Jack Cassidy

So strange and unattractive

I think he would have made a better Ted Baxter on MTM than Ted Knight did but he turned down the role. He did guest in an early episode and I thought his womanizer persona would have been more fun.

Crispy Critter.

Classic oily queen circa 1970.

He and Shirley Jones fucked like rabbits, didn't they? Even during filming days of 'The Brady Bunch.

"Cassidy, who suffered from bipolar disorder and alcoholism, was displaying increasingly erratic behavior. In 1974, his neighbors were shocked to see him fully naked, watering his front lawn in the middle of the afternoon.[7] Cassidy's second wife, Shirley Jones, described a similar incident when she found him sitting naked in a corner of their house, reading a book. Jones said to him that they had to get ready to do a show, and he calmly looked up and said, "I know now that I'm Christ"

Surely someone one have snapped a shot of him watering his lawn?

Right on the Astroturf which was weird because they weren't in The Brady Brunch!

Oh fuck you're right, R7. It was in the Partridge Family.

Wikipedia is full of yummy deets on our Jack:

"David Cassidy said his father was bisexual, citing personal accounts and reports, both anecdotal and published, of his father's same-sex affairs, something neither he nor his siblings knew until after their father's death.[11] In her 2013 memoir, Shirley Jones wrote that Cassidy had many same-sex affairs, including one with Cole Porter."

Was he the well known celebrity who escaped the Doodler?

In his day, his good looks were likened to the Arrow Collar Man from the ad world.

[quote] Surely someone one have snapped a shot of him watering his lawn?

Maybe not ... Unless a neighbor had a Polaroid camera handy or developed their own film, because back then, most people wouldn't submit film with nudes on them to be developed by the local drugstore.

He always gave me the creeps.

He was such a FLAMER!

He was a freak in the sack. Jack was always trying to get Shirley to swing with other couples.

He basically incinerated himself in his own apartment.

From Shirley's biography-

We’d long been lovers, but I wanted my wedding night to be special. My trousseau, I decided, should not be white, given that I was no longer a virgin. Instead, I made up my mind that on this special night, I would transform myself into the ultimate vamp. I purchased a sheer, black lace baby-doll outfit, with black satin high heels. Funny wedding night

After I laid it all out on our bed, I slipped into the bathroom to freshen up. When I came out, Jack was dressed in my outfit, complete with high heels. Then the doorbell rang, and there was my agent, Gus Schirmer, with a bottle of champagne in hand. When he saw Jack, the look on Gus’s face was priceless

August 6, 1956, wasn’t just our wedding day. That day the New York Times announced that Gordon MacRae and I would star in “You’re the Top,” a ninety-minute CBS tribute to Cole Porter in October, which turned out to be the show that indirectly led to my fateful appearance in Playhouse 90’s “The Big Slide.” Cole Porter gave Jack his first big break on Broadway.

Soon after our wedding night, Jack told me exactly what motivated Cole to hire an inexperienced sixteen-year-old from Jamaica, Queens, to dance in the chorus of his sophisticated Broadway show. Despite the years that have passed, I remember Jack’s story word for word.

Most women who married a handsome man and assumed that they were going to live happily ever after with him, but then heard the story I heard from Jack, would probably remember it word for word as well.

Me: “So, Jack, did you ever meet Cole Porter?”

Jack: “Meet him! I had sex with him.”

Me (after I’d picked myself up off the floor): “You did?”

Jack: “He was about to cast a new show. I wanted a job in it, and that was the way to get it. Somehow, someone invited me up for drinks at Cole Porter’s apartment at the Waldorf, and then everybody left and I was alone with Cole.”

Me (holding my breath): . . . Jack: “I told a few funny stories, probably flirted with him some. Then the conversation stopped, and I took my penis out and said, ‘Do you want some of this?’ ”

Jack’s endowment was so vast, so desirable, that I had no doubt whatsoever about Cole Porter’s answer

he looks like a more handsome reviewbrah

oh, MY!

