Person Details

Birthday:

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: West Barrington, Rhode Island

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 1

TV Involvements: 9


Most Famous Work

Biography

David Angell was a multiple Emmy Award winner as the creator/executive producer, along with Peter Casey and David Lee, of the hit comedy series Frasier. David was born in West Barrington, RI, and he received a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Providence College. He entered the army upon graduation and served at the Pentagon until 1972. David then moved to Boston and worked as a methods analyst at an engineering company and later at an insurance firm in Rhode Island. David moved to Los Angeles in 1977. His first first script was sold to the producers of the "Annie Flynn" series. Five years before he sold his second script to Archie Bunker's Place (1979)." David virtually worked in every temporary job known to mankind. In 1983, he joined Cheers (1982) as a staff writer. In 1985, David Angell joined forces with Peter Casey and David Lee as Cheers (1982) supervising producers/writers. Since then, the trio has received 37 Emmy Award nominations and won 24 Emmy Awards, including the above-mentioned for Frasier (1993), as well as an Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy for Cheers (1982), in 1989, which Angell, Casey, Lee and the series' other producers shared, and Outstanding Writing/Comedy Emmy for Cheers (1982), which Angell received in 1984. After working together as producers on the hit comedy series "Cheers" for NBC-TV, Angell, Casey and Lee formed "Grub Street Productions." In 1990, they created and executive produced the hit comedy series Wings (1990), which received critical and ratings success during its seven season run. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Kelly Wiebe

Most Famous Work

Frasier
Average
8

Frasier

(1993) Writer
Cheers
Average
8

Cheers

(1982) Writer
Wings
Average
7

Wings

(1990) Writer
Jake and the Fatman
Average
6

Jake and the Fatman

(1987) Producer
Archie Bunker's Place
Average
7

Archie Bunker's Place

(1979) Writer
Condo
Average
0

Condo

(1983) Writer
The Discarded
Average
4

The Discarded

(2020) Sound Editor

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2006 Campbell
Year Character Movie/Tv

Sound

Year Role Movie/Tv
2020 Sound Editor
Year Role Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
1993 Executive Producer
1990 Executive Producer
1987 Producer
1982 Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing


Join the discussion

Please Log in to comment