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Martin Crane

Born Martin Crane
30 September 1932
Flag of the United States Seattle, Washington, USA
Occupation retired policeman (formerly a detective)
Spouse(s) Hester Crane (deceased)
Ronee Crane

Martin "Marty" Crane is a character on the American television show Frasier. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Besides the main characters Frasier Crane, his father Martin and brother Niles, Daphne Moon, Roz Doyle and a few others there are several A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U Frasier is an American sitcom, a Spin-off of Cheers starring Kelsey Grammer as He is played by Lancashire-born actor John Mahoney. Blackpool (/ˈblækˌpul is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. John Mahoney (born June 20, 1940) is an award-winning English American Actor, best known for playing Martin Martin is the father of Frasier and Niles Crane, and has a pet dog, a Jack Russell terrier named Eddie. Dr Frasier W Crane (b 1952 is a fictional character on American television Sitcoms Frasier and Cheers. Dr Niles Crane (born 1957) is a fictional character on the American Sitcom Frasier, a Spin-off of the popular show Besides the main characters Frasier Crane, his father Martin and brother Niles, Daphne Moon, Roz Doyle and a few others there are several

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Biography

Although Martin is first mentioned in an episode of the sitcom Cheers, his life history is mainly expanded on in the spinoff Frasier. Cheers is an American Situation comedy television series that ran eleven seasons from 1982 to 1993 Frasier is an American sitcom, a Spin-off of Cheers starring Kelsey Grammer as In an eighth season Cheers episode ("Two Girls For Every Boys"), Frasier claims that his father is dead and was a scientist in life. Both claims are refuted in Frasier (in which Martin is an ex-police officer who is very much alive), and this comment is retconned in the later show as being the result of bad feelings between Martin and Frasier at the time (John Mahoney, the actor that played Martin in Frasier also appeared in Cheers as a piano player/jingle writer). Frasier is an American sitcom, a Spin-off of Cheers starring Kelsey Grammer as Retroactive continuity is the deliberate changing of previously established facts in a work of serial fiction

Martin was born in Seattle and is a life-long resident of the city. He was married to Hester Rose Crane until her death. Besides the main characters Frasier Crane, his father Martin and brother Niles, Daphne Moon, Roz Doyle and a few others there are several He was a career police officer, achieving the position of homicide detective during his time with the Seattle Police Department as well as a mounted police officer for crowd control; his beloved horse's name was Agides. A police officer (also known as a policeman or policewoman) is a warranted employee of a Police force. List of countries by homicide rate Homicide ( Latin homicidium, homo human being + caedere to cut kill refers to the act of killing another The Seattle Police Department ( SPD) is the principal law enforcement agency of the city of Seattle Washington, except for the campus of the University Mounted police are Police who patrol on Horseback They continue to serve in remote areas and in metropolitan areas where their day-to-day function may be picturesque Crowd control is the controlling of a Crowd, to prevent the outbreak of disorder and prevention of possible rioting He is also a Korean War veteran. The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korean and South Korean regimes with major hostilities lasting from June 25 1950 until the A veteran (from Latin vetus, meaning "old" is a person who has or is working in the armed forces He remains close to both the members of his army unit (meeting them for frequent reunions) and the police officers he worked with.

Martin has one sibling, a brother named Walt (who is married to a Greek woman named Zora), and one nephew, Walt and Zora's son Nikos. Martin and Walt are estranged, thanks to Zora's hostility towards Frasier's meddling in Nikos' life. While they reconcile in the episode, Beware of the Greeks, Series 5 of Frasier, it is unclear how long the reconciliation lasts, and Walt appears in only one episode. There is a discrepancy in the storyline however, as Martin declared in an earlier episode, "I never had a brother. "

Hester rejected his first marriage proposal, but the two married when she became pregnant with Frasier. Pregnancy ( Latin graviditas) is the carrying of one or more offspring known as a Fetus or Embryo, inside the Uterus of a Female The marriage was mostly a happy and loving one, but there were numerous issues; in particular, it is revealed that Hester had an affair with a family friend (apparently following a particularly rocky period in the marriage). Martin later blamed himself for his wife's infidelity, and was willing to allow people (including his own sons) to believe that he had been the adulterous party in the affair; the two later reconciled. Ironically, this event would later help bring Martin and Frasier (whose own wife also cheated on him) closer together. They remained together until Hester's death (some six years before the start of Frasier). Martin was greatly affected by Hester's death, an event that seems to have increased his estrangement from Niles and Frasier, and certainly contributed to his reluctance to engage in relationships with other women. For much of their adult lives, Martin, Frasier and Niles seem to have had a rather distant and estranged relationship with each other.

