Glen Charles

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Glen Charles was born in Henderson, Nevada. He attended the University of Redlands, California and earned a B.A. in English. Charles began his professional life as an advertising copywriter, but moved into television. He began his television career with his brother, Les Charles. The two were writer-producers for The Bob Newhart Show, created and produced Taxi, formed the Charles-Burrows-Charles production company with James Burrows, and created and produced the television series Cheers. The brothers also co-wrote the screenplay for the 1999 film, Pushing Tin. Both he and his brother, Les Charles, were credited in every episode of Frasier as the creator of the "Frasier Crane" character from Cheers.

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• Glen Charles at the Internet Movie Database
• Story on Glen and Les

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