Duke is frequently referenced on the show, and Martin is sometimes shown speaking to him on the phone or returning from visiting with him. This section outlines the various people with whom Frasier works with at KACL 780 AM (the radio station from which Frasier's show is broadcast). In "The Impossible Dream", Frasier is disturbed to find that he is having overtly sexual dreams about Gil. Kelly Easterbrook (Sela Ward) [5.01] Frasier's Imaginary Friend Samantha (Lindsay Frost) [5.07] My Fair Frasier (etc) Sharon (Lindsay Price) [5.17] The Perfect Guy Caitlin (Lisa Edelstein) [5.19] Frasier Gotta Have It Vicky (Claire Yarlett) [5.22] The Life Of The Party Tricia (Lisa Waltz) [5.23] Party, Party Health Watch Hosted by Dr. Clint Weber. In the final episode, he finally kisses her after she becomes the station manager. Jon Erwin, a 40-year-old director and producer from Birmingham, Alabama, has set the movie industry alight with his faith-based films that have received rave reviews across the country. Noel shows attraction to Roz throughout the series, leading to often embarrassing attempts to impress her. He also briefly appears in "Something Borrowed, Someone Blue" played by a different actor and is mentioned in "IQ" as having lost one of his toes after falling into a frozen lake. He is frequently mentioned by Niles, usually when referring to arguments over the Zen garden Yoshi is keen to build. Nadia is referred to as Maris' "hatchet maid" but is never seen or heard. He and Roz go out for a drink, and he falls in love with her. Although his family and friends think she is perfect for him, Frasier's fear of abandonment prompts him to break up with her, leading to a serious evaluation of all his past relationships. He is frequently mentioned by Niles during the beginning of the series. Appeared in the "Our Parents, Ourselves" episode (played by Saint). Faye Moskowitz (Amy Brenneman) is a former lawyer turned pastry chef who is a love interest to Frasier during the sixth season. The two set a date to attend an upcoming ball, but due to a series of misunderstandings between them and Frasier, the brothers start to argue and scare away both Poppy and Frasier's date. "The Chicken". They were married three years later,[14] in 1986. He appeared in thirteen episodes over the course of the series, and often interacted with the main characters in the cafe. The Frasier news also follows the recent announcement that Sex And The City is being rebooted for TV. Daphne later encounters Donny in the final minutes before his courtroom wedding to his new fiance. In early seasons, he is portrayed as having numerous rather debilitating allergies and being rather inexpert when faced with a number of more or less mundane social situations (as seen in the fourth-season episode "A Lilith Thanksgiving"). By Bryanne Salazar 8:26am PDT, May 10, 2019 May 13, 2019, marks 15 years since the Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning series "Frasier" starring Kelsey Grammer,. Frasier's ex-wife Lilith is the only one who scares Eddie, and whenever she is around, Eddie does exactly as Lilith says. It shows an older Lilith and adult Frederick (played by Rob Neukirch) sitting for the reading of Frasier's will. He and Frasier reminisce on their Cheers days later in the show. Money Matters Julia Wilcox (Felicity Huffman), financial reporter, formerly of CNBC, to whom Frasier is forced to devote part of his show. Mirren was the last guest caller of the series. Additionally, it's estimated that Jerry Seinfeld (you know, the other most popular sitcom star of the 90s) dated and/or slept with 73 different partners throughout the show's tenure. Frasier, initially claiming not to have any regrets about letting her go, accepts a high-paying job offer in San Francisco. He appears only once, in an episode in which he and Martin meet again, only to become separated again by the end of the episode. New Patient Forms; About; Yoshi is Niles and Maris' elderly and temperamental Japanese gardener. His last appearance is in the show's two part finale Goodnight, Seattle where he is seen along with Kenny Daly, Roz, Daphne, Bebe, Noel, Martin, Ronee, Niles, and the rest of the KACL staff watching Frasier give his farewell speech. It is heavily implied in her first appearance that she is much older than she appears, probably due to her profession. RIGHT. He was born in a veterinary clinic and is named after show's creator David Angell, who died along with his wife Lynn aboard American Airlines Flight 11 during the September 11, 2001 attacks. [21] The character also appears in the two-part episode "And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon", where he is played by a different actor and has no speaking lines. takes revenge on an offending neighbor by smashing the man's offending leaf blower against a tree, At the time, was playing a NYPD detective on NBC's. Maris lived in her family's mansion, which has been in the family for four generations, after they made their fortune from urinal cakes. At around seven, he develops a crush on Daphne, much to Niles' jealousy. Coincidentally, Daphne names her and Niles's son David (though in memory of series producer David Angell). He lives with his mother in Boston, but often comes to visit Frasier in Seattle on the holidays. Alice refers to Niles, Martin and Frasier as her "uncles". She later appeared in season 4 episode "Odd Man Out" as a, calls in asking how to deal with her in-laws who drop by unannounced. McEntire later starred in her own sitcom, calls in to tell Frasier and Niles about her sisters and how she lost her hair, has a problem breaking through a barrier with her in-laws, Frasier (who's high) then dismisses this problem as "boring", calls in, but Frasier (who's high) disconnects him as they have already had a Robert on the show today, Niles (filling in for Frasier) is counseling Howard and his wife over the radio simultaneously, Lawrence's singing partner and real-life wife also plays his 'radio' wife. