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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EmmyAward ComedyWriting 1976-2000
