Truly had hired him. I was working as a manager of a clothing store in a job I really enjoyed. Far from trying to sneak away, Oswald, package in hand, volunteered to wait with him. Buell Wesley Frazier: He got out of the car and he was wearing the jacket that has the big sleeves in them and he put the package that he had, you know, that he told me was curtain rods up under his arm, you know, and so he walked down behind the car and standing over there at the end of the cyclone fence waiting for me to get out of the car, and so quick as I cut the engine off and started out of the car, shut the door just as I was starting out just like getting out of the car, he started walking off and so I followed him in. Clearly, they were not describing a 36-inch-long package. Both insisted Oswald's parcel was a good eight inches shorter than the disassembled Mannlicher-Carcano. Ive always thoughtthat Frazier had more involvement than he let on and believe he wasOswalds ride to work everyday. Oswald's landlady Mrs.Earline Roberts came across as quite an observant woman ( maybe even snoopish? ) Only Buell and his sister claimed to see Oswald carrying a large package. On the big screen, he appeared in "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country"and 2009's "Star Trek" reboot movie. Based on what Douglas revealed about Buell to Anna, it is possible the mailbox was never even broken to begin with or that Douglas purposefully broke the mailbox. Bill Gratton played one such pal, Leo, who initially appeared in the second season, featured in the episode"Duke's, We Hardly Knew Ye." He trained fellow employee Lee Harvey Oswald and drove Oswald to work occasionally, including on November 22, 1963. "So I never wear out my welcome. Buell remembers the morning of November 22nd vividly as instead of collecting Oswald from his home the then would-be assassin had walked round to rear of his sister's home to wait for his lift to work. Interestingly enough, Kramer also appeared on "Frasier" forebear"Cheers," playing a "Talk Show Lady" in an episodein which Frasier's then-wife Lilith (Bebe Neuwirth) visited a Boston talk show to promote her new book. Frasier ran for 11 seasons before ending in 2004. BALL - Did you ever stop on the way home on Friday night and buy anything?Mr. He would go on to make big splashes not only in Frasier but in memorable films like the 1987 rom-com Moonstruck, the 1991 Coen brother film Barton Fink, and the 1996 legal thriller Primal Fear . Joseph Ball: Do you have any idea of the date itself, do you have any memory of the date when you first saw him? He was my father. Unfortunately, The Woman in the House doesn't provide many clues as to why it needs to be fixed. 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'. Buell was so afraid that he might be killed by people seeking revenge for JFK's death that he moved from Dallas, joined the Army and lived in Denver, Colorado and Portland, Oregon.. 'I did not want people to know,' he said. Her final performance was on ABC sitcom "Modern Family," in the recurring role of Margaret, assistant to family patriarch Jay Pritchett (Ed O'Neill). Phil Esterhaus after the actor who portrayed him, Michael Conrad, died of cancer in 1983. Frazier suggested, however, "He could have brought the rifle in to work at an earlier date, or in one piece at a time over several days.". He thought it might have been a motorbike in the presidential motorcade back firing. The new series followed Frasier as he relocated to his hometown of Seattle, where the Harvard-educated psychiatrist took his skills to radio and offered advice to callers along with his on-air catchphrase:"I'm listening." Entire program:. Of the many, many guest stars to drop by "Frasier" during the course of the show's 11-season run, arguably one of the most legendary was Donald O'Connor. Wesley Frazier was born on June 4, 1944 in Harris County, Texas, USA. 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.". Still, it was odd that Buell never . Doesn't it come down to how much weight we assign to the co-workers' statements, (albeit many of them somewhat vague and belated)? The 26 seconds of film have become the most studied film in history. Joseph Ball: The paper, was the color of the paper, that you would get in a grocery store, is that it, a bag in a grocery store? Michelle's mom is still alive, though, and has seen her child reach the peak of female leadership in the country as well as accompanied her in the White House. 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.". He only works for the TSBD 5-6 weeks Wesley drives him to and from Irving on Mondays and Fridays.. The results of that polygraph have never seen the light of day, and I believe that Frazier failed. BALL - Except this one weekend?Mr. All I did was give him a ride to work.'. 'It was because they found out I had given Lee a lift to work on the day Kennedy died. 1 Follower. The interview, recorded at the Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas in July, will be broadcast this weekend . LEWISVILLE, Texas - Buell Frazier wants to tell it like it is - or was - on a very important day in US history 45 years ago in Dallas. Loggia, reportedUSA Today, died in 2015 at age 85, leaving behind a film and TV legacy that's the envy of any actor. Mr. Frazier was a star witness. 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. He lived in Huntsville before moving to Irving where he stayed with his sister, Linnie Mae Randle. For years, he had trouble finding work. Or altered his route to pick up LHO at the North Beckley Street house in Oak Cliff? Sebastian F. Latona, supervisor of the FBI's Latent Fingerprint Section, developed a single fingerprint and a single palmprint he identified as Oswald's. "Star Wars"actress and novelist Carrie Fisher, who died in 2016, was hilarious as an insomniac caller who droned on for so long about her inability to get any sleep that she sent both Frasier and Roz snoozing. View the profiles of people named Tracy Frazier. But the first time I ever saw him was the first day he come to work. They found a matching palm print on the stock, but had no proof that he had it with him the day of the assassination. Concerts in 2009 were part of a 50th Anniversary tour that culminated with a benefit in Big Bear Lake, California, in December. Think he might have known Dallas Petroleum Club member Harold Dry Hole Byrd, owner of the TSBD? View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro. 