease, his son, actor Matthew Cassel, said in a statement to The Times on Monday.Regarded as a veteran journeyman actor and independent-film pioneer, Cassel built a career that spanned six decades and was filled with characters whose unpredictable, live-wire energy were much like his own.
. “I started performing when I was 3; I’d come out in a little checkered suit and pull down the clown's pants — I loved that! “I was a tough guy and was into gangs when I was a teenager,” he said. “I got into a lot of trouble and had a deep distrust of women and was a real angry kid. When I was 17, I was told I had the choice of enlisting in the Navy or going to jail, so I spent the next three years in the Navy.”After that, he became an apprentice at a local theater company, building props and working his way up to acting in small parts.
Cassel was later nominated for an Oscar for his role as a hippie swinger in Cassavetes’ 1968 drama “Faces” and turned in critically acclaimed performances in six other Cassavetes films, including “Minnie and Moskowitz,” “The Killing of a Chinese Bookie” and “Love Streams.” Those led to parts in movies by such industry greats as Sam Peckinpah, Elia Kazan and Nicolas Roeg.
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