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The Club (Frasier)
The second season of the American sitcom ''Frasier'' commenced airing in the United States on September 20, 1994, and concluded on May 23, 1995. It continues to follow Dr. Frasier Crane's experiences as a radio psychiatrist and efforts to get closer to his father and brother. The second season aired Tuesdays at 9:00 pm in the United States after moving from its previous Thursday night time slot. The season was released on DVD as a four-disc boxed set on January 6, 2004, by Paramount Home Entertainment. In 1997, TV Guide ranked "The Matchmaker" No. 43 on its list of the 100 Greatest Episodes. Cast Main * Kelsey Grammer as Frasier Crane * Jane Leeves as Daphne Moon * David Hyde Pierce as Niles Crane * Peri Gilpin as Roz Doyle * John Mahoney as Martin Crane Special guest * Bebe Neuwirth as Lilith * JoBeth Williams as Madeline * John C. McGinley as Danny * Nathan Lane as Phil * Ted Danson as Sam Malone Special appearance by * Dan Butler as Bulldog * Shelly Long as Diane Chambers Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelsey Grammer
Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955) is an American actor and producer. He gained notoriety and acclaim for his role as psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the NBC sitcom '' Cheers'' (1984-1993) and its spin-off ''Frasier'' (1993-2004), for which he received four Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. The role remains one of the longest running in television history. For his role as the corrupt Mayor in the political series ''Boss'' (2011-2012) he received a Golden Globe Award. In 2000 was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Grammer having trained as an actor at Juilliard and the Old Globe Theatre, made his professional acting debut as Lennox in the 1981 Broadway revival of '' Macbeth''. The following year he portrayed Cassio acting opposite Christopher Plummer and James Earl Jones in '' Othello''. In 1983, he acted alongside Mandy Patinkin in the original off-Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim's musical '' Sunday in the Park with George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bebe Neuwirth
Beatrice "Bebe" Jane Neuwirth ( ; born December 31, 1958) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. On television, she played Dr. Lilith Sternin, Frasier Crane's wife, on both the TV sitcom ''Cheers'' (in a starring role) and its spin-off ''Frasier'' (in a recurring guest role). The role won her two Emmy Awards. In 2005, Neuwirth was cast as Bureau Chief/ADA Tracey Kibre in the short-lived ''Law & Order'' courtroom drama series, '' Law & Order: Trial by Jury'' on NBC that ran for 12 episodes. In film, she portrayed Nora Shepherd in the original ''Jumanji'' (1995) and '' Jumanji: The Next Level'' (2019). On stage she played the Tony Award–winning roles of Nickie in the revival of '' Sweet Charity'' (1986) and Velma Kelly in the revival of ''Chicago'' (1996). Other Broadway musical roles include Lola in the revival of ''Damn Yankees'' (1994) and Morticia Addams in ''The Addams Family'' (2010). From 2014 to 2017, she starred as Nadine Tolliver in the CBS political drama '' Mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John O'Hurley
John George O'Hurley Jr. (born October 9, 1954) is an American actor, comedian, singer, author, game show host and television personality. He is known for his portrayal of J. Peterman on the NBC sitcom ''Seinfeld'', and was the sixth host of the game show ''Family Feud'' from 2006 to 2010. He also hosted '' To Tell the Truth'' from 2000 to 2002 in syndication. Early life O'Hurley was born in Kittery, Maine, the son of Jean (February 14, 1930 - February 9, 2017), a housewife, and John O'Hurley Sr. (January 18, 1928 - February 1, 2020), an ear, nose, and throat surgeon. O'Hurley attended Natick High School in Natick, Massachusetts and Kingswood-Oxford School in West Hartford, Connecticut, but moved to DuBois, Pennsylvania in 9th grade and graduated from Providence College in 1976 with a BA in Theatre. His older sister Carol died in 1970 at the age of 17 due to epileptic seizures, and so he performs charitable work for the Epilepsy Foundation. He has younger twin brothers, Bruce an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gil Chesterton
