David Hyde Pierce

One of my favorite actors of all time.

He belongs on the thread about actors with not much talent that totally lucked out by ending up on a very long running show.

I know it's unlikely given their respective years active, but did he ever work with Eric Porter?

[quote] He belongs on the thread about actors with not much talent that totally lucked out

Disagree. I saw him do a two character play with Uta Hagan and he held his own.

Someone posted this scene here a while ago and I think it shows how talented he is.

David Hyde Pierce is a great physical comedian

R3 you're obsessed

Always thought he was dorky cute.

He was hilarious on The Powers That Be with DL fave Holland Taylor.

I used to see him with his husband at an Italian restaurant in Los Feliz during Frasier. He was always polite and friendly.

A lot of talented people don't get a long-running show with great running like Fraiser so in that respect, yes, DHP is lucky.

But he was perfectly cast as Fraiser's stuffier younger brother. He stole scenes without leaving fingerprints on them.

Not to shabby with physical comedy either.

Only missing the Oscar from EGOT.

He was never hawt.

He a gay.

He seems to be from an older generation altogether:

He can discuss classical music, theater, opera, literature, science, current events, sports, food, and wine.

He is gay, but he is not an "in-your-face-gay" like Ian McKellen or George Takei, who make it their predominant personality trait.

Hyde Pierce has always come across as practical, humble, and kind. He would be a great partner.

His favorite opera

I wanted to lick Niles from head to toe.

Kelsey's reboot isn't going to work without DHP.

He's gay?!

R18 I know. Without DHP and John Mahoney, it will not work.

He has a great hairy chest

[quote] Only missing the Oscar from EGOT.

He has only been nominated for a Grammy

He hasn't won a Grammy yet

He always looked the an Aids patient to me

He bears a good resemblance to Denis O'Hare

I was lucky enough to see him in the revival of "Hello Dolly", though with Donna Murphy filling in for Bette Midler (my choice). He was absolutely hysterical in the role. He played off Murphy very well and did physical comedy to perfection - he couldn't have been any better in the role of Horace. They should've kept him on when Bernadette Peters took over Midler's part. Victor garber was OK in the part - he played it differently - but really couldn't match up to DHP's antics.

This reads like an obituary. Did he die?

R26 No, I was introducing him

He's a comfort actor- if he is in anything, I will watch and smile the entire time.

KG is currently bellowing about his "faith" lately and has a long history of tRumpism. Also drugs , bad choices in wives and really bad driving.

I think DHP and the rest wisely dodged a bullet passing on the Frazier re-boot. KG is a dumpster fire, best avoided.

He might make a guest appearance on the new show, but he certainly doesn't need the money or work.

We are getting Bebe, and someone told me Harriet Harris is doing an episode.

Great piece on DHP from the Guardian

With long term partner (how husband) Brian Hargrove.

He’s very much an Episcopalian gay. I’m not surprised he grew up one.

Unlike Chasten and Pete who are converts and try-hards.

Goodbye to Boston...

S.N.L monologue

Hit The Couch...

DHP can bust moves as well.

He is a New England guy

Interview with People magazine.

He comes across as stable

He will probably die of Alzheimer’s.

Do we now have a Let's Discuss troll? First Christopher Plummer now DHP.

You've got something better?

Thread about DHP (who is actually gay) is streets better and more welcome I should say than endless threads about British royalty, long dead or whatever porn actors/models, never ending "Who Dis" threads about latest Instahoe find du jour.

Also enjoyable in Crossing Delancey.

Boy, in his more recent photos he DOES look like someone I’d see in a neighboring pew.

A Yalie!

DHP senior yearbook picture.

Dr. Niles Crane went to Yale too.

R43 The topic is fine. I just noticed the similar formatting.

When someone follows a template to start threads I worry that they'll get an itch to bomb the DL with similar content (see recent TV Guide posts).

As long as you're not starting a bajillion posts a day, everything is hunky dory.

R46 He looks like a serial killer in high school.

He looks like Kelsey ^

R48, unless you are Muriel fuck yourself.

Let's not forget he originated Spamalot

DHP - Very, VERY fine actor. I'll watch anything he is in, anything.

Who did he play in Addams Family Values?

Love this guy. A delightful man and talented

I have a friend who did Curtains with him. and said he was an absolute joy to work with, treated everyone wonderfully, and he and his partner had everyone in the cast to their home outside the city for a gigantic party. He's a mensch.

What sort of open relationship do they have? Play together or separately?

1) He's a great actor! Terrific as Niles but also good in other things. And, a wonderful theater actor.