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. The NASA icon played himself in the 2001 episode "Docu.Drama,"which featured Roz getting the go-ahead from management to produce a radio documentary about space travel. A scared 19 year old kid, worried he was gonna get "pulled into all this", who was arrested, interrogated, given a lie detector test we'll never know the results off, and asked to sign a confession by Fritz. Wesley Frazier was born on June 4, 1944 in Harris County, Texas, USA. The mayor being a CIA asset since at least 1956 (now proven) Earl Cabell. Paul Thompson In Dallas, Texas, For Dailymail.com, How the magic began: Rare photographs reveal the excitement and the chaos of Disneyland's opening day in 1955, Erased from history: Princeton president agrees to remove mural of 'racist Klansman' President Woodrow Wilson from campus to appease protesters who camped out in his office overnight. Buell Wesley Frazier: I would say roughly around 2 feet of the seat. 'Not for one minute do I think Lee was on his own,' Buell told Daily Mail Online. As a result, Frasier agrees to testify against his brother in the trial. "I just felt I had to try acting one more time. As Deadline noted, he played the recurring role of Dr. Ira Graves in "Star Trek: The Next Generation," and also appeared in an episode of "Voyager." Frasier was a spin . Buell Wesley Frazier: Yes. He would later be arrested in a movie theater and instantly proclaim his innocence. "It was a matter of determination to live that kept me As I re-read Frazier's testimony, I could not help but get the feeling that Frazier'swhole recounted dialog about "curtain rods" was repeatedly forced and phony. After witnessing the Kennedy assassination, Frazier was detained and questioned by Dallas police. 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 . 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. Completing the Story of the Assassination, A regular reader calls our attention to C-SPANs interviewwith Buell Wesley Frazier, a co-worker of Lee Harvey Oswalds in November 1963. After being off the air for 14 years, InsideEdition.com takes a look back at where Frasier's stars are today. Even a metal plaque from the Texas Historical Society placed on the Book Depository building says Oswald 'allegedly' shot JFK. 'It was the truth, but they did not believe me and were convinced I was involved.'. 'They asked if I was traumatized by the events, but I wasn't. The Warren Commission - and the Assassinations Committee in 1979 - concluded that Oswald did carry the rifle to work. More than 50 years on from that fateful day in Dallas, Texas, Buell remains convinced that Oswald didn't act alone in the shooting heard round the world. "Whether the mask is labeled fascism, democracy, or dictatorship of the proletariat, our great adversary remains the apparatusthe bureaucracy, the police, the military."Simone Weil, French philosopherWe've bartered away our right to self-governance, self-defense, privacy, autonomy and that most important right of all: the right to tell the government to "leave me the hell alone . For sci-fi fans, the actor will remain best known for playing Odo, the shape-shifting head of security on "Star Trek:Deep Space Nine." 'Another time I was at a school reunion and a teacher came up to me and just said: "You should be ashamed of yourself. For the entire season, Buell worked on it, which was weird as he never got it fixed. Those papers. FYI, there is a past thread here that speculates that LHO and BWF were lovers, based on a singular interpretation of something Frazier said. 'I came under a lot of pressure to change my story, but I refused. Both Frazier and Mrs. Linnie Mae Randle swore that the bag found on the 6th floor was much longer than the package Oswald was carrying. 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. 'They kept on asking about Lee and the ride to work. Frazier was released. Their accuracy in estimating lengths was tested by both the FBI and by the commission. Hoskins' role on "Frasier" was one small piece of an impressive acting career, noted the late actor's IMDb page, beginning on British television in the early 1970s. However, she was concerned for her daughter and her grandkids. In 2007, he captured a Tony Award for his role in Curtains. Setting off on a 30 minutes drive to downtown Dallas he didn't give it another thought as he chatted amiably with the workmate sat beside him. When they do, their Tweets will show up here. Additional TV credits included "The Waltons,"both "The Bob Newhart Show"and the subsequent "Newhart,""Touched By an Angel,""Dr. Ken,""NCIS,"and daytime soap "Days of Our Lives." 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. He told the commission that he parked the car and then left the engine running in order to charge up his battery. He has made his claims to a Dutch filmmaker but they have previously been dismissed as 'not credible' by the FBI. "Cheers"was a pillar of NBC's much-vaunted "Must See TV" Thursday night lineup when the beloved barroom comedy said goodbye in 1993. He told the Warren Commission that Oswald took a package into work that day that he claimed contained curtain rods. One "Frasier" fan favorite feature was the show's cavalcade of guest stars not the ones who appeared onscreen, mind you, but the celebrities who called in to Frasier Crane's radio showin search of Frasier's help with their always-absurd psychological problems. Niles is hired as an expert witness by Safford's son in his effort to have his father legally declared senile; Frasier, however, gets to know the elder Safford and comes to believe his mental faculties are intact, but that he's just an eccentric with a zest for life. The 19-year-old who drove Lee Harvey Oswald to work the day he allegedly assassinated President John F. Kennedy still has questions about the tragedy in Dealey Plaza. ", 'When I asked why she said it was because of Oswald. Package was too short. 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. 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