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Eddie (born May 1990) is a Jack Russell Terrier. Frasier, the renowned Boston psychiatrist and Cheers regular, returns home to Seattle to host a radio talk show. Briefly appears in "Something Borrowed, Someone Blue". Her nickname is "The Mouth" and Niles describes her as the "keeper of the Crane family skeletons". He comes to rely on her in order to get the best deal he can out of his employers, whilst simultaneously frequently being horrified by her extremely flexible and questionable ethics. Carla Tortelli (Rhea Perlman) was a waitress at Cheers. The Jack Russell Terrier played Martin Crane's dog, Eddie, and was famously mentioned in Kelsey . Gilbert "Gil" Leslie Chesterton (Edward Hibbert) is the host of Restaurant Beat on KACL. In the episode "Star Mitzvah" it is revealed that Noel is Jewish, and is fluent in Hebrew. Miss Judy, Arts and crafts. Two years later, Maris goes to New York without telling Niles, who worries greatly and is then infuriated by her rash, selfish disappearance (with encouragement from Frasier). His station nickname is "Noel the Mole". Much of the humour related to Gil stems from his adamant denial of his seeming homosexual orientation, as well as his overall catty snarkiness. [21] He does, on occasion, wear a Manchester United T-shirt. After this episode Frasier keeps himself on the shelf for nearly all of Seasons 9 & 10. Her judgmental attitude irritates Frasier and Roz finds she cannot maintain the all night partying that Jen prefers. Gil drives a red BMW with a red interior and is almost always seen wearing his trademark bow tie. 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To cover this, Frasier tells her that Cassandra is his aunt. When Frasier and Niles suspect Martin of having an affair in their childhood, Niles plans to call her to find out, but Frasier stops him. Friends, Romans, Accountants Norm tries to make points with the boss by planning the annual office party at Cheers and arranging for Diane to be the old man's date. He ends up siding with Julia, causing Roz to take a new position and leave KACL, albeit temporarily. But when Faye learns the truth, she breaks up with him for good. Maris Crane is Niles Crane's wife for the first few seasons of the series. Woody Boyd, the bartender at Cheers, calls in to the show because he is stuck driving in circles at the airport. a first-year graduate student in psychology who has misdiagnosed himself with every disorder he is studying, calls in after thinking about sad things, to which Frasier tells her a story about Eddie, a once-timid man who takes Frasier's advice about assertiveness too far and becomes an overbearing jerk. Daphne isn't, until at the last hurdle an upset Claire mentions she'd always wanted a sister, and figured Daphne could have been like that. Appears in the episode "Three Blind Dates". They later become friends. In 2003, she meets Frasier by chance and soon starts dating Martin (whom she had a crush on as a teenager). He is last seen, along with Frasier's family, friends and KACL staff, watching him do his farewell speech. When Garth mentions he is part of a couple with problems, Kenny and Frasier get their hopes up for a juicy call, only to find out Garth has budget problems, complains about her boring sex life with her husband, calls in while Frasier is a guest speaker on the program, after hearing Roz's heartbreak on air, he calls in believing that he is going to be dumped and is unsure what to do about it, called to berate Frasier over the phone, but changes her mind when she hears Roz unload her heartbreak over the air, calls in to let Sully fans know they're boycotting KQZY, wants to know what's going on with Dr. Crane (who's late) after Roz let it slip that they slept together, things are uncomfortable at work after he slept with his boss, originally wanted to ask something else, but questions Roz about this 'person she slept with' because it sounded like she still worked for him, calls in because his grandmother died two weeks ago and he never told her how much she meant to him, calls in about her mother from work, causing her to pretend she is dealing with customers because of her boss, Later played Charlotte in the final season, Frasier claims that he is not honest, who then turns it back around by saying that Frasier also is not honest after he was seen entering a gay bar, picks up the phone saying they're all on the radio, Parsons appeared later as Opal in the episode "Coots and Ladders", announces she is running away from home after the rest of her family have carried their latest argument onto the air. [6] As they did not know better in the 1950s, Hester smoked during at least her first pregnancy. Briefly appeared in "Something Borrowed, Someone Blue". The writers of the show decided that they had created so many quirks for the character - both mental and physical - that the character had