The main character of the American television sitcom ''Frasier'' is Frasier Crane. Other regular characters include: his father Martin, brother Niles, producer Roz Doyle, and his live-in caregiver Daphne Moon. Other minor characters made regular appearances. Main characters * Kelsey Grammer as Frasier Crane, a radio psychiatrist. The character could be characterized as pedantic, finicky, scrupulous, and pontifical. Growing up with a cultured mother and "Average Joe" father, Frasier epitomises a synthesis of upper-class sophistication, yet is still capable of working-class enjoyments. After returning to Seattle, he begins embracing his more cultured background but developed a more snobbish and haughty self, possibly due to rekindling his relationship with his brother Niles Crane. Despite his pretentious demeanour, Frasier has a good heart and strong moral compass. * Jane Leeves as Daphne Moon (''later Crane''), a Mancunian physiotherapist and live-in housekeeper hired by Frasi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Hibbert
Edward Hibbert (born 9 September 1955) is an American-born British actor and literary agent. He played Gil Chesterton in the TV series ''Frasier''. He also voiced Zazu in both '' The Lion King II: Simba's Pride'' and ''The Lion King 1½''. Early life Hibbert was born on Long Island, New York, the son of actor Geoffrey Hibbert. He has one sister. He was raised in England, where he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He returned to the US in the mid-1980s. Career Acting career Hibbert had a starring role as Faulconbridge in the BBC's production of ''The Life and Death of King John'', published in 1984. He has appeared on Broadway and in major regional theatre productions, worked in television as a series regular and guest star and also had roles in major films. In 1993 he won an Obie Award for his co-starring role of "Sterling" in Paul Rudnick's '' Jeffrey''. His "Frederick Fellows/Philip Brent" in the National Theatre revival of ''Noises Off'' (presented at the Brooks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane Chambers
Diane Chambers is a fictional character in the American television situation comedy show '' Cheers'', portrayed by Shelley Long and created by Glen and Les Charles. After her fiancé Sumner Sloan abandons her in the Cheers bar in the pilot episode, Diane works as a bar waitress. She has an on-off relationship with the womanizing bartender Sam Malone (Ted Danson) and a one-year relationship with Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer), who later becomes a main character of the series and ''Frasier''. When Long left the series during the fifth season, the producers wrote her character out. After that, they added her permanent replacement Rebecca Howe, a businesswoman played by Kirstie Alley, in the sixth season. Shelley Long made a special guest appearance as Diane in the series finale, as well as in ''Frasier'' as a one-time figment of Frasier's imagination, and as the actual Diane in the crossover episode "The Show Where Diane Comes Back". Other actresses auditioned for the role of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelly Long
Shelley Lee Long (born August 23, 1949) is an American actress, singer, and comedian. Long portrayed Diane Chambers on the hit sitcom '' Cheers'' and received five Emmy nominations, winning in 1983 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. She won two Golden Globe Awards for the role. Long reprised her role as Diane Chambers in three episodes of the spin-off ''Frasier'', for which she received an additional guest star Emmy nomination. In 2009, she began playing a recurring role as DeDe Pritchett on the ABC comedy series ''Modern Family''. Long has also starred in several films including '' Night Shift'' (1982), ''Irreconcilable Differences'' (1984), ''The Money Pit'' (1986), '' Outrageous Fortune'' (1987), ''Hello Again (1987 film), Hello Again'' (1987), ''Troop Beverly Hills'' (1989), ''The Brady Bunch Movie'' (1995), ''A Very Brady Sequel'' (1996), and ''Dr. T & the Women'' (2000). Early life Shelley Long was born on August 23, 1949, in Indian Village Historic Dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe
The main character of the American television sitcom ''Frasier'' is Frasier Crane. Other regular characters include: his father Martin, brother Niles, producer Roz Doyle, and his live-in caregiver Daphne Moon. Other minor characters made regular appearances. Main characters * Kelsey Grammer as Frasier Crane, a radio psychiatrist. The character could be characterized as pedantic, finicky, scrupulous, and pontifical. Growing up with a cultured mother and "Average Joe" father, Frasier epitomises a synthesis of upper-class sophistication, yet is still capable of working-class enjoyments. After returning to Seattle, he begins embracing his more cultured background but developed a more snobbish and haughty self, possibly due to rekindling his relationship with his brother Niles Crane. Despite his pretentious demeanour, Frasier has a good heart and strong moral compass. * Jane Leeves as Daphne Moon (''later Crane''), a Mancunian physiotherapist and live-in housekeeper hired by Frasi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Butler
