Breakfast Club's Paul Gleason Dies

Associated Press ^ | 5-11-2006 | AP

[AliVeritas]

Some may remember him from Trading Places and The Breakfast Club.

[SideoutFred]

Just watched him last night on Diehard. RIP

[youthgonewild]

A terrible shame. I enjoyed him in Breakfast Club and parodying that role in Not Another Teen Movie. RIP.

[killjoy]

Mess with the bull... you'll get the horns. Breakfast Club is still one of the greatest movies ever. Of course he was a large part of making it so great. RIP

[Dick Bachert]

He delivered one of my all-time favorite lines when, in Die Hard after the trigger-happy FBI cowboys -- bent on taking out John McLain -- went down in a ball of flames in their chopper, Gleason's character intoned "Gee, we're gonna need some more FBI guys."

Good actor who will be missed.

[socal_parrot]

RIP

Paul Gleason's IMDB listing

[tallhappy]

you'll get the horns. Breakfast Club is still one of the greatest movies ever.

Just, there are no words.

At least this post has rather crystallized everything that is wrong.

[youthgonewild]

Mr. Gleason also attended Florida State University.

[mjolnir]

Mess with the bull... you'll get the horns.

The way he delivered that line with such total sincerity in BC and later when he parodied it in Not Another Teen Movie was amazing--- he gave whatever role he had instant credibility and made whatever movie it was that much more believable and, if he was the straght man, that much funnier. What an awesome actor! RIP

[JRochelle]

The AP can't even do simple math.
He was born in 1944 yet they claim he was 67.
Fox even put his birth year up and then said he was 67.

[twippo]

Next time I come in here, I'm cracking skulls!

[norraad]

Ok, so he was 76?

[BallyBill]

Sounded like a swell guy who didn't take himself too serious.

In Breakfast Club when he had the toilet paper hanging out the back of his pants. Whaaaa!!

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Outstanding character actor. It seems as if you never miss these people until they're gone.

[Captain Peter Blood]

Here is a little more information on Paul from the IMDB:

Birth name
Paul Xavier Gleason

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Spouse
Susan Kiel (August 1995 - present) 2 children
Joanna Gleason (? - ?) (divorced) 1 child

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Trade mark
Frequently plays principals or teachers who take no nonsense.

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Trivia
Attended and played football at Florida State University along with fellow actors Burt Reynolds and Robert Urich.

Reportedly owns (or owned) a restaurant.

Previously married to Monty Hall's daughter, film, TV and stage actress Joanna Gleason (aka Joanna Hall).

1966 graduate of Florida State University

Was chased by Carl Strano's character in an episode of "The A-Team" (1983). They also acted together in an episode of "Hill Street Blues" (1981).

Decided to become an actor in 1961 after seeing Splendor in the Grass (1961) with his friend, author Jack Kerouac.

[David Allen]

He's the Fritz Weaver of the past 25 years.

Always in shows, never in a big role.

The one is Breakfast Club is probably his best known work ever.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Grew up with "The Breakfast Club", just loved this guy. Rest in peace, Mr. Gleason.

[dfwgator]

He was great in Trading Places, especially the scene where they planted the stolen money on Winthorpe. He was so perfect in that role as Clarence Beeks.

[JRochelle]

Funny.

I need to stop assuming that the MSM does fact checking. One person at the AP gets it wrong and the rest of the media just follows.

[nonliberal]

That man is a brownie hound.