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{{short description|American actor and director (born 1943)}}
{{About||the American poet and educator|Michael Glaser|the German singer and choir director|Michael Gläser}}
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| name               = Paul Michael Glaser
| image              = 4.29.18PaulMichaelGlaserByLuigiNovi1.jpg
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| caption            = Glaser at the 2018 [[East Coast Comicon]]<br>in Secaucus, New Jersey
| birth_name         = Paul Manfred Glaser
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1943|3|25}}
| birth_place        = {{nowrap|[[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], U.S.}}
| known_for          = Detective Dave Michael Starsky – ''[[Starsky & Hutch]]''
| education          = [[Tulane University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br/>[[Boston University]] ([[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]])
| death_date         =
| death_place        =
| othername          = Paul M. Glaser<br/>Paul Glaser<br/>Michael Glaser<br/>Mike Glaser<br/>P.M. Glaser
| yearsactive        = 1966–present
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{Marriage|[[Elizabeth Glaser]]|1980|1994|reason=died}}
* {{Marriage|Tracy Barone|1996|2007|reason=divorced}}
}}
| children           = 3
}}
'''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 (TV series)|''Love Is a Many Splendored Thing'']] and went on to have many acting roles, appearing 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 on to write and direct five episodes for the show.<ref name="SteubenCourier">{{cite web|url=https://www.steubencourier.com/article/20080419/NEWS/304199978|author=Wilcox, Emily|title=Video: Lightning in a bottle|newspaper=[[The Steuben Courier Advocate]]|date=April 19, 2008|accessdate=May 28, 2021|archivedate=March 7, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307182732/https://www.steubencourier.com/story/news/2008/04/19/scam-victims-lose-far-more/48845817007/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="TheJC">{{cite web|url=https://www.thejc.com/lifestyle/features/glaser-detecting-similarities-between-starsky-and-tevye-1.47728|title=Glaser detecting similarities between Starsky and Tevye|author=Epstein, Angela|newspaper=[[The Jewish Chronicle]]|date=August 15, 2013|accessdate=May 28, 2021|archivedate=May 28, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528222723/https://www.thejc.com/lifestyle/features/glaser-detecting-similarities-between-starsky-and-tevye-1.47728}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2005-02-17-0502150304-story.html|title=WHEN GOOD COPS GO BAD|newspaper=[[South Florida Sun Sentinel]]|author=Bobbin, Jay|date=February 17, 2005|accessdate=May 28, 2021|archivedate=May 28, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528223134/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/}}</ref> Following the show's success, he ventured into directing for other series including ''[[Miami Vice]]'', ''[[Judging Amy]]'', and ''[[Las Vegas (TV series)|Las Vegas]]''.
Glaser also had some success in movies and made his acting film debut in the musical film ''[[Fiddler on the Roof (film)|Fiddler on the Roof]]'' and acted in the box office hit ''[[Something's Gotta Give (film)|Something's Gotta Give]]''. He also directed the cult classic film ''[[The Cutting Edge]]'' and the moderately successful box office film ''[[The Running Man (1987 film)|The Running Man]]''. In the early 2000s, 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]],<ref name=SteubenCourier/> 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.<ref name=SteubenCourier/> 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.<ref name=TheJC/>
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.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Rock gold: all the hit charts from 1955 to 1976|last=Miron|first=Charles|publisher=Drake Publishers|year=1977|isbn=9780847314676|pages=64}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/paul-michael-glaser-beyond-starksy-hutch-1-3117038|title=Paul Michael Glaser beyond Starsky & Hutch|last=Christie|first=Janet|date=29 September 2013|work=The Scotsman|access-date=4 April 2019|archive-date=5 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405054545/https://www.scotsman.com/news/paul-michael-glaser-beyond-starksy-hutch-1-3117038|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Career ==
