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Dr. Frasier Winslow Crane is a fictional character played by Kelsey Grammer in the sitcoms Cheers and Frasier.

Grammer played Frasier for twenty years, tying for the longest running character on prime-time American television with James Arness as Marshall Matt Dillon on the show Gunsmoke. Grammer won Emmy Award nominations for protraying Crane on three different NBC shows, including a 1992 guest appearance on Wings.

1 Personality

Dr. Crane is very passionate about psychiatry. A staunch Freudian, he strongly believes that there "are no accidents" and that every action carries with it a meaningful and unconscious subtext. He is a big fan of analyzing dreams, as well.

Crane is well-to-do, with expensive tastes and a snobbish, uptight demeanor. His large ego and HarvardHarvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. It was founded on September 8, 1636 by a vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, making it the oldest post-secondary s and OxfordUniversity of Oxford Motto Dominus Illuminatio Mea ("The Lord is my Light") ( Psalm 27) Established c. 1096 School type Public Chancellor The Right Hon. Chris Patten Vice-Chancellor Dr. John Hood Location Oxford, United Kingdom Enrolment 17,000 total (5,6 education makes him extremely confident in the advice he gives on his radio show.

In his private life, he meddles in others' relationships, much to the chagrin of his family and friends. Though he can often be overbearing and annoying, Dr. Crane's pompous bearing hides an inner desire to please everyone around him.

As a child he was frequently an outcast, so his adult life has been marked by a strong desire to be included and loved by everyone. In spite of this, Crane's personal life has been quite unstable, leading some to argue he does not always practice what he preaches.

2 Family and friends

Frasier's character was introduced on Cheers in 1984See also 1983 in television, other events of 1984, 1985 in television and the list of 'years in television'. Events January 4 Patricia Phoenix leaves Coronation Street for the second and final time as Elsie Tanner goes to live with old flame Bill Gregory as a new boyfriend for waitress Diane ChambersDiane Chambers (played by actress Shelley Long) was the demure, rather snobbish barmaid from the sitcom Cheers ( 1982 1993). The character kept audiences enthralled over the course of a lengthy plot arc: the will-they-won't-they romantic tribulations betw. They would get engaged, though the relationship ended when Diane left Frasier at the altar; in spite of this, Frasier became a regular at the bar. He would go on to marry Lilith Sternen and have a son, Fredrick Gaylord Crane, in 1989See also 1988 in television, other events of 1989, 1990 in television and the list of 'years in television'. Events April 18 or 19 Dragon Ball Z premieres on Japanese television. May Donna Mills makes her final regular appearance as villainess Abby on Kno. Frasier and Lilith divorced in 1993See also 1992 in television, other events of 1993, 1994 in television and the list of 'years in television'. Events February 10 Oprah Winfrey interviews Michael Jackson during a prime time special. It is Jackson's first interview since a 1979 interview wi with Lilith gaining primary custody of Fredrick.

His father is Martin Crane. While Frasier was in Boston, he had a bad relationship with his father, so he told his friends at the bar that his father was dead. He also rarely mentioned his younger brother, fellow psychiatrist Dr. Niles Crane, with whom he shared a lot of personality traits as well as a sibling rivalry.

After Martin–a Seattle police officer–was shot in the line of duty, his injury required him to move in with Frasier, who had moved back to Seattle to start a new life as the host of a radio talk program; these events began the series Frasier in 1993. The arrangement was tense at first, but father and son soon reached an accommodation after Frasier hired Daphne Moon as a live-in physical therapist for his father.

At work, Frasier's producer is Roz Doyle , who keeps him in line both professionally and personally; though her frequent short-term relationships make Frasier seem positively committed in comparison.

Frasier and Niles' mother, Dr. Hester Crane, died years earlier. It is claimed that Hester named her sons after her two favorite lab rats.