"I'm a character actor in that I play many different roles, and I'm virtually unrecognizable from one role to another,"he revealed. (Which is why our "Oswald" so adamantly denied bringing in or saying anything about "curtain rods" to Frazier!). The Commission, which spawned a dozen conspiracy theories by ruling Oswald acted alone, found otherwise. He was 5. During a career that spanned from the late 1940s until 2010, Murphy appeared in numerous films and TV series, ranging from "Magnum, P.I." Joseph Ball: When you first saw him was it a Monday morning? Stovall told the WC that the Irving police fetched him from . It was because they found out I had given Lee a lift to work on the day Kennedy died. The only suggestion of any connection between Oswald and the bag was through fingerprints. The claim by Files, who is due to be released from prison next year, is yet another unprovable theory. He was questioned for hours as detectives suspected he was involved in an assassination plot. Though if O-40 shooters might they have had military backup? I don't think those conversations happened. Sheppard played Mr. Drake, the club's president. This is rather strange, because the Mannlicher-Carcano was oiled when found. In his book "The Kennedy Conspiracy", the author, Anthony Summers, points out: "Ironically, it was Frazier and his sister who created a slight doubt that Oswald had, in fact, been carrying the murder weapon rather than his 'curtain rods'. The title of that first episode, in fact, was likely meant to reference what is arguably Murphy's best-known role, as Maudie Atkinson in the 1962 screen classic "To Kill a Mockingbird." Buell said Dallas police instructed managers at the depository to gather all the employees for a roll call. He told the Warren Commission that Oswald took a package into work that day that he claimed contained curtain rods. After spending some time with Leland, Martin notices some marked similarities between Leland's characteristics and those of her sons, leading him to question whether Leland is their real father, and not him. After being diagnosed with liver cancer, Joe Frazier died in November 2011 at 67 years old. Buell said Oswald was 'quiet' during the 20 minute drive and no one mentioned the visit of President Kennedy to Dallas. The character makes another appearance later that same season, when Frasier experiences the surprise of discovering that Tewksbury is dating his producer, Roz. Buell said he was excited to see the President - but wanted to get a good look at Jackie Kennedy. The two men became friends and Frazier agreed to give Oswald a lift to work when he was staying at Paine's house in Irving. He trained fellow employee Lee Harvey Oswald and drove Oswald to work occasionally, including on November 22, 1963. The interview, recorded at the Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas in July, will be broadcast this weekend, This reader says that the Frazier interview shows he would not have been a good prosecution witness [against Oswald] given that he says No way the rifle was in the package Oswald brought to work that day [November 22, 1963]. A: No, sir, I was not close enough to see. After being off the air for 14 years, InsideEdition.com takes a look back at where Frasier's stars are today. Joe Frazier, the former heavyweight champion whose furious and intensely personal fights with a taunting Muhammad Ali endure as an epic rivalry in boxing history, died Monday . Joseph Ball: On the way back and forth did you talk very much to each other? He reached the same conclusion - Frazier lied about the "curtain rods" sack. We also dont have phone or cab records stating that they frequented this address for a month and a half That is weird how they couldnt figure out how he got to and from work everyday. Buell Wesley Frazier was Lee Harvey Oswald's neighbor and close friend. LaMotta doesn't appear again as Duke until a 1998 episode, when he's one of a few pals seen playing poker with Martin. He told the Warren Commission that Oswald took a package into work that day that he claimed contained curtain rods. It was a conspiracy to kill the President. BALL - Did you ever stop on the way home on Friday night and buy anything?Mr. "Oswald" carried no rifle into the TSBD and Frazier knew it. The same year he appeared on "Frasier," O'Connor also appeared in a guest spot on "The Nanny." Mr. BALL - About what time in the morning?Mr. Actress Alice Playten was seen in the sixth season of "Frasier,"playing the recurring role of Martin's then-girlfriend, Bonnie, in a few episodes. Their accuracy in estimating lengths was tested by both the FBI and by the commission. Buell Wesley