Donald Ronald "Donny" Douglas (Saul Rubinek) is Niles' divorce lawyer and, for a period, Daphne's boyfriend and fiancé. Ironically, despite his intense crush on Daphne, it is actually Niles who first introduces the two; they meet during Niles' divorce proceedings, while Donny, who is representing Niles against Maris, is helping Frasier to prepare his upcoming testimony.
Dr. Frasier Crane: Jane Leeves ... Daphne Moon: David Hyde Pierce ... Dr. Niles Crane: Peri Gilpin ... Roz Doyle: John Mahoney ... Martin Crane: Saul Rubinek ... Donny Douglas: Teri Polo ... Abby Michaels: Barbara Sharma ... Mrs. Douglas, Donny's Mom: Kevin Loomis ...
74 rows · Saul Hersh Rubinek is a German-born Canadian actor, director, producer, and playwright. He is widely known for his television roles, notably Artie Nielsen on Warehouse 13, Donny Douglas on Frasier, Lon Cohen on A Nero Wolfe Mystery, and Louis B. Mayer on The Last Tycoon. He also starred in the films Against All Odds, Wall Street, The Bonfire of the Vanities, …
May 18, 2000 · as Donny Douglas Jane Adams as Dr. Mel Karnofsky Millicent Martin as Gertrude Moon Brooks Almy as Mrs. Richman (credit only) Teri Ralston as Miss Carney Thomas Byrd as Tim Walsh (as Tom Byrd) Cameron Dye as Nigel Moon Rob Klingman as Bartender Anthony Montgomery as Waiter (as A.T. Montgomery) Anthony LaPaglia as Simon Moon Director …
Saul RubinekBornSaul Hersh Rubinek July 2, 1948 Föhrenwald, Wolfratshausen, Upper Bavaria, Allied-occupied GermanyNationalityCanadianOccupationActor director producer playwrightYears active1968–present4 more rows
By now, Daphne is engaged to the affable attorney Donny (Saul Rubinek) and Frasier is having a hard time dealing with the upcoming change to their living arrangement, as Daphne will be moving out after six years.May 26, 2020
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In the aftermath, Donny sues Daphne for breach of contract, adding Frasier to the suit when he discovers Frasier's involvement in making Daphne and Niles aware of their feelings for each other.
When Niles returns, however, he has exciting news: he has, on impulse, eloped with Mel and married her.
The Daphne-Niles Relationship is the romantic relationship between Niles Crane and Daphne Moon. This pairing is the most supported by Frasier fans because of the way Niles viewed Daphne....Daphne-Niles RelationshipLength of Relationship1993-PresentStatusMarriedRivalsRoz-Niles Relationship Frasier-Daphne Relationship4 more rows
Saul RubinekDonny Douglas is a recurring character on NBC series Frasier. He is portrayed by Saul Rubinek.
He left Juilliard as a concert pianist and became really good at cryptology and got recruited and never turned back, and maybe wishes he did,” he explains in the lounge of a hotel here.Jun 29, 2010
She received further recognition for roles in films such as Miracle on 34th Street (1994), James and the Giant Peach (1996), Music of the Heart (1999), and The Event (2003). In 2018, she began starring in the Fox medical drama The Resident....Jane LeevesSpouse(s)Marshall Coben ​ ( m. 1996)​Children24 more rows
In the first episode of Season 10, Daphne and Niles marry in a small, private ceremony in Reno, Nevada. The rest of Season 10 and early Season 11 show Daphne and Niles adjusting to their new life as a wedded couple.
In season 8 the actress got pregnant and it was simply written into the show as a weight gain. Eventually, the character goes to a weight loss spa and returns having lost 9 pounds, 12 ounces — the actual weight of Leeves' baby in real life.Sep 16, 2015
Claire French is a guest character on NBC series Frasier. She is portrayed by Patricia Clarkson.
Niles's divorce proceedings continue to go badly; the lawyers representing his wife, Maris, have motioned to postpone the trial date for eight months in order to drain money from him with Niles's lawyers more than happy to allow this since it means more cash for them.
This episode marks the first appearance of Donny Douglas, played by Saul Rubinek.
He has had roles in notable films including Against All Odds (1984), Wall Street (1987), The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990), True Romance (1993), and Unforgiven (1992). Rubinek is known for his role as Artie Nielsen in the Syfy series Warehouse 13 and Louis B. Mayer in The Last Tycoon, and has had recurring roles on Frasier, A Nero Wolfe Mystery, ...
The series finale was aired on May 19, 2014, on Syfy . His first play, Terrible Advice premiered in September 2011 at the Menier Chocolate Factory Theatre in London, starring Scott Bakula, Sharon Horgan, Andy Nyman and Caroline Quentin. In 2018, he was cast in a recurring role on the Amazon Prime series Hunters.
Rubinek played the character Kivas Fajo in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode " The Most Toys .". Rubinek, an ardent Star Trek fan, abruptly took over the part after David Rappaport, the actor who was originally cast in the role, attempted suicide shortly after the filming of the episode had begun. (Rappaport later died by suicide just ...
