“Ron Glass, for me, was a great role model because growing up it was great to see him on television and film and see someone who looked like me,” said Emil Wilbekin, a former editor-at-large at Essence magazine and former editor-in-chief of Vibe. Perhaps you caught him as Felix Unger on The New Odd Couple. Or maybe, more recently, you knew his face from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, or Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
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He did Friends and The Practice and Designing Women, too, plus voice work on Rugrats and The Proud Family. He made appearances on Good Times and 227. Glass was a versatile television journeyman for much of his career, notching guest stints on Maude and the original Hawaii Five-0 before becoming a regular fixture on Sanford and Son. “I read the script and just fell in love with the character,” Glass told the Courier & Press. When the opportunity for Firefly came around, Glass jumped at it. “That didn’t sound very attractive to me because I’d heard of people spending four to five hours in the makeup room, and I didn’t want to do that.”īut Glass accepted a role as Loken on Star Trek Voyager in 2000 and found it rewarding and worth the price of admission, which indeed was hours in the makeup chair. “I wasn’t familiar with the genre, and I also had this idea that if I did science fiction, I was going to be attached to a lot of prosthetics,” Glass told his hometown newspaper, the Evansville Courier & Press, in 2013. Glass, a native of Evansville, Indiana, never thought of himself as much of a science fiction actor, either, though his role as a white-haired sage on Firefly earned him legions of new fans unfamiliar with his role on Barney Miller. He was a devout Buddhist, and Book was more of a conventionally Christian character. The part of Derrial Book wasn’t necessarily an intuitive one for Glass. He was, among so many other things, my Shepherd. He got there with grace, humor & enormous heart. Whedon tweeted a goodbye to Glass, captioning a moment from Firefly:
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Glass reprised his role as Book for the followup movie to the series, Serenity, as well.
Glass was a prolific actor, best known for playing the handsome and debonair detective Ron Harris on Barney Miller from 1975 to 1982, and more recently for his role as Shepherd Derrial Book in Joss Whedon’s short-lived cult hit Firefly.
25 of respiratory failure, according to news reports. “Barney” is the latest from Mattel Films to go into development, following projects based on Barbie, Hot Wheels, Masters of the Universe, American Girl, View Master, Magic 8 Ball, and Major Matt Mason.Fans are still remembering and mourning the loss of actor Ron Glass, who effortlessly radiated an easygoing charm whenever he appeared on screen. “We’re excited to explore this compelling modern-day hero and see if his message of ‘I love you, you love me’ can stand the test of time.” “Barney was a ubiquitous figure in many of our childhoods, then he disappeared into the shadows, left misunderstood,” said Kaluuya. “The project will speak to the nostalgia of the brand in a way that will resonate with adults, while entertaining today’s kids.” “Working with Daniel Kaluuya will enable us to take a completely new approach to ‘Barney’ that will surprise audiences and subvert expectations,” said Robbie Brenner of Mattel Films. Mattel Films will co-produce “Barney” alongside Academy Award-nominee Daniel Kaluuya (“Get Out,” “Black Panther”), Rowan Riley and Amandla Crichlow at 59%, along with Valparaiso’s David Carrico, Adam Paulsen and Bobby Hoppey. A look at Barney from the children’s stage show at Universal Studios Florida.
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