Fictional bartender at Cheers, Woody Boyd, was born and raised in Hanover.

In 1982, Danson was cast, in his most recognizable role, as the womanizing former baseball player and bartender Sam Malone on the NBC sitcom Cheers, who has on-and-off relationship with college-educated, sophisticated Diane Chambers.

In the same year as his Frasier guest appearance, Wendt played the bartender to Ted Danson's character in Becker ( the inverse of their relationship on Cheers ).

The central character of the series, Sam is a former relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox Major League Baseball team and an owner and a bartender of Cheers.

Grammer is most widely known for his two-decade portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the hit NBC sitcoms Cheers, Wings, and Frasier.

He is best known for his role as Cliff Clavin in Cheers and his recurring supporting cast roles in Pixar films.

Actress Kirstie Alley is known for her role in the TV show Cheers, in which she played Rebecca Howe from 1987 – 1993, winning an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award as the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1991.

From 1905 to 1981 the town was home to Chorley Training College ( from the 1960s known as Chorley ' Day ' Training College ), designed by the Victorian and Edwardian architect Henry Cheers, and the town centre building now occupying this site is now Chorley Public Library.

Edward Bridge " Ted " Danson III ( born December 29, 1947 ) is an American actor, author and producer, well known for his role as lead character Sam Malone in the sitcom Cheers, and his role as Dr. John Becker on the series Becker.

* Derek McGrath actor best known as the cherubic murderer " Andy-Andy " Schroeder on Cheers, and Dr. Benjamin Marion Jeffcoate on My Secret Identity

Norm also made one guest appearance each in the three other sitcoms known to be set in the Cheers universe: the Frasier episode " Cheerful Goodbyes " and the Wings episode " The Story of Joe ".

Carla Maria Victoria Angelina Teresa Apollonia Lozupone Tortelli LeBec, known as Carla Tortelli, is a waitress on the American television show Cheers, portrayed by Rhea Perlman.

She has worked in television and is known for her portrayal of Dr. Lilith Sternin, Dr. Frasier Crane's wife ( later ex-wife ), on both the TV sitcom Cheers ( in a starring role ), and its spin-off Frasier ( in a recurring guest role ).

-- actor best known for his portrayal of " Norm " on the sitcom Cheers

George Robert Wendt III ( born October 17, 1948 ) is an American actor, best known for the role of Norm Peterson on the television show Cheers.

Clifford C. Clavin, Jr. ( born 1950 ), also known as Cliff Clavin, is a character on the American television show Cheers, co-created and portrayed by John Ratzenberger.

As part of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations in 1897, the Institute's trustees paid the Victorian / Edwardian architect Henry Cheers to design the " Victoria Jubilee Technical School " ( later known as the Harris Institute and now known as the Harris Building ), to be built on Corporation Street.

James Burrows, known for directing Cheers, was hired to direct it.

( When Bernie was not at the stand various extras could be seen running it, including Al Rosen, best known as " Al " on Cheers.

Formerly known as the Bull & Finch Pub, this pub was the inspiration for the classic television show, Cheers, and was shown during the opening credits of the sitcom.

He is best known to American audiences for playing the characters Robin Colcord on the American television sitcom show Cheers and Lord John Marbury on the American television drama The West Wing.

With Allen's painstaking attention to detail and enthusiastic approach, Washington's teams were known for their spirited play and camaraderie, with the coach often leading a chant of " Three Cheers for the Redskins " (" Hip Hip Hooray ") in the locker room after wins.

Composed of Jawaan " Smokey " Peacock, Benjamin " Black " Bush and the late Stephen " Static Major " Garrett, Playa is best known for their 1998 hit album, " Cheers 2 U ", produced by longtime collaborator Timbaland.

He later became a member of the Def Jam group Playa, who were most known for their hit single " Cheers 2 U. " Playa released an album of the same name in 1997.

Nicholas Colasanto ( January 19, 1924 – February 12, 1985 ) was an American actor and television director, known for his role, Coach, in the American sitcom Cheers.

Colasanto was best known for his role as Coach Ernie Pantusso on the sitcom Cheers.

* Bull & Finch Pub – whose building is known from the television show Cheers

Convinced by Coach that Diane will lose her mind if she leaves Cheers again, Sam hires her back to Cheers as a waitress.

