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Niles Crane the character is not gay. David Hyde Pierce the actor is gay.
Martin Crane the character is not gay. John Mahoney the actor is gay.
Bulldog Briscoe the character is not gay. Dan Butler the actor is gay.
Reminds me of a description I heard about the late John Ritter when he was on Three’s Company…
“Jack Tripper is a straight guy acting like a gay guy by an actor who’s acts like a gay guy who is really a straight guy”.