Wife Elizabeth received HIV-tainted blood in a 1981 transfusion and unwittingly passed it on to their two children. Elizabeth became a fervent AIDS activist and spoke on AIDS at the 1992 Democratic convention. Daughter, Ariel, died at age 7 of AIDS in 1988. Son, Jake, is HIV-positive.


He and wife, Tracy Barone, have a daughter, Zoe, born in October 1997. Son of a Boston architect. The famous "Starsky and Hutch" (1975) "striped tomato" Ford Gran Torino appears briefly in an episode of "The Agency" (2001), directed by Glaser. Was roommates with Andy Summers of rock group The Police. Was roommates in college with Bruce Paltrow. Is a very close friend of director Michael Mann. They both met during the filming of a "Starsky and Hutch" (1975) episode, adapted from Mann's screenplay, and they became friends. Later Glaser directed several episodes of Mann's TV shows "Miami Vice" (1984) (including the Emmy-award winning episode "The Prodigal Son") and "Robbery Homicide Division" (2002). Mann also served as a producer on Glaser's crime film Band of the Hand (1986).