Paul Michael Glaser Illness: What Is The Health Condition Of The Actor?

Paul Michael Glaser is popularly known as an American actor and director best known for his role as Detective Dave Starsky on the 1970s television series, Starsky & Hutch. In between his work writing and directing, Glaser also played Captain Jack Steeper on the NBC series Third Watch from 2004 to 2005 and appeared as Al in several episodes of Ray Donovan in the 2010s. There are rumours about Paul Michael Glaser’s health condition and in this post, we have details about his illness. Find out more below.

Who Is Paul Michael Glaser?

Michael Glaser was born on March 25, 1943, in Cambridge, Massachusetts to Dorothy and Samuel Glaser. He was the youngest son of his parents. Paul grew up in Brookline and Newton.

For his education, Paul attended the Buckingham Browne & Nichols School until 1961 before transferring to the Cambridge School of Weston. He also attended Tulane University majoring in theater and English with a minor in architecture and graduated in 1966. He also earned a master’s degree in fine arts from Boston University in acting and directing in 1967.

Paul Michael Glaser Career

After school, Paul made his film debut as Perchick in the 1971 film version of the musical Fiddler on the Roof. His role as Detective Dave Starsky opposite David Soul in the television series Starsky & Hutch made him popular. The show ran for four seasons (1975–1979) on ABC.

When the show ended, Michael continued to act and in 1987 directed the films The Running Man starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as well as the 1992 film The Cutting Edge. He also directed episodes of several TV series, including Miami Vice, Robbery Homicide Division and Judging Amy.

In 2003, Paul was featured in Something’s Gotta Give, as Diane Keaton’s ex-husband, and with a brief cameo in the 2004 film version of Starsky & Hutch, in which Starsky was played by Ben Stiller. He directed the children’s film Kazaam starring Shaquille O’Neal. He guest starred in “The Scarlet Letter”, the October 1, 2009, episode of CBS’s The Mentalist. From 2013 to 2019, he also played the role of Alan in several episodes of the TV series Ray Donovan.

In his personal life, Paul 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. Elizabeth died on December 3, 1994.

After the death of his first wife, 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 with Glaser filing for divorce in June 2007.