The cast of Frasier were notably close. Grammer calls Pierce the brother he never had. Along with the late John Mahoney, who played their dad, Martin, Pierce is godfather to Leeves's son. “David is a very easy person to love,” emails Leeves.
A man of merit he remains to this day." "John was a kind man, and the world cannot afford to lose a kind man at any time," Grammer added of his late friend.
Gilpin is still friends with her Fraiser castmates, and she's particularly close with Jane Leeves, who played Daphne Moon.
Although Kelsey Grammer and the rest of the human ensemble immediately come to mind when talking about Frasier, the show wouldn't be the same without Eddie. However, the show dog playing Eddie wasn't the most liked member of the cast, and in turn, he did not get on well with his co-stars either.
According to Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce decided not to return as Niles on Paramount+'s revival of Frasier because he didn't want to repeat his performance of the character.
As a member of the Church of Scientology, Alley chose not to, though was never asked to, reprise her role as Rebecca Howe on any episode of Frasier, because the series was centered on the field of medical psychiatrists; she was the only former Cheers regular not to do so.
In season 8 the actress got pregnant and it was simply written into the show as a weight gain. Eventually, the character goes to a weight loss spa and returns having lost 9 pounds, 12 ounces — the actual weight of Leeves' baby in real life.
Either as a comedically meta nod to his character's animosity towards the popular pooch, or because of his own raging insecurity, Grammer routinely felt the need to stress to the public that Moose wasn't a real actor the way he was.
Moose, the celebrity Jack Russell Terrier most famous for his role as Eddie on the television sitcom Frasier, earned around $10,000 per episode, for a net worth of approximately $3.2 million. Apparently, Moose received more fan mail than any of his human counterparts.
“David basically decided he wasn't really interested in repeating the performance of Niles,” Grammer told People in an interview. After Frasier, Hyde Pierce went on to successful theater career and most recently starred in the HBO Max series Julia.
Daphne Moon is a beloved character that receives some of Frasier's best storylines, but Kelsey Grammer initially objected to Jane Leeves' role. Daphne Moon (Jane Leeves) is a beloved character and integral part of Frasier, but she was originally rejected by star Kelsey Grammer.
While Grammer does not have a history of heart trouble, he has had well-chronicled problems with drug and alcohol addiction. He went to rehab for alcohol abuse in 1990 but became addicted to cocaine following his release.
She met Grammer while she was working as a flight attendant
The Frasier star later told Jimmy Kimmel about his "very romantic" first encounter with Walsh. "We went out for coffee several days later and had this magical night in the snow in London around Christmastime. It was two years ago," he explained in 2012.
Moose (December 24, 1990 – June 22, 2006) was a wire-hair Jack Russell Terrier who portrayed Eddie Crane on the American television sitcom Frasier.
It is estimated that Grammer earns a reported $13 million every single year in royalties from Frasier.
What fans may not know is that two Jack Russell Terrier's played Eddie over the course of Frasier: Moose and his son Enzo.
A lot of very spoiler-y stuff happens in their lives that will go unmentioned here in case you only want to know about the dog's fate. As you would probably expect at this point, in the end, yes, Enzo dies, and it's in Denny's arms.
John Mahoney was only 15 years older than Kelsey Grammer. Mahoney's character Martin turned 65 in Season 5. Thus Martin would be 60 to 61 in Season 1 when Frasier turned 41, meaning Martin would have been only 19 or 20 years old when Frasier was born.
When Jane Leeves got pregnant - just as Niles and Daphne were getting it on - the writers deftly penned Daphne a weighty storyline. Wardrobe ordered a fat suit and, lo, her pregnancy was veiled in foam. Come birth time, Daphne was dispatched to a fat-farm.
John Lithgow was originally chosen by Cheers producers for the role, but turned it down. Grammer believed that he had failed the audition because no one laughed, but was chosen because of the quality of his performance with Danson.
Daphne Sported An Actual Baby Bump
So much so that she put on weight and even sported a bulging tummy for the majority of Season 8. In real life, Jane Leeves was pregnant at the time, and Daphne getting fat was written into the show to explain her baby bump.