Was niles from the nanny gay

Niles was famous for his quick quips and one-liners, and a lot of that wit was actually inspired by the actor himself. “The writers watched me from in the early days of the show,” he. Niles and Maxwell Sheffield, played by Charles Shaughnessy, had known each other for their whole lives because Niles’ father was Maxwell’s father’s butler.

Following the death of Sheffield’s first nanny, Sara Sheffield, the family went through a rough time, but that soon changes when Fran Fine arrives. I bring up my childhood infatuation with Niles (a sentence I have been waiting to write on this site for years) because I feel like every young and/or closeted gay had a similar experience with The Nanny. With Niles, it's actually authentic, especially that moment when she asks him what he did to kill a day before she gay along and he admits to being bored before her, but thankfully, now he has a hobby.

Niles was known for his frequent use of deadpan one-liners, usually insulting character C. C. Babcock, with whom Niles eventually fell in love and married in the series' last season. Also I swear—if Drag Race does not do a Nanny -inspired runway category and bring Fran Drescher on as a guest judge in one of the next few seasons, we riot.

I read in an article which said that Niles and CC Babcock were the most overplayed roles ever. Not knowing Mr. But isnt that controlled by the producers and what episodes are submitted f16d0or consideration? Member since May That was controlled by the producers and the writers. There were a lot of good was running in the 90ies, Frasier, Seinfeld, Friends, Everybody Loves Raymond,etc so that could the proved tough competition for winning an Emmy.

An email has been sent to with a recovery code. But I digress because we both agree on this point. I think if it was left to him, Niles would have developed into a different man. Light The Fuse! I nile his growing admiration for C. Guess who was the other? Only fools are enslaved by time and space. The reliance on camp and lunatic slapstick.

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I think that Daniel Davis was able to do what very few male actors can - bring forth the feminine side of a man in such a way that he seems all the richer as a human being. Or when he rolls up his sleeves and washes the dishes? He should have at least been nominated for an Emmy. It's a guy doing that, no question about it, and yet you can tell that he wouldn't be like a fish out of water in a conversation about the virtues and vices of mascara, even if he wouldn't be in a hurry to participate in such a conversation.

The Nanny is itself a straight-up, jokes-first, classic sitcom that wears its influences proudly on its tie-dyed sleeve. Benjamin Salisburywho played the mischievous middle Sheffield child, Brighton, was married to Kelly Murkey from to Thanks for cutting me slack on that point. Sign Up. The worse episodes are those directed by Peter Jacobson, Fran Descher's husband.

C to be so cute and during the final season when they really started to care for each other, I found to be my favorite season. As far as Niles being able to handle all things feminine, we agree again. And the physical comedy? And his one liners were THE best.