Ted Cassidy Hates Everything

Ted Cassidy, on the role he would most like to be known for playing: “None. None of them! I don’t want to be remembered for any of them because I don’t like any of them. I’m not proud of any of them. I am still waiting for the one role I will have pride in and want to be associated with down the years.”

Cassidy was an academically gifted individual and attended third grade at age six. During his freshman year of high school, at age 11, Cassidy was on the football and basketball teams. Despite this, he was a frequent target of bullying by his much older peers, having already reached a height of 6’1″ by then (he would top out at 6’9″).

Cassidy film work included his appearances in “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” (1969, below), “Mackenna’s Gold” (1969), “Harry and Walter Go to New York” (1976) and “The Last Remake of Beau Geste” (1977). He also co-wrote the screenplay of 1973’s “The Harrad Experiment,” in which he made a brief appearance… read more >