Grammar gunned down co-star

Former Frasier star Kelsey Grammar hides a dark secret - he once shot a man.

The actor reveals the accident happened when he was onstage in a play called Wild Oats in New Mexico - and he became a little trigger happy.

He recalls: "I rehearsed every night at home with a six-shooter and I bought five alarm clocks and I set them at different times during the evening and when one would go off, I'd come out of the leather (draw gun quickly from its holster).

"So I got this reflex down pretty well and the very first night when we had an audience, I was supposed to pull the pistols out and do a couple of gun tricks.

"But I had gotten so used to this move… you pull the hammers back as you come out of the leather and you just let 'em go, so that's what I did."

Grammar peppered his co-star David Brooks with gunpowder, but still felt the actor was hamming it up as he staggered and fell.

He adds: "I said, 'No, no, David, you've got to stop…'"

Fortunately, no bullet was involved, and Brooks recovered from the shock of being shot.