Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
3/5/1927
Place of Birth
Richmond Hill, New York, USA
Also Known As
ジャック・キャシディ
Jack Cassidy
Biography
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, feelin...
Known For
The Eiger Sanction
as Miles Mellough
George M!
as Jerry Cohan
June Moon
as Paul Sears
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
as Damon Runyon
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
as Bob Cratchit (voice)
Knuckle
as Patrick Delafield
The Andersonville Trial
as Otis Baker
The Phantom of Hollywood
as Otto Vonner / Karl Vonner
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as Roger Hand
Bunny O'Hare
as Lieutenant Horace Greeley
A Time For Love
as Tom Pierson
Death Among Friends
as Chico Donovan
Your Money or Your Wife
as Josh Darwin
FBI Code 98
as Walter Macklin
W.C. Fields and Me
as John Barrymore
Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man
as Himself
Look in Any Window
as Gareth Lowell
Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover
as Jules Rosen
Career Timeline
1977
1975
1971
1970
Night Gallery
as Marius Davis (segment "The Last Laurel")
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Hal Baxter
George M!
as Jerry Cohan
The Andersonville Trial
as Otis Baker
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as Roger Hand
Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man
as Himself
McCloud
as Lord Charles Bridges