Jack was a firecracker, wasn't he?

His looks improved as he aged.

looked like a pervert and child predator

He was the living definition of a nancy boy

[quote]r2 = I think he would have made a better Ted Baxter on MTM than Ted Knight

Ted Knight made Ted Baxter's buffoonery endearing. Cassidy didn't have that in his wheelhouse.

^^^^ but he had a massive cock so we forgive him

Shirley Jones sounds like an idiot.

Ted Cassidy wouldn't have played the buffoon, he would have played the pompous, arrogant womanizer.

^Jack not Ted

Shirley was dickmatized.

Shirley Jones was (is?) basically a nympho. All she had in common with Marty Ingels, her next husband (whom her sons could not stand), was their mutual addiction to sex. Supposedly she was all tied up in the bedroom when he had a heart attack, and couldn't call the ambulance; fortunately she was able to call a maid in to help untie her and call 9-1-1.

[quote]Shirley Jones wrote that Cassidy had many same-sex affairs, including one with Cole Porter."

Is letting someone blow you...an affair?

And Stephen King based his novel Gerald's Game on that incident.

More from Shirley- As for porno, one night during the late sixties, my idol Anthony Newley invited Jack and me to dinner with him and his wife, Joan Collins, at their Beverly Hills home.

I was elated to be meeting Tony, whom I admired so much as a singer. The evening started off with drinks. Tony, the perfect host, was funny and charming, and Joan, who was wearing a low-cut something or other, seemed like an interesting woman.

She didn’t have a maid on call that night but, instead, had made dinner herself. I was most impressed that she served three different kinds of food so we would have a choice between chicken, fish, or steak. Her cooking was good, and we ate quite a lot.

Afterward, the four of us moved into the beautiful living room and lounged on a big couch while we all had after-dinner drinks and chatted about show business.

All of a sudden, Tony Newley got up and announced, “Right, we’ve got some porno movies. Why don’t we all get naked and watch together?” Although the rest of the invitation was unspoken, this was the era of Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, and it was clear what Tony was leading up to—swinging.

Jack gave me a piercing look. “How do you feel about that, Shirley?

I shook my head. “Not me.”

To his credit, Jack said straight out, “My wife is a very beautiful and sexy woman, but she really isn’t interested in anything like that. And, listen, guys, it’s late for us.” And we left.

That was then. Now, though, although swinging has never appealed to me in the least, I have to admit that in recent years, my attitude toward watching porno movies has undergone a radical transformation.

[quote]Ted Cassidy wouldn't have played the buffoon, he would have played the pompous, arrogant womanizer.

Which isn't particularly endearing, r26. I think Knight was by far the better choice.

Jack Cassidy will always be my favorite Columbo villain.

His son David was much better looking, and suffered because he wanted his pos dad to validate him. His dad was just jealous. I forget what book it was, but years ago I remember a passage in it where DC said his dad had some young woman in the house while Shirley was gone. He said he looked at her like " watch yourself." I think it was called "I'm With the Band" by Pamela Des Barres. I'm pretty sure that was it.

His son Patrick was the dreamiest quarterback of CIF Ocean League football, at Beverly High.

R32. I just threw up a little thinking of Laurie from Oklahoma rubbing her engorged clit...

“Crawl, Cole. Crawl!”

[quote] Ted Cassidy wouldn't have played the buffoon, he would have played the pompous, arrogant womanizer.

UNNNNHHHH...

Jack played Ted's competitive brother on MTM.

Shirley even bragged about her sons’ endowments which is really inappropriate.

She has Vaselinety, r37!

Why Mrs. Partridge you’re a slut!

R42. That's nothing! I have Wessonality!

Bragging about her children’s genitalia is creepy af.

Sure wouldn’t mind seeing Patrick’s, though, not gonna lie.

I'm ashamed to know this but Rocco Siffredi's mom bragged about his endomwent, and so did Antonio Biaggi's mom. Admittendly, Antonio has a very sexy xl cock. Justin Timberlake's grandmother defended Justine's endowment when his exes claimed he was microdicked.

