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He died of respiratory failure on November 25, 2016, at the age of 71.
Glass never married, was a devout Buddhist, and a member of Soka Gakkai International. Jackson and starred in the 2010 version of Death at a Funeral as Duncan. In 2008 he appeared in the film Lakeview Terrace alongside Samuel L.
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Glass provided the voice of Randy Carmichael for the Nickelodeon series All Grown Up! and Rugrats, and the character Garth in the video game Fable II. He was a series regular in the science fiction series Firefly (2002) and the sequel film Serenity (2005), in which he played Derrial Book, a Christian "Shepherd" with a mysterious past. He had a guest appearance in the Star Trek: Voyager episode " Nightingale". Īfter that, Glass appeared in dozens of television series, including sitcoms such as Family Matters and the series Teen Angel, where he played God's cousin Rod. In 1999, he appeared in two episodes of NBC sitcom Friends as Ross Geller's divorce lawyer, Russell. In 1996, Glass was cast as uptight history teacher Roland Felcher in NBC sitcom Mr. In 1992, he co-starred in the sitcom Rhythm and Blues, a kind of "black WKRP ", playing "the fifth Top" opposite Roger Kabler. On December 13, 1985, he played a soul-collecting devil opposite Sherman Hemsley's mathematics professor in an episode of the revived Twilight Zone series.
The following season, Glass co-starred with Demond Wilson on television in a remake of The Odd Couple, called The New Odd Couple. Ron Harris in Barney Miller, which ran until 1982. His earliest TV appearances include episodes of Sanford and Son in 1972, an episode of Hawaii Five-O in 1973, an episode of Maude in 1973, an episode of All in the Family in 1973, an episode of The Bob Newhart Show, and episodes of Good Times in 1974. Glass made his stage debut at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, before moving to Hollywood.