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Paul Gleason

Photo by Frederick M.
Brown (Getty Images)
Paul Gleason (born Paul Xavier Gleason)
was born on May 4, 1939 in Jersey City, New Jersey and raised in Miami, Florida.
Gleason died on May 27, 2006 of Mesothelioma (rare lung cancer
associated with asbestos).
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- Film
- Van Wilder~2002 - Professor Ted McDoogle
- Myersons, The~2001 - Dean Hanson
- Organization, The~2001 - Death
- Social Misfits~2001 - Warden Doyle
- Not Another Teen Movie~2001 - Richard Vernon
- Red Letters~2000 - Dean Van Buren
- Giving Tree, The~2000 - Mr. Forrester
- Best of the Best: Without Warning~1999 (uncredited) - Father Gil
- No Code of Conduct~1998 - John Bagwell
- Day at the Beach~1998 - Detective Johnson
- Time to Revenge, A~1997 - Major Whittmar
- Money Talks~1997 - Pickett
- Shadow Conspiracy~1997 - Blythe
- Digital Man~1995 - Dr. Parker
- Nothing to Lose~1994 - Elliot
- There Goes My Baby~1994 (as Paul Xavier Gleason) - Mr. Burton
- I Love Trouble~1994 - Kenny Bacon
- Running Cool~1993 - Calvin Hogg
- Waiter, The~1993 - Father
- Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence~1993 - Hank Cooney
- Boiling Point~1993 - Transaction Man
- Wild Cactus~1993 - Sheriff Brenner
- Loaded Weapon 1~1993 - FBI Agent Dwayne T. Robinson
- Wishman~1991 - Silverstein
- Rich Girl~1991 - Marvin Wells
- Miami Blues~1990 - Sgt. Frank Lackley
- Night Game~1989 - Broussard
- Lifted~1988
- Nightmare Beach~1988
- Die Hard~1988 - Dwayne T. Robinson
- Johnny Be Good~1988 - Wayne Hisler
- She's Having a Baby~1988 - Howard
- Hollywood-Monster~1987 - Stan Gordon
- Forever, Lulu~1987 - Robert
- Morgan Stewart's Coming Home~1987 - Jay Le Soto
- Breakfast Club, The~1985 - Principal Richard Vernon
- Trading Places~1983 - Clarence Beeks
- Tender Mercies~1983 - Reporter
- MysteryDisc: Murder, Anyone?~1982 (V) - Stewart Cavanaugh
- Pursuit of D.B. Cooper, The~1981 - Remson
- Arthur~1981 - Executive
- Fort Apache the Bronx~1981 - Detective
- He Knows You're Alone~1980 - Det. Frank Daley
- Great Santini, The~1979 - Lt. Sammy
- Vigilante Force~1976 - Michael Loonius
- Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze~1975 - Major Thomas J. 'Long Tom' Roberts
- Little Laura and Big John~1973 - Sheriff
- Hit Man~1972 (uncredited) - Cop
- Where Does It Hurt?~1972
- Private Duty Nurses~1971 - Dr. McClintock
- Banning~1967 (uncredited) - Complaining Golfer
- Winter A-Go-Go~1965 - Ski Resort Guest
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- TV
- Dragnet~2003 - Matt Margolis in Sticks and Stones (# 1.8) 3/30/03
- Dawson's Creek~1998 - Studio Producer in Day Out of Days (# 6.11)
1/15/03
- Guardian, The~2001 - Scott Kollbrenner in The Dark (# 2.9) 11/26/02
- Fastlane~2002 - Detective Lannigan in Get Your Mack On (# 1.1)
9/18/02
- Dead Last~2000 - Johnson the CIA Agent in The Mulravian Candidate (#
1.4) 9/4/01
- Cursed~2000 - Principal Squires in ...And Then Jack Became the Voice
of the Cougars (# 1.13) 4/5/01
- District, The~2000 - Peter Wendt in Rage Against the Machine (#
1.14) 2/10/01
- Friends~1994 - Jack in The One That Could Have Been: Parts 1 & 2
(# 6.16 & 6.15) 2/17/00
- Beyond Belief~1997 - Comic book editor 2000
- Diagnosis Murder~1993 in Seven Deadly Sins (# 7.10) 11/18/99
- Drew Carey Show, The~1995 - Judge #1 in Drew and the Gang Law (#
5.3) 10/6/99
- Veronica's Closet~1997 - Hank in Veronica's June Swoon (# 3.2)
9/27/99
- Chicago Hope~1994 - Tom McNeil in Home Is Where the Heartache Is (#
5.16) 2/17/99
- Melrose Place~1992 - Judge Nicholas in The Usual Santas (# 7.19)
12/21/98
- Nash Bridges~1996 - Mickey Tripp in Hardball (# 4.10) 12/4/98
- Lost on Earth~1997 - George Greckin
- Grace Under Fire~1993 - Stuart Wallace in Finders Keepers (# 5.6)
12/23/97
- Walker, Texas Ranger~1993 - Dr. Harold Payton in Brainchild (# 6.8)
11/15/97
- NewsRadio~1995 - Steve Johnson in The Public Domain (# 4.3) 10/29/97
- Boy Meets World~1993 - Dean Borak in
- Fraternity Row (# 5.4) 10/24/97
- It's Not You... It's Me (# 5.3) 10/17/97
- Dark Skies~1996 - Nelson Rockefeller in The Awakening (# 1.1)
9/21/96
- Seinfeld~1990 - Cushman in The Opposite (# 5.21) 5/19/94
