Biography for
Paul Michael Glaser More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

25 March 1943, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Birth Name

Paul Manfred Glaser

Nickname

Curly

Height

5' 11" (1.80 m)

Spouse

Tracy Barone	(24 November 1996 - present) (filed for divorce) 1 child
Elizabeth Glaser	(24 August 1980 - 3 December 1994) (her death) 2 children

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" (1975) thought he was similar in type to the late 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 and Hutch" (1975) episode, adapted from Mann's screenplay, and they became friends. Later Glaser directed several episodes of Mann's TV shows "Miami Vice" (1984) (including the Emmy-award winning episode "The Prodigal Son") and "Robbery Homicide Division" (2002). Mann also served as a producer on Glaser's crime film Band of the Hand (1986).

Directed a PSA spot on AIDS awareness in 1989, starring a soon-to-leave-office President Ronald Reagan.

First wife Elizabeth contracted HIV after an emergency blood transfusion, right after giving birth to Ariel. Elizabeth passed away from complications from AIDS in 1995.

First child, daughter Ariel, sadly passed away from complications of AIDS in August of 1988. She contracted HIV via breast milk when her mother, Elizabeth, was not aware she had contracted HIV via a blood transfusion. Her second child, Jake, contracted HIV in Elizabth's womb. He is still alive and in reasonable good health as of Dec 2010.

Personal Quotes

On "Starsky and Hutch" (1975): "We had a groundbreaking show with unique characters. But all people remember is that car" (quoted in USA Today, 3 March 2004).