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Brothers Glen Gerald Charles (born February 18, 1943) and Les Charles (born March 25, 1948) are American screenwriters and television producers, best known for working on Taxi and co-creating Cheers.
Les Charles was born on 25 March 1948 in Henderson, Nevada, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Taxi (1978), Cheers (1982) and Pushing Tin (1999).
- Writer, Producer, Additional Crew
- March 25, 1948
- Les Charles
May 18, 2018 · To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the finale, Variety spoke with five figures who were key in bringing it to fruition: series co-creators and executive producers Glen Charles and Les...
May 20, 2018 · Les Charles (co-creator): A bar is a place where everything that happens in life can end up. You go to celebrate, drown your sorrows, meet and fall in love, break up. It’s an interesting spot for...
In the twenty-minute solo portion of his interview, Les Charles talks about his early years growing up near Las Vegas. He recalls the first time he saw television and his early jobs working in a bar and as a substitute teacher.
Three men developed and created the Cheers television series: Glen and Les Charles ("Glen and Les") and James Burrows, who identified themselves as "two Mormons and a Jew." They aimed at "creating a show around a Spencer Tracy-Katharine Hepburn-type relationship" between their two main characters, Sam and Diane.
