Jack Cassidy
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Cassidy, circa 1960s
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John Joseph Edward Cassidy March 5, 1927 Richmond Hill, Queens, New York, U.S. |
| Died | December 12, 1976 (aged 49) West Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Thermal injuries |
| Occupation | Actor, singer, director |
| Years active | 1946–1976 |
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| Children | 4, including David, Shaun, and Patrick Cassidy |
| Relatives | Katie Cassidy (granddaughter) |
| Awards | Tony Award (1964, She Loves Me) |
John Joseph Edward "Jack" Cassidy (March 5, 1927 – December 12, 1976) was an American actor, singer and director of stage, film, and television.
He was born in Richmond Hill, Queens, New York, the son of Charlotte (née Koehler) and William Cassidy. His father, an engineer at the Long Island Rail Road, was of Irish descent and his mother was of German ancestry.
Cassidy achieved success as a musical performer on Broadway. He appeared in Alive and Kicking, Wish You Were Here, Shangri-La, Maggie Flynn, Fade Out – Fade In, It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman, and She Loves Me, for which he won a Tony Award. He also received Emmy Award nominations for his television performances in He & She and The Andersonville Trial.
On television, he became a frequent guest star, appearing in such programs as The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Gunsmoke, Bewitched, Get Smart, That Girl, Hawaii Five-O, Match Game and McCloud and three times as a murderer on Columbo, including "Murder By the Book", directed by not yet famous Steven Spielberg. Because that episode was the first of the first season, Cassidy was the first murderer of the series, excluding the two pilot films. The other two Columbo episodes are "Publish or Perish" (1974) and "Now You See Him" (1976).
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