- One West Waikiki~1994 - Captain Dave Herzog
- Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love~1994
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman~1993 - Henry Harrison
in The Ides of Metropolis (# 1.15) 2/6/94
- Wonder Years, The~1988 - Arthur Jensen in Scenes from a Wedding (#
6.3) 10/7/92
- Murder, She Wrote~1984 - Steve Morrison in Murder in Milan (# 9.1)
9/20/92
- Majority Rule~1992
- Fourth Story~1991 - Lt. Petkavich
- False Arrest~1991 - Arthur Ross
- Tales from the Crypt~1989 in The Reluctant Vampire (# 3.7) 7/10/91
- L.A. Law~1986 - Coach John Laughton in Speak, Lawyers, for Me (#
5.19) 4/25/91
- Murder, She Wrote~1984 - Lt. Barney Claymore in Thursday's Child (#
7.19) 4/7/91
- Hardball~1989 in The Cool Katt (# 1.10) 4/20/90
- Father Dowling Mysteries~1989 in The Stone Killer Mystery (# 2.4)
1/25/90
- B.L. Stryker~1989 in Winner Takes All (# 2.3) 1/13/90
- Spooner~1989 - Roland Hyde
- 21 Jump Street~1987 in Parental Guidance Suggested (# 4.11) 12/4/89
- Murder, She Wrote~1984 - Sterling Rose in The Error of Her Ways (#
6.4) 10/15/89
- Starting Now~1989 - Harold
- Life Goes On~1989 - Stan Graber in The Baby-Sitter (# 1.3) 10/1/89
- Supercarrier~1988
- Beauty and the Beast~1987 - Henry Dutton in Song of Orpheus (# 1.8)
11/20/87
- Equalizer, The~1985 - Greenleaf in Tip on a Sure Thing (# 2.9)
12/3/86
- Miami Vice~1984 - Bunny Berrigan in When Irish Eyes Are Crying (#
3.1) 9/26/86
- A-Team, The~1983 - Harry in The Trouble with Harry (# 4.21) 3/25/86
- Kate & Allie~1984 - Tom Fitzgerald in High Anxiety (# 3.18)
2/17/86
- Ewoks: The Battle for Endor~1985 - Jeremitt Towani
- Doubletake~1985 - Howie Henley
- Challenge of a Lifetime~1985 - John Schoonover
- Magnum, P.I.~1980 - Ronnie Meeder/'Jacques Arnot' in Kiss of the
Sabre (# 5.11) 12/13/84
- Hill Street Blues~1981 - Biff Lowe in
- Low Blow (# 5.9) 11/29/84
- Fuched Again (# 5.8) 11/22/84
- Riptide~1984 - Commander Phillip Everitt in Father's Day (# 2.6)
11/20/84
- Hardcastle and McCormick~1983 - Jack Fish in You Would Cry Too, If
It Happened to You (# 2.3) 10/7/84
- A-Team, The~1983 - Roy Kelsey in Fire (# 3.4) 10/2/84
- Call to Glory~1984 - Marty Colby in Paper Tiger (# 1.5) 9/17/84
- Cagney & Lacey~1982 - Detective Crespi in A Killer's Dozen (#
3.2) 3/26/84
- Remington Steele~1982 - Sheriff Jeff 'Jed' Nebbins in Small Town
Steele (# 2.17) 2/28/84
- Riptide~1984 - Detective Hallins in The Hardcase (# 1.8) 2/28/84
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King~1983 - Edson Ballon in Savior (# 1.16)
2/2784
- Another Life~1981 - Lee Carothers (#1) (1982)
- Ike~1979 (mini) - Capt. Ernest 'Tex' Lee
- Women at West Point~1979 - Major James
- Ike: The War Years~1978
- All My Children~1970 - Dr. David Thornton (1976-1978)
- Adam-12~1968 -
- John Suntor in Excessive Force (# 7.8) 12/3/74
- Instructor Chuck Williams in Training Wheels (# 5.5) 10/11/72
- Patrolman Arnold in Backup 1-L20 (# 4.21) 2/23/72
- Smitty in The Grandmothers (# 4.3) 9/27/71
- Banacek~1972 - Border Guard in No Sign of the Cross (# 1.3) 10/11/72
- Mission: Impossible~1966 - Blair in The Deal (# 7.3) 9/30/72
- Then Came Bronson~1969 - Deputy in A Famine Where Abundance Lies (#
1.3) 10/1/69
- F.B.I., The~1965 - Officer Dan Ryan in The Butcher (# 4.11) 12/8/68
- Green Hornet, The~1966 - Paul Garret in Alias 'The Scarf' (# 1.22)
2/24/67
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- Awards, Honors and Nominations
- MTV Movie Awards
- Rec'd 2005 Bucket of Excellence Award for his role as
Richard Vernon in The Breakfast Club.
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- Miscellany
- Attended and played football at Florida State University
along with fellow actors Burt Reynolds and Robert Urich.
Owned a restaurant
Previously married to Monty Hall's daughter, film, TV and
stage actress Joanna Gleason (aka Joanna Hall).
1966 graduate of Florida State University
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- Appeared in the music video of A-Teens Dancing Queen
Reprises his role from The Breakfast Club as geeky
watchman for detention in A-Teens music video for Dancing Queen.
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