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Paul Xavier Gleason (May 4, 1939 – May 27, 2006) was an American film and television actor. He was known for his roles on television series such as All My Children and films such as The Breakfast Club, Trading Places, and Die Hard. Early life. Gleason was born on May 4, 1939, in Jersey City, New Jersey, the son of Eleanor (née Doyle), a registered nurse, and George L. Gleason, a restaurateur, professional boxer, iron worker, and roofing manufacturer. Gleason ...
Paul Gleason. Actor: The Breakfast Club. Character actor Paul Gleason was adept at playing tough guys and white collar sleazebags, making his film debut in Winter A-Go-Go (1965). He made a name for himself portraying these unlikeable characters. A native of Jersey City, New Jersey, Gleason studied extensively at the Actor's Studio in New York City in the mid-60s with Lee Strasberg (his mentor) and was seen in a handful...
May 29, 2006 · BURBANK, Calif., May 28 (AP) — Paul Gleason, who played the go-to bad guy in "Trading Places" and the angry high school principal in "The Breakfast Club," died here on Saturday. He was 67.
Paul Gleason. Actor: The Breakfast Club. Character actor Paul Gleason was adept at playing tough guys and white collar sleazebags, making his film debut in Winter A-Go-Go (1965). He made a name for himself portraying these unlikeable characters. A native of Jersey City, New Jersey, Gleason studied extensively at the Actor's Studio in New York City in the mid-60s with Lee Strasberg (his mentor) and was seen in a handful...
May 29, 2006 · The character actor Paul Gleason dies at 67 of a rare form of cancer linked to asbestos. He played the authority figure a generation of teens loved to hate in films such as The Breakfast Club and ...
May 29, 2006 · Paul Gleason, best known for playing the grumpy high school principal who presides over detention in the 1985 film “The Breakfast Club,” has died. He was 67.
May 31, 2006 · A Lee Strasberg vet, Gleason was a character actor who specialized in prigs, pricks, and prickly authority figures. He was the stiff-necked police lieutenant who didn’t want to help Bruce Willis ...
May 29, 2006 · US actor Paul Gleason, whose most famous roles included Trading Places and The Breakfast Club, has died of a rare form of lung cancer aged 67. Gleason appeared in more than 60 films, often playing authority figures, including the angry head teacher in 1980s hit The Breakfast Club. His more recent roles included cameo parts in Friends and Seinfeld.
May 27, 2006 · From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Paul Xavier Gleason (May 4, 1939 – May 27, 2006) was an American film and television actor, known for his roles on TV series such as All My Children and films such as The Breakfast Club and Die Hard. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Gleason, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Paul Gleason. Actor 3 May 1939 to 26 May 2006. Forever associated with the po-faced headmaster mocked by members of The Breakfast Club (1985), a role he reprised on at least three further occasions, Gleason was an engaging character actor adept at playing the dramatic foil to far starrier names. Other credits included Trading Places (1983) and Die Hard (1988). In this section... History; Collection;
