Actor ron glass gay
I had a large crush on the dimwitted, muscular Wojo (Max Gail), but I loved the fussy, swishy, modern, gay-vague Detective Ron Harris.
A glimpse of sophistication and release on dark, gloomy Thursday nights in a Rock Island where everyone was terrified to acknowledge that gay people existd.
Harris was always impeccably dressed, a shining exception to the crumpled cops around him
And, incidentally, he had a breathtaking bulge.
Later, when I was living in West Hollywood, I saw Ron often at the gym. Not much of a physique: he went for lean and lanky, and he was extraordinarily feminine, not my type. But he could really fill out his gym trunks. Mega-huge!
It was common understanding in West Hollywood that Ron was gay but not out, but I don't have any celebrity dating stories about him. Maybe he wasn't a big enough celebrity to cause a stir at homosexual parties, when we could be uncovering romances with Brad Pitt and Sylvest
Remember Ron Glass
The cast of the gritty, Greenwich Village police comedy, Barney Miller (1975-1982), was anchored by Hal Linden in the conduct. He played the 12th precinct’s rational police captain, who was practical, balanced and optimistic. The show’s uniquely dry, humorous pathos stemmed from shuttling between cynicism and idealism, almost always with a dash of the ridiculous. A multicultural cast avoided tokenism in the writing, which twists stereotypes every which way with cop and criminal characters that are old, Puerto Rican, black, female, Polish, gay, etc. The most intellectual personality was a police detective who’s a writer named Harris.
Ron Glass (seated, far left) as Det. Harris on ‘Barney Miller’
Detective Harris was played by Ron Glass, who died last week. Glass played Harris with perfection for all eight seasons. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen the show, which isn’t easy to locate in syndication, and longer since I watched with my dad as a kid while it aired on ABC. I remember Detective Harris as clever and discriminating in spending his wit and intelligence on his work in the precinct; Harris did his employment
Ronald Earle Glass (1945-2016)
Ronald Earle Glass was an American actor and director who was best known for his role as Detective Ron Harris on the long-running cop comedy television sitcom Barney Miller. Glass was born to Lethia and Crump Glass on July 10, 1945, in Evansville, Indiana. He graduated from St. Francis Seminary in 1964, and went on to attend the University of Evansville, where he became a member of the Alpha Psi Omega fraternity, and double-majored in drama and literature, earning his Bachelor of Arts degree. After college, he moved to Minneapolis, where he made his stage debut at the Guthrie Theater. He soon moved to Los Angeles, California to launch his television and movie career.
His first television appearance was as Herman “Hucklebuck” Edwards on Sanford and Son in 1972. He then appeared in Hawaii Five-O (1973), Maude (1973), All In The Family, The Bob Newhart Show, and Goodtimes. Glass took the role of Det. Ron Harris on Barney Miller in 1975 and remained until the show was canceled in 1982. Barney Miller earned two Golden Globe awards, and two Emmy awards, and Glass was nominated for an Emmy, in the supporting actor category in 1982.
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However, the world is always smaller than we understand. As a result, I contain a story to share about the man. A story from his younger days, before I was born. I should probably explain:
Years ago, around the hour the movie Serenitycame out in theaters, I went to observe the movie with a young woman I was dating at the time. Honestly, that was my first real experience with the series; I hadn't really watched Firefly much before then. I became much more interested after watching the movie.
A few months later, once the movie was out on DVD, my girlfriend watched the movie with her family. When Shepard Book appeared on screen, her mother squinted for a moment and said, "...RONNIE?!"
My then-girlfriend's mom, Susan, was a teacher at my elevated school, primarily teaching Speech classes. Like many teachers at that school, though, she seemed to mostly teach regular classes so that she could have the opportunity to run an extracurricular activity. While the P.E., psychology, and history teachers were focu