- Attended and played football at Florida State University along with fellow actors Burt Reynolds and Robert Urich.
- Died three weeks after being diagnosed with mesothelioma, which is a rare form of lung cancer that is linked to asbestos.
- Decided to become an actor in 1961 after seeing Splendor in the Grass (1961) with his friend, author Jack Kerouac.
- Played minor league baseball in the 1950s.
- He has appeared in two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: The Breakfast Club (1985) and Die Hard (1988).
- 1966 graduate of Florida State University.
- Had 2 daughters, Shannon Gleason and Caitlin Gleason, and a son.
- Reportedly owned a restaurant.
- Was chased by Carl Strano's character in The A-Team (1983)episode, The Trouble with Harry (1986). They also acted together in the Hill Street Blues (1981) episode, Low Blow (1984).
- Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Actors Branch).
- In 1979, Paul Gleason did a dandruff shampoo commercial for Tegrin Medicated Shampoo. It famously ran as a commercial on CBS during Magic Johnson's first NBA game with the Los Angeles Lakers.
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