Ron Glass

Acting

Ron Glass

Born 1945-07-10 · Evansville, Indiana, USA

Ronald Earle Glass (July 10, 1945 - November 25, 2016) was an American actor and director, known for Barney Miller (1974), Serenity (2005) and Lakeview Terrace (2008).

Acting credits

Serenity poster
7.4

A group of rebels travel the outskirts of space evading the sinister Alliance regime. Their lives of smuggling and cargo-running are interrupted by a psychic passenger who harbours a dangerous secret. Soon, the crew find themselves being pursued by an Alliance agent who will stop at nothing to find them.

Serenity

2005

Lakeview Terrace poster
6.0

A young interracial couple has just moved into their California dream home when they become the target of their next-door neighbor, who disapproves of their relationship. A tightly wound LAPD officer has appointed himself the watchdog of the neighborhood. His nightly foot patrols and overly watchful eyes bring comfort to some, but he becomes increasingly aggressive to the newlyweds. These persistent intrusions into their lives cause the couple to fight back.

Lakeview Terrace

2008

Death at a Funeral poster
5.9

Aaron's father's funeral is today at the family home, and everything goes wrong: the funeral home delivers the wrong body, his cousin accidentally drugs her fiancé, and Aaron's successful younger brother, Ryan, flies in from New York, broke but arrogant. To top it all off, a mysterious stranger wants a word with Aaron.

Death at a Funeral

2010

Recess: School's Out poster
6.6

The school year is finally ending, and T.J. Detweiler is looking forward to summer. But boredom quickly sets in when his friends leave for camp — until T.J. uncovers an evil plot to do away with summer vacation! A crazy former principal, Dr. Benedict, is planning to use a laser beam to alter the weather and create permanent winter. Faced with the dire threat of year-round school, T.J. rounds up the RECESS gang and bands together with some unexpected allies — Miss Finster and Principal Prickly — in a nonstop adventure to save everyone's summer break.

Recess: School's Out

2001

Houseguest poster
5.5

In hot water with the mob over an unpaid debt, a con man poses as a family friend in an affluent Pennsylvania suburb.

Houseguest

1995

Strange Frame poster
5.2

28th century, 200 years after the Great Earth Exodus. Naia, a feisty, young singer/songwriter, falls in love with the beautiful saxophonist Parker in Ganymede, one of Jupiter's moons. The two form a band - and now they have to not only make it as musicians but also to fight for their freedom. Dramatically rendered in rich, hand drawn animation, Strange Frame brings us into a world of space pirates, indentured slaves and genetic mutations - infused with music throughout, to create a dreamlike tale unlike anything you've ever seen.

Strange Frame

2012

Deep Space poster
4.5

Secretly engineered and blasted into space by government scientists, a vile monster crash-lands back on Earth and begins killing everyone it encounters. As the death toll rises, veteran cop McLemore bravely steps forward to crush the scary creature.

Deep Space

1988

Done the Impossible poster
5.9

A documentary covering Firefly's birth, death and rebirth from the perspective of both the fans and the cast and crew of both productions.

Done the Impossible

2006

It's My Party poster
6.3

Nick, a gay, HIV-positive architect, begins to display severe symptoms of AIDS and makes preparations to kill himself before he is unable to function normally. He arranges a party to reconnect and say goodbye to his closest friends and his confused parents. But when his ex-partner, Brandon, a television director who left Nick when he was diagnosed with HIV, shows up, what was supposed to be a celebratory event becomes much more difficult for everyone.

It's My Party

1996

Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star poster
7.2

An actor rigs a fake shooting on TV with the connivance of his friend, the show's host, but the practical joke goes wrong when the gun turns out to contain a live round.

Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star

1986

Incognito poster
7.0

A young socialite hires a bodyguard to protect her when an ex-convict begins stalking her.

Incognito

1999

The Crash of Flight 401 poster
6.8

True story recounting the crash of Eastern Airlines, Flight 401, which crashed in the Everglades while on approach to Miami in December 1972. Accurate in many respects, the movie goes through the events leading up to the crash, the crash itself, and the rescue effort afterwards.

The Crash of Flight 401

1978

No artwork available
6.5

An unlikely romance develops between a Lakota warrior and a young black woman at an 1890s black college.

UnBowed

1999

Beg, Borrow...or Steal poster
7.6

A museum heist with an unusual twist: the three thieves are all physically disabled. The men, one confined to a wheelchair, one with prosthetic hands, and one blind, plan to steal a valuable statue. The men use teamwork and ingenuity to beat the high-tech security and get in and out with the statue. However, their plan is not foolproof, as a museum guard recognizes their M.O. and pays them a visit.

Beg, Borrow...or Steal

1973

Here's How It Was: The Making of 'Firefly' poster
6.0

Making of explaining the ideas of the show and showcasing how different scenes where filmed.

Here's How It Was: The Making of 'Firefly'

2017

A Rugrats Kwanzaa poster
7.0

When Aunt T. visits the Carmichaels to celebrate Kwanzaa, she tells Susie the holiday is a time to honor the legacy of our great people.

A Rugrats Kwanzaa

2001

Let's Switch! poster
7.7

Chaos ensues when two former college friends, one a housewife and the other the editor of a hip women's magazine, decide to swap lifestyles between them.

Let's Switch!

1975

Back in Business poster
5.4

An ex-cop gets pulled back in an undercover mission for the FBI by his former partner. The mission is to catch drug runners, but it is also sting operation against dirty cops, some of whom set up the ex-cops' dismissal from the force.

Back in Business

1997

Deal of a Lifetime poster
6.8

The agent for the Devil takes the soul of a high school sophomore in exchange for a date with the most popular girl on campus.

Deal of a Lifetime

2000

Foster & Laurie poster
8.5

The story of two New York City police officers, one white and one black, their ambush and murder by black revolutionaries and the efforts to hunt down and capture their killers.

Foster & Laurie

1975

Shirts/Skins poster
10.0

Six businessmen who have a weekly after-hours basketball game get caught up in a bet about a hide-and-seek contest.

Shirts/Skins

1973

Gus Brown and Midnight Brewster poster
6.0

Two ex-GIs, a fast-talking hustler from Detroit and an Oklahoma hayseed, just returned from WWII, team up with the latter's bubble-headed fiancée to make a killing racing on the Southern dogtrack circuit they had bought. An unsold series pilot.

Gus Brown and Midnight Brewster

1985

Sound of Sunshine - Sound of Rain poster
6.6

Oscar nominated animated short film from 1983. A blind boy visualizes what he hears and experiences on a regular basis.

Sound of Sunshine - Sound of Rain

1983