Two years before the series began, Martin was injured in the line of duty when he was shot after interrupting a robbery attempt in a convenience store. Robbery is the Crime of seizing Property through Violence or Intimidation. The injury damaged his hip, forcing him to walk with a cane and to retire from the police force. Around this point, he also presumably acquires Eddie, his pet dog and (later) his closest companion. Besides the main characters Frasier Crane, his father Martin and brother Niles, Daphne Moon, Roz Doyle and a few others there are several

Ultimately, his injury forces him to accept Frasier's invitation to live with him on Frasier's return to Seattle. Martin soon grows close to his physical therapist Daphne Moon and Frasier's radio show producer Roz Doyle, and steadily becomes closer to both his sons, despite their different tastes and personalities. Daphne Moon Crane (born 1961 is a Fictional character on the American television Sitcom Frasier, played by Jane Leeves. Rosalinda "Roz" Doyle is a fictional character on the American television Sitcom Frasier. Although initially reluctant to start dating, Martin also has several relationships with other women during Frasier. Ultimately he develops a relationship with and eventually marries Ronee Lawrence, who used to babysit Niles and Frasier but had since lost touch with the Cranes. Besides the main characters Frasier Crane, his father Martin and brother Niles, Daphne Moon, Roz Doyle and a few others there are several

Politically, Martin seems to be conservative. He once referred to a Senator as a "bleeding heart soft on crime" and backed an extremely conservative (probably Republican) candidate for Congress whom Frasier called a "fascist. " However, since this election took place in 1994 when many Americans voted Republican, and since the candidate focused largely on crime prevention (a topic that Martin, being a former police officer, would be interested in) he may be an independent. He has shown concern for global warming, a supposedly liberal topic. He also has shown sympathy with former (Democratic) presidents Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy, both of whom are generally held to be icons of the left in American politics. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of In one episode, Niles asks Martin for his gun, and Martin replies that he would rather not arm a civilian, seeming to imply that he supports the normally left-wing policy of gun control. Of course, being a police officer who was shot by a civilian-owned handgun might have contributed to that view. Despite being disturbed at the idea of Frasier or Niles being gay, he is willing to accept it, and has left-leaning views of gay issues, even pretending to be gay once to avoid an aggressive woman. Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation. LGBT movements in the United States comprise an interwoven history of Lesbian, gay, Bisexual and Transgender social

Because both his sons share very little in common with him in terms of hobbies and personalities, he seems to be very close to Frasier's producer Roz. He invites her to his poker games on numerous occasions, and responds warmly to her laid back, "one of the guys" personality. On one of his birthdays, she presents him with a six pack of beers, and this turns out to be the only gift he seems to genuinely enjoy that day. In many ways, because she shares so much of his own interests, he seems to view her as the child he should have had, and dotes on her. In turn, Roz seems to respond to his paternal feelings.

Personality

Unlike his sons, Martin Crane is very down-to-earth and unpretentious. His tastes are generally simpler than those of his sons and reflect popular culture to a greater degree - he prefers drinking beer (specifically Ballantine) to wine or spirits, for example, and prefers watching action movies and professional sports to the opera and theatre preferred by Frasier and Niles. Popular culture (or pop culture) is the Culture — patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activities significance and importance — Beer is the world's oldest and most widely consumed Alcoholic beverage and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea Wine is an Alcoholic beverage made from the fermentation of Grape juice It is revealed during the series that he is a big supporter of both the Mariners and the Seahawks, two professional sports teams based in Seattle. In the earlier seasons especially, most of the comedy and drama of the series stems from the culture clashes between the refined sons and the blue-collar father (the sons frequently considering themselves superior in both taste and intellectual matters than their father), and the struggles between Frasier and Martin in sharing an apartment. Among one of the disputes between Frasier and Martin is a decades old, well-worn recliner that Martin owns; Frasier is appalled by its appearance in his living room. Initially Frasier figures the perfect present for his father is to purchase him an expensive leather recliner that replaces Martin's old one. This greatly upsets Martin when he explains the sentimental value of the chair to Frasier, who proceeds to get the recliner back for his father and returns the new one.

