# Ron Glass (Detective Harris on Barney Miller) has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 26, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-glass-detective-harris-on-barney-miller-has-died/773088 "2016-11-26T21:49:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-glass-detective-harris-on-barney-miller-has-died/773088/41 "2016-11-28T02:42:15Z")
[quote=“E-DUB, post:5, topic:773088”] I loved him in this little bit. [/QUOTE] I’m glad you posted that! I couldn’t remember what show/anthology I’d seen that on. Loved the way the words on his t-shirt kept changing. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-glass-detective-harris-on-barney-miller-has-died/773088/42 "2016-11-28T02:51:12Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Someone on my Facebook FL asked why nobody mentioned his role in WKRP in Cincinnati. I answered they need to watch their mouth because if 2016 hears, it’ll fuck Tim Reid’s shit up. I checked and they were the same age. Reid’s a god damn genius. Is there any easy way to watch FRANK’S PLACE on the Internets? Brilliant show, and I only caught a few episodes when it was running in real time. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-glass-detective-harris-on-barney-miller-has-died/773088/43 "2016-11-28T03:12:04Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > I think it was just the building that was retiring. The detectives were going to new assignments. Inspector Luger: Levine. Leavitt: For possibly the last time, Sir, it’s Leavitt. Officer Carl Leavitt. Luger: Correction: It’s _Sergeant_ Carl Leavitt. Congratulations. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-glass-detective-harris-on-barney-miller-has-died/773088/44 "2016-11-28T04:21:24Z")
And, IIRC, Harris was going to Queens, **shudder** ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-glass-detective-harris-on-barney-miller-has-died/773088/45 "2016-11-28T04:51:20Z")
> [@stosh](#): > > I’ve been watching the re-runs for the second time around on antenna TV and like everybody on this show. > It’s much better than the crap that’s on now days. I been watching Barney Miller on antenna TV too, I love the show and I agree TV shows today are crap! I hope antenna TV doesn’t take Barney Miller off the air , they’re going to having new show 2017 . ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-glass-detective-harris-on-barney-miller-has-died/773088/46 "2016-11-28T04:54:55Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Ron Glass did a great job playing Det. Ron Harris. He rocked the best Afro on tv. 🙂 Afro’s were a popular style in the 70’s. > > I haven’t seen him in anything else. > > RIP He was on 'All in the family ’ when the Bunker fridge broke down . Ron played a repair man . ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-glass-detective-harris-on-barney-miller-has-died/773088/47 "2016-11-28T05:02:39Z")
> [@purplehearingaid](#): > > He was on 'All in the family ’ when the Bunker fridge broke down . Ron played a repair man . That was mentioned. That was before _Barney Miller_. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-glass-detective-harris-on-barney-miller-has-died/773088/48 "2016-11-28T14:14:49Z")
He was such a good character. There was a Barney Miller episode where he dressed up as a woman working vice. He was better looking than most ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-glass-detective-harris-on-barney-miller-has-died/773088/49 "2016-11-28T14:14:58Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > I think it was just the building that was retiring. The detectives were going to new assignments. Just saw that episode. Harris was assigned to Queens, and said he was going to write instead. Barney encouraged him. Barney himself was promoted to Deputy Inspector, a position he’d been trying for, off and on, since the first few episodes of the first season. The Internal Affairs guy who dropped by occasionally congratulated him sarcastically on the promotion, and then was horrified to find out he’d given the good news. (He hated the Twelfth Precinct, and was always sure they were getting away with something.) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-glass-detective-harris-on-barney-miller-has-died/773088/50 "2016-11-28T15:05:21Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > He was such a good character. There was a Barney Miller episode where he dressed up as a woman working vice. He was better looking than most As I recall, Wojo wasn’t. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jane\_Smythe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f04885/32.png) [@Jane\_Smythe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_Smythe)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-glass-detective-harris-on-barney-miller-has-died/773088/51 "2016-11-28T15:06:34Z")
He was too young. A nice guy. Barney Miller was a great show. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-glass-detective-harris-on-barney-miller-has-died/773088/52 "2016-11-28T15:10:48Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > He was such a good character. There was a Barney Miller episode where he dressed up as a woman working vice. He was better looking than most “I don’t wear off-the-rack, Barney!” “I wanted to look good, guys. Not better!” ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-glass-detective-harris-on-barney-miller-has-died/773088/53 "2016-11-28T15:19:42Z")
Very sad! He was one of my favorite characters on the show. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-glass-detective-harris-on-barney-miller-has-died/773088/54 "2016-11-28T15:38:37Z")
I remember the episode where, having been inspired by “Roots,” Harris engages a genealogist to trace his family back to Africa, but all they could find was that his ancestors had lived for hundreds of years in Scotland. ---
**Author:** ![ElderSign](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eldersign/32/8263_2.png) [@ElderSign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElderSign)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-glass-detective-harris-on-barney-miller-has-died/773088/55 "2016-11-28T16:42:05Z")
He was great. Was hoping we would have had a recurring role on Agents of Shield. I would have watched it then. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-glass-detective-harris-on-barney-miller-has-died/773088/56 "2016-11-29T02:06:49Z")
> [@Jane\_Smythe](#): > > He was too young. I find myself saying this more and more as I get older… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-glass-detective-harris-on-barney-miller-has-died/773088/57 "2016-11-29T05:52:27Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > I think it was just the building that was retiring. The detectives were going to new assignments. IIRC, it was discovered that Teddy Roosevelt had used the building for his office back when he was police chief, so it was going to be designated a historic landmark. Please correct me if I’m wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-glass-detective-harris-on-barney-miller-has-died/773088/58 "2016-11-29T19:05:05Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > IIRC, it was discovered that Teddy Roosevelt had used the building for his office back when he was police chief, so it was going to be designated a historic landmark. Please correct me if I’m wrong. That’s right. Wojo found his gun in the basement, and an archaeologist discovered it had belonged to TR. Antenna TV just had a little “In Memory of Ron Glass” photo montage in front of a rerun of Barney Miller. Nice. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-glass-detective-harris-on-barney-miller-has-died/773088/59 "2016-11-30T21:42:47Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > What the fuck 2016. Stop it already. Yes, it’s the YEAR’s fault, not that people are just old and or ill or experience accidents or whatever. (I don’t mean to rag on you personally for this, but you were the first post I saw blaming 2016 for this so got the quote.) Anyway, he did a great job on Firefly making his character the heart and soul of the crew of Serenity. “You don’t fix faith. Faith fixes you” was one of the best lines in all of science fiction, that all too often poo poos faith and/or treats anyone of faith as a lunatic. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-glass-detective-harris-on-barney-miller-has-died/773088/60 "2016-11-30T23:26:41Z")
The _Barney Miller_ storyline I remember was when the police were making a sample porno film to track how that kind of material was distributed, or something. Harris was asked to direct it and instead of doing some cheap little film, wound up making it artsy and “relevant”. It went way over-budget with stock footage, sets, and a party scene that included a director’s cameo (“Hitchcock did it in all his films!”). The men at the 12th precinct watched it, but the viewer only heard the dialog. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-glass-detective-harris-on-barney-miller-has-died/773088.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-glass-detective-harris-on-barney-miller-has-died/773088.md?page=4)