At the encouragement of his parents, Rubinek began taking acting lessons and joined the Ottawa Little Theatre. In 1969, he began performing at the Stratford Festival. He made lasting contributions to the Toronto theatre scene, co-founding the Canadian Stage Company and working extensively with Theatre Passe Muraille as an actor and producer. He began working in the United States in the 1970s, acting in Off-Broadway productions. In 1984, he won a Drama-Logue Award for Des McAnuff 's La Jolla production of As You Like It.
Early life. Rubinek was born in Föhrenwald DP camp, Wolfratshausen, Germany, the son of Polish Jews, Frania and Israel Rubinek, who was a factory worker, theatre company manager, Yiddish Theatre actor, and Talmudic scholar. Rubinek's parents were hidden by Polish farmers for over two years during World War II and moved to Canada in 1948.
Frasier, Daphne, Niles, Mel and Martin return from the funeral of Morrie, the doorman of Elliott Bay Towers. Martin bears a final gift from Morrie; a rare bottle of wine. Niles confesses to Frasier that he feels anxious about his relationship with Mel.
Martin ( John Mahoney) asks the bartender for a beer and he receives a Ballantine's, to which he exclaims "That's my brand!" He then claims that they are going to stop making that beer. At the time the episode aired, Ballantine's Brewing was owned by Pabst and had, between 1996 and 2000 stopped brewing all but one of their lines.
All the tension, all the 'will they, won't they?' between Niles and Daphne bubbling away in the background of whatever Frasier was doing gave viewers something to invest in while watching the show.
Claire ( Patricia Clarkson) is a friend of Frasier's old date / high school prom queen. She appears in season 8. Although his family and friends think she is perfect for him, Frasier's fear of abandonment prompts him to break up with her, leading to a serious evaluation of all his past relationships.
Besides the main characters Frasier Crane, his father Martin and brother Niles, Daphne Moon, Roz Doyle, and a few others, there were several minor characters who regularly appeared on the American television sitcom Frasier .
Main article: Lilith Sternin. Lilith Sternin ( Bebe Neuwirth) is the ex-wife of Frasier Crane and mother of their son, Frederick. A cold, remote woman, she is disliked by most of his family and friends. Lilith appeared as a prominent character on Cheers, in which Frasier also first appeared.
Kelly Easterbrook ( Sela Ward) is a supermodel, part-time, in order to support her zoology PhD work. She and Frasier meet on a plane to Acapulco where Kelly is headed to observe spiny-tailed iguanas. After they spend the night together, she reveals that she is in the process of breaking up with a player from the Seattle Seahawks and "doesn't want any publicity". She does not want anyone to know that she and Frasier are consummating their relationship and asks him not to tell. He is covert with friends and attempts discretion with his family members, but in both cases it is interpreted as loneliness. He states he is tired of the pity and ends up stating that he met a supermodel in Acapulco who would like him to be discreet. He reveals that it is Kelly Easterbrook, "the lotion girl" as Daphne refers to her. When they do not believe him, he tries to take a snapshot of her in bed with him, prompting her to dump him. Ironically, this is when his family finally sees her.
Frederick Gaylord Crane (born October 1989, played by twins Christopher and Kevin Graves in Cheers, Luke Tarsitano in 1995, Trevor Einhorn from 1996 until 2003) is the son of Frasier and Lilith Sternin. "Freddy" was born in the Cheers episode "The Stork Brings A Crane;" he appears in several episodes throughout the show's run. In the episode "Breaking In Is Hard to Do", which aired a year after his birth episode he spoke his first word: "Norm!" He lives with his mother in Boston but often comes to visit Frasier in Seattle on the holidays. Through his mother, he is Jewish; his bar mitzvah was most notable for his mother's emotional breakdown and his father's ill-advised attempt to make a speech in Hebrew (but in fact in Klingon) (as seen in the tenth-season episode Star Mitzvah, which reveals Freddy's middle name, Gaylord). In his first appearance, he has Lilith's hair color but when he returns, he has Frasier's.
Maris Crane is Niles Crane's wife for much of the series. She is unseen on camera, but often the subject of plotlines and jokes. Her maiden name was never revealed on the series. Maris is immensely wealthy, much wealthier than Niles, as well as spoiled, dominating, and neurotic. Many of the characters pointedly dislike her (to Niles' consternation), with Frasier contributing in the show's first episode, "Maris is like the sun ... except without the warmth". In a further humorous vein, David Hyde Pierce passively describes Maris during a Montreal comedy performance (which he performs in-character) as "...a wife who's like a refugee from Taming of the Shrew ..."
Nikos Crane ( Joseph Will) is the son of Walt and Zora Crane. He is Martin's nephew, and Frasier and Niles' cousin. Nikos was originally going to attend medical school, but became a juggler after receiving some advice from Frasier, about which Zora was quite angry.