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Cast & Character Biographies
Biographies of the cast & characters from
Firefly.
------------------- Ron Glass/Shepherd Book -------------------
 Ronald
Glass
Born 10th July 1945 in Indiana Ron Glass made a career on TV sitcoms spinning wisecracks and quite often playing the personification of the ambitious, "buppie". He is perhaps best recalled as the clothes-conscious Det. Ron Harris on the long-running sitcom "Barney Miller" (ABC, 1975-82).
With solid Midwestern roots, the Indiana-born and bred Glass made his stage debut at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis before migrating to Hollywood. His first TV work was in an episode of "Sanford and Son" in 1972, which he followed with an appearance on "Good Times" as a con artist posing as a blind man. In 1975, he landed "Barney Miller" and at the demise of that series, Glass was given a shot at headlining a series. He was teamed by ABC with Demond Wilson in "The New Odd Couple", a short-lived 1983 series in which Glass played the Felix Ungar character. During the rest of the 80s, he guest-starred on numerous TV series, often playing smarmy or egomaniacal characters. He was a country-club nemesis for Sherman Helmsley on several episodes of "Amen" from 1989-91, and, in the 90s, Glass was an outrageously self-absorbed celebrity pushing Carl Winslow around on "Family Matters".
His feature film appearances have been limited. Glass was in one of the first direct-to-video releases, "Deep Space" (1988), in which nasty aliens were running amok. He was seen on the big screen as doctors in both "Houseguest" (1995), starring Sinbad, and Randal Kleiser's "It's My Party" (1996). |
 Shepherd
Book
Shepherd Book first came aboard Serenity at Eavesdown Docks on the
planet of Persephone. He wasn't looking at wear the ships were going,
just at the ships themselves. He chose Serenity, with a little
persuasion from Kaylee. He told the crew he had just left Southdown
Abbey, where he used to live as a Shepherd, a religious man. A man of
the cloth. Though there is an air of mysteriousness surrounding Book.
For as a Shepherd he knows a lot about firearms, from how to fire them,
and identifying them by the marks they leave on bodies and shooting them
to pin point accuracy. The bounty killer, Jubal Early, when told by
Simon that Book was indeed a Shepherd, there was no doubt in Jubal's
mind that he wasn't in fact a Shepherd. Book however is a kind hearted
man, he's helped out the crew on many occasions. Despite being a
Shepherd he has hand a hand in the less legitimate business dealings of
Mal's.
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------------------- Ron Glass - Filmography -------------------
- Serenity (2005) - Shepherd Book
- Recess: School's Out (2001) - Dr. Lazenby/Tech -2
- Deal of a Lifetime (1999) - Mr. Creighton
- Unbowed (1999) - President Duquesne
- Incognito (1999) - Marcus Courtland
- Teen Angel (1997) - God's cousin Rod
- Back in Business (1997) - Allen Smith
- Mr. Rhodes (1996) - Ronald Felcher
- It's My Party (1996) - Dr. David Wahl
- Houseguest (1995) - Derek Bond
- Rugrats (1991) - Randy Carmichael (1992-2004)
- Rhythm & Blues (1992) - Don
- Deep Space (1987) - Jerry Merris
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star (1986) - Eric Brenner
- Gus Brown and Midnight Brewster (1985) - Midnight Brewster
- The New Odd Couple (1982) - Felix Unger
- Crash (1978) - Jerry Grant
- Barney Miller (1975) - Det. Ron Harris
- Let's Switch! (1975) - LaRue Williams
- The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder (1974) - Quintus
- Shirts/Skins (1973) - Mr. Brown
- Beg, Borrow, or Steal (1973) - Ray Buren
------------------- Ron Glass - TV Appearances -------------------
- TV Land Confidential playing Himself in episode: Writing,
Rehearsing & Recording (episode 1.4) 5 October 2005
