Sydney Lassick | |
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Born |
Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
July 23, 1922
Died | April 12, 2003 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
(aged 80)
Cause of death | Complications of diabetes |
Resting place | Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery |
Occupation | Actor |
Notable work | Charlie Cheswick in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) Mr. Fromm in Stephen King's Carrie (1976) Ernest Keller in The Unseen (1980) Luke Gutchel in Alligator (1980) Roscoe in Cool as Ice (1991) |
Sydney Lassick (July 23, 1922 – April 12, 2003) was an American actor perhaps best known for his role as Charlie Cheswick in the feature film One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. Lassick's first name was sometimes spelled Sidney.
He was born in Chicago, Illinois to Russian Jewish immigrants. He died from complications of diabetes, at age 80 in Los Angeles, California. His only survivor was an elder sister. Sydney Lassick was buried in a simple Jewish service, in the southwest Maimonides section, at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.