The character Frasier Crane, played by Kelsey Grammer, was featured in his own successful spin-off, Frasier, which also ran for 11 seasons and included guest appearances by virtually all of the major, and some minor, Cheers characters.

Grammer was born in Saint Thomas, U. S. Virgin Islands, the son of Sally ( née Cranmer ), a singer, and Frank Allen Grammer, Jr., a musician and owner of a coffee shop and a bar & grill called Greer's Place.

Grammer was two years old when his parents divorced.

On April 18, 2010, Grammer made his Broadway musical debut playing the role of Georges in a revival of the Jerry Herman / Harvey Fierstein musical La Cage aux Folles, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical.

Grammer's former Juilliard classmate and Broadway co-star Patinkin suggested Grammer to the New York casting director, and he got what was supposed to be a six-episode job, but ended up as a regular cast member.

Grammer says that she was abusive and fired a gun at him, and that after talk of divorce, she attempted suicide, which resulted in the miscarriage of their child.

Grammer and Donatacci's divorce was finalized on February 10, 2011.

On August 12, 2010, Grammer announced that he was going to be a father for the fifth time with his girlfriend Kayte Walsh, a British flight attendant who is 25 years his junior.

IEG countersued Grammer, denying they were in possession of such a tape, and Grammer's suit was eventually dropped.

In 1988, Grammer was arrested for drunk driving and cocaine possession and sentenced to 30 days in jail.

Grammer was arrested again for cocaine possession in August 1990 and was sentenced to three years ' probation, fined $ 500, and given 300 hours of community service.

In January 1991, Grammer was given an additional two years ' probation for violating his original probation through additional cocaine use.

In 1995, Grammer was sued by ex-girlfriend Cerlette Lamme for defamation of character and invasion of privacy over content he included in his autobiography So Far.

The lawsuit claimed that Blakeman had given a copyrighted screenplay called Go November to Grammer in 2006, and that Grammer agreed to develop the project and star as a Republican president but instead ended up playing a similar role in Swing Vote, which was released on August 1, 2008.

Seven weeks after his attack, Grammer told Entertainment Tonight that, although at the time his spokesman described the attack as mild, it was in fact more severe, almost leading to his death, as his heart had stopped.

Grammer thought Fox's decision to cancel his TV sitcom Back to You contributed to his health problems, stating that " It was a very stressful time for me, and a surprise that it was cancelled.

Grammer was a guest at President George W. Bush's first inauguration.

On April 20, 2009, Grammer was presented the inaugural Television Chairman's Award at the annual NAB Show in Las Vegas.

At Juilliard, he was a classmate of Kelsey Grammer.

Kelsey Grammer recorded several Sideshow Bob lines for The Simpsons Movie, but the scene was cut.

In 2008, Grammer was included in Entertainment Weeklys list of the sixteen best Simpsons guest stars ; Hyde Pierce was also included in that list.

* Kelsey Grammer portrayed Hoover, with John Goodman as Tolson, in the Harry Shearer comic musical J. Edgar!

Alexander also appeared with Kelsey Grammer in the 2004 musical adaptation of Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol.

Grammer then played Michael Cassio in a Broadway revival of Othello, with James Earl Jones and Christopher Plummer.

In 2007, Grammer starred with Patricia Heaton in the American sitcom Back to You.

In 1998, Grammer filed a lawsuit against Internet Entertainment Group, which Grammer claimed had stolen a videotape of him having sex with a woman from his home.

IEG President Seth Warshavsky told the New York Post, " We have been presented with another Kelsey Grammer tape.

" Grammer later told Maxim, " Whether or not you ’ re a celebrity — even if you ’ re just an old slob with a video camera — you don ’ t realize you shouldn ’ t do it.

Grammer usually joins the show's " table readings " ( wherein cast members read each script together for the first time ), and former executive producer David Mirkin described working with Grammer as very pleasant, due to his lively sense of humor.

But how often do you get a chance to work with an actor like Kelsey Grammer and, more importantly, play his brother?

In 2011, the PBS television documentary series Pioneers of Television briefly profiled Garner's contribution to the television series Maverick and other Westerns, illustrated with film clips, rare stills, and interviews with Garner and Stephen J. Cannell, and a voice-over narration read by Kelsey Grammer touching on Garner's difficult childhood and his impact when Maverick dominated Sunday night television.

In 2008, Woods appeared in David Zucker's right-wing comedy An American Carol, along with active Republican actors Kelsey Grammer, Kevin Farley, and Leslie Nielsen.

Dean replaced Clark with Billy Grammer.

Like Kelsey Grammer when he started on the show as Frasier Crane, she was not immediately given star billing in the opening credits, but at the end for seasons eight and nine ; she appeared in the opening credits with her own portrait in seasons ten and eleven.

Hines served with the regiment in Nebraska and Montana from 1891 to 1898 where he married Harriet Schofield " Rita " Wherry, one of the daughters of Brigadier General William M. Wherry and Alice Grammer.

It starred Philip Anglim and Maureen Anderman, with a then-unknown Kelsey Grammer in the supporting role of Ross.

Of the fourth season, in " Second Time Around " ( 1986 ), her first episode, Lilith Sternin's date with Frasier Crane ( Kelsey Grammer ) does not go well.

Television critic Kevin McDonough from New York praised Kelsey Grammer and Bebe Neuwirth's performances as " repressed individuals " with " acidic and hilarious " chemistry together as " separate couple on TV ".

Prior to his death, Carter released three albums with Grammer: When I Go ( 1998 ); Tanglewood Tree ( 2000 ); and Drum Hat Buddha ( 2001 ).

Grammer herself opened the show with " The Mountain " and closed with " Gentle Soldier of My Soul ".

* When I Go, Dave Carter with Tracy Grammer ( self-release 1998, Signature Sounds 2002 )