* Coach Ernie Pantusso, a Cheers character

The lyric ' Show me the way to the next whisky bar ' is written on the wall of the men's restroom in the TV show Cheers, it can be seen in episode 9 of season 1 ' Coach Returns to Action '.

Colasanto was prepared to retire when the role of Coach Ernie Pantusso was offered to him on Cheers.

Woody arrived at Cheers expecting to meet his " pen pal " Coach, with whom he exchanged pens instead of letters.

La Rosa's name was used in a joke by Coach in the sitcom Cheers, in the episode " Friends, Romans, And Accountants ".

Ernie Pantusso, commonly known as " Coach ", is a fictional character on the American television show Cheers, portrayed by Nicholas Colasanto between 1982 and 1985.

When Colasanto died in February 1985, Coach was written out as deceased without explanation, and then Woody Harrelson joined in as Woody Boyd since the fourth season of Cheers ( 1985 – 86 ).

When Sam hit alcoholism that indirectly contributed to an end of Sam's baseball career, Sam bought the bar Cheers, then became its owner, and then hired Coach as a co-bartender.

Levine was best noted for his work on TV shows such as Cheers and M * A * S * H, but only lasted one season in the Orioles broadcast booth.

Cheers, however, eventually became a highly rated television show in the United States, earning a top-ten rating during 8 of its 11 seasons, including one season at # 1.

The American Film Institute named it one of the best films ever made, putting it at the top of the list of AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Cheers, a list of what AFI considers to be the most inspirational American movies of all time.

* Cheers ( 1988 ) – one cameo appearance, as ' himself '

Gorey was also an unashamed pop-culture junkie, avidly following soap operas and television comedies like Petticoat Junction and Cheers, and he had particular affection for dark genre series like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Batman: The Animated Series and The X-Files ; he once told an interviewer that he so enjoyed the Batman series that it was influencing the visual style of one of his upcoming books.

* In an episode of the television series Cheers titled " Thanksgiving Orphans " ( this episode first aired in 1986 ), Styron is mentioned as an esteemed guest of a Thanksgiving party hosted by one of Diane Chambers ' literature professors.

Though the show finished last in the ratings in the first season, it was well received by critics and ratings slowly but surely improved in 1983 and by 1986, Cheers was one of the top ten shows on TV.

* Cheers ( 1992, one episode " Rebecca's Lover ... Not ") – Mark Newberger

The only other times she is seen, viewers can see only her legs and at one time her waving from a car which drives past Cheers on her and Norm's 15th wedding anniversary.

Carla appeared in all 275 episodes of Cheers between 1982 – 1993 and guest-starred on one episode of the spinoff show Frasier (" Cheerful Goodbyes ").

He also appeared as himself in episodes of Night Court and ALF, and in the background of one of the final episodes of Cheers.

He also played a hotel receptionist in one episode of Cheers titled " Look Before You Sleep ".

Bill Simmons, who at the time worked for ESPN, deemed Lilith Sternin as one of least favorite characters of Cheers.

Since Frasier mentioned in an episode of Cheers that he was Episcopalian, it is assumed that Martin and Niles are Episcopalian as well ; however continuity issues within Cheers throw this conjecture into jeopardy, as Frasier also mentions in a Cheers episode that he had no formal religious upbringing ( in one episode, he stated that his father was a scientist who died before Frasier became a psychiatrist ).

Between 1986 and 1987, she played the character Corinne in a few episodes of the sitcom Cheers, a show on which she had previously worked as script supervisor during seasons one and four.

Fred Dryer later appeared as Dave Richards, one of Sam Malone's friends and a sports commentator, in Cheers.

Ted Danson reprised his role of Sam Malone from Cheers in pregame segments of the 1983 Super Bowl and of one of baseball games of the 1986 World Series, The Magical World of Disney episode " Mickey's 60th Birthday ", and The Simpsons episode " Fear of Flying ".

On September 11, 2009, it was listed as one of the " cheers " on IGN's " Cheers & Tears " list of action games for the DS.

Simon next worked as a writer and producer on Cheers from seasons one to three ( 1982 – 1985 ), writing five episodes: " Endless Slumper ", " Battle of the Ex's ", " Fairytales Can Come True ", " Cheerio Cheers " and " The Bartender's Tale ".

[...] highlights include a performance by Aerosmith ( in a guest-starring role ), Bart actually apologizing to Moe for one of his infamous prank calls, and a memorable spoof of Cheers ' theme song.