Frazier passed away at the Motion Picture + Television Hospital in Woodland Hills, California on 26 May (07).

Thanks to his white beard, Frazier played Santa Claus in a number of movies including The Elf Who Saved Christmas in 1992.

Elsewhere, he had a role in director Robert Altman's 1971 classic McCabe + Mrs. Miller and appeared in TV shows including Batman, Cheers and Hill Street Blues.

Source: WENN