Frazier: Like I say, I was watching the gages and watched the car for a few minutes before I cut it off. Murphy died in 2014 at age 89. Before leaving to go to Washington, D.C., Marian was comfortable at her home in Chicago. Joseph Ball: Do you have any idea of the date itself, do you have any memory of the date when you first saw him? Frasier was a spin . FRAZIER - Yes.Mr. However, she was concerned for her daughter and her grandkids. Frazier and Lisa Whedbee were having an affair. She said one afternoon when I went home she told me she found out from one of the neighbors (Ruth Paine) there he came over for that interview with Mr. A: He got out of the car, got the package and walked behind the picket fence there and stayed there like he was waiting on me. Stiers also had recurring roles in "StargateAtlantis,""The Dead Zone" and the sitcom "Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place.". The curtain rod story comes only from Buell Wesley Frazier. Facebook gives people the power to. David Ogden Stiers was a familiar face to television viewers of the 1970s and 1980s for his portrayal of snobbish Major Charles Emerson Winchester III on "M*A*S*H,"the hit military-medical sitcom that ran from 1972 until 1983. Occasionally, viewers met Martin Crane's (John Mahoney) former colleagues from his years as a Seattle police officer. 'The previous day he had said he was getting curtain rods for the room where he stayed in Dallas during the week while at work. Witness Buell Frazier has his sister come to the homicide and robbery . Hough. Buell was called to give evidence to the Warren Commission. In all, Frazier - at 5'11 and 205 lbs., considered small for a heavywieght - won 32 fights: 27 by knockouts, losing four times (twice to Ali and also to George Foreman). TMZ has since reported that Mahoney's death caused by multiple health complications, which included brain disease and lung cancer. You have seen, not a real light color but you know normally, the normal color about the same color, you have seen these kinds of heavy duty bags you know like you obtain from the grocery store, something like that, about the same color of that, paper sack you get there Joseph Ball: What did he do about the package in the back seat when he got out of the car? I said to him, " I will race the engine pretty fast and charge it up a little bit.". 'Another time I was at a school reunion and a teacher came up to me and just said: "You should be ashamed of yourself. The Warren Commission - and the Assassinations Committee in 1979 - concluded that Oswald did carry the rifle to work. 'I told them it wasn't big enough to be a rifle, but they said I must have been mistaken,' he said. Remember, "Oswald's" denial was so vehement, forceful and persuasive that the DPD went back out and re-interviewed Frazier, this time complete with a polygraph. Within a few days, he began driving Oswald to Irving, Texas on Friday nights and back to Dallas on Monday mornings. The 26 seconds of film have become the most studied film in history. Eddie, the beloved dog portrayed by show business pup Moose, passed away in 2006 at age 15. FRAZIER - No, sir; stopped one time and bought some gas, I remember. Yet that wasn't the end of the story; in September of that same year, new sitcom "Frasier"launched, focusing on tavern regular Dr. Frasier Crane, played by Kelsey Grammer. The commission distorted Mrs. Randle's testimony by quoting her as saying that Oswald carried a "heavy brown bag." In the episode, titled "The Club,"Niles and Frasier attempt to sabotage the other's chances of being accepted into Seattle's prestigious Empire Club when they learn they're competing against each other for the sole vacant spot. So, the evidence that Frazier actually did drive "Oswald" to and from 1026 N. Beckley daily is not strong. I take the bus myself into the city for work and I seethe same people every single day, morning and night. Buell Wesley Frazier was only 19 years old in 1963 when he met Lee Harvey Oswald on the job at the Texas Schoolbook Depository in Dallas. I believe, out of the first hand witnesses that are still alive, Mr. Frazier could hold the key to the truth about Lee Harvey Oswald. | And Clyde he has remained, an icon of greatness as an athlete and of goodness as a man. The bar's owner, Duke, was frequently referenced throughout the series. Far from trying to sneak away, Oswald, package in hand, volunteered to wait with him. Trained at London's prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, William Morgan Sheppard was an actor's actor whose career spanned six decades before his 2019 death at age 86. 