Les Charles

Birth Name:

Les Charles

Birth Place:

Henderson, Nevada, United States

Profession

Writer, Producer, Script department

Was nominated for two Writers Guild of America Awards for Episodic Comedy for "Taxi" in 1980 and 1981
Won a Laurel Award from the Writers Guild of America for TV Writing Achievement in 2002
Won a Writers Guild of America Award for Episodic Comedy for "Cheers" in 1984
Graduated from the University of the Redlands with a degree in English
Started out as a high school English teacher before transitioning into comedy TV writing with his brother
The first script he sold was for "M*A*S*H*" in 1975, which he had written with his brother
Quote: "(On a woman who used "Cheers" to distract herself while her child was critically ill): "That was a source of inspiration to us for a long time, that a silly little 30-minute sitcom can do something good for people sometimes․""
Best known as the creator and executive producer of "Cheers" and creator of the character Frasier Crane in "Frasier․"
Formed the production company Charles-Burrows-Charles with director James Burrows, whom he and his brother had met on the set of "Phyllis․"
Has often worked on projects with his brother, Glen Charles, including "Cheers," "Frasier," and "Taxi․"

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