Here are the answers to the JFK casting quiz. In each, the real person is shown on the left, the actor on the right. Feel free to rate how closely the actor resembles his or her real-life counterpart on a scale of one-to-ten.
Figure 1. Sylvia Odio (10) played by Linda Flores Wade (O)
See the story immediately above for more about Odio.
Figure 2. Bernard De Torress, aka Leopoldo (4) played by Tomas Milian (J)
See the story immediately above for more about Leopoldo and his partner Angel.
Figure 3. Edwin Collins, aka Angelo (3) played by Raul Aranas (A)
See the story immediately above for more about Angel, and his partner Leopoldo.
Figure 4. Lou Ivan (7) played by Jay O. Sanders (L)
Ivan worked closely with Orleans Parish DA Jim Garrison on the case.
Figure 5. Beverly Oliver (11), aka The Babushka Lady played by Lolita Davidovich (E)
Oliver saw David Ferrie and Lee Oswald at the Carousel Club where Jack Ruby introduced the latter to her as a friend.
Figure 6. Carlos Bringuier (2) played by Tony Plana (K)
Oswald approached Bringuier to join his anti-Castro group in New Orleans. Later, the two had a very public confrontation when Bringuier saw Oswald handing out pro-Castro leaflets. The confrontation led to Oswald’s arrest, and later, a radio debate with Bringuier.
Figure 7. Dean Andrews (1) played by John Candy (B)
Andrews was a local New Orleans attorney who helped Oswald upgrade his discharge status from the US Marine Corp. He initially claimed to have been Oswald’s attorney for the shooting of President Kennedy and Officer J.D. Tippet, but then recanted saying that he had gotten confused because of a mild overdose of painkillers. Garrison convicted him on a perjury charge for testimony leading up to the Clay Shaw trial.
Figure 8. Earl Warren (15) played by Jim Garrison (F)
One of the quirks one can find in an Oliver Stone movie is the casting of the biographical subject as his real-life nemesis. In The People Vs. Larry Flynt, for example, Stone cast Flynt as a judge hostile to Flynt as played by Woody Harrelson.
Figure 9. Delphine Roberts (13) played by Ann Strub (N)
Roberts was Guy Banister’s secretary and mistress. She and Banister’s partner, PI Jack Martin, stipulated that Oswald frequented their office, along with David Ferrie.
Figure 10. Jack Martin (9) played by Jack Lemmon (G)
Guy Banister used his private detective agency as a front for anti-Castro operations, while Martin handled the legitimate caseload. Along with Delphine Roberts, he stipulated Oswald’s frequent presence in Guy Banister’s office.
Figure 11. Ruth Paine (12), fictionalized as Janet Williams, played by Gail Cronauer (D)
Paine introduced Lee and Marina Oswald to the White Russian community of Dallas, and generally managed them (presumably looking out for them). Paine dropped a trail of breadcrumbs designed to implicate Oswald in the assassination.
Figure 12. Jean Hill (6) played by Ellen McElduff (I)
As stated in last year’s post, Hill was the closest civilian witness to the JFK assassination not participating in the motorcade.
Figure 13. Jim Garrison (5) played by Kevin Costner (C)
Often vilified, often ridiculed, Garrison saw Oliver Stone’s movie, and the public reaction to it, as sweet vindication.
Figure 14. Senator Russell B. Long (8) played by Walter Matthau (H)
As stated in last year’s post, Garrison publicly said that Sen. Long inspired him to reopen the case. But the person who actually inspired him was US Rep. Hale Boggs, a dissenting member of the Warren Commission. Garrison feared that the inside information given to him by Boggs might lead someone to assassinate the congressman, so he attributed the inspiration to a source with no inside knowledge of the assassination, namely Sen. Long.
Figure 15. James Tague (14) played by Michael Skipper (M)
Tague was the third shooting victim (along with President Kennedy and Gov. Connally) of the gunfire erupting at Dealy Plaza. The used-car salesman was walking under the triple-overpass when a bullet grazed the side of his face. He heard another bullet hit the sidewalk next him.