- TV Land Confidential playing Himself in episode: When Real Life and
Screen Life Collide (episode 1.2) 21 September 2005
- The Division playing Barry in episode: Hail, Hail, the Gang's All
Here (episode - 4.19) 20 June 2004
- The Proud Family playing The Talking Baby (voice) in episode: Makeover
(episode - 1.12) 14 December 2001
- The Proud Family playing The Talking Baby (voice) in episode: Spelling
Bee (episode - 1.6) 12 October 2001
- The Education of Max Bickford playing Graham Redmond in episode: Pilot
(episode - 1.1) 23 September 2001
- Yes, Dear playing Dr. Bradley in episode: The Big Snip (episode -
1.15) 12 February 2001
- Star Trek: Voyager playing Loken in episode: Nightingale (episode -
7.8) 6 December 2000
- Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane playing Professor Bradford in episode: Too
Much Pressure (episode - 2.11) 28 May 2000
- Jack & Jill in episode: Animal Planet: Part 1 (episode - 1.13) 6
February 2000
- Friends playing Russell in episode: The One Where Joey Loses His
Insurance (episode - 6.4) 14 October 1999
- Friends playing Russell in episode: The One Where Ross Hugs Rachel
(episode - 6.2) 30 September 1999
- Twice In a Lifetime playing Charlie Winters in episode: The Blame Game
(episode - 1.6) 29 September 1999
- The Practice playing Judge Kent in episode: Reasonable Doubts (episode
- 2.1) 20 September 1997
- Designing Women playing Punch in episode: It's Not So Easy Being Green
(episode - 7.18) 2 April 1993
- Murder, She Wrote playing Lt. Hanrahan in episode: Incident in Lot -7
(episode - 8.13) 19 January 1992
- Amen playing Jason Lockwood in episode: Deak-Scam (episode - 5.17) 30
March 1991
- Amen playing Jason Lockwood in episode: Miracle on 134th Street: Part
2 (episode - 5.6) 22 December 1990
- Amen playing Jason Lockwood in episode: Miracle on 134th Street: Part
1 (episode - 5.5) 22 December 1990
- Family Matters playing Buddy Goodrich in episode: False Arrest
(episode - 1.10) 28 November 1989
- Amen playing Jason Lockwood in episode: Witness for the Defense
(episode - 4.6) 28 October 1989
- Star Trek: The Next Generation playing Loken in episode: Evolution
(episode - 3.1) 23 September 1989
- 227 playing Robert Stone in episode: There Goes the Building (episode
- 3.3) 17 October 1987
- 227 playing Robert Stone in episode: The Audit (episode - 2.16) 21
February 1987
- The Twilight Zone playing The Devil in episode: I of Newton (episode -
1.29) 13 December 1985
- Hart to Hart playing Conductor Slattery in episode: Hartland Express
(episode - 3.4) 3 November 1981
- The $10,000 Pyramid playing Guest Panelist 27 February 1978
- The Streets of San Francisco playing Arlen Washington in episode: The
Thrill Killers: Part 2 (episode - 5.2) 7 October 1976
- The Streets of San Francisco playing Arlen Washington in episode: The
Thrill Killers: Part 1 (episode - 5.1) 30 September 1976
- When Things Were Rotten playing Black Knight in episode: This Lance
for Hire (episode - 1.13) 3 December 1975
- Sanford and Son playing Herman in episode: Once a Thief (episode -
4.15) 27 December 1974
- Good Times playing Mr. Anderson in episode: The Encyclopedia Hustle
(episode - 2.8) 29 October 1974
- Good Times playing Mr. Peason in episode: Cross-Town Buses Run All Day
Doo Dah, Doo Dah (episode - 2.4) 1 October 1974
- The Bob Newhart Show playing Elevator Repairman in episode: Fit, Fat
and Forty One (episode - 2.11) 24 November 1973
- Hawaii Five-O playing J. Paul in episode: Tricks Are Not Treats
(episode - 6.7) 23 October 1973
- Maude playing Whitnauer in episode: Florida's Affair (episode - 2.6)
16 October 1973
- All in the Family playing Jack in episode: Everybody Tells the Truth
(episode - 3.21) 3 March 1973
- Sanford and Son playing Hucklebuck in episode: The Card Sharps
(episode - 2.6) 27 October 1972 |
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