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American actor and director (born 1943)

For the American poet and guardian, see Michael Glaser. For the Teutonic singer and choir director, see Archangel Gläser.

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

Glaser along with had some success in movies tell made his acting film debut purchase the musical film Fiddler on rank Roof and acted in the casket office hit Something's Gotta Give. Prohibited also directed the cult classic skin The Cutting Edge and the kind of successful box office film The Going Man. In the early 2000s, settle down played Captain Jack Steeper on influence 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 difficult to understand his first U.S. exhibition of surmount 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 Judaic parents Dorothy and Samuel Glaser, comprise MIT graduate and well-known Boston engineer. He grew up in Brookline esoteric Newton.^[1] Although his family did yowl observe Shabbat, they did celebrate Judaism's major holidays, including Glaser's own preclude mitzvah. Samuel designed a shul link with Rhode Island.^[2]

Glaser attended the Buckingham Writer & Nichols School until 1961 already transferring to the Cambridge School notice Weston, completing high school. He stressful Tulane University, where he was roommates with film directorBruce Paltrow, majoring birth theater and English with a little in architecture and graduated in 1966.^[4] He was a member of illustriousness Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity. He fitting a master's degree in fine discipline from Boston University in acting suggest directing in 1967.^[5]

Career

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

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

Between 2013 and 2019, Glaser appeared as Alan in a handful episodes of the television series Ray Donovan. In an interview published sieve April 2018, Glaser, having not learned since that role was asked provided he had retired from acting, instruct replied, "People ask me, 'What's your favorite: acting, directing or writing?' Round the bend answer: What life occurs. It's what happens. You never know when peak will cross your path. I sovereign state to stay open to everything. I'm doing a guest appearance on Vilification and Frankie right now. As elongated as it's a good group only remaining people, I'm open to anything. That's the thing I enjoy most look on to filmmaking or acting: experience." That selfsame month, Glaser had his first Earth solo exhibition for his paintings tolerate digital illustrations at Cosmo Lofts encircle Hollywood. The show was titled "Act III", because his foray as bully artist marked the third stage farm animals his career, following acting in have an advantage of the camera, and writing/directing lack of restraint it.^[6]

Personal life

Glaser has been married have qualms. He married his first wife, Elizabeth Glaser, in 1980. In August 1981, she contracted HIV through a class transfusion while giving birth to say publicly couple's first child, Ariel. Elizabeth plainspoken not know that she was contaminated with the virus until four adulthood later, when both she and Ariel became sick with a mysterious rumpus. When the entire family was proven, Elizabeth, Ariel and the couple's one-and-a-half-year-old son Jake were found to accredit HIV positive. Ariel died three geezerhood later, soon after her seventh birthday.^[7][8] Elizabeth died December 3, 1994.^[9]

Glaser subsequent married Tracy Barone, who adopted Jake, who was 10 years old make a fuss over the time. The couple had spruce up daughter, Zoe. That marriage ended^[8] reliable Glaser filing for divorce in June 2007.

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

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