Daniel Eugene Butler (born December 2, 1954) is an American actor known for his role as Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe on the TV series ''Frasier'' (1993–2004); Art in ''Roseanne'' (1991–1992); for the voice of Mr. Simmons on the ''Nickelodeon'' TV show ''Hey Arnold'' (1997–2002), which was later reprised the role in '' Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie'' (2017); and films roles in ''Enemy of the State'' (1998) and ''Sniper 2'' (2001). Education Butler was born in Huntington, Indiana, and raised in Fort Wayne, the son of Shirley, a housewife, and Andrew Butler, a pharmacist. While a drama student at Purdue University Fort Wayne in 1975, he received the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship, sponsored by the Kennedy Center. From 1976 to 1978, he trained at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. Career Butler is best known for his role as Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe in the NBC sitcom ''Frasier'', appearing in every season but one between 1993 and 2004. The character was a volatile, boor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Malone
Samuel "Mayday" Malone is a fictional character on the American television show ''Cheers'', portrayed by Ted Danson and created by Glen and Les Charles. The protagonist of the series, Sam, a former relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox baseball team, is the owner and bartender of the bar called "Cheers". He is also a recovering alcoholic and a notorious womanizer. Although his celebrity status was short-lived, Sam retains that standing within the confines of Cheers, where he is beloved by the regular patrons. Along with Carla Tortelli and Norm Peterson, he is one of only three characters to appear in all episodes of ''Cheers''. Sam has an on-again, off-again relationship with the bar waitress Diane Chambers (Shelley Long) for the series' first five seasons until her departure from the series. Then he tries to seduce Diane's replacement, Rebecca Howe ( Kirstie Alley), who frequently rejects his advances. Sam also appears in "The Show Where Sam Shows Up", a crossover episode of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Danson
Edward Bridge "Ted" Danson III (born December 29, 1947) is an American actor. He achieved stardom playing the lead character Sam Malone on the NBC sitcom ''Cheers'', for which he received two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. He was nominated for more Emmy Awards for roles in the legal drama ''Damages (TV series), Damages'' (2007-2010) and the NBC sitcom ''The Good Place'' (2016-2020). He was awarded a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame and was ranked second in ''TV Guide''s list of the top 25 television stars. Danson's made his film debut in 1978 in the crime drama ''The Onion Field (film), The Onion Field''. His breakout role was as Jack Holden in the films ''Three Men and a Baby'' (1987) and ''Three Men and a Little Lady'' (1990). His other film roles include ''Body Heat'' (1981), ''Dad (1989 film), Dad'' (1989), and ''Saving Private Ryan'' (1998). Danson's other leading roles on television include the CBS sitcom ''Becker (TV series), Becker'', CBS drama ''CSI: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan Lane
Nathan Lane (born Joseph Lane; February 3, 1956) is an American actor. In a career spanning over 40 years he has been seen on stage and screen in roles both comedic and dramatic. Lane has received numerous awards including three Tony Awards, six Drama Desk Awards, six Outer Critics Circle Awards, two Obie Awards, a Lucille Lortel Award, an Olivier Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, two Daytime Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2006, Lane received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2008. In 2010, ''The New York Times'' hailed Lane as "the greatest stage entertainer of the decade". Lane made his professional theatre debut in 1978 off-Broadway production of ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''. During this time he briefly appeared as one half of the comedy team of Stack and Lane, until he was cast in the 1982 Broadway revival of Noël Coward's ''Present Laughter'' directed by and starring George C. Scott. This led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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