As a result, Martin has a complex and frequently difficult relationship with both his sons, both of whom take after their mother, and have little interest in the traditionally masculine pursuits that interest Martin, such as sports and outdoor activities, just as Martin himself finds little of interest in their pursuits, such as cooking, collecting antiques and opera. Sport is an Activity that is governed by a set of rules or Customs and often engaged in competitively An antique ( Latin: antiquus; old is an old Collectible item It is collected or desirable because of its age rarity condition utility or other unique Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto Martin also places little stock in (and is frequently and loudly dismissive of) established psychiatry, something which - as both of his sons are passionate psychiatrists - also undoubtedly contributed to the rift between them. Psychiatry is a medical specialty which exists to study, prevent, and treat Mental disorders in Humans Psychiatric On a few occasions, however, he actually exhibits genuine psychological know-how and intellect, surprising Frasier and Niles (although Martin usually waves off these situations and thinks nothing of it; he can, at times, attribute this to his listening to Frasier's radio show). Martin also frequently clashed with and was vocally dismissive of both of his sons' romantic interests (in particular their wives, Maris, and Lilith), which also added to the bad feeling between the men. Maris Crane is a Fictional character on the American television Sitcom Frasier. Lilith Sternin was a supporting character played by Bebe Neuwirth on the American Sitcom Cheers and its spinoff series Frasier

A dramatic irony frequently shown in the series is that whilst Frasier and Niles may possess more intellectual knowledge and refinement than Martin, it is in fact Martin who is a wiser and more knowledgeable individual. Certainly, Martin possesses greater reserves of common sense and experience than his two sons, and whilst his sons may be trained in psychiatry, it is frequently Martin's advice in any scenario that is more sound. Common sense (or when used attributively as an Adjective, commonsense, common-sense, or commonsensical) based on a strict construction He is usually quick to foresee the catastrophes and crises that Frasier and Niles' various plans and actions will result in, and is capable of advising the best way to avoid this - however, their senses of superiority, stubbornness and neuroses frequently ensure that Frasier and Niles will disregard his advice and blunder into chaos anyway. This can lead to Martin at times taking an almost gleeful delight in the misfortunes and downfalls of his sons, and he is often quick to point out that he told them so. However, Martin is prone to letting his stubbornness get in the way of happiness, that Frasier often helps him solve, such as forcing Martin to acknowledge his feelings for one romantic partner, Sherry Dempsey.

Martin is a gruff and taciturn man who finds it difficult to express himself emotionally - in particular to his family and loved ones, with whom he can be quite withdrawn and remote. He often comes across as curmudgeonly and ungrateful to Frasier for taking care of him. In the episode "Breaking the Ice", for example, he finds it easier to say the words "I love you" to both his dog Eddie and his best friend Duke than he does to either of his sons (although he actually said 'I love ya' to Eddie and Duke, which he says doesn't mean the same thing). He is certainly less comfortable with emotional exchanges than either of his sons, who find it much easier to express themselves in such a fashion. His blunt, open manner can make him seem tactless and insensitive. He is quite stubborn, and is given to holding grudges. He has stated that he believes justice should be the same for everyone when he refused to help Niles take care of a legal problem for Maris; he has, nevertheless used his position as an ex-policeman for preferencial treatment on occasion, such as when he flashed his badge to a border guard in order to alleviate his suspicions.

For all this, Martin is portrayed as an extremely likeable and caring individual. Although he may find it difficult to express his feelings to his sons, he clearly loves them both, remaining proud of and devoted to them, and bitterly resenting any implication that this might not be the case. When Niles goes to a costume party as Martin and is asked to name his biggest disappointment in life, Niles' response (in character and slightly inebriated) turns this into a speech of his distaste for his and Frasier's pretentiousness, snobbery, and lack of athleticism before finally saying "if I had to choose my two biggest disappointments. " Martin quickly cuts him off, angered at being portrayed "as a drunken jackass", and tells Niles that, while he and Frasier weren't what he was expecting, he's always been proud of them.

Spiritually, Martin is also hard to pinpoint. He appears to have been raised a Christian, and to possibly hold Christian beliefs. Indeed, in one of the early episodes he is shocked to see his sons do not say grace before they eat. However, as the series went on this no longer became an aspect. It is also not clear if he attends religious services regularly, if he did at one point and left a church, although he appears to have been Protestant since he claims to have been married by a Minister (which, given the time he was married, was impossible for a Catholic).

Family Tree

Dr Frasier W Crane (b 1952 is a fictional character on American television Sitcoms Frasier and Cheers. Lilith Sternin was a supporting character played by Bebe Neuwirth on the American Sitcom Cheers and its spinoff series Frasier Dr Niles Crane (born 1957) is a fictional character on the American Sitcom Frasier, a Spin-off of the popular show Maris Crane is a Fictional character on the American television Sitcom Frasier. Daphne Moon Crane (born 1961 is a Fictional character on the American television Sitcom Frasier, played by Jane Leeves.
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