Figure 1. Sylvia Odio (10) played by Linda Flores Wade (O)
See the story immediately above for more about Odio.
Figure 2. Bernard De Torress, aka Leopoldo (4) played by Tomas Milian (J)
See the story immediately above for more about Leopoldo and his partner Angel.
Figure 3. Edwin Collins, aka Angelo (3) played by Raul Aranas (A)
See the story immediately above for more about Angel, and his partner Leopoldo.
Figure 4. Lou Ivan (7) played by Jay O. Sanders (L)
Ivan worked closely with Orleans Parish DA Jim Garrison on the case.
Figure 5. Beverly Oliver (11), aka The Babushka Lady played by Lolita Davidovich (E)
Oliver saw David Ferrie and Lee Oswald at the Carousel Club where Jack Ruby introduced the latter to her as a friend.
Figure 6. Carlos Bringuier (2) played by Tony Plana (K)
Oswald approached Bringuier to join his anti-Castro group in New Orleans. Later, the two had a very public confrontation when Bringuier saw Oswald handing out pro-Castro leaflets. The confrontation led to Oswald’s arrest, and later, a radio debate with Bringuier.
Figure 7. Dean Andrews (1) played by John Candy (B)
Andrews was a local New Orleans attorney who helped Oswald upgrade his discharge status from the US Marine Corp. He initially claimed to have been Oswald’s attorney for the shooting of President Kennedy and Officer J.D. Tippet, but then recanted saying that he had gotten confused because of a mild overdose of painkillers. Garrison convicted him on a perjury charge for testimony leading up to the Clay Shaw trial.
Figure 8. Earl Warren (15) played by Jim Garrison (F)
One of the quirks one can find in an Oliver Stone movie is the casting of the biographical subject as his real-life nemesis. In The People Vs. Larry Flynt, for example, Stone cast Flynt as a judge hostile to Flynt as played by Woody Harrelson.
Figure 9. Delphine Roberts (13) played by Ann Strub (N)
Roberts was Guy Banister’s secretary and mistress. She and Banister’s partner, PI Jack Martin, stipulated that Oswald frequented their office, along with David Ferrie.
Figure 10. Jack Martin (9) played by Jack Lemmon (G)
Guy Banister used his private detective agency as a front for anti-Castro operations, while Martin handled the legitimate caseload. Along with Delphine Roberts, he stipulated Oswald’s frequent presence in Guy Banister’s office.
Figure 11. Ruth Paine (12), fictionalized as Janet Williams, played by Gail Cronauer (D)
Paine introduced Lee and Marina Oswald to the White Russian community of Dallas, and generally managed them (presumably looking out for them). Paine dropped a trail of breadcrumbs designed to implicate Oswald in the assassination.
Figure 12. Jean Hill (6) played by Ellen McElduff (I)
As stated in last year’s post, Hill was the closest civilian witness to the JFK assassination not participating in the motorcade.
Figure 13. Jim Garrison (5) played by Kevin Costner (C)
Often vilified, often ridiculed, Garrison saw Oliver Stone’s movie, and the public reaction to it, as sweet vindication.
Figure 14. Senator Russell B. Long (8) played by Walter Matthau (H)
As stated in last year’s post, Garrison publicly said that Sen. Long inspired him to reopen the case. But the person who actually inspired him was US Rep. Hale Boggs, a dissenting member of the Warren Commission. Garrison feared that the inside information given to him by Boggs might lead someone to assassinate the congressman, so he attributed the inspiration to a source with no inside knowledge of the assassination, namely Sen. Long.
Figure 15. James Tague (14) played by Michael Skipper (M)
Tague was the third shooting victim (along with President Kennedy and Gov. Connally) of the gunfire erupting at Dealy Plaza. The used-car salesman was walking under the triple-overpass when a bullet grazed the side of his face. He heard another bullet hit the sidewalk next him.
Funny that Edwin Collins was mentioned, as he was one of the shooters in the pergola, behind Zapruder. James Bookhout & Roscoe White were the other shooters. One of them was the 2nd pergola shooter and the other was the Dal Tex roof shooter. You can see the pergola shooters in the Moorman photo.
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