Paul Michael Glaser

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Paul Michael Glaser
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Glaser at the 2018 East Coast Comicon
in Secaucus, New Jersey
Born
Paul Manfred Glaser

(1943-03-25) March 25, 1943 (age 80)
Other namesPaul M. Glaser
Paul Glaser
Michael Glaser
Mike Glaser
P.M. Glaser
Education Tulane University (BA)
Boston University (MFA)
Years active1966–present
Known forDetective Dave Michael Starsky – Starsky & Hutch
Spouses
(m. 1980;died 1994)
Tracy Barone
(m. 1996;div. 2007)
Children2 (with Elizabeth Glaser)
1 (with Barone)

Paul Michael Glaser (born Paul Manfred Glaser; March 25, 1943) is an American actor, director, and writer whose career has spanned five decades. He made his acting debut in the television series Love Is a Many Splendored Thing and went onto have acting appearing roles in The Waltons , The Streets of San Francisco , and Kojak . Glaser rose to prominence for his portrayal as "Detective Dave Starsky" in the 1970s television series, Starsky & Hutch and went onto write and direct five episodes for the show. [1] [2] [3] Following the show's success, he ventured into directing for other series including Miami Vice , Judging Amy , and Las Vegas .

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Glaser also had some success in movies and made his acting film debut in the musical film Fiddler on the Roof and starred in the box office film Something's Gotta Give . He also directed the cult classic film The Cutting Edge and the moderate successful box office film The Running Man . In the early 2000's, he played Captain Jack Steeper on the NBC series Third Watch from 2004 to 2005, appeared in several episodes of Ray Donovan during the 2010s, and had minor roles in Criminal Minds and The Mentalist . Glaser had his first U.S. exhibition of his art work in 2018.

Early life

Paul Manfred Glaser was born March 25, 1943, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, [1] the youngest child and only son of Samuel Glaser, an MIT graduate and well-known Boston architect, and his wife Dorothy. He grew up in Brookline and Newton. [1] He was raised Jewish, and although Dorothy was an agnostic, and the family did not observe Shabbat, the family did celebrate the religion's major holidays, including Glaser's own bar mitzvah. Samuel designed a shul in Rhode Island. [2]

Glaser attended the Buckingham Browne & Nichols School until 1961 before transferring to the Cambridge School of Weston, completing high school. He attended Tulane University, where he was roommates with film director Bruce Paltrow, majoring in theater and English with a minor in architecture and graduated in 1966. [4] He was a member of the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity. He earned a master's degree in fine arts from Boston University in acting and directing in 1967. [5]

Career

Glaser at the F.I.S.T. premiere in 1978. Paul Michael Glaser at F.I.S.T premier 1978 cropped and airbrushed.jpg
Glaser at the F.I.S.T. premiere in 1978.

Glaser made his movie debut as Perchick in the 1971 movie version of the musical Fiddler on the Roof . He found fame playing Detective Dave Starsky opposite David Soul in the television series Starsky & Hutch , of which he directed several episodes. It ran for four seasons (1975–1979) on ABC.[ citation needed ]

After the series, Glaser continued to act on television and in movies, and directed the 1987 film The Running Man starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as well as the 1992 movie The Cutting Edge . He also directed episodes of several TV series, including Miami Vice , Robbery Homicide Division and Judging Amy . Glaser returned to the big screen in 2003 in Something's Gotta Give , as Diane Keaton's ex-husband, and with a brief cameo in the 2004 film version of Starsky & Hutch, in which Starsky was played by Ben Stiller. He directed the children's movie Kazaam featuring Shaquille O'Neal. He guest featured in "The Scarlet Letter", the October 1, 2009, episode of CBS's The Mentalist .

Between 2013 and 2019, Glaser appeared as Alan in several episodes of the television series Ray Donovan . In an interview published in April 2018, Glaser, having not acted since that role was asked if he had retired from acting, and replied, "People ask me, 'What's your favorite: acting, directing or writing?' My answer: What life occurs. It's what happens. You never know when something will cross your path. I try to stay open to everything. I'm doing a guest appearance on Grace and Frankie right now. As long as it's a good group of people, I'm open to anything. That's the thing I enjoy most about filmmaking or acting: experience." That same month, Glaser had his first American solo exhibition for his paintings and digital illustrations at Cosmo Lofts in Hollywood. The show was titled "Act III", because his foray as an artist marked the third stage of his career, following acting in front of the camera, and writing/directing behind it. [6]

