I just saw this! So sad! We LOVE that show. Watch it on Hulu all the time. If we just have a half hour to watch something we often choose a Frasier episode. Best writing in tv.
He was amazing on this show. He was actually a gay actor from Manchester, England with a heavy accent. He OWNED that tough sweet American wounded cop role. So well done. His accent was so good most people don’t know he was British. Absolutely amazing. And if you see the outtakes the guy had a wicked sense of humor.
Rest In Peace, you brought us many hours of joy.
I agree about the show’s writing. I didn’t know the actor was British-born. His off-camera laugh when he found out Frasier’s male co-worker had a romantic interest with the unknowing Frasier was priceless.
He was a fag? Darn. My favorite episode was when he got free tickets to Sonics games when Niles was hypno helping the star player. The other was when Frasier tried to get rid of the CHAIR.
And the tone of the episode turned dramatic when he said “I was on that chair when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. I was on that chair when USA hockey team won in 80. and I was on that chair when I brought you boys home after birth from the hospital”.
“He was actually a gay actor from Manchester, England with a heavy accent. He OWNED that tough sweet American wounded cop role. So well done. His accent was so good most people don’t know he was British. Absolutely amazing.”
He lost his accent decades ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LPAr2Ke12I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Acgxt9Ww0M
As the Hollywood Reporter pointed out: “He studied at Quincy University and, to speed up his citizenship application, enlisted in the U.S. Army and, not surprisingly, lost his British accent.”