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Sydney Lassick
Sydney Lassick
Born	July 23, 1922; Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	April 12, 2003 (aged 80); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place	Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery
Other names	Sidney Lassick
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1958–2000
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 character 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]^[2]

Biography

He was born in Chicago, Illinois,^[3] to Russian Jewish immigrants. Lassick, who served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and afterwards studied drama at DePaul University,^[2] began acting in both films and TV shows in the late 1950s.

Lassick 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). Lassick also was the voice of Straycatcher #2 in the 1992 animated feature film Tom and Jerry: The Movie.

In television, Lassick 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.^[2] While usually a supporting actor, he played the lead in an episode of Amazing Stories called "Remote Control Man".

Death

Lassick died of complications of diabetes at age 80 in Midway Hospital in Los Angeles, California. Lassick was buried at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.^[2] His grave marker is a simple small stone memorial showing only his name and the Star of David.^[4]

Filmography

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

^ "Sydney Lassick". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sydney Lassick (Obituary)". Variety. April 17, 2003. Archived from the original on September 29, 2018. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
^ Scott, Vernon. "He's Hoping For Big Break — At 60". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. p. 13.
^ "Sydney Lassick (1922-2003) - Find a Grave..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2024-12-16.