Cliff Frazier obit

Football and Television Star Cliff Frazier has died

He was not on the list.

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Frazier was a defensive tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs, starting 12 of 14 games for the Chiefs in 1977. He had played college football for the UCLA Bruins, where he was a member of their 1976 Rose Bowl Game championship team. He was selected for the College All-Star Game after his senior year.

Frazier was the 41st pick in the 2nd round of the 1976 NFL draft by the Chiefs. He was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles before the 1976 season in exchange for two future draft picks. The Eagles traded him to the Los Angeles Rams after the season, but the Rams cut him. The Chiefs re-signed him before the 1977 season. After one season with the Chiefs, Frazier decided to retire.

After retiring from professional football, Frazier had roles in several films, including North Dallas Forty, Vice Squad and House Party. He played the character of Jethro Snell in 79 (of 80) episodes of HBO's football comedy 1st & 10 between 1984 and 1991.

Actor

    Michael Rapaport, Muse Watson, Stacy Keach, Paul Adelstein, Barbara Eve Harris, Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell, Leon Russom, Wade Williams, Amaury Nolasco, and Marshall Allman in Prison Break (2005)

    Prison Break

        Orderly

        TV Series

        2006

 

Ice Cube, Troy Garity, Anthony Anderson, Cedric the Entertainer, Sean Patrick Thomas, Michael Ealy, Eve, and Leonard Earl Howze in Barbershop (2002)

Barbershop

 

    Customer Kwame (as Clifford T. Frazier)

 

    2002

 

Vacant Lot (2000)

Vacant Lot

 

    Clarence (Homeless Man)

 

    2000

 

Sergey Bodrov, Sergey Makovetskiy, and Viktor Sukhorukov in Brat 2 (2000)

Brat 2

 

    (as Clifford T.Freizer)

 

    2000

 

The Opera Lover (1999)

The Opera Lover

 

    Roy (as Clifford Frazier)

 

    1999

 

Love and Action in Chicago (1999)

Love and Action in Chicago

 

    Carby (as Clifford T. Frazier)

 

    1999

 

Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Downey Jr., and Wesley Snipes in U.S. Marshals (1998)

U.S. Marshals

 

    Minister (as Clifford T. Frazier)

 

    1998

 

Cold Night Into Dawn (1997)

Cold Night Into Dawn

 

    Lee Lee

 

    1997

 

Almost Dead (1994)

Almost Dead

 

    Restaurant Man #1

 

    1994

 

Delta Burke in 1st & Ten (1984)

1st & Ten

 

    Jethro Snell

 

    TV Series

 

    1984–1991

 

Love Your Mama (1990)

Love Your Mama

 

    Church Minister

 

    1990

 

Christopher Martin and Christopher Reid in House Party (1990)

House Party

 

    Brutus

 

    1990

 

Melissa Sue Anderson, Barbara Eden, George Kennedy, Christopher McDonald, and Joe Namath in Chattanooga Choo Choo (1984)

Chattanooga Choo Choo

 

    Ulysses (uncredited)

 

    1984

 

Vice Squad (1982)

Vice Squad

 

    Mace (as Clifford Frazier)

 

    1982

 

James Coburn in Darkroom (1981)

Darkroom

 

    Strongarm #1

 

    TV Series

 

    1981

 

North Dallas Forty (1979)

North Dallas Forty

 

    Monroe

 

    197