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mahatmakanejeeves

(60,587 posts) Sat Mar 5, 2022, 12:11 PM Mar 2022

Actor Jack Cassidy was #BornOnThisDay,March 5, 1927. Remembered for his film/tv roles, ...

And often cited as the best Columbo villain. I saw him in the episode where he was the Great Santini just last week.

Actor Jack Cassidy was #BornOnThisDay,March 5, 1927. Remembered for his film/tv roles, his marriage to actress Shirley Jones & as the father of singer #DavidCassidy. A chronic alcoholic & a smoker he passed in 1976 (age 49) from a fire caused by his cigarette. #RIP #GoneTooSoon

He was the murderer in one of my fave Columbo episodes, "Now You See Him" (the one where he played the magician who used to be a Nazi guard in the war).

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Jack Cassidy--"She Loves Me"--1975 TV--Dinah Shore Ethel Merman
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Jack Cassidy sings his Tony and Grammy-winning song "She Loves Me," from the Broadway musical in this 1975 TV appearance with Dinah Shore and Ethel Merman.

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Best of Jack Cassidy | Columbo
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One of the greatest actors to face off against Peter Falk, Jack Cassidy made his mark in three excellent episodes of Columbo!

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Actor Jack Cassidy was #BornOnThisDay,March 5, 1927. Remembered for his film/tv roles, ... (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2022 OP

Enjoyed him in sitcom He and She. Sneederbunk Mar 2022 #1

He was offered the role of Ted Baxter in the Mary Tyler Moore show but turned it down Auggie Mar 2022 #2

I think he would have been a great Ted Baxter, but would he have been better than Ted Knight? ificandream Mar 2022 #4

I think he might have played it different Auggie Mar 2022 #5

I remember him from "He & She" ificandream Mar 2022 #3

Sneederbunk

(15,016 posts)

1. Enjoyed him in sitcom He and She.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Mar 5, 2022, 12:24 PM

Mar 2022

Auggie

(31,770 posts)

2. He was offered the role of Ted Baxter in the Mary Tyler Moore show but turned it down

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Mar 5, 2022, 12:52 PM

Mar 2022

Shirley Jones, in her autobiography, wrote that Cassidy wanted to focus on stage and film, and considered a recurring role on television to be somewhat beneath his talents. He would soon regret the decision, and it haunted him until he passed. He did guest star in a MTM episode as Baxter's older brother. I think he would have been a great Ted Baxter and would have played him less clownish and with a more reasonable sense of hubris.

ificandream

(10,344 posts)

4. I think he would have been a great Ted Baxter, but would he have been better than Ted Knight?

Reply to Auggie (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 11, 2022, 02:00 PM

Mar 2022

I'm not sure he would have. But here's Cassidy's guest spot on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." It's the closest we got to see him in the role. I looked for screen tests and I couldn't find any.

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