ACTOR
Paul Michael Glaser
- Known for
- Starsky and Hutch (1975)
20 archived facts 3 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
Paul Michael Glaser is an actor best known for Starsky and Hutch.
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- #001
Paul Michael Glaser's first child, his daughter Ariel Glaser, died of AIDS complications in August 1988. Her mother, Elizabeth Glaser, contracted HIV through an emergency blood transfusion without knowing it, and Ariel Glaser contracted HIV through breastfeeding. His second child, his son Jake Glaser, contracted HIV in Elizabeth's womb. He is still alive and, as of December 2010, in fairly good health.
- #002
In 1989, Paul Michael Glaser directed an AIDS awareness PSA starring then-President Ronald Reagan, who was soon to leave office.
- #003
Paul Michael Glaser was roommates with Andy Summers of the rock band The Police.
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Paul Michael Glaser met his first wife, Elizabeth Glaser, in June 1975 while driving down Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood. They smiled at each other, then Paul signaled Elizabeth to pull over, and Elizabeth invited him to eat Chinese food. Elizabeth moved in with Paul three months later, in September 1975.
- #005
Paul Michael Glaser attended the Boston University School of Fine Arts.
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Paul Michael Glaser's first wife, Elizabeth Glaser, was the founder of the Pediatric AIDS Foundation.
- #007
Paul Michael Glaser's first wife, Elizabeth Glaser, contracted HIV through an emergency blood transfusion shortly after giving birth to their daughter, Ariel Glaser. Elizabeth died of AIDS complications in 1994.
- #008
Paul Michael Glaser's first feature film was the classic Fiddler on the Roof (1971), in which he played Perchik.
- #009
Paul Michael Glaser is friends with David Soul and the late Gordon Jump.
- #010
Paul Michael Glaser disliked Starsky and Hutch (1975) and fought to get out of his contract, but stayed after he was given more control over the scripts and the level of violence, along with some directing work. And a pay raise.
- #011
The famous Starsky and Hutch (1975) "striped tomato," a 1974 Ford Special Edition Gran Torino, briefly appears in an episode of The Agency (2001) directed by Glaser.
- #012
Paul Michael Glaser was roommates with Bruce Paltrow in college.
- #013
Paul Michael Glaser and his second wife, Tracy Barone, have a daughter named Zoe Glaser, born in October 1997.
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Paul Michael Glaser is the son of a Boston architect.
- #015
Paul Michael Glaser never watches himself on screen.
- #016
Paul Michael Glaser is a member of the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity.
- #017
Paul Michael Glaser studied acting in London in 1964.
- #018
Glaser's first wife, Elizabeth Glaser, bore a striking resemblance to the actress Tracy Brooks Swope, who played his love interest Rosie in the film I Love You, Rosey Malone (1977), through a series of strange coincidences involving his fictional alter ego Dave Starsky. In fact, their faces were so similar that they could easily have been taken for sisters. Not only that, but Glaser's second wife had the same first name as that actress: Tracy (Barone).
- #019
Paul Michael Glaser has blue eyes, writes poetry, plays guitar and sings, and enjoys tennis, swimming, running and motorcycles.
- #020
Through a series of strange coincidences, Paul's personal life began to eerily mirror the character Dave Starsky from the 1970s hit series Starsky and Hutch (1975). In real life, for example, Glaser would marry Tracy Barone, a name that rhymes eerily with Starsky's love interest in I Love You, Rosey Malone (1977).
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