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Paul Michael Glaser Trivia
He and wife, Tracy Barone, have a daughter, Zoe, born in October 1997.
Attended Boston University School for the Arts.
Son of a Boston architect.
Member of Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity.
The famous "Starsky and Hutch" (1975) "striped tomato" Ford Gran Torino appears briefly in an episode of "The Agency" (2001), directed by Glaser.
Wife Elizabeth is the founder of the Pediatric AIDS Foundation.
Was roommates with Andy Summers of rock group The Police.
Met first wife Elizabeth in June, 1975, while driving down Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood. They smiled at each other, then Paul motioned for Elizabeth to pull over, where he invited her out for Chinese food. Elizabeth moved in with Paul three months later in September, 1975.
Was roommates in college with Bruce Paltrow.
The writers and producers of "Starsky and Hutch" thought he was similar in type to the actor, Paul Muni. In fact they even wrote it into a show where Starsky's mother says he's "the Paul Muni type".
Is a very close friend of director Michael Mann. They both met during the filming of a Starsky & Hutch episode, adapted from a Mann's screenplay, and they became friends. Later, Glaser directed several episodes of Mann's TV shows Miami Vice (including the emmy-award winning episode The Prodigal Son) and Robbery Homicide Division. Mann also served as a producer on Glaser's crime drama The Band of the Hand.
Paul Michael Glaser Detailed Biography
Paul Michael Glaser (born March 25, 1943) is an American actor.
Originally Paul Manfred Glaser, he was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the youngest of three children. His parents were Dorothy and Samuel Glaser. Glaser attended Tulane University, where he was roommates with film director Bruce Paltrow and earned a Master's degree in English and theater in 1966. He was a member of the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity. He earned a second master's degree from Boston University in acting and directing in 1967.
After appearing in several Broadway productions, Glaser appeared in his first feature film in 1971, playing Perchik in the film version of Fiddler on the Roof. He first gained notice on television playing Dr. Peter Chernak on the daytime series Love is a Many Splendored Thing, but found fame playing Detective David Starsky in the television show Starsky and Hutch, of which he directed several episodes. After the show, Glaser continued to act on television and in films, and directed the 1987 movie The Running Man starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as well as the 1992 movie The Cutting Edge. He also directed episodes of several well-known TV series, including "Judging Amy". Glaser returned to the big screen in 2004 in both Something's Gotta Give and with a brief cameo in Starsky & Hutch, where his old role was reprised by Ben Stiller.
Glaser has been married twice. He married his first wife, Elizabeth (Meyer) Glaser, in 1980. In August 1981, Elizabeth contracted HIV through a blood transfusion while giving birth to the couple's first child, Ariel, but didn't find out about the virus until four years later, at which time both Ariel and son Jake (born October 1984) were also found to be HIV positive. Ariel Glaser died in August 1988; Elizabeth Glaser died in 1994, after founding the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. After Elizabeth's death, Glaser served as chairman of the foundation until 2002 and remains Honorary Chairman, roles in which he has testified before Congress and met with national leaders, as well as headlining annual fundraisers for the organization.
Glaser married producer Tracy Barone in 1996; the couple had a daughter, Zoe, in 1997.
