Sydney Lassick Biography

American actor (1922–2003)

Sydney L*ick (July 23, 1922 – April 12, 2003) was an American character actor perhaps best known for his role as Charlie Cheswick in the feature film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. L*ick's first name was sometimes spelled Sidney.

Biography

He was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Russian Jewish immigrants. L*ick, who served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and afterwards studied drama at DePaul University, began acting in both films and TV shows in the late 1950s.

L*ick is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Charlie Cheswick, a whiny and childish manic depressive patient in the 1975 Academy Award-winning film One Who Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Other memorable roles include a fey Fairy Godfather in the lowbrow Sinderella and the Golden Bra; Mr. Fromm, the spitefully sarcastic English teacher in the 1976 film adaptation of Stephen King's novel Carrie; the perverse and abusive innkeeper Ernest Keller in slasher horror The Unseen; the slimy Charlie P. in the cult film Sonny Boy; and the effeminate lackey Gopher in Deep Cover (1992). L*ick also was the voice of Straycatcher #2 in the 1992 animated feature film Tom and Jerry: The Movie.

In television, L*ick guest starred on such shows as Eight Is Enough, Baretta, Hawaii Five-O, Barney Miller, Matt Houston, Moonlighting, Night Court, Knots Landing, Dream On and The X-Files. While usually a supporting actor, he played the lead in an episode of Amazing Stories called "Remote Control Man".

Though a successful actor, L*ick maintained a steady job as a trucking company's dispatcher throughout his career. He *erted that actors never knew when the acting jobs would stop coming.

Death

L*ick died at age 80 In Midway Hospital in Los Angeles, California. L*ick was buried at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.

Filmography

• The Bonnie Parker Story (1958) as Scout Master
• Paratroop Command (1959) as Interpreter
• Al Capone (1959) as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
• Sinderella and the Golden Bra (1964) as Fairy Godfather (as Sid L*ick)
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) as Charlie Cheswick
• Carrie (1976) as Mr. Fromm
• The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington (1977) as Percy Bowlder
• The Billion Dollar Hobo (1977) as Mitchell
• Bunco (1977, TV Movie)
• China 9, Liberty 37 (1978) as sheriff's friend
• Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1978, TV mini series) as King Agadiz
• The Cracker Factory (1979) (TV) as Ernie
• Hot Stuff (1979) as Hymie
• Skatetown, U.S.A. (1979) as Murray
• 1941 (1979) as Salesman (uncredited)
• Alligator (1980) as Luke Gutchel (as Sidney L*ick)
• The Unseen (1980) as Ernest Keller
• History of the World: Part I (1981) as Applecore Vendor
• Pandemonium (1982) as Man in Bus Station
• Partners (1982) as Photo Shoot *istant (uncredited)
• Fast-Walking (1982) as Ted
• Forty Days of Musa Dagh (1982) as Osman
• Silent Madness (1984) as Sheriff Liggett
• Night Patrol (1984) as Peeping Tom (as Sidney L*ick)
• Monaco Forever (1984) as American Tourist
• S*ches (1985) as Sheldon Mendlebaum
• Ratboy (1986) as Lee 'Dial-A-Prayer'
• Body Slam (1987) as Shapiro
• Lady in White (1988) as Mr. Lowry
• The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck (1988) as Wolfgang Meyer
• Sonny Boy (1989) as Charlie P.
• Out on Bail (1989) as Otis T. Smiley
• Curse II: The Bite (1989) as George
• Tale of Two Sisters (1989) as Dad
• Judgement (1989) as Dr. Henry Silver
• Pacific Palisades (1990) as Mr. Beer
• Smoothtalker (1990) as Mr. Nathan
• Wishful Thinking (1990) as Dr. Harding
• Committed (1991) as Gow
• Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991) as Franklin
• The Art of Dying (1991) as Wallie
• Shakes the Clown (1991) as Peppy the Clown
• Cool as Ice (1991) as Roscoe
• Deep Cover (1992) as Gopher
• Judgement (1992) as Dr. Henry Silver
• Miracle Beach (1992) as Tooth Fairy
• Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992) as Straycatcher #2 (voice)
• Eye of the Stranger (1993) as Oli
• Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993) as Compe*ion Announcer
• Future Shock (1994) as Mr. Johnson
• Freeway (1996) as Woody Wilson
• Johns (1996) as Al
• Squanderers (1996) as Peter Chisholm
• American Vampire (1997) as Bruno
• Man on the Moon (1999) as Crystal Healer
• Something to Sing About (2000) as Elderly Man (final film role)

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. *mings in episode 5.11: "Toys", 14 December 1978
  • as Victor Carse (as Sidney L*ick, 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: "Cl* 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 L*ick at IMDb
• Sydney L*ick at Find a Grave