Sydney Lassick (July 23, 1922 â€" 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. Lassick, 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. Portly and
bespectacled, with a high-pitched, querulous voice, Lassick was
usually cast as peevish neurotics, obsequious toadies, and fretful
everyman types.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; the spitefully sarcastic English
teacher in the 1976 horror film 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
MovieIn 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.
While usually a supporting actor, he played the lead in an episode of
Amazing Stories called "Remote Control Man."
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. Lassick, 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. Portly and
bespectacled, with a high-pitched, querulous voice, Lassick was
usually cast as peevish neurotics, obsequious toadies, and fretful
everyman types.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; the spitefully sarcastic English
teacher in the 1976 horror film 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
MovieIn 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.
While usually a supporting actor, he played the lead in an episode of
Amazing Stories called "Remote Control Man."
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