'They asked if I was traumatized by the events, but I wasn't. In custody, however, Oswald denied having told Frazier he intended fetching rods for his rented room - and even insisted that he had not carried a long package, or placed it on the back seat of Frazier's car, on the morning of the murder. He would later be arrested in a movie theater and instantly proclaim his innocence. They kept on asking me the same questions. Joseph Ball: How wide would you say that would be? Q: Tell me, how was Lee Harvey Oswald carrying this package you described as he was walking in front of you? I told them what I saw and I know they did not like it.'. Wesley Frazier was born on June 4, 1944 in Harris County, Texas, USA. He lived in Huntsville before moving to Irving where he stayed with his sister, Linnie Mae Randle. Only Buell and his sister claimed to see Oswald carrying a large package. Thanks, we'll get right on that. Joseph Ball: How much of that back seat, how much space did it take up? Almost one year after the assassination, Frazier (20 years old) sold the car to L.H. Wesley Buell Frazier was born in Texas in 1944. Frantic Families Trapped in Their Homes and Running Out of Food After Massive Snowstorm Cripples California, 3 Female Bodybuilders Say League Owner's Son Sexually Exploited Them While Their Careers Hung in the Balance, Innocent Michigan Man, 71, Walks Free After 2 Decades in Prison Thanks to True Crime Coverage of His Case, Lindsay Clancy: Timeline of Events in the Case of Massachusetts Mom Accused of Killing Her 3 Children, Abby Choi Case: Police Scour Landfill Searching for Dismembered Model's Missing Torso, Hands and Arms, 2 Missing Women Found Alive by Maine Game Wardens After Being Stuck in Their Car in Freezing Temperatures. 'They kept on asking about Lee and the ride to work. The two men became friends and Frazier agreed to give Oswald a lift to work when he was staying at Paine's house in Irving. Staff at the depository had been given time off to watch JFK and his wife Jackie as their motorcade made its way through Dealey Plaza outside their building. Four co-workers stated this, in my article the HSCA transcripts are there in black and white. It wasn't no added job when he would come with me on the weekend. He was previously married to Beverly J. Frazier. Buell spent hours being interrogated before passing a lie detector test and being released. Buell Frazier. In the first few seasons of "Frasier,"Martin was known to down a few beers at Duke's, his favorite local bar. As a result, Frasier agrees to testify against his brother in the trial. Frazier was released. (1944-2011) Who Was Joe Frazier? Films such as 'JFK' by Oliver Stone, which suggested a second gunman standing on the Grassy Knoll, have helped fuel the conspiracy theories that continue to this day. I was just a simple country boy and it was just a nightmare. Mr. BALL - Did you ever stop on the way home on Friday night and buy anything? Buell Wesley Frazier: Mini Bio (1) Wesley Frazier was born on June 4, 1944 in Harris County, Texas, USA. He still considers . Frazier demonstrated this by showing that Oswald could not physically have carried a 35-inch rifle tucked into his armpit with the base cupped in his hand, as Frazier remembered.". Like his dad, Enzo lived until age 16, dyingin 2010. David Hyde Pierce, who played Frasiers brother, Niles Crane, also continues to act in television and has appeared in The Good Wife, andNetflix's Wet Hot American Summer. Hours later at the hospital he was arrested by police after they were told he gave Oswald a lift to work. In his book The Kennedy Conspiracy, the author, Anthony Summers, points out: "Ironically, it was Frazier and his sister who created a slight doubt that Oswald had, in fact, been carrying the murder weapon rather than his "curtain rods." Oswald was the only one missing. After immigrating to the U.S. from his native England at age 19, he spent years working as an English teacher, and then as associate editor of a medical journal before pursuing his passion for theater. Truly had hired him. I was working as a manager of a clothing store in a job I really enjoyed. The shooting was captured by Abraham Zapruder who filmed the entire gory scene as the President was struck. A: Parallel to his side, up and down. Prior to his 2003 death at age 78 (via The New York Times), one of O'Connor's final roles was playing wealthy timber baron Harlow Safford in the "Crane vs. Crane" episode of "Frasier." Buell Wesley Frazier: I will say, you know, talking back and forth with the bossman all the time and from being around and getting along real fine and so he told me, I assume the day after he hired him that he was going to