[[File:Paul Michael Glaser at F.I.S.T premier 1978 cropped and airbrushed.jpg|thumb|left|Glaser at the ''[[F.I.S.T. (film)|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 (film)|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 [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}
After the series, Glaser continued to act on [[television]] and in movies, and [[film director|directed]] the 1987 film ''[[The Running Man (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 (movie)|Something's Gotta Give]]'', as [[Diane Keaton]]'s ex-husband, and with a brief cameo in the [[Starsky & Hutch (film)|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.<ref name=HollywoodReporter>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/starsky-hutch-star-paul-michael-glaser-charts-third-act-solo-art-exhibition-1104299/|title='Starsky and Hutch' Star Paul Michael Glaser Charts 'Third Act With Solo Art Exhibition|author=Gardner, Chris|newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=April 24, 2018|accessdate=May 28, 2021|archivedate=May 28, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528224222/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/starsky-hutch-star-paul-michael-glaser-charts-third-act-solo-art-exhibition-1104299/}}</ref>
== 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-08-25-vw-1121-story.html|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|title=Breaking a Silence: 'Starsky' Star, Wife Share Their Family's Painful Battle Against AIDS|author=Huck, Janet|date=August 25, 1989|accessdate=May 28, 2021|archivedate=February 28, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228134119/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-08-25-vw-1121-story.html}}</ref><ref name=LATimes2016>{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/paul-glaser-second-wife-divorce-1C9430731|author=Barone, Tracy|title=After a public death, the struggle to create a new family|date=June 26, 2016|accessdate=May 28, 2021|archivedate=June 26, 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160626131701/https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-barone-glaser-family-marriage-20160626-snap-story.html}}</ref> Elizabeth died December 3, 1994.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kennedy|first=Randy|title=Elizabeth Glaser Dies at 47; Crusader for Pediatric AIDS|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/04/obituaries/elizabeth-glaser-dies-at-47-crusader-for-pediatric-aids.html|access-date=2013-06-04|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=1994-12-04|archive-date=2013-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224110854/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/04/obituaries/elizabeth-glaser-dies-at-47-crusader-for-pediatric-aids.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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<ref name=LATimes2016/> with Glaser filing for divorce in June 2007.
As of 2007, Jake remained healthy,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/paul-glaser-second-wife-divorce-1C9430731|title=Paul Glaser, second wife to divorce|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|via=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]|date=June 28, 2007|accessdate=May 28, 2021|archivedate=May 28, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528220038/https://www.today.com/popculture/paul-glaser-second-wife-divorce-1C9430731}}</ref> and as of 2016, had maintained his relationship with Tracy.<ref name=LATimes2016/>
==Filmography==
===Film===
'''Director'''
* ''[[Band of the Hand]]'' (1986)
* ''[[The Running Man (1987 film)|The Running Man]]'' (1987)
* ''[[The Cutting Edge]]'' (1992)
* ''[[The Air Up There]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Kazaam]]'' (1996) (Also producer and story writer)
'''Actor'''
{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Fiddler on the Roof (film)|Fiddler on the Roof]]'' || Perchik
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Butterflies Are Free]]'' || Ralph
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1974 || ''Aces Up'' || Mover
|-
| ''Trapped Beneath the Sea'' || Jack Beech
|-
| 1976 || ''[[The Great Houdini (film)|The Great Houdini]]'' || [[Harry Houdini]] (Erik Weisz)
|-
| 1980 || ''[[Phobia (1980 film)|Phobia]]'' || Dr. Peter Ross