Personal life

Glaser has been married twice. He married his first wife, Elizabeth Glaser, in 1980. In August 1981, she contracted HIV through a blood transfusion while giving birth to the couple's first child, Ariel. Elizabeth did not know that she was infected with the virus until four years later, when both she and Ariel became sick with a mysterious illness. When the entire family was tested, Elizabeth, Ariel and the couple's one-and-a-half-year-old son Jake were found to be HIV positive. Ariel died three years later, soon after her seventh birthday. [7] [8] Elizabeth died December 3, 1994. [9]

Glaser later married Tracy Barone, who adopted Jake, who was 10 years old at the time. The couple had a daughter, Zoe. That marriage ended [8] with Glaser filing for divorce in June 2007.

As of 2007, Jake remained healthy, [10] and as of 2016, had maintained his relationship with Tracy. [8]

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleNotes
1971 Fiddler on the Roof PerchikActor
1972 Butterflies Are Free RalphActor
1974Aces UpMoverActor
Trapped Beneath the SeaJack BeechActor
1976 The Great Houdini Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz)Actor
1980 Phobia Dr. Peter RossActor
1983 Wait till Your Mother Gets Home! Coach Bob PetersActor
Princess Daisy Fred NorthActor
1984Single Bars, Single WomenGabeActor
JealousyDanielActor
Attack on Fear Dave Mitchell Actor
1986 Band of the Hand n/aDirector
1987 The Running Man n/aDirector
1992 The Cutting Edge n/aDirector
1994 The Air Up There n/aDirector
1996 Kazaam n/aDirector
2001 And Never Let Her Go (TV Film)Det Frank GugliattaActor
2003 Something's Gotta Give Dave KleinActor
2004 Starsky & Hutch Original David StarskyActor
2007 Live! Network PresidentActor
2010 Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers Kjeld Playwell (voice)Actor

Television

YearShowRoleNotes
1970–1973 Love Is a Many Splendored Thing Dr. Peter ChernakActor
1972 The Streets of San Francisco Jason KampacalasActor, episode Bitter Wine
1972 Cannon Jason LoganActor, episode Nobody Beats the House; credited as "Michael Glaser"
1973 The Waltons Todd CooperActor ("The Air Mail Man")
1974 The Rockford Files Ralph CorrellActor ("Find Me If You Can")
1974 Kojak Lou GiordinoActor ("Down a Long and Lonely River")
1975–1979 Starsky & Hutch Detective David StarskyActor, writer, director (episodes "Bloodbath", "Class in Crime", "Deckwatch", "Ballad for a Blue Lady", "Sweet Revenge")
1984–1985 Miami Vice n/aDirector ("Calderone's Return: Calderone's Demise", "Smuggler's Blues", "The Prodigal Son")
1984 Amazons n/aDirector
1985 Otherworld n/aDirector ("Village of the Motorpigs")
1987 Amazing Stories n/aDirector ("Blue Man Down")
2001, 2003 Judging Amy n/aDirector ("Look Closer", "Going Down")
2002 The Agency n/aDirector ("Son Set", "The Golden Hour", "Doublecrossover", "Elite Meat to Eat", "Debbie Does Djakarta")
2002–2003 Robbery Homicide Division n/aDirector ("In/Famous", "Had", "Absolute Perfection")
2003 Mister Sterling n/aDirector ("Final Passage")
2004–2005 Third Watch Captain Jack SteeperActor ("Sleeping Dogs Lie", "Blessed and Bewildered", "No More, Forever")
Director ("Alone Again, Naturally", "Welcome Home")
2005–2008 Las Vegas n/aDirector ("To Protect and Serve Manicotti", "Double Down, Triple Threat", "For Sail by Owner", "Wines and Misdemeanors", "Adventures in the Skin Trade")
2006 E-Ring n/aDirector ("Brothers in Arms")
2007 Raines n/aDirector ("5th Step")
2008 The Closer Davis MayhanActor, episode 4.2 ("Speed Bump")
2008 Criminal Minds Detective GarrityDirector, actor ("Masterpiece")
2008 Numbers Brett HansonActor ("Conspiracy Theory")
2009 The Mentalist Walter CrewActor, episode 2.2 ("The Scarlet Letter")
2013 Ray Donovan AlanActor, episode 4 ("Black Cadillac")
2019 Grace and Frankie LeoActor, Season 5

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