Glenn Scarpelli

Glenn Scarpelli has been in the entertainment business for over 40 years. Starting his career as a child actor, he is best known for his role of ALEX on the long running CBS Classic Sitcom, “One Day At A Time” along with Valerie Bertinelli, Bonnie Franklin, Mackenzie Phillips, and Pat Harrington.

Glenn is a native New Yorker and got his first break on Broadway at age 8 in “Golda” starring Anne Bancroft. Glenn played Golda Meir’s son. The show was directed by the late great Arthur Penn. His next stint on Broadway was at age 12 in “RICHARD III” starring Al Pacino.

His favorite film credit was playing Audrey Hepburn’s son in the Peter Bogdanovich film, “They All Laughed” also starring John Ritter. 

Other favorite acting experiences includes guest starring on the 1980’s Steven Spielberg anthology series, “Amazing Stories” in which his episode was directed by Martin Scorsese. He was also excited to tour on stage in “Brighton Beach Memoirs'" guest star on three "Love Boat" episodes and co-host an NBC daytime series called “Fantasy” alongside Leslie Uggams and Peter Marshall. 

Glenn came out publicly in 2004 on the VH1 special “100 greatest teen stars”. OUT magazine also covered Glenn’s announcement with a full color picture spread and article. 

Glenn has been an advocate for LGBTQ rights and donates much of his time to HIV/AIDS charities. One of the organizations that is nearest and dearest to his heart is The Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS (formally known as Body Positive). Glenn has emceed their “Night For Life” benefit Gala raising funds for worldwide research in treatment and prevention. 

For the past few decades, Glenn has been a resident of Sedona, AZ and is the founder/owner of Channel 18, Sedona NOW TV. He has been nominated for 4 Rocky Mountain Emmys for his directorial work on Sedona NOW. The station has been on the air for 19 years.

Glenn is proud to also produce and emcee special live events in Sedona including “An Evening With Norman Lear” and a “Songversation” with 4 time Grammy Winner India.Arie.  

In 2012, Glenn was honored with a TV Land Award along with the iconic cast of “One Day At A Time”. During his speech, he took the opportunity to call his friend Mackenzie Phillips an “inspiration to millions of people” for being a survivor.

Glenn now has a film streaming on Amazon/Amazon Prime in which he produced and co stars with his “One Day At A Time” alumna Mackenzie. It’s called “Sacred Journeys”! His boyfriend in the film is played by Stephen Wallem best known