An outgoing party animal sustained by a diet of junk food,
Starsky is the more street‑wise of the two having spent his
childhood in Brooklyn. Starsky is an intense guy and often
throws his toys out of the pram if he can't get his own way.
Paul Michael Glaser:
After appearing in several Broadway productions, Glaser appeared
in his first feature film in 1971, playing Perchik in the film
version of Fiddler on the Roof. He first gained notice on
television playing Dr. Peter Chernak on the daytime series Love is
a Many Splendored Thing, and made guest appearances on shows such
as The Rockford Files , but found fame playing Detective David
Starsky. After the series, Glaser continued to act on
television and in films, and directed the 1987 movie The
Running Man starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as well as the 1992
movie The Cutting Edge.