Cassidy had more than a one-nighter with Porter. He was a regular, and Porter went for his sass and craziness.

By his own telling, he famously had the disabled Porter crawl across the floor saying if he wanted his cock enough he could crawl to him for it.

R47. So that's how they got the idea for Samira and "The Ring"!

R30, it’s not even SEX!

Jack persuaded drunk Shirley to have sex with a woman which Shirley claimed she did not enjoy.

Jack was also a pyromaniac who almost incinerated himself and Shirley but she was able to calm him down. Unfortunately, he ended up incinerated himself in the end.

He had a beautiful voice. I love his Brigadoon

JACK CASSIDY: Mysteries and Scandals

Recently discovered he was the voice of Bob Cratchit in Mr Magoo’s Christmas Carol 1962.

[quote]Recently discovered he was the voice of Bob Cratchit in Mr Magoo’s Christmas Carol 1962.

And Jane Kean, Trixie on the 1960s episodes of "The Honeymooners," was the voice of young Scrooge's romantic interest who sings the lovely "Winter Was Warm."

People really did have a lot more fun back in the day.

Just how big was his dong? 9? 10? 11?

One would think a pic exists somewhere? I recall a 1970’s playboy or penthouse spread with a frontally nude Robert Culp and some chick. Something to jerk off to and probably still out there somewhere.

Robert Culp nude? Now that is the stuff of nightmares!

I had to Google him to jar my memory as to who the hell Robert Culp was. For a movie star, he was kind of ugly. And not much of a "star".

I'm sure Shirley took pics that she fondly reminisces over.

Kodachrome?

R61 Back in the era, Culp was typically described as "dashing" and "debonair," and was a very popular actor with with female viewers. The nude photos in Playboy mentioned at R59 were more than likely photos from some film that he did where he showed skin. The magazine covered films so that guys could say they read it for the articles ..lol.

Here's a blog on "A Name for Evil" (1973) with snapshots of him nude in the film.

Jack was a panelist on To Tell The Truth and they were questioning fashion designer impostors. Jack asked a lot of pertinent ladies fashion questions and Kitty Carlisle commented: "My you know a lot about women's fashion, Jack". I don't think Jack appreciated the comment. Wish I could remember the exact episode to find a clip.

Get to work then—we’ve got dinner plans!

Were they all solidly B list Hollywood?

Shirley won the Oscar!

…for playing a slut. They THOUGHT she was playin’ against tupe

*type

Kitty was bitter that Moss was more enthusiastic for cock than her cooter.

Poor Moss Hart.

I remember Robert Culp as being slightly less insufferable than Cliff Robertson.....but it's really poking around in the same barrel.

Let's Do It, Jack!

R68 I didnt know she won an Oscar! She always seemed to so hammy and obvious.

Wasn't I Spy the zenith of Culp's career?

No, it was the rough aerial anal scene from the Greatest American Hero.

Columbo

Shirley talking about David-

Ladies, girls, women, had always been a part of David’s life. Like his father, he was highly sexed, and in his autobiography he confessed that he had his first sexual experience when he was nine years old and fondled a friend’s sister. So even as a young boy, he played the field with girls

Throughout his early teens, women flocked to him in droves. Although I never met any of them in person, I was constantly aware that David had girlfriends everywhere, but nothing serious. Jack also knew how numerous these girls were and would sometimes crossly complain,

“That’s all he cares about, girls.” Whereupon I would laugh and say, “Well, Jack, he’s your son, and that’s all you care about.”

David also had something else in common with Jack: a giant endowment. David’s brothers called him Donk, for Donkey, and Jack would joke, “Where did you get that? You’re bigger than me,” which probably didn’t help their rocky relationship

A thread with more excerpts from Shirley's memoirs.

Katt was the sex symbol in that, r76.

Anyone who thinks Robert Cullp (at least in his early years) was not gorgeous is apparently sight impaired. He was at the top of his looks during the 60s 'I Spy' years.

Jack Cassidy was the epitome of a sleazebag. Not to mention a major queen who put the queer in the term 'queer envy'. Any man who could be insanely jealous of his own sons is beyond disgusting.

[quote]He was at the top of his looks during the 60s 'I Spy' years.

Hence my comment at r75.

He always had an underlying oiliness, r82.

That was the cum, glistening…

Jack Cassidy obit.

Wow, Patrick Cassidy really is a handsome guy.

Cassidy brothers.

I used to think Shaun was the cute one, but he's really not.

OLD PICS-VERY OLD PICS.

Let's see some big dicks!

Patrick put this photo up in 2024 when they celebrated Shirley's 90th birthday (l-r Patrick, Shirley, Shaun, Ryan)

The amazing shrinking woman.

Check out this article from one of my favorite websites, Findadeath.com. All the gory details, including photos of the apartment inside and outside the building right after the fire. It was a conflagration indeed.

Interesting that he left nothing in his Will to David.

Why is it interesting? His estate went to charity. Nothing unusual..

It’s interesting that he specifically noted that David - & Shirley - would receive nothing.

His childish jealousy of David knew no bounds. His pettiness survived even after death.

David was an adult (then quite successful)not dependent on his parents nor part of any child support arrangement, and Shirley had her own divorce agreement and the life insurance. Not unusual at all that they would be excluded—now if the minor children had not been adequately provided for, that would be unusual.

And people thought I was the slutty tv mom because I got the VDs from the mayor of NYC...

This thread is an unexpected delight.

If only there were some pics of those humongous Cassidy dicks.

Would he have survived the 80s?

Not with those burns :(

Crabs aren't a disease, r100.

R94, see r3.

Whatever you've got to tell yourself in order to sleep at night, R104

He looked devilish in the best way.

[quote] People really did have a lot more fun back in the day.

Are you referring to Cassidy forcing the paralyzed Cole Porter to crawl for his cock, or to Cassidy incinerating himself?

IIRC all three Cassidy brother went to David's bedside in Florida when he was dying. I guess Shirley couldn't/wouldn't make the trip.

Shirley wasn’t his mother.

[quote] IIRC all three Cassidy brother went to David's bedside in Florida when he was dying.

He didn't have a bedside to visit, because he went up in flames and was only found when he was dead:

[quote] On December 11, 1976, Cassidy invited his ex-wife, Shirley Jones, to his home, an apartment in West Hollywood, California, for drinks, but she declined.

[quote]Early the next morning, Cassidy lit a cigarette and fell asleep on his Naugahyde couch. Asleep, he dropped the cigarette, igniting the couch. The flames spread throughout the apartment and building. At 6:15 a.m., the blaze was discovered by Deputy Sheriff John DiMatteo, who evacuated the building, and entered Cassidy's apartment. A charred body was found near the front door of the apartment among the ashes, and was identified as Cassidy's by dental records and a signet ring that he wore, bearing the Cassidy family crest. His remains were cremated and scattered in the Pacific Ocean.

He was referring to David.

r111, I'm talking about David Cassidy's bedside not Jack's. His three brothers Shaun, Patrick and Ryan went to Florida when he was dying.

r110, I know she wasn't his mother but she was his step mother for almost twenty years and knew him since he was a kid in the 1950s. David stayed at their home often as a kid and he was her sons' brother.

Drinkipoos r111?

[quote]His remains were cremated and scattered in the Pacific Ocean.

After his scattered remains were scooped up off the couch.

[quote] After his scattered remains were scooped up off the couch.

He was lucky. Mine were fused to the couch.

They were scooped off the parquet dummy

R111. You really are a stupid person who does stupid things.

[quote]His remains were cremated and scattered in the Pacific Ocean.

Twice-baked?

A few additional details from the Hollywood Page of Death:

[quote] 1221 N. King's Road in West Hollywood, where Jack Cassidy died in his apartment. In the early morning hours of December 12, 1976. Cassidy lit a cigarette and fell asleep on his Naugahyde couch. He then dropped the cigarette, which ignited the couch. The flames quickly spread throughout the apartment and the building. A charred body, burned beyond recognition, was found in the doorway of the apartment. As Cassidy's car was missing -- it was later returned by a friend who had borrowed it -- his family hoped that he had traveled to Palm Springs, which were his intended plans for the following day. However, the body was then positively identified as Cassidy's by dental records and by a signet ring that he wore, bearing the Cassidy family crest.

So who was "the friend" who had borrowed his car? .. And West Hollywood to Palm Springs? What a typical gay thing to do on the weekend back then. I guess it still is.

btw - I know the building. My first serious boyfriend had an apartment on the first floor. Smack dab in the center of Boys Town. And if you didn't want to go to the bars, just go to the Mayfair supermarket up the block on the corner. Cruise-city.

[quote]He always gave me the creeps.

[quote]He looked like a pervert and child predator

Agree with both comments.

[quote]Jack Cassidy will always be my favorite Columbo villain.

I started watching Columbo for the first time last month, starting with the two TV movies of the week and then Cassidy in “Murder By the Book.” He isn't my favorite, but Cassidy being creepy af in real life contributes to his being a good villain.

From the FIND A DEATH article:

[quote] Her voice did suck but not as much as her son Patrick Cassidy who did his own mini one man show in the middle. He talked how hard it was growing up being a Cassidy, and no one believing that he was straight. We didn’t buy it.

His face is so pretty that I can understand why some people would think he was gay.

There's another account of Cassidy leaving a restaurant that night with two men. They were never identified.

This is as entertaining as a corpse thread !

He was completely roasted and charred and had to be identified via a signet ring and dental records.

He'd been out with Nanette Fabray (I do not kid.) that night and apparently had another drink when he got home and fell asleep with a cigarette.

Damn I miss the Mayfair markets. Also Alpha-Beta, Food Basket, Big Bear….

r125, No No, not Nanette.

The body is that of a completely charred male that weighs 131 pounds and measures approximately 69 inches in height. The age of the body is difficult to assess but it appears to be muscular and appears to be about the stated age of 49 years old. The bony structures of the head are those of a Caucasian male. The scalp is completely burned. The external plate of the skull is charred. The ears are completely charred. The eyes are also charred. The nose is also charred. The mouth is charred and some of the skin is noted. The teeth show multiple post-line caps in front teeth. THe upper teeth show a few caps on the premolar and molar teeth. The chest shows complete charring of the skin but the ribs are well-preserved. There is no traumatic injuries to the ribs or spine. The upper extremities and the lower extremities show complete charring of the skin and muscles. The abdominal wall shows complete charring with exposure of some of the small intestines which are also burned.

I thought I would check the digestive system to see if we could find out Jack’s last meal. Nope. Blood alcohol was 0.12%.

“The mouth and pharynx shows a small amount of black soot. The esophagus is clear. The stomach contains approximately 5 cc. of light brown fluid. The small intestine shows grossly normal architecture except for the hilum which is exposed through the burned surface of the abdomen.

R128 No mention of his 9 inch schlong? That would have been the quickest way to make a positive ID.

The schlong was shriveled up into a little charred chipolata

Poor man, what an awful death.

If he had lived Shirley would have taken him back. No way she was giving up that massive dong.

If they made this into a Netflix series who would play Jack and Shirley?

Michelle Williams as Shirley

Williams is going on 45. .. Jack & Shirley got married when they were 29 and 22, respectively. Jones was only 41 when they divorced.

Who is Jack’s modern day equivalent? What performer ?

Zac Efron

I'll play myself!

Dane Dehaan as Jack

Someone who can flip from charming to batshit crazy. David Dastmalchian with a blonde wig.

Selena Gomez as Shirl