The fifth season of ''
Frasier
''Frasier'' () is an American television sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for 11 seasons. It premiered on September 16, 1993, and ended on May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee (as Grub ...
'' originally aired from September 23, 1997 to May 19, 1998 on
NBC. The fifth episode is the only episode of the series to have scenes filmed on location in Seattle.
In 2009,
TV Guide
TV Guide is an American digital media company that provides television program listings information as well as entertainment and television-related news.
The company sold its print magazine division, TV Guide Magazine LLC, in 2008.
Corporat ...
ranked "The Ski Lodge" episode #31 on its list of the 100 Greatest Episodes.
Cast
Main
*
Kelsey Grammer
Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955) is an American actor and producer. He gained notoriety and acclaim for his role as psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the NBC sitcom ''Cheers'' (1984-1993) and its spin-off ''Frasier'' (1993-2004), ...
as
Frasier Crane
*
Jane Leeves as
Daphne Moon
Daphne Crane (née Moon; born September 1961) is a fictional character on the American television sitcom '' Frasier'', played by Jane Leeves. An English immigrant from Manchester, Daphne is employed by Frasier as a live-in housekeeper and phy ...
*
David Hyde Pierce
David Hyde Pierce (born April 3, 1959) is an American actor and director of stage, film and television. He starred as psychiatrist Dr. Niles Crane on the NBC sitcom '' Frasier'' from 1993 to 2004, and won four Primetime Emmy Awards and a Scree ...
as
Niles Crane
*
Peri Gilpin
Peri Gilpin (born Peri Kay Oldham; May 27, 1961) is an American actress. She portrayed Roz Doyle in the television series '' Frasier'' and Kim Keeler in the ABC Family television drama ''Make It or Break It''. She is due to reprise the role of Ro ...
as
Roz Doyle
Rosalinda Doyle (born May 5 1963 or 1964) is a fictional character on the American television sitcom ''Frasier''. Roz is the producer of Frasier Crane's ''Dr. Frasier Crane Show'' on KACL (Frasier), KACL 780 AM.
The role initially went to Lisa K ...
*
Dan Butler
Daniel Eugene Butler (born December 2, 1954) is an American actor known for his role as Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe on the TV series '' Frasier'' (1993–2004); Art in ''Roseanne'' (1991–1992); for the voice of Mr. Simmons on the ''Nickelodeon'' T ...
as
Bulldog
The Bulldog is a British breed of dog of mastiff type. It may also be known as the English Bulldog or British Bulldog. It is of medium size, a muscular, hefty dog with a wrinkled face and a distinctive pushed-in nose.[John Mahoney
Charles John Mahoney (June 20, 1940 – February 4, 2018) was an English-born American actor. He was known for playing Martin Crane on the NBC sitcom '' Frasier'' (1993–2004), and won a Screen Actors Guild Award for the role in 2000. Mahon ...]
as
Martin Crane
Special guest
*
Marsha Mason as Sherry
*
Bebe Neuwirth
Beatrice "Bebe" Jane Neuwirth ( ; born December 31, 1958) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. On television, she played Dr. Lilith Sternin, Frasier Crane's wife, on both the TV sitcom ''Cheers'' (in a starring role) and its spin-off '' ...
as
Lilith
Lilith ( ; he, לִילִית, Līlīṯ) is a female figure in Mesopotamian and Judaic mythology, alternatively the first wife of Adam and supposedly the primordial she-demon. Lilith is cited as having been "banished" from the Garden of Ed ...
*
Sela Ward
Sela Ann Ward (born July 11, 1956) is an American actress, author, and producer. Her breakthrough TV role was as Teddy Reed in the NBC drama series '' Sisters'' (1991–1996), for which she received her first Primetime Emmy Award for Outstandin ...
as Kelly Easterbrook
*
Patti LuPone
Patti Ann LuPone (born April 21, 1949) is an American actress and singer best known for her work in musical theater. She has won three Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards, two Grammy Awards, and was a 2006 inductee to the American Theater Hall of F ...
as
Zora Crane
Recurring
*
Edward Hibbert as
Gil Chesterton
Guest
*
Lindsay Frost as Samantha
*
Conrad Janis
Conrad Janis (February 11, 1928 – March 1, 2022) was a jazz trombonist and actor who starred in film and television during the Golden Age Era in the 1950s and 1960s. He played the role of Mindy McConnell's father, Frederick, on television's ' ...
as Albert
*
Harriet Sansom Harris as
Bebe Glazer
The main character of the American television sitcom ''Frasier'' is Frasier Crane. Other regular characters include: his father Martin, brother Niles, producer Roz Doyle, and his live-in caregiver Daphne Moon. Other minor characters made regula ...
*
Cynthia Lamontagne
Cynthia Ann LaMontagne (born February 15, 1966) is an American former actress who has appeared in numerous television shows and films. She is best known for her recurring role as "Big Rhonda" in the fourth season of ''That '70s Show''.
Televis ...
as Annie
*
James Gleason as Ed
*
Bill Campbell as Clint Webber
*
James Patrick Stuart
James Patrick Stuart is an American actor, currently portraying Valentin Cassadine on the daytime soap opera ''General Hospital'', for which he received three consecutive Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Dram ...
as Guy
*
Lindsay Price as Sharon
*
Lisa Edelstein as Caitlin
*
Tom McGowan as Kenny
*
Claire Yarlett
Claire Yarlett (born February 15, 1965) is an English-born American actress, best known for her role as Bliss Colby in ''The Colbys'', the spin-off series to the 1980s prime-time soap opera '' Dynasty''. She also starred on the short-lived TV ...
as Vicky
*
Lisa Waltz
Lisa Waltz is an American actress who has had roles in many television shows and who played Nora in the film adaptation of ''Brighton Beach Memoirs''.
Personal life
Waltz was born and raised in Limerick, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Bobby and ...
as Tricia
*
Patrick Kerr as
Noel Shempsky
Special appearance by
*
Norman B. Rice, Mayor of Seattle as himself
*
Larry King
Larry King (born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger; November 19, 1933 – January 23, 2021) was an American television and radio host, whose awards included 2 Peabodys, an Emmy and 10 Cable ACE Awards. Over his career, he hosted over 50,000 interviews. ...
as himself
*
Lesley Stahl
Lesley Rene Stahl (born December 16, 1941) is an American television journalist. She has spent most of her career with CBS News, where she began as a producer in 1971. Since 1991, she has reported for CBS's ''60 Minutes''. She is known for her ne ...
as herself
Episodes
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Frasier (Season 5)
1997 American television seasons
1998 American television seasons
Frasier 05