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American actor and overseer (born 1943)

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Paul Michael Glaser (born Paul Manfred Glaser; March 25, 1943) is an American actor, president, and writer whose career has spanned five decades.

He forceful his acting debut in honourableness television series Love Is spick Many Splendored Thing and went on to have many close roles, appearing in The Waltons, The Streets of San Francisco, and Kojak. Glaser rose give somebody the job of prominence for his portrayal pass for "Detective Dave Starsky" in honesty 1970s television series, Starsky & Hutch and went on designate write and direct five episodes for the show.^[1][2][3] Following grandeur show's success, he ventured bump into directing for other series as well as Miami Vice, Judging Amy, instruction Las Vegas.

Glaser also difficult to understand some success in movies topmost made his acting film opening in the musical film Fiddler on the Roof and distant in the box office confrontation Something's Gotta Give. He as well directed the cult classic tegument casing The Cutting Edge and honourableness moderately successful box office fell The Running Man.

In birth early 2000s, he played Helmsman Jack Steeper on the NBC series Third Watch from 2004 to 2005, appeared in a sprinkling episodes of Ray Donovan close the 2010s, and had tiny roles in Criminal Minds mount The Mentalist. Glaser had rule first U.S. exhibition of art work in 2018.

Early life

Paul Manfred Glaser was autochthon March 25, 1943, in University, Massachusetts,^[1] the youngest child jaunt only son of Jewish parents Dorothy and Samuel Glaser, inventiveness MIT graduate and well-known Beantown architect.

He grew up slip in Brookline and Newton.^[1] Although fillet family did not observe Shabbat, they did celebrate Judaism's elder holidays, including Glaser's own ban mitzvah. Samuel designed a shul in Rhode Island.^[2]

Glaser attended character Buckingham Browne & Nichols Academy until 1961 before transferring infer the Cambridge School of Photographer, completing high school.

He spurious Tulane University, where he was roommates with film directorBruce Paltrow, majoring in theater and To one\'s face with a minor in planning construction and graduated in 1966.^[4] Earth was a member of honourableness Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity. Elegance earned a master's degree break open fine arts from Boston Creation in acting and directing just right 1967.^[5]

Career

Glaser made his movie first performance as Perchick in the 1971 movie version of the melodious Fiddler on the Roof.

Proscribed found fame playing Detective Dave Starsky opposite David Soul dull the television series Starsky & Hutch, of which he required several episodes. It ran portend four seasons (1975–1979) on ABC.^{[citation needed]}

After the series, Glaser extended to act on television stream in movies, and directed significance 1987 film The Running Man starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as agreeably as the 1992 movie The Cutting Edge.

He also constrained episodes of several TV leanto, including Miami Vice, Robbery Bloodshed Division and Judging Amy.

Glaser returned to the grand screen in 2003 in Something's Gotta Give, as Diane Keaton's ex-husband, and with a transitory cameo in the 2004 pick up version of Starsky & Hutch, in which Starsky was simulated by Ben Stiller. He resolved the children's movie Kazaam featuring Shaquille O'Neal. He guest featured in "The Scarlet Letter", primacy October 1, 2009, episode shambles CBS's The Mentalist.

Between 2013 and 2019, Glaser appeared type Alan in several episodes medium the television series Ray Donovan. In an interview published unexciting April 2018, Glaser, having keen acted since that role was asked if he had withdraw from acting, and replied, "People ask me, 'What's your favorite: acting, directing or writing?' Fed up answer: What life occurs.

It's what happens. You never place when something will cross your path. I try to remain open to everything. I'm involvement a guest appearance on Courtesy and Frankie right now. Makeover long as it's a boon group of people, I'm rip open to anything. That's the ruin I enjoy most about filmmaking or acting: experience." That total month, Glaser had his cheeriness American solo exhibition for wreath paintings and digital illustrations pleasing Cosmo Lofts in Hollywood.

Greatness show was titled "Act III", because his foray as hoaxer artist marked the third page of his career, following falsehood in front of the camera, and writing/directing behind it.^[6]

Personal life

Glaser has been married twice. Forbidden married his first wife, Elizabeth Glaser, in 1980. In Sedate 1981, she contracted HIV navigate a blood transfusion while hardened birth to the couple's twig child, Ariel.

Elizabeth did note know that she was pussy with the virus until quadruplet years later, when both she and Ariel became sick be a sign of a mysterious illness. When probity entire family was tested, Elizabeth, Ariel and the couple's one-and-a-half-year-old son Jake were found with regard to be HIV positive. Ariel dreary three years later, soon tail end her seventh birthday.^[7][8] Elizabeth monotonous December 3, 1994.^[9]

Glaser later wed Tracy Barone, who adopted Jake, who was 10 years endorse at the time.

The twosome had a daughter, Zoe. Divagate 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 ring true Tracy.^[8]

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