Jack Cassidy
Acting • Born 1927-03-05 – Died 1976-12-12
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, 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.
Filmography
67 credits
The Eiger Sanction
Movie • 1975
Miles Mellough
Knuckle
Movie • 1975
Patrick Delafield
Look in Any Window
Movie • 1961
Gareth Lowell
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
Movie • 1962
Bob Cratchit (voice)
W.C. Fields and Me
Movie • 1976
John Barrymore
Bunny O'Hare
Movie • 1971
Lieutenant Horace Greeley
FBI Code 98
Movie • 1963
Walter Macklin
A Time For Love
Movie • 1973
Tom Pierson
The Andersonville Trial
Movie • 1970
Otis Baker
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Movie • 1977
Damon Runyon
Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover
Movie • 1977
Jules Rosen
The Phantom of Hollywood
Movie • 1974
Otto Vonner / Karl Vonner
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Movie • 1970
Roger Hand
Your Money or Your Wife
Movie • 1972
Josh Darwin
Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man
Movie • 1970
Himself
George M!
Movie • 1970
Jerry Cohan
June Moon
Movie • 1974
Paul Sears
Death Among Friends
Movie • 1975
Chico Donovan
Columbo
TV • 1971
肯·富兰克林
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Morwood
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Professor Zoorkin
That Girl
TV • 1966
Marty Haines
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
TV • 1970
Hal Baxter
Surfside 6
TV • 1960
The Mod Squad
TV • 1968
Perry Lemko
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Marcus France
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Alan Richards
Hawaiian Eye
TV • 1959
Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966
Orin Kerr
Cannon
TV • 1971
Gen. James O'Hara
Get Smart
TV • 1965
Mr. Bob
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Mark Lansing
Everglades
TV • 1961
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Dr. Frederick Steele
McCloud
TV • 1970
Lord Charles Bridges
Banyon
TV • 1972
Grey Gloves
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV • 1957
Danny Fortune
Night Gallery
TV • 1970
Marius Davis (segment "The Last Laurel")
Bronco
TV • 1958
He & She
TV • 1967
Oscar North
Maverick
TV • 1957
Matt Helm
TV • 1975
Buckman
Columbo
TV • 1971
Riley Greenleaf
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Denis
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
The Chevy Mystery Show
TV • 1960
David Townsend
Bewitched
TV • 1964
George Dinsdale
Bewitched
TV • 1964
Rance Butler
Columbo
TV • 1971
The Great Santini
Alias Smith and Jones
TV • 1971
Harry Wagoner
The Julie Andrews Hour
TV • 1972
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1967
Self - Guest / Various Characters
The Bell Telephone Hour
TV • 1959
Self
Barnaby Jones
TV • 1973
Craig Woodridge
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
Arthur Mannix
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Paul Sears
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Kevin O'Casey
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Chuck
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Fred
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self - Guest Host
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
Lock-Up
TV • 1959
Vincent Gibson
Coronet Blue
TV • 1967
Spangler
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1966
Rock Mussin
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV • 1968
Self (uncredited)