become uncastable. The last mention of Cam Winston is in the 11th-season episode, "Crock Tales": Frasier, Niles, Daphne, and Roz are locked out of Frasier's apartment on the balcony and yell for Cam's help after they are unable to gain the attention of Martin, who's inside with headphones on. Due to a decline in ratings, his show is cancelled, and he is fired at the end of season 6, Bulldog works as a pizza delivery man until he is re-hired to work in the KACL archives. He. The creators of the series intended to show her after only a few episodes of referring to her, but nothing came of this. starts to tell Frasier about a dispute with her sister, but puts Frasier on hold to answer her other line. Simon Moon (Anthony LaPaglia) is one of Daphne's brothers. Roz, who does not feel the same way about him, was even willing to date a lesbian instead of him once. In spite of the finalized divorce, Maris and Niles continue to be codependent for some time, until Niles finally breaks completely free, largely due to Daphne's aggravation. His last appearance is in the season 11 episode "Frasier-Lite", and is notable for being one of the show's major recurring characters not present at Frasier's farewell speech in the series finale. She is most famous for her role as "Daphne" in the award-winning show Frasier (1993). The more significant of these are listed below, excluding Daphne Moon: Sherry Dempsey (Marsha Mason) is a bartender at McGinty's, Martin's favorite bar, and, for a short time, Martin's girlfriend. Now divorced and working as a singer, Frasier invites her over to his apartment for drinks. He tapes everything said in his office. suffers a fear of abandonment Frasier is cut off from her when his incompetent producer hits the wrong button, Perez later appeared during the Season Eleven episode, ", wants to ask out a forty-year-old man who's never been married, In real life Steenburgen is married to actor, is incapable of talking on the phone with strangers unless he writes out everything he wants to say in advance, pretends to be depressed, as a means of plugging his car dealership, Prolific actor Lithgow has played several insane characters, such as in the films, an Austrian woman who suspects that her husband, a fencing instructor, is having an affair with his student (whom Frasier suspects is, feels like she is not making any progress with her therapist (who, unbeknownst to Frasier, turns out to be Niles), Played a man stalked by a psychopathic technician in the 1996 film, disagrees with the last two callers and says that his job is very important before leaving to go powder jelly donuts, calls in proclaiming she is naked and that she would prefer to be the spanker, appeared in a series of ads for lady's underwear in the 1980s, has a recurring dream that Frasier finds fascinating, fantasizes about Frasier when she is having sex with her husband, calls in to Bulldog's show to congratulate him on "getting" Frasier with pranks, Looks remarkably like Dan Butler, who plays Bulldog. In "Goodnight, Seattle", he is revealed to have lost another toe in a shooting incident. Mike Mancuso, canceled by Kate Costas. The two have a difficult and complex relationship, and Daphne appears to dislike her mother immensely while still remaining intensely loyal and subservient to her. He was delivered in a taxicab while Lilith was on her way home from the hospital after an episode of false labor. He states he is tired of the pity and ends up stating that he met a supermodel in Acapulco who would like him to be discreet. Donny then comments that he hopes Niles and Daphne will attend their wedding, to which Daphne, absentmindedly being polite, states the same thing, only for Donny to graciously accept her invitation. He was even retained by KACL when it changed formats to Salsa radio and fired most of the talk radio personnel, due to his mastery of Spanish and his never ever having a sick day. Sam breaks off the marriage when he finds out she once slept with Cliff Clavin. In a similar episode "A Word to the Wiseguy", Frasier receives a call from Brandy, the girlfriend of a shady businessman, saying she wants to leave him after Frasier promised he would counsel the woman into marrying her boyfriend. In season two, she first appears in a dream that Frasier had after going to a tropical island. She appeared in eleven episodes, perhaps most memorably in "My Coffee With Niles", where she appeared in the episode's final reflective moment with Frasier. Norm Peterson (George Wendt) attends the retirement party of Cliff Clavin in "Cheerful Goodbyes". Denise appears twice, first in "The Guilt Trippers", where Roz bemoans Denise's perfect life with her handsome husband Craig. An early recurring gag had Eddie staring unceasingly at Frasier, often wanting something, to Frasier's increasing annoyance. Guilt-stricken at the news, he impulsively asks Roz to marry him, but Roz declines, insisting that he pursue his college education firstly. The hit 90s sitcom "Frasier" is set to return to screens, with Kelsey Grammer reprising his role as radio psychiatrist Frasier Crane in the reboot, ViacomCBS confirmed Wednesday. Neuwirth will reunite with her on-screen husband Kelsey Grammer, who is leading the revival once again as Dr. Frasier Crane. Greg was the station manager in 1997. There were only three performers to make a call into the show and appear later in the episode. She is ready to attack Cliff with one of his gifts, a spear gun, but