Sydney Lassick

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.^[1]

Biography

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.

Filmography

• Paratroop Command (1959)
• Sinderella and the Golden Bra (1964) (as Sid Lassick) as Fairy Godfather
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) as Charlie Cheswick
• Carrie (1976) as Mr. Fromm
• The Billion Dollar Hobo (1977) as Mitchell
• The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington (1977) as Percy Bowlder
• Bunco (1977) (TV)
• China 9, Liberty 37 (1978) as sheriff's friend
• Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1978, TV mini series) as King Agadiz
• Skatetown, U.S.A. (1979) as Murray
• Hot Stuff (1979) as Hymie
• The Cracker Factory (1979) (TV) as Ernie
• Alligator (1980) (as Sidney Lassick) as Luke Gutchel
• The Unseen (1980) as Ernest
• History of the World: Part I (1981) as Applecore Vendor
• Pandemonium (1982) as Man in Bus Station
• Fast-Walking (1982) as Ted
• Night Patrol (1984) (as Sidney Lassick) as Peeping Tom
• Stitches (1985) as Sheldon Mendlebaum
• Ratboy (1986) as Lee 'Dial-A-Prayer'
• Body Slam (1987) as Shapiro
• Lady in White (1988) as Mr. Lowry
• Judgement (1989) as Dr. Henry Silver
• Tale of Two Sisters (1989) as Dad
• Sonny Boy (1990) as Charlie P.
• Pacific Palisades (1990) as Mr. Beer
• Cool as Ice (1991) as Roscoe
• Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991) as Franklin
• The Art of Dying (1991) as Wallie
• Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992) (voice) as Straycatcher #2
• Deep Cover (1992) as Gopher
• Shakes the Clown (1992) as Peppy the Clown
• Miracle Beach (1992) as Tooth Fairy
• Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993) as Competition Announcer
• Freeway (1996) as Woody Wilson
• American Vampire (1997) as Bruno
• Man on the Moon (1999) as Crystal Healer
• Something to Sing About (2000) as Elderly Man

Notable TV guest appearances

• Serpico as Goldman in episode 1.0: "The Deadly Game", 24 April 1976
• The Man from Atlantis as Smith in episode 1.7: "The Hawk of Mu", 18 October 1977
• Eight Is Enough as Mr. Kaminsky in episode 2.6: "Dark Horse", 26 October 1977
• Baretta in episode 4.8: "Who Can Make the Sun Shine?", 30 November 1977
• Tabitha as Warlock in episode 1.9: "What's Wrong with Mister Right?", 31 December 1977
• Kaz in episode 1.7: "Which Side Are You On?", 5 November 1978
• Barney Miller
  • as Mr. Cummings in episode 5.11: "Toys", 14 December 1978
  • as Victor Carse (as Sidney Lassick, in episode 6.22: "Fog", 8 May 1980
• Archie Bunker's Place as Sid in episode 3.4: "Harry's Investment", 25 October 1981 and in episode 3.3: "The Date", 11 October 1981
• Gloria as Dr. Montego in episode 1.20: "Class Struggle", 3 April 1983
• Matt Houston as Brady in episode 2.5: "Needle in a Haystack", 7 October 1983
• Night Court as Leo in episode 2.4: "Pick a Number", 25 October 1984
• Amazing Stories as Walter Poindexter in episode 1.10: "Remote Control Man", 8 December 1985
• Moonlighting as Neighbor in episode 2.11: "The Bride of Tupperman", 14 January 1986
• Gabriel's Fire as Liebowitz in episode 1.19: "One Flew Over the Bird's Nest", 17 April 1991
• On the Air as Mr. Zoblotnick in episodes 1.7 & 1.4, 1992
• Dream On as Mr. Janovic in episode 4.18: "Martin Tupper in 'Magnum Farce'", 16 February 1994
• The X-Files as Chuck Forsch in episode 4.22: "Elegy", 4 May 1997

References

External links

• Sydney Lassick at the Internet Movie Database
• Sydney Lassick at Find a Grave