Jack Cassidy
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.
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CREDITS
PHOTOS
TV Series
Columbo
8.097
77 Sunset Strip
6.7
Hawaii Five-O
7.13
The Lucy Show
7
That Girl
6.258
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
7.539
Surfside 6
5
The Mod Squad
6.208
Gunsmoke
6.558
General Electric Theater
6.25
Hawaiian Eye
5.2
Mission: Impossible
7.6
Cannon
6.5
Get Smart
7.945
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.7
Everglades
8.5
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
6.5
Lux Video Theatre
6.333
McCloud
7.1
Banyon
7
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
6.2
Night Gallery
7.797
Bronco
5.2
He & She
4.5
Maverick
6.782
Matt Helm
7.4
Columbo
8.097
Lux Video Theatre
6.333
The Ed Sullivan Show
6.8
The Chevy Mystery Show
6.333
Bewitched
7.9
Bewitched
7.9
Columbo
8.097
Alias Smith and Jones
6.9
The Julie Andrews Hour
6
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.459
The Carol Burnett Show
7.7
Tony Awards
5.917
The Bell Telephone Hour
7.333
Barnaby Jones
6.9
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
7.822
Great Performances
5.5
Bonanza
7.512
Love, American Style
6.056
Love, American Style
6.056
The Merv Griffin Show
6.222
The Merv Griffin Show
6.222
Lock-Up
6.2
Coronet Blue
5.5
Movies
The Eiger Sanction
6.141
Knuckle
0
Look in Any Window
5.6
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
6.3
W.C. Fields and Me
7.8
Bunny O'Hare
5.6
FBI Code 98
3.8
A Time For Love
0
The Andersonville Trial
6.7
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
5
Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover
0
The Phantom of Hollywood
5.1
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
6.25
Your Money or Your Wife
5.3
Annie: the Women in the Life of a Man
0
George M!
10
June Moon
0