security drags her out. Roz's manicurist, whom Roz accidentally puts through to the show, a transsexual who is thinking of changing careers as he is feeling trapped. Frasier is surprised by her threats, and says she "has always been the most gentle, rational human being [he] had ever known.". By the time Faye returns to Seattle towards the end of the season, Frasier is already dating a KACL marketing manager named Cassandra Stone (played by Virginia Madsen). She met Niles during his internship in Seattle when he stopped to help her as she was banging on the electric gates to get into her home. She is fussy, neurotic, and fastidious, much like Niles. Frasier telephones Norm in the episode "Three Dates and a Break Up". Moose (Eddie) A retrospective on the cast of Frasier would feel incomplete with mentioning Moose. and star three of the main actresses - Sarah Jessica. Claire ( Patricia Clarkson) is a friend of Frasier's old date / high school prom queen. She then appeared in the Frasier Season 9 premiere episode "Don Juan in Hell" in a fantasy sequence as a young hippie from Frasier's memory (played by Dina Spybey). She first appears as a newborn in the fifth-season episode "Life of the Party", and by the end of the series has become a child of six. The following are significant members of the Crane family, excluding Frasier, Martin, Niles, and Daphne Crane. He also appears as one of Martin's poker buddies in the fifth-season episode "Where Every Bloke Knows Your Name". 18008 Bothell Everett Hwy SE # F, Bothell, WA 98012. Cam Winston (Brian Stokes Mitchell) is the deep-voiced tenant of the apartment above Frasier's and is Frasier's rival. His partner suggests that he should have got himself a dog instead, to which Martin responds that he is not a dog person. In one episode, "Three Dates and a Break Up", Eddie eats the meals Frasier prepared for his dates as if he, Eddie, knew that Frasier's dates would not be staying for dinner. The two have a history of trumping each other tit-for-tat via the apartment board: while Frasier convinces the board to ban Cam from parking his Humvee in the provided garage, Cam, in passive protest, hangs an enormous American flag over Frasier's balcony, covering Frasier's view; as well as the obvious inconvenience, this incident also damages Frasier's standing with the board, as when he protests about the flag, Cam twists matters to make Frasier seem unpatriotic. After playing Roz, Peri Gilpin went on to star in numerous other productions, including the popular series Make It or Break It. In 2004, shortly before her trial is scheduled to begin, she escapes to her family's private island from which she cannot be extradited, effectively stranding her for life. Now you know what it's like to have the love of your life dump you at the altar! Just two days prior to Daphne's planned marriage to Donny, Niles and Mel impulsively elope. He appears later in the season in "Agents in America, Part III", trying to coax Bebe from jumping off the ledge of the building. In real life, Melissa is married to another woman. A likable and relaxed manager, he soon becomes friends with all the staff there. Niles (filling in for Frasier) is counseling Lois and her husband over the radio simultaneously, Eydie's singing partner and real-life husband also plays her 'radio' husband, crashes his car after Frasier, not realizing he was on a car phone, tells him to close his eyes and imagine he is on a tropical island, thinks her boss does not respect her and lacks courage to approach him, describes relationship between character Mary Richards (. Maris is immensely wealthy, much wealthier than Niles,[13] as well as spoiled, dominating, and neurotic. Her traditionally minded, prudish mother lives in Spokane, Washington. calls in but keeps getting interrupted with other calls on her line, A newspaper critic. A running gag in the show's later seasons involved her desperate desire to be a flower girl at various weddings, but always being prevented at the last minute. Frasier and Kate have a love-hate relationship, finding themselves on opposite sides of programming decisions and union negotiations. According to family lore, when the Nazis invaded Greece, the five-year-old Zora joined the partisans just to strangle Nazis with her jump ropes. has doubts about his wife's decision to have their newborn baby share their bedroom. [23] Kirby is smitten with Roz Doyle, leading Frasier to manipulate Roz into escorting Kirby to the latter's high school prom as an incentive for Kirby to study and achieve good grades. Having previously abandoned his wife for another woman, he later had second thoughts and debated whether to return to hercoincidentally, at an airport he met up with Frasier, who was considering whether or not to pursue Lana romantically at the time, and after a brief conversation decided to remain with his wife. He was portrayed by Harris Yulin, who was nominated for an Emmy for his portrayal of Jerome. Frasier casting news: Bebe Neuwirth is set to reprise her role as Lilith when guest starring alongside Kelsey Grammer for the Paramount+ series For example, in 3x6, 'Sleeping with the Enemy,' Roz mentions her earrings and says "I love them so much, I slept with them!" Occasionally, the problem mentioned by a caller served as the main plot for the show, such as Gretchen (Glenne Headly), who worried that her husband was having an affair with a woman whom Frasier suspected of being Niles's wife, Maris.