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Ron Glass, co-star of TV's 'Barney Miller,' dead at 71

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Early life

Glass was born in Evansville, Indiana, the son of Lethia and Crump Glass.¹

After graduating from St. Francis Seminary in 1964, Glass attended the University of Evansville, where he received a Bachelor of Arts, double majoring in drama and literature. Years later, the university awarded him its Medal of Honor. Glass said in 2007 he knew while he was in college that he wanted to act. With a teacher's encouragement, he performed in a play and went on to an acting career.

Career

Glass made his stage debut at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, before moving to Hollywood. His earliest TV appearances include episodes of Sanford and Son in 1972, an episode of Hawaii Five-O in 1973, an episode of Maude in 1973, an episode of All in the Family in 1973, an episode of The Bob Newhart Show, and episodes of Good Times in 1974. In 1975, he landed the role of Det. Ron Harris in Barney Miller, which ran until 1982.

The following season, Glass co-starred with Demond Wilson on television in a remake of The Odd Couple, called The New Odd Couple. On December 13, 1985, he played a soul-collecting devil opposite Sherman Hemsley's mathematics professor in an episode of the revived Twilight Zone series. In 1992, he co-starred in the sitcom Rhythm and Blues, a kind of "black WKRP", playing "the fifth Top" opposite Roger Kabler.

In 1996, Glass was cast as uptight history teacher Roland Felcher in the NBC sitcom Mr. Rhodes opposite Tom Rhodes. In 1999, he appeared in two episodes of the NBC sitcom Friends as Russell, Ross Geller's lawyer. After that, Glass appeared in dozens of television series, including sitcoms such as Family Matters and the series Teen Angel, where he played God's cousin Rod. He had a guest appearance in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Nightingale". He was a series regular in the science fiction series Firefly (2002) and the sequel film Serenity (2005), in which he played Derrial Book, a Christian² "Shepherd" with a mysterious past. Glass provided the voice of Randy Carmichael for the Nickelodeon series All Grown Up! and Rugrats, and the character Garth in the video game Fable II. In 2008 he appeared in the film Lakeview Terrace alongside Samuel L. Jackson and starred in the 2010 version of Death at a Funeral as Duncan.

Personal life and death

Glass never married, and though raised Catholic became a devout Buddhist, and a member of Soka Gakkai International.³⁴ He died of respiratory failure on November 25, 2016, at the age of 71.⁵⁶ He is interred at the Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, California.

Filmography

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External links

• Ron Glass at IMDb 
• Ron Glass at the Internet Broadway Database
• Ron Glass at Find a Grave

References

1. "Ron Glass Biography (1945–)". Film Reference. Archived from the original on May 3, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2015. http://www.filmreference.com/film/81/Ron-Glass.html ↩

2. Whedon, Firefly: The Official Companion Volume One, 166. ↩

3. Nielsen, Euell A. (25 October 2020). "RONALD EARLE GLASS (1945-2016)". BlackPast.org. BlackPast.org. Archived from the original on 12 February 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210212071603/https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/ronald-earle-glass-1945-2016/ ↩

4. McDonald, Soraya Nadia (December 2, 2016). "Remembering Barney Miller actor Ron Glass". Andscape. ESPN. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20200928031536if_/https://theundefeated.com/features/remembering-barney-miller-actor-ron-glass/ ↩

5. Schwartz, Ryan (November 26, 2016). "Barney Miller and Firefly Star Ron Glass Dead at 71". TVLine. Archived from the original on November 27, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016. https://tvline.com/2016/11/26/ron-glass-dead-barney-miller-firefly-age-71/ ↩

6. Rogers, John (November 26, 2016). "Ron Glass, co-star of TV's Barney Miller dead at 71". The News & Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina. Associated Press. Archived from the original on November 27, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161127083503/http://www.newsobserver.com/entertainment/celebrities/article117279298.html ↩

7. "Ron Glass (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 10, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Ron-Glass/ ↩

8. "Ron Glass (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 10, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Ron-Glass/ ↩

9. "Ron Glass (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 10, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Ron-Glass/ ↩

10. "Ron Glass (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 10, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Ron-Glass/ ↩

11. "Ron Glass (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 10, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Ron-Glass/ ↩

12. "Ron Glass (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 10, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Ron-Glass/ ↩