Dr. Alan Cornwall is a character from the Frasier 2023 reboot. He is portrayed by Nicholas Lyndhurst.
Character[]
Alan Cornwall is an old college classmate of Frasier Crane and Harvard psychology professor. Despite his occupation, he does not appear to have any affection for his students. The reason for this is currently unknown.
Story[]
Alan and Frasier's friendship dates back to their Oxford days. While there, they both tried to join the private Bullingdon Club. However, after getting lights-out drunk, they snuck into the library and tried to steal Oscar Wilde's walking stick, but ended up getting tackled by a pack of surprisingly spry librarians and forever banned from the club.
Alan attended Frasier and Lilith's wedding in Aruba, where he wore a white linen suit, upon which Lilith told him he looked terrible in a fedora. He also translated for her to the police when she threw her coffee at a bellboy. He also kept pestering the bartender to add olive brine to the mojitos, to which Lilith called him "the briny bastard"; then after drinking 7 of them, he grabbed the microphone and told a bawdy story about a brothel in Amsterdam, his "go-to wedding toast"; then broke into the hotel menagerie and fed all the animals $2,000 worth of caviar, for which Frasier and Lilith were charged, to which he promised to "pop into his car, grab his wallet and pay them back", but he never returned.
Frasier gives a guest lecture at Harvard University as a favor to Alan, who appreciates his help.
Trivia[]
- Alan has four children, the eldest of whom is a daughter who is pregnant by season 2 and yet still will not speak to him.
- It is unknown what happens to his wife that he might be divorced or widowed.
- Sometimes Alan is similar to Frasier brother Niles Crane.
- Is a lover of fine malt whiskeys.
- Is often on the the receiving end of Olivia's negative remarks.
- Speaks Latin.
- Is consistently lazy.
- Is tenured, which fits well with his laziness as he can't be fired.
- Alan originally comes from West Sussex.
- Loves Lucky Charms, but hates marshmallows. In The Fix Is In, he assigns David, who becomes his new Teaching Assistant, to separate Lucky Charms and marshmallows from a bowl.
- Has a cat named Margaret Scratcher. (A play on former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher)
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