[1][2][3] Following the show's success, he ventured into directing for other series including Miami Vice, Judging Amy, and Las Vegas.

In the early 2000s, he played Captain Jack Steeper on the NBC series Third Watch from 2004 to 2005, appeared in several episodes of Ray Donovan during the 2010s, and had minor roles in Criminal Minds and The Mentalist.

[1] Although his family did not observe Shabbat, they did celebrate Judaism's major holidays, including Glaser's own bar mitzvah.

He attended Tulane University, where he was roommates with film director Bruce Paltrow, majoring in theater and English with a minor in architecture and graduated in 1966.

He earned a master's degree in fine arts from Boston University in acting and directing in 1967.

He also directed episodes of several TV series, including Miami Vice, Robbery Homicide Division and Judging Amy.

That same month, Glaser had his first American solo exhibition for his paintings and digital illustrations at Cosmo Lofts in Hollywood.

In August 1981, she contracted HIV through a blood transfusion while giving birth to the couple's first child, Ariel.

When the entire family was tested, Elizabeth, Ariel and the couple's one-and-a-half-year-old son Jake were found to be HIV positive.