have him come in on Monday and he asked me had I ever seen him and I told him then no; I had never seen him. Mr. BALL - About what time in the morning? The reader can demonstrate this by taking a yardstick, which is the same length as the package which the Warren Commission claimed Oswald held, and hold one end of the yardstick cupped in the hand. (1) At 19, he arrived in Irving in early September 1963 from the town of Huntsville 200 miles away to find work and live with his sister Linnie Mae Randle, her husband Bill . Garland G. Slack, who also testified before the Warren Commission, claimed that he saw Oswald practicing with a rifle at a firing range on November 10, 1963. "Michael dressed in a black 'Phantom of the Opera' shirt with a . The assassin insisted he was a 'patsy' and denied killing JFK. As the years passed he became more comfortable discussing what happened and is now well known by staff at The Sixth Floor Museum in the book depository. Photo by Author. "Frasier" isn't just Glenn's most memorable TV guest starring role it's his only one. Buell remembers that Oswald had very little to say during the trips that often took less than 30 minutes. Shipping calculated at checkout. By You know, like I told you, you can go home with me any time you want to, like I say anytime you want to go see your wife that is all right with me.". Frazier, however, told Oswald to go on alone. LaMatta wasn't exactly a fan of his work on the wacky sitcom,subsequently telling TMZ he thought "the show 'ALF' was a piece of s*** worst work I ever did.". When Frasier learns he'll be honored by having a caricature of himself hanging on the restaurant's wall, Niles is still so scarred, decades later, that he refuses step foot inside the eatery. After all the handling of the bag attributed to Oswald, first in making it, then in packing it, then taking it to Frazier's car, putting it down in the car, picking it up and carrying it toward if not into the building for two blocks, and then, at least by inference, through the building, and when removing and assembling a rifle Marina testified he kept oiled and cleaned, how is it to be explained that he left only two prints? He wasn't aware of where Oswald was standing and never saw him again that day. In this role, he would help to define the ethos of scientific skepticism, curate its scope and content, and communicate its values for almost five decades. In an interview with WHYY, Derek got candid about his relationship with his father, which went awry months before his death. Rob ClarkDecember 19, 2019 in JFK Assassination Debate. FYI, there is a past thread here that speculates that LHO and BWF were lovers, based on a singular interpretation of something Frazier said. "Frasier"ran for 11 hit seasons before ending its run in 2004 with a new revival ordered by the Paramount Plus streaming service in 2021. And knowing how Oswald was with money, he probably would have taken him up on the offer. On the big screen, he appeared in "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country"and 2009's "Star Trek" reboot movie. So sayeth Buell Frazierand no one else. Over the years he's come to know several people who found themselves embroiled in the investigation, including ex-Dallas detective Jim Leavelle and Oswald's co-worker Buell Frazier. Other stars who called into "Frasier" and have since died include Mary Tyler Moore, Bruno Kirby, Carl Reiner, Dominick Dunne, Rosemary Clooney, Dr. Timothy Leary, Sandra Dee, Sydney Pollack, Billy Barty, Jerry Orbach,Patty Duke, Jill Clayburgh, Neil Simon, Harold Prince, Bobby Short, Larry Gelbart, andPenny Marshall. Q: What did Lee Harvey Oswald do when you were charging your battery? Think he might have known Dallas Petroleum Club member Harold Dry Hole Byrd, owner of the TSBD? But I say like I said I just roughly estimate and that would be around two feet, give and take a few inches. Frazier testified that he drove Oswald to the Paine residence virtually every weekend, right up until the day before the assassination where the pattern was shifted by Oswald coming out on the evening of Thursday, November 21. By
9 years ago In his Warren Commission testimony and in the mock trial, Buell Frazier said he was standing 2 or 3 steps back up behind Lovelady, whom he identified as the Man in the Doorway. Mr. FRAZIER - No, sir; stopped one time and bought some gas, I remember. Foreman's explanation for not attending the service was, in his words, "I loved this one," referring to his two . The pix below show him in the corridor trying to makes his way through the crowd of camera men and reporters. 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