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Ron Glass
Deceased

How Did Ron Glass Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 71
Also known asRonald Earle GlassGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn10/07/1945Born inEvansville, Indiana, USADied25/11/2016 (aged 71)Died inLos AngelesCauserespiratory failureWikidataQ951335 ↗Buried atRose Hills Memorial ParkTMDb#74570 ↗

Ronald Earle Glass was an American actor. He was known for his roles as literary Detective Ron Harris in the television sitcom Barney Miller (1975–1982), for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination, and as the Shepherd Book, in the science fiction series Firefly (2002) and its sequel film Serenity (2005).

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Filmography57 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2017Here's How It Was: The Making of 'Firefly'MovieSelf72
2013Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.SeriesDr. Streiten68
2012Strange FrameMoviePhilo D Grenman (voice)67
2010Death at a FuneralMovieDuncan65
2008Lakeview TerraceMovieHarold Perreau63
2007Dirty Sexy MoneySeries—62
2006SharkSeriesJudge Stewart Fenton61
2006Done the ImpossibleMovieSelf61
2005SerenityMovieShepherd Derrial Book60
2002FireflySeriesDerrial Book57
2001The DivisionSeriesBarry56
2001The Proud FamilySeriesThe Talking Baby (voice)56
2001Recess: School's OutMovieDr. Lazenby / Tech #2 (voice)56
2001A Rugrats KwanzaaMovieRandy Carmichael (voice)56
2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationSeriesPaul Lomax55
2000Deal of a LifetimeMovieMr. Creighton55
1999Twice in a LifetimeSeriesCharlie Winters / Charlie Summers54
1999UnBowedMoviePresident Duquesne54
1999IncognitoMovieMarcus Cortland54
1998Rude AwakeningSeriesJoseph Adams53
1997The PracticeSeriesJudge Ronald Kent52
1997Back in BusinessMovieAllen Smith52
1997Teen AngelSeriesRod52
1996It's My PartyMovieDr. David Wahl51
1996Superman: The Animated SeriesSeriesNews Anchorman (voice)51
1995Star Trek: VoyagerSeriesLoken50
1994FriendsSeriesRussell49
1994AladdinSeriesKwanseer (voice)49
1992Rhythm & BluesSeries—47
1991RugratsSeries—46
1990Shades of L.A.Series—45
1989Family MattersSeriesBuddy Goodrich44
1989SnoopsSeriesAaron Forrester44
1988Deep SpaceMovieJerry Merris43
1986Designing WomenSeries—41
1986Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting StarMovieEric Brenner41
1986AmenSeries—41
1985The Twilight ZoneSeriesThe Devil (segment "I of Newton")40
1985227Series—40
1985Gus Brown and Midnight BrewsterMovieMidnight Brewster40
1984Murder, She WroteSeriesLt. Hanrahan39
1983Sound of Sunshine - Sound of RainMovie—38
1982The New Odd CoupleSeriesFelix Unger37
1979Hart to HartSeries—34
1978The Crash of Flight 401MovieJerry Grant33
1975Barney MillerSeriesRon Harris30
1975When Things Were RottenSeriesThe Black Knight30
1975Foster & LaurieMovie—30
1975Let's Switch!MovieLaRue Williams30
1974Good TimesSeries—29
1973Shirts/SkinsMovieMr. Brown28
1972The Streets of San FranciscoSeriesEarl27
1972Sanford and SonSeries—27
1972MaudeSeries—27
1972The Bob Newhart ShowSeriesElevator Repair Man27
1971All in the FamilySeriesJack26
1968Hawaii Five-OSeriesJ. Paul23