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Ron Glass

1945 - 2016

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Ronald Earle Glass (July 10, 1945 – November 25, 2016) was an American actor. He was known for his roles as literary Det. Ron Harris in the television sitcom Barney Miller (1975–1982), and as the spiritual shepherd, Shepherd Book, in the science fiction series Firefly (2002) and its sequel film Serenity (2005). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Ron Glass is the 8,434th most popular actor (down from 8,406th in 2024), the 12,925th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,416th in 2019) and the 3,927th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Ron Glass ranks 8,431 out of 13,578Before her are Robert Wuhl, Timothy Omundson, and Noel Neill. After her are Steven Waddington, Haruka Ayase, Hong Chau, Catherine Siachoque, William Farnum, Willa Fitzgerald, Orlando Brown, Shin Sung-rok, and Ilona Massey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Ron Glass ranks 647Before her are Tom Ridge, Byron Beck, Amjad Ali Khan, David S. Johnson, Kevin Berry, and Annie Dillard. After her are Pat Conroy, Shekhar Mehta, Suzanne Farrell, Larry Craig, Dan Harrington, and Winston Peters. Among people deceased in 2016, Ron Glass ranks 548Before her are Zyta Gilowska, David S. Johnson, Sergey Mikaelyan, Ellen Meiksins Wood, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, and Noel Neill. After her are Pat Conroy, Yūko Mizutani, Richard Libertini, Jonathan Riley-Smith, Tyrus Wong, and Jerry Doyle.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ron Glass ranks 12,927 out of 20,380Before her are Timothy Omundson (1969), Fred Schneider (1951), Jerry Rice (1962), and Noel Neill (1920). After her are William DuVall (1967), William Farnum (1876), Willa Fitzgerald (1991), Orlando Brown (1987), Martika (1969), Leamon King (1936), Debbie Stabenow (1950), and Lisa Eichhorn (1952).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Ron Glass ranks 3,930Before her are Chris Messina (1974), Domenick Lombardozzi (1976), Joan Severance (1958), Marguerite MacIntyre (1965), Robert Wuhl (1951), Timothy Omundson (1969), and Noel Neill (1920). After her are William Farnum (1876), Willa Fitzgerald (1991), Orlando Brown (1987), Lisa Eichhorn (1952), and Vanessa Ferlito (1980).