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1983 || ''[[Wait till Your Mother Gets Home!]]'' || Coach Bob Peters
|-
| ''[[Princess Daisy (miniseries)|Princess Daisy]]'' || Fred North
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1984 || ''Single Bars, Single Women'' || Gabe
|-
| ''Jealousy'' || Daniel
|-
| ''[[Attack on Fear]]'' || [[David V. Mitchell|Dave Mitchell]]
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Something's Gotta Give (film)|Something's Gotta Give]]'' || Dave Klein
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Starsky & Hutch (film)|Starsky & Hutch]]'' || Original David Starsky
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Live! (2007 film)|Live!]]'' || Network President
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers]]'' || Kjeld Playwell (voice)
|}
===Television===
'''Director'''
{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Episode(s)
|-
|rowspan=5| 1975–1979 ||rowspan=5| ''[[Starsky & Hutch]]'' || "Bloodbath"
|-
| "Class in Crime"
|-
| "Deckwatch"
|-
| "Ballad for a Blue Lady" (Also writer)
|-
| "Sweet Revenge"
|-
|rowspan=3| 1984–1985 ||rowspan=3| ''[[Miami Vice]]'' || "Calderone's Return: Calderone's Demise"
|-
| "Smuggler's Blues"
|-
| "The Prodigal Son"
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Otherworld (TV series)|Otherworld]]'' || "Village of the Motorpigs"
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Amazing Stories (1985 TV series)|Amazing Stories]]'' || "Blue Man Down"
|-
|rowspan=2| 2001-2003 ||rowspan=2| ''[[Judging Amy]]'' || "Look Closer"
|-
| "Going Down"
|-
|rowspan=5| 2002 ||rowspan=5| ''[[The Agency (2001 TV series)|The Agency]]'' || Episode "Son Set"
|-
| "The Golden Hour"
|-
| "Doublecrossover"
|-
| "Elite Meat to Eat"
|-
| "Debbie Does Djakarta"
|-
|rowspan=3| 2002–2003 ||rowspan=3| ''[[Robbery Homicide Division]]'' || "In/Famous"
|-
| "Had"
|-
| "Absolute Perfection"
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Mister Sterling]]'' || "Final Passage"
|-
|rowspan=2| 2004–2005 ||rowspan=2| ''[[Third Watch]]'' || "Alone Again, Naturally"
|-
| "Welcome Home"
|-
|rowspan=6| 2005–2008 ||rowspan=6| ''[[Las Vegas (TV series)|Las Vegas]]'' || "To Protect and Serve Manicotti"
|-
| "Double Down
|-
| Triple Threat"
|-
| "For Sail by Owner"
|-
| "Wines and Misdemeanors"
|-
| "Adventures in the Skin Trade"
|-
| 2006 || ''[[E-Ring]]'' || "Brothers in Arms"
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Raines]]'' || "5th Step"
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' || "Masterpiece"
|}
'''TV movie'''
* ''[[Amazons (1984 film)|Amazons]]'' (1984)
'''Actor'''
{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Episode(s)
|-
| 1970–1973 || ''[[Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (TV series)|Love Is a Many Splendored Thing]]'' || Dr. Peter Chernak ||
|-
|rowspan=2| 1972 || ''[[The Streets of San Francisco]]'' || Jason Kampacalas || "Bitter Wine"
|-
| ''[[Cannon (TV series)|Cannon]]'' || Jason Logan || "Nobody Beats the House" (credited as "Michael Glaser")
|-
| 1973 || ''[[The Waltons]]'' || Todd Cooper || "The Air Mail Man"
|-
|rowspan=2| 1974 || ''[[The Rockford Files]]'' || Ralph Correll || "Find Me If You Can"
|-
| ''[[Kojak]]'' || Lou Giordino || "Down a Long and Lonely River"
|-
| 1975–1979 || ''[[Starsky & Hutch]]'' || Detective David Starsky || 92 episodes
|-
| 2001 || ''And Never Let Her Go'' || Det Frank Gugliatta ||
|-
| 2004–2005 || ''[[Third Watch]]'' || Captain Jack Steeper || "Sleeping Dogs Lie", "Blessed and Bewildered", "No More, Forever"
|-
|rowspan=3| 2008 || ''[[The Closer]]'' || Davis Mayhan || "Speed Bump"
|-
| ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' || Detective Garrity || "Masterpiece"
|-
| ''[[Numbers (TV series)|Numbers]]'' || Brett Hanson || "Conspiracy Theory"
|-
| 2009 || ''[[The Mentalist]]'' || Walter Crew || "The Scarlet Letter"
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Ray Donovan]]'' || Alan || "Black Cadillac"
|-
| 2019 || ''[[Grace and Frankie]]'' || Leo || Season 5
|}
==References==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121004151707/http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=people&first=Paul&middle=M.&last=Glaser Paul Michael Glaser] at [[Internet Off-Broadway Database]]
* [http://www.pedaids.org Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation]
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