For the final two seasons of the show, Grammer was reportedly paid $1.6 million per episode for each 24-episode season. At the time, that price tag set the record for the highest-paid TV actor of all time.
Eddie (born May 15, 1990) is the dog owned by Martin, a large Jack Russell Terrier. Eddie was played by two dogs during the run: first by Moose, and then by Moose's son Enzo, who first appeared as a stunt double.
His biggest success story is Frasier, which aired from 1993 until 2004. At the peak of its run, Kelsey was earning $1.6M (£1.3) per episode, that's roughly $38M (£30M) per season.
That worked out to $14.4 million before taxes. Over the final two season's 48 episodes, she earned $24 million.
David Hyde Pierce's role as Frasier's brother Niles made him one of the highest-paid television actors in the world at one point. During the show's final two seasons, he was paid $1 million per episode.
The scrappy dog known as Eddie on TV's "Frasier" has died. The 16-year-old Jack Russell terrier, whose real name was Moose, passed away of old age Thursday at the Los Angeles home of trainer Mathilde Halberg, Halberg told People magazine. Join Backstage to access jobs you can apply to right now!
The cast of Frasier were notably close. Grammer calls Pierce the brother he never had. Along with the late John Mahoney, who played their dad, Martin, Pierce is godfather to Leeves's son. “David is a very easy person to love,” emails Leeves.
But Grammer notes that Eddie was already recast during the show's run -- Moose played him from 1993 to 2000 before his son Enzo took over until the show ended in 2004.
Frasier's offscreen investments, his negotiated radio salary, and savings from high psychiatrist salary were lucrative enough to sustain himself, his costly tastes, and responsibilities.
Jane Leeves' pregnancy
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.
Eddie and Martin Were Close on Frasier, But Actor Didn't Like the Dog in Real Life.
Undeniably the most famous dog in history is Toto. Toto, whose real name was Terry, was abandoned as a puppy. Luckily for her, however, she was adopted by German immigrant Carl Spitz, the unofficial dog-trainer of Hollywood.
David Hyde Pierce is an American actor and director who has a net worth of $40 million. David Hyde Pierce is best-known for starring in the sitcom "Frasier," which at one point made him one of the highest paid TV actors in the world.
Actor John Lithgow turned down the role of TV favo... watched it.
"We both play the piano. We both went to Yale. I'm definitely not as finicky, though, and certainly not as neat." Pierce got the role partly because he somewhat resembles Kelsey Grammer, the star of the show; Grammer and Pierce play spatty siblings who are both psychiatrists in Seattle.
Now, Grammer has said in a new interview that Niles will not be in the series. “David basically decided he wasn't really interested in repeating the performance of Niles,” Grammer told People .
Moose (December 24, 1990 – June 22, 2006) was a wire-hair Jack Russell Terrier who portrayed Eddie Crane on the American television sitcom Frasier.
Later, Chrustic learned that amid the frenzied attack the man had likely struck Moose in the abdomen, causing a perforation that became infected. A woman rushed up to help, shouting, "Get the f--- away," Chrustic said. Two bicyclists also stopped, and the attention apparently scared the man away.
Lady is the female Whippet that Niles Crane adopts after his trial separation from longtime wife Maris Crane.
“He made a fair amount of money in Boston as a private therapist and he lectured and he wrote articles and he just invested very well. And at one point somebody said, 'He's from Seattle, maybe he got in on the ground floor of Microsoft. ' Little dividends arrived to augment what he was making in the station.”
In 2004, Lifetime Television acquired exclusive cable-syndication rights to the hit series. Netflix paid $200 million for two years of non-exclusive streaming rights to several CBS shows in 2011 — including “Frasier” — but no longer retains the rights, according to Deadline.
I believe the market value of Frasier condo today is $3.63 million.