Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 5, 1927
Place of Birth
Richmond Hill, New York, USA
Also Known As
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Jack Cassidy
Biography
John Joseph Edward βJackβ Cassidy (March 5, 1927 β 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 (1970β1977) 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.
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Known For - Movies
The Eiger Sanction
as Miles Mellough
W.C. Fields and Me
as John Barrymore
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
as Damon Runyon
Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man
as Himself
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
as Bob Cratchit (voice)
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as Roger Hand
Look in Any Window
as Gareth Lowell
Bunny O'Hare
as Lieutenant Horace Greeley
FBI Code 98
as Walter Macklin
June Moon
as Paul Sears
Known For - TV Shows
Columbo
as Ken Franklin
Columbo
as Riley Greenleaf
Columbo
as The Great Santini
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Bonanza
as Kevin O'Casey
Bewitched
as Rance Butler
Bewitched
as George Dinsdale
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Arthur Mannix
Great Performances
as Paul Sears
Mission: Impossible
as Orin Kerr