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Sydney Lassick(1922-2003)

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Sydney Lassick
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Vice (2000)
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Chubby, antsy, and distinctive character actor Sydney Lassick was born on July 23, 1922 to Jewish Russian immigrant parents in Chicago, Illinois. Lassick first began acting in both films and TV shows in the late 50s. Portly and bespectacled, with a high-pitched voice and a nervous disposition, Sydney was usually cast as peevish neurotics, obsequious toadies, and fretful everyman types. Best known for his outstanding portrayal of the whiny and infantile manic depressive mental patient Charlie Cheswick in the acclaimed "One Who Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," Lassick's other most memorable roles include a fey Fairy Godfather in the lowbrow nudie cutie musical "Sinderella and the Golden Bra," mean sarcastic English teacher Mr. Fromm in "Carrie;" genuinely creepy as perverse and abusive innkeeper Ernest Keller in the potently unnerving slasher horror sleeper "The Unseen;" at his oily best as the slimy Charlie P. in the supremely twisted cult oddity "Sonny Boy," effeminate lackey Gopher in "Deep Cover," and jolly trailer park manager Woody Wilson in "Freeway." Among the TV series Sydney made guest appearances on are "Family," "Eight is Enough," "Baretta," "Hawaii Five-O," "Barney Miller," "Matt Houston," "Moonlighting," "Knots Landing," "Dream On," and "The X-Files." Lassick died at age 80 from complications from diabetes on April 12, 2003 in Los Angeles, California. He was survived by an older sister.
BornJuly 23, 1922
DiedApril 12, 2003(80)
BornJuly 23, 1922
DiedApril 12, 2003(80)
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Sissy Spacek and Sydney Lassick in Carrie (1976)
Sissy Spacek and Sydney Lassick in Carrie (1976)
Jack Nicholson, Sydney Lassick, and William Redfield in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Jack Nicholson and Sydney Lassick in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Brad Dourif, Vincent Schiavelli, William Duell, Sydney Lassick, Mews Small, and Delos V. Smith Jr. in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Brad Dourif, Louise Fletcher, Josip Elic, Sydney Lassick, Ted Markland, William Redfield, Mimi Sarkisian, and Delos V. Smith Jr. in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Gillian Anderson and Sydney Lassick in The X-Files (1993)
Sydney Lassick in The X-Files (1993)
Jamie Farr, Sydney Lassick, J. Eddie Peck, and Jill Schoelen in Curse II: The Bite (1989)
Ellen Foley, John Larroquette, Sydney Lassick, and Richard Moll in Night Court (1984)
Jack Nicholson, Sydney Lassick, and Will Sampson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Jack Nicholson, Christopher Lloyd, Mwako Cumbuka, Sydney Lassick, and William Redfield in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

Known for

Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
8.7
  • Cheswick
  • 1975
Sissy Spacek in Carrie (1976)
Carrie
7.4
  • Mr. Fromm
  • 1976
Kiefer Sutherland and Reese Witherspoon in Freeway (1996)
Freeway
6.8
  • Woody Wilson
  • 1996
Laurence Fishburne in Deep Cover (1992)
Deep Cover
6.9
  • Gopher
  • 1992

Credits

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Actor

  • Vice (2000)
    Vice
    • Mr. Wanorski
    • 2000
  • Tamera Mowry-Housley, Irma P. Hall, and Darius McCrary in Something to Sing About (2000)
    Something to Sing About
    • Elderly Man
    • TV Movie
    • 2000
  • Jim Carrey in Man on the Moon (1999)
    Man on the Moon
    • Crystal Healer
    • 1999
  • An American Vampire Story (1997)
    An American Vampire Story
    • Bruno
    • 1997
  • Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny in The X-Files (1993)
    The X-Files
    • Chuck Forsch
    • TV Series
    • 1997
  • Johns (1996)
    Johns
    • Al
    • 1996
  • Kiefer Sutherland and Reese Witherspoon in Freeway (1996)
    Freeway
    • Woody Wilson
    • 1996
  • Julie Brown in Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women (1994)
    Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women
    • Weirdo
    • TV Movie
    • 1994
  • Dream On (1990)
    Dream On
    • Mr. Janovic
    • TV Series
    • 1994
  • Future Shock (1994)
    Future Shock
    • Mr. Johnson
    • 1994
  • Squanderers (1996)
    Squanderers
    • Peter Chisholm
    • 1996
  • Whoopi Goldberg in Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)
    Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
    • Competition Announcer
    • 1993
  • David Heavener in Eye of the Stranger (1993)
    Eye of the Stranger
    • Oli
    • 1993
  • On the Air (1992)
    On the Air
    • Mr. Zoblotnick
    • TV Series
    • 1992
  • Henry Gibson, Michael Bell, Dana Hill, Tony Jay, Richard Kind, Anndi McAfee, Don Messick, Howard Morris, Charlotte Rae, and Rip Taylor in Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992)
    Tom and Jerry: The Movie
    • Straycatcher (voice)
    • 1992

Soundtrack

  • Bobcat Goldthwait and Julie Brown in Shakes the Clown (1991)
    Shakes the Clown
    • performer: "Peppy's Theme"
    • 1991
  • Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
    • performer: "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man" (1933) (uncredited)
    • 1975

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Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Sidney Lassick
  • Height
    • 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
  • Born
    • July 23, 1922
    • Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Died
    • April 12, 2003
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(diabetes)
  • Relatives
    • Sibling(Sibling)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Interview

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  • Trivia
    Though a successful actor, he maintained a steady job as a trucking company's dispatcher throughout his career, claiming that actors never knew when the acting jobs would stop coming.

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