Peter Casey Biography

Fast Facts

• Was inducted into the San Francisco State University Hall of Fame in 2001 and named Alumnus of the Year in 2002
• Won a Producers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television for "Frasier" in 1996
• Graduated from San Francisco State University with a degree in Radio and Television in 1975
• Joined David Lee and David Angell as a writer on the TV series "Cheers" in 1985, after which they formed Grub Street Productions
• Sold his first script to the TV series "The Jeffersons" in 1978, which was co-written with David Lee
• Best known as the co-creator and co-executive producer of "Wings" and "Frasier" with David Angell and David Lee
• Initially reluctant to create a spin-off of "Cheers," they first envisioned a show for Kelsey Grammar as a multi-millionaire publisher who was paralyzed from the waist down with a street smart live-in nurse
• The concept for "Frasier" came about in 1993, when he, David Angell, and David Lee were approached by Kelsey Grammar with the idea of creating a new TV series with him as the star
• The idea for Frasier's father Martin came from his own father and grandfather, who were both policemen in San Francisco
• The original setting for "Frasier" was Denver, but after a Colorado law passed that was unfavorable toward gay people, he and the other writers chose Seattle instead