- Les Charles
Les Charles was born in
Henderson, Nevada . He attended theUniversity of Redlands ,California and earned a B.A. in English. Charles began his professional career as ahigh school English teacher, but moved into television. He began his television career with his brother,Glen Charles . The two were writer-producers for "The Bob Newhart Show ", created and produced "Taxi", formed the Charles-Burrows-Charles production company withJames Burrows , and created and produced thetelevision series "Cheers ". The brothers also co-wrote thescreenplay for the 1999 film, "Pushing Tin ". An episode of "Scrubs", "My Life in Four Cameras", had a character named "Charles James" in honor of "Cheers" creators James Burrows and Glen and Les Charles.*Les and Zora Charles live in an
exclave ofSanta Barbara, California .External links
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* [http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/C/htmlC/charlesglen/charlesglen.htm Story on Glen and Les]Persondata
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