2) He was VERY cute/humpy in the mid 80s. Saw him in a couple plays at the Guthrie in Minneapolis. A furry little fox.

3) I think he was wise to avoid the Fraiser reboot.

They don't have an open relationship. Not everyone is a WHORE.

Hyde Pierce's career has spanned TV, film, and stage... he's worked with so many people, a bio or collected reflections could be fun, delicious and an interesting read.

If you do eight (8) shows a week, you're going to get to love, loathe, or just like your castmates. Here's who he spent days, weeks, months with for Spamalot: Tim Curry as King Arthur, David Hyde Pierce as Sir Robin, Hank Azaria as Sir Lancelot, Michael McGrath, Christopher Sieber and Christian Borle in a handful of roles and Sara Ramirez in a Tony-winning turn as The Lady of the Lake.

R54 He was the obstetrician

Oh my gosh, he looks like a high school jock at r46!

[quote] I used to see him with his husband at an Italian restaurant in Los Feliz during Frasier.

I’m so disappointed you didn’t say you used to see him and his husband dining at “Le Cigare Volant”.

He worked post-Frasier.

He didn't have the curse of not getting work following a sitcom.

Bathhouse Betty!

[quote] I remember when there was a story about David Hyde Pierce, who played Niles in Frasier, going to bath houses in LA, and my mum saying, ‘That’s dirty. I don’t want to watch Frasier any more.’

^ I saw that article and noticed the comment. He didn’t need to mention DHP by name. It was the first time I’d seen that rumour. Not that there’s anything wrong with it.

R65/66 what is the rumor with DHP?

That he frequented bathhouses, must have been during the run of Frasier?

I was also surprised they left his name in the Leyland article, but they were probably unworried since the entire story was about her disconnection from reality. There's been a notable dearth of gossip about him over the years, even in the '90s, aside from his relationship with his husband.

I think it was to show the stories of homophobia around in the 1990's.

DHP does not seem like the bathhouse type.

I genuinely enjoy him as an actor. And he, like T.S. Eliot, has that hardcore Episcopalian look. Just a constant "smelling incense" face.

Yeah the story doesn’t seem to fit.

He would have read the story in the 1990s in an English newspaper.

I entirely believe that one of the tabloids could have published a photo of David Hyde Pierce walking to his car and coyly noted there was a bath house in the vicinity because that’s how they do homophobia.

In 2009, DHP and Victoria Clark gave a sublime Cole Porter concert at the Lincoln Center American Songbook that should have been filmed. One of the best things I've ever seen.

[quote]I have a friend who did Curtains with him. and said he was an absolute joy to work with, treated everyone wonderfully, and he and his partner had everyone in the cast to their home outside the city for a gigantic party. He's a mensch.

I'm not r56's friend (at least, not that I know of), but their post is an accurate representation of DHP. He and his hubby hosted the entire company in their home, and frequently held events at the theater or after the show.

Nice guy, very relatable.

I'm glade to see he has put on a bit of weight and looks healthy again. He was looking downright skeletal for awhile.

Isn't the reason DHP said no to the Frasier reboot was because he was already committed to the HBO series Julia?

Julia has come and gone, the Frasier reboot is filming right now. He probably didn’t want to commit to the reboot, LA, and new writers at this point in career and at his age.

Julia has not "come and gone," dear, they're doing a 2nd season which is shooting right now.

Oh.

[quote]Isn't the reason DHP said no to the Frasier reboot was because he was already committed to the HBO series Julia?

You bought that?!

Well, dear, if he wasn't available, it was an easy (and legit) way to say no.

[quote] I'm glade to see he has put on a bit of weight and looks healthy again. He was looking downright skeletal for awhile.

He was attached to the Masters of the Universe reboot.

I posted earlier about seeing him a lot at an Italian restaurant (Palermo's) during the Frasier days with his husband, and he was adorable. Still had hair and a great body.

On Broadway he was marvelous with Mark Rylance and Joanna Lumley in LA BETE.

Saw him in The Heidi Chronicles on Broadway early in his career when he was David Pierce. He was absolutely adorable and hilarious. Love him.

R86 Nice. I'm glad he added the Hyde too his name

I loved him in Julia.

DHP was smart to avoid the Frasier reboot- it is not worth his time. DHP picks good projects.

I wonder if he didn't want to listen to a bunch of pro-Trump crap from Kelsey

I always thought he kind of resembled Lance Kerwin.

One of my favorite little known films that I love is 'Down With Love' Starring Ewan McGregor and Renee Zellweger. It's CLEARLY based on the old Rock Hudson/Doris Day films and I'm surprised that it didn't do better at the box office. DHP and Sarah Paulson co-stars: