Nationality American Siblings Les Charles Education University of Redlands | Role Producer Name Glen Les | |
Born Glen: February 18, 1943
Les: November 2, 1947 ( 1943-02-181947-11-02 ) United States Occupation Screenwriters, producers Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series Nominations Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Comedy Similar People James Burrows, David Lee, David Angell, Peter Casey, Nicholas Colasanto | ||
Movies and TV shows Cheers, Pushing Tin | ||
Glen and les charles on creating the characters from cheers emmytvlegends org
Glen Gerald Charles (born February 18, 1943) and Les Charles (born March 25, 1948) are American writers and producers, notably of Taxi and Cheers. They were raised in Henderson, Nevada, as Latter-Day Saints.
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- Glen and les charles on creating the characters from cheers emmytvlegends org
- Glen and les charles on how cheers was received the first season emmytvlegends org
- Filmography
- References
The Charles brothers attended University of Redlands. Glen graduated in 1965, and Les graduated in 1971. Glen began his professional life as an advertising copywriter but moved into television. Both Glen and Les began their television careers together as writers for M*A*S*H. They later wrote for the Mary Tyler Moore Show, Phyllis and The Bob Newhart Show, and were head writers and producers on the TV series Taxi. They then 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 were credited in every episode of Frasier as the creators of the "Frasier Crane" character from Cheers.