The solidly-built Gleason has been most frequently cast as a government agent, cop, or white collar bad guy so dedicated to duty you'd think he'd never been hugged by his mother. One of his breakthrough roles was as Beeks in "Trading Places" (1983). Gleason portrayed the humorless industrial spy charged with stealing the orange futures who ends up the love toy of a male gorilla. In what is perhaps his best-known role, he was the dean of students of "The Breakfast Club" (1985), made a fool of by not only the high school students in detention but also the school's custodian.

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