Actor Seymour Cassel, Frequent Cassavetes Collaborator, Dies

Actor Seymour Cassel, Frequent Cassavetes Collaborator, Dies
Actress Jacqueline Bisset and Seymour Cassel arrive at Paramount Vantage's Los Angeles premiere of 'Revolutionary Road' held at Mann Village Theater in Westwood, Calif. on December 15, 2008. Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images
The Associated Press
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LOS ANGELES—Character actors aren’t often called larger-than-life, but Seymour Cassel, was just that. The live-wire pillar of independent film known for his frequent collaborations with John Cassavetes and Wes Anderson, has died at 84.

His daughter, Dilyn Cassel Murphy, said Monday that her father died Sunday surrounded by family following complications from Alzheimer’s disease.