'Breakfast Club' principal Gleason dies

[wicket]

Bah :cry:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060529/ap_on_en_mo/obit_gleason;_ylt=Ak6XRk7EexfkyARK9rmAS9Os0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--

Paul Gleason, who played the go-to bad guy in "Trading Places" and the angry high school principal in "The Breakfast Club," has died. He was 67.

Gleason died at a local hospital Saturday of mesothelioma, a rare form of lung cancer linked to asbestos, said his wife, Susan Gleason.

"Whenever you were with Paul, there was never a dull moment," his wife said. "He was awesome."

A native of Miami, Gleason was an avid athlete. Before becoming an actor, he played Triple-A minor league baseball for a handful of clubs in the late 1950s.

[Swede]

1. RIP Mr. Gleason.

nt

[idgiehkt]

2. man, that sucks

he did an amazing job in that film. but everyone did. each character had so much depth, and it would have been very easy not to make his three-dimensional, but as it stand they gave you a little insight into his assholeness

[giant_robot]

3. He had quite an impressive body of work

# The Book of Caleb (2007) (post-production) .... Paddington

# Abominable (2006) .... Sheriff Halderman
# "George Lopez"
- George to the Third Power (2005) TV Episode .... Lou Powers
# "Cold Case"
- Blank Generation (2005) TV Episode .... Stewart Adams
# The Passing (2005) .... Det. Sanders
# "Malcolm in the Middle"
- Reese Joins the Army: Part 2 (2004) TV Episode .... Mystery Man
- Reese Joins the Army: Part 1 (2004) TV Episode .... Mystery Man
# "Dawson's Creek"
- Sex and Violence (2003) TV Episode .... Larry Newman
- Day Out of Days (2003) TV Episode .... Studio Producer
# "Dragnet"
... aka L.A. Dragnet (USA: new title)
- Sticks and Stones (2003) TV Episode .... Matt Margolis
# "The Guardian"
- The Dark (2002) TV Episode .... Scott Kollbrenner
# "Fastlane"
- Pilot (2002) TV Episode .... Detective Lannigan
# Van Wilder (2002) .... Professor Ted McDoogle
... aka Van Wilder: Party Liaison (Australia) (UK) (USA: working title)
... aka National Lampoon's Van Wilder (USA)
... aka Party Animals - wilder geht's nicht (Germany)
# Sun Gods (2002) (TV)
# Not Another Teen Movie (2001) .... Richard Vernon
... aka Sex Academy (Europe: English title: new title)
# "Dead Last"
- The Mulravian Candidate (2001) TV Episode .... Johnson the CIA Agent
# "Cursed"
... aka The Weber Show (USA: new title)
- ...And Then Jack Became the Voice of the Cougars (2001) TV Episode .... Principal Squires
# "The District"
- Rage Against the Machine (2001) TV Episode .... Peter Wendt
# Social Misfits (2001) .... Warden Doyle
# The Myersons (2001) .... Dean Hanson
# The Organization (2001) .... Death
# "Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction"
... aka Beyond Belief (USA: short title)
- Creepy Comics (2000) TV Episode .... Kip Sherman
# Red Letters (2000) .... Dean Van Buren
# The Giving Tree (2000) .... Mr. Forrester
... aka Brutal Truth (USA: DVD title)
... aka Shaded Places (USA: alternative title)
... aka The Brutal Truth (UK: video title)
# "Friends"
- The One That Could Have Been: Part 1 (2000) TV Episode .... Jack
- The One That Could Have Been: Part 2 (2000) TV Episode .... Jack

# "Diagnosis Murder"
- Seven Deadly Sins (1999) TV Episode
# "The Drew Carey Show"
- Drew and the Gang Law (1999) TV Episode .... Judge #1
# "Veronica's Closet"
- Veronica's June Swoon (1999) TV Episode .... Hank
# "Chicago Hope"
- Home Is Where the Heartache Is (1999) TV Episode .... Tom McNeil
# No Code of Conduct (1998) .... John Bagwell
# "Melrose Place"
- The Usual Santas (1998) TV Episode .... Judge Nicholas
# "Nash Bridges"
... aka Bridges
- Hardball (1998) TV Episode .... Mickey Tripp
# Best of the Best: Without Warning (1998) (uncredited) .... Father Gil
... aka Best of the Best 4: Without Warning (USA: closing credits title)
# Day at the Beach (1998) .... Detective Johnson
# "Grace Under Fire"
- Finders Keepers (1997) TV Episode .... Stuart Wallace
# "Walker, Texas Ranger"
- Brainchild (1997) TV Episode .... Dr. Harold Payton
# "NewsRadio"
... aka The Station
- The Public Domain (1997) TV Episode .... Steve Johnson
# "Boy Meets World"
- Fraternity Row (1997) TV Episode .... Dean Borak
- It's Not You... It's Me (1997) TV Episode .... Dean Borak
# Money Talks (1997) .... Lt. Bobby Pickett
# Shadow Conspiracy (1997) .... Blythe
# "Lost on Earth" (1997) TV Series .... George Greckin
# A Time to Revenge (1997) .... Major Whittmar
# "Dark Skies"
- The Awakening (1996) TV Episode .... Nelson Rockefeller
# Digital Man (1995) .... Dr. Parker
# There Goes My Baby (1994) (as Paul Xavier Gleason) .... Mr. Burton
... aka The Last Days of Paradise (USA)
# "One West Waikiki" (1994) TV Series .... Captain Dave Herzog
# I Love Trouble (1994) .... Kenny Bacon
# "Seinfeld"
- The Opposite (1994) TV Episode .... Cushman
# Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love (1994) (TV)
# "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman"
... aka Lois & Clark
... aka The New Adventures of Superman
- The Ides of Metropolis (1994) TV Episode .... Henry Harrison
# Nothing to Lose (1994) .... Elliot
# Boiling Point (1993/I) .... Transaction Man
... aka Extrême limite, L' (France)
# Wild Cactus (1993) .... Sheriff Brenner
# Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1993) .... Hank Cooney
... aka Maniac Cop 3
# Loaded Weapon 1 (1993) .... FBI Agent Dwayne T. Robinson
... aka National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
# The Waiter (1993) .... Father
# Running Cool (1993) .... Calvin Hogg
# Majority Rule (1992) (TV)
# "The Wonder Years"
- Scenes from a Wedding (1992) TV Episode .... Arthur Jensen
# "Murder, She Wrote"
- Murder in Milan (1992) TV Episode .... Steve Morrison
- Thursday's Child (1991) TV Episode .... Lt. Barney Claymore
- The Error of Her Ways (1989) TV Episode .... Sterling Rose
# False Arrest (1991) (TV) .... Arthur Ross
# "Tales from the Crypt"
... aka HBO's Tales from the Crypt
- The Reluctant Vampire (1991) TV Episode
# Rich Girl (1991) .... Marvin Wells
# "L.A. Law"
- Speak, Lawyers, for Me (1991) TV Episode .... Coach John Laughton
# Fourth Story (1991) (TV) .... Lt. Petkavich
... aka Basic Deception
... aka Deadly Identity (UK)
# Wishman (1991) .... Silverstein
# Miami Blues (1990) .... Sgt. Frank Lackley
# "Hardball"
- The Cool Katt (1990) TV Episode
# "Father Dowling Mysteries"
... aka Father Dowling Investigates (UK)
- The Stone Killer Mystery (1990) TV Episode
# "B.L. Stryker"
- Winner Takes All (1990) TV Episode

# "21 Jump Street"
- Parental Guidance Suggested (1989) TV Episode
# "Life Goes On"
- The Baby-Sitter (1989) TV Episode .... Stan Graber
# Night Game (1989) .... Broussard
# Starting Now (1989) (TV) .... Harold
# Spooner (1989) (TV) .... Roland Hyde
# Die Hard (1988) .... Deputy Police Chief Dwayne T. Robinson
# Johnny Be Good (1988) .... Wayne Hisler
# Supercarrier (1988) (TV)
... aka Deadly Enemies
# She's Having a Baby (1988) (uncredited) .... Blind Boy Grunt
# Lifted (1988)
# Nightmare Beach (1988)
... aka Welcome to Spring Break
# "Beauty and the Beast"
- Song of Orpheus (1987) TV Episode .... Henry Dutton
# Hollywood-Monster (1987) .... Stan Gordon
... aka Ghost Chase (USA)
# Forever, Lulu (1987) .... Robert
... aka Crazy Streets
# "Falcon Crest"
- Cold Hands (1987) TV Episode .... Andy Stryker
# Morgan Stewart's Coming Home (1987) .... Jay Le Soto
... aka Home Front
# "The Equalizer"
- Tip on a Sure Thing (1986) TV Episode .... Greenleaf
# "Miami Vice"
- When Irish Eyes Are Crying (1986) TV Episode .... Bunny Berrigan
# "The A-Team"
- The Trouble with Harry (1986) TV Episode .... Harry
- Fire (1984) TV Episode .... Roy Kelsey
# "Kate & Allie"
- High Anxiety (1986) TV Episode .... Tom Fitzgerald
# "Superior Court" (1986) TV Series .... Attorney
# Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985) (TV) .... Jeremitt
# "Dallas"
- Terms of Estrangement (1985) TV Episode .... Lt. Lee Spaulding
# Challenge of a Lifetime (1985) (TV) .... John Schoonover
# The Breakfast Club (1985) .... Principal Richard Vernon
# Doubletake (1985) (TV) .... Howie Henley
# "Magnum, P.I."
- Kiss of the Sabre (1984) TV Episode .... Ronnie Meeder/'Jacques Arnot'
# "Hill Street Blues"
- Low Blow (1984) TV Episode .... Biff Lowe
- Fuched Again (1984) TV Episode .... Biff Lowe
# "Riptide"
- Father's Day (1984) TV Episode .... Commander Phillip Everitt
- The Hardcase (1984) TV Episode .... Detective Hallins
# "Hardcastle and McCormick"
- You Would Cry Too, If It Happened to You (1984) TV Episode .... Jack Fish
# "Call to Glory"
- Paper Tiger (1984) TV Episode .... Marty Colby
# "Cagney & Lacey"
- A Killer's Dozen (1984) TV Episode .... Detective Crespi
# "Remington Steele"
- Small Town Steele (1984) TV Episode .... Sheriff Jeff 'Jed' Nebbins
# "Scarecrow and Mrs. King"
- Savior (1984) TV Episode .... Edson Ballon
# Trading Places (1983) .... Clarence Beeks
# Tender Mercies (1983) .... Reporter
# "Another Life" (1981) TV Series .... Lee Carothers #1 (1982-83)
# MysteryDisc: Murder, Anyone? (1982) (V) .... Stewart Cavanaugh
# The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981) .... Remson
... aka Pursuit
# Arthur (1981) .... Executive
# Fort Apache the Bronx (1981) .... Detective
# He Knows You're Alone (1980) .... Det. Frank Daley
... aka Blood Wedding

# The Great Santini (1979) .... Lt. Sammy
... aka The Ace
... aka The Gift of Fury
# "Ike" (1979) (mini) TV Series .... Capt. Ernest 'Tex' Lee
# Women at West Point (1979) (TV) .... Major James T. Kirk
# Ike: The War Years (1978) (TV)
# "All My Children" (1970) TV Series .... Dr. David Thornton (1976-1978)
... aka All My Children: The Summer of Seduction (USA: promotional title)
# Vigilante Force (1976) .... Michael Loonius
# Columbo: Identity Crisis (1975) (TV) .... Parsons
# Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975) .... Maj. Thomas J. 'Long Tom' Roberts
# "Adam-12"
- Excessive Force (1974) TV Episode (as Paul Xavier Gleason) .... John Suntor
- Training Wheels (1972) TV Episode .... Instructor Chuck Williams
- Backup 1-L20 (1972) TV Episode .... Patrolman Arnold
- The Grandmothers (1971) TV Episode .... Smitty
# Little Laura and Big John (1973) .... Sheriff
# Hit Man (1972/I) (uncredited) .... Cop
# "Banacek"
- No Sign of the Cross (1972) TV Episode .... Border Guard
# "Mission: Impossible"
- The Deal (1972) TV Episode .... Blair
# Where Does It Hurt? (1972)
# Private Duty Nurses (1971) .... Dr. McClintock
... aka Young L.A. Nurses 3 (USA)

# "Then Came Bronson"
- A Famine Where Abundance Lies (1969) TV Episode .... Deputy
# "The F.B.I."
- The Butcher (1968) TV Episode .... Officer Dan Ryan
# Banning (1967) (uncredited) .... Complaining Golfer
# C'mon, Let's Live a Little (1967) (uncredited) .... Frat Boy
# "The Green Hornet"
... aka The Kato Show (Hong Kong: English title: informal title)
- Alias 'The Scarf' (1967) TV Episode .... Paul Garret
# Winter A-Go-Go (1965) .... Ski Resort Guest

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0322339/

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[long_green]

29. That's a hard working man

RIP

[radwriter0555]

4. "I'm CRACKING SKULLS" He had some of the BEST lines in BC...

what were some others?

[ChoralScholar]

5. from Van Wilder

"This is some pad Wilder... Decorated in early fuck..."

[Skittles]

8. LOL

You just bought yourself another Saturday, mister!

[radwriter0555]

11. "I heard a ruckus..."

"Can you describe the ruckus, sir?"

Seminal film.

[hfojvt]

21. I sorta used that line in a pool hall

a teenager told me "rules were made to be broken". I glared at him and said "so were skulls".

Gleason also was the coach in the obscure movie "Johnny be good" and had another fantastic line which has gotten me laughs:
"If you are looking for sympathy, it's in the dictionary between sh*t and syphilis!"

[radwriter0555]

31. ooo! GOOD comeback!!!!

*scribbles that one down for her next bar-room brawl*

[flamingyouth]

6. Sad news

:(

[Skittles]

7. very good actor

consistently so

[Haole Girl]

9. Oh...

He was a good actor, and had a nice smile too.

[johnnie]

10. What a drag

He was great in everything I ever saw him in. The Breakfast Club is one of my favorites. It came out the year I got out of school, or close to it and I "knew" everyone in that movie. :)

[Blue_Tires]

12. he always had great roles

i know there are a lot of worshippers of the breakfast club, but Gleason was always Clarence Beeks to me!

[GCP]

27. Yes!

Trading Places was what I usually remembered him for.

[Oeditpus Rex]

13. He was the principal?

I could swear that in that conversation with Carl, the maintenance guy, he said he was just a teacher. :shrug:

[hfojvt]

23. He says "Carl, I've been teaching for 22 years ..."

Which, to me, says that he started as a teacher until he was promoted to vice principal. Just like my former German teacher became vice principal and the guy who was my vice principal was a teacher before he got the vice job.
I cannot find a reference where they call him a vice principal, but he must be, since the crimes of the BC did not all happen in the same class. Bender pulled a false alarm, Brian had a flare gun in his locker, Andy taped Larry Lester's buns together, and Claire skipped school to go shopping. Clearly those involve different classes and different teachers, all being handled by the person who handles discipline - the vice principal.

[BayouBengal07]

14. "You mess with the bull....

you get the horns."

RIP.

[jus_the_facts]

25. May he rest in peace....

[Starbucks Anarchist]

15. "Beeks! Where in the hell is Beeks?"

A small, yet very important (and hilarious) role in "Trading Places."

RIP, Paul Gleason. :patriot:

[Mutley]

16. ...

:thumbsup:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

17. The DVD's only $6 at Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00003CXD3/qid=1148889613/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-3641201-1851231?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=130

[Mutley]

18. I've already got it.

:D

[Starbucks Anarchist]

19. Well, aren't you special?

:P

I need to upgrade from my old VHS copy.

[Mutley]

20. I am. You're just realizing this now?

:P

Yes, you do.

[radwriter0555]

32. YES!!! TRADING PLACES! An epic film, a true classic. Back when Eddie could

ACT.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

33. "Karate man bleeds on the inside!"

:rofl:

[spooky3]

22. TBC is one of my favorite all time movies. RIP.

[warrior1]

24. RIP tough guy.

You will be missed.

[GCP]

26. That's a shame

He was a good actor.
RIP Paul.

[leeroysphitz]

28. GAH!

[long_green]

30. My favorite Paul Gleason line is from "Die Hard"

and not the one where he blindly sends his SWAT teams in to get shot to pieces saying, "Kick ass."

No, it is when Alan Rickman is falling to his death. The camera shows a long shot of his body falling and Gleason's character, clueless to the end says, "I hope that's not one of the hostages."

[wicket]

34. I just watched that movie the other day

Such a classic, even more so now that Mr. Gleason is gone :cry: