Jack Cassidy

Jack Cassidy

Nascimento : 1927-03-05, Richmond Hill, New York, U.S.

Morte : 1976-12-12

História

John Joseph Edward “Jack” Cassidy (March 5, 1927 – December 12, 1976) was an American actor of stage, film and screen. His frequent professional persona was that of an urbane, super-confident egotist with a dramatic flair, much in the manner of Broadway actor Frank Fay. Cassidy perfected this character to such an extent that he was cast as the legendary John Barrymore in the feature film W.C. Fields and Me. The role of the vain, shallow, buffoon-like newsman Ted Baxter on TV's The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977) was written with Cassidy in mind. However, Cassidy turned down the role, feeling that it was not right for him, and the part went to Ted Knight. Cassidy later appeared as a guest star in a 1971 episode as Ted's highly competitive and equally egocentric brother, Hal. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Cassidy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Perfil

Jack Cassidy

Filmes

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Damon Runyon
The files that escaped the shredder have become an incredible motion picture. From the Kennedys to Martin Luther King. From cab drivers to Congressmen. From housewives to hostesses. He had something on 58 million people. It was all in his files. Now you can see how he used it.
Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover
Jules Rosen
Two undercover cops find their avocation -- a musical act -- helpful in tapping informants on the Las Vegas Strip regarding the alleged kidnapping of a top entertainer in this pilot for a series that never materialized.
W.C. Fields and Me
John Barrymore
In 1920s New York City, W. C. Fields is a successful headlining entertainer, but when his girlfriend leaves him and his broker loses his money, Fields begins anew in California. Working at a wax museum, Fields eventually lands a film role that ascends him to stardom. Back in the limelight and palling around with John Barrymore and the like, Fields meets an aspiring actress Carlotta Monti at a party, with whom he forms a rocky relationship.
Knuckle
Patrick Delafield
Curley Delafield, a young arms merchant, is determined to discover the secret behind the disappearance of his sister Sarah.
Escalado para Morrer
Miles Mellough
Professor de arte e colecionador de obras de arte, Jonathan Hemlock (Clint Eastwood) financia seu hobby fazendo "eliminação" para um obscuro orgão do governo. Apesar de estar aposentado, ele é forçado, através de chantagem, a fazer um último trabalho. Segundo a organização, a vítima é um dos três alpinistas que tentarão escalar o Eiger pela face norte. Trata-se de uma empreitada bem difícil, tanto que o próprio Hemlock já fracassou duas vezes ao tentar escalá-lo. Para ajudá-lo no seu preparo Jonathan conta com Ben Bowman (George Kennedy), de quem é amigo há vários anos.
The Phantom of Hollywood
Otto Vonner / Karl Vonner
The internationally famous Worldwide Studios has hit hard times and is forced to sell its backlot to Hollywood property developers. The trouble is someone keeps killing off the site surveyors. The studio chiefs then learn of the legend of a masked man who lives on the lot and is sworn to protect it from harm
June Moon
Paul Sears
In this rousing satire a native upstate New York clerk comes to 1920s Manhattan with dreams of making in big on Tin Pan Alley.
Your Money Or Your Wife
Josh Darwin, the TV Producer
TV script about a kidnapping inspires real-life plot.
Bunny O'Hare
Lieutenant Horace Greeley
Bette Davis handles the title role in this highly offbeat crime comedy about two aging hippies who elect to rob a bank to restore Bunny O'Hare's financial affairs after she's been unjustly evicted and rendered homeless. When that heist ends up paying off, rather than take off for the border, Bunny opts for a life of crime with her new partner, Bill Green, played by fellow Oscar-winner Ernest Borgnine.
George M!
Jerry Cohan
Based on the semi-hit Broadway musical of 1968 starring Joel Grey, this TV version has been re-fashioned in significant ways. The premise here is that a small group of modern-day performers have gotten together in a rehearsal studio to celebrate George M. Cohan's life and work. Joel Grey and Bernadette Peters (also from the original cast) and the other cast members are apparently playing themselves, with Austin Pendleton serving as a stage manager/director.
The Andersonville Trial
Otis Baker
A dramatization of the 1865 war-crimes trial of Henry Wirz, commandant of the notorious Confederate POW camp at Andersonville, Georgia.
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Roger Hand
A simple-minded blacksmith named Charley, well loved by the townsfolk, saves for a year to send off for a mail-order bride.
Annie: the Women in the Life of a Man
Himself
A CBS television special, renowned for its legendary "Yma, Ava....Yma, Uta... Yma, Oona" sequence. Annie: the Women in the Life of a Man (1970), won Anne Bancroft her only Emmy for her portrayal of 14 different woman in 14 musical and comedy sketches. Bancroft's husband Mel Brooks contributed to the script and also appears onscreen.
FBI Code 98
Walter Macklin
A bomb is discovered in the luggage of a businessman traveling aboard a plane.
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
Bob Cratchit (voice)
In this animated musical version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", Ebenezer Scrooge - via Mr. Magoo's starring performance in a stage production of the classic - doesn't have a ghost of a chance unless he learns the true meaning of Christmas from the three spirits who haunt him one Christmas Eve.
Look in Any Window
Gareth Lowell
A teenager's parents finally realize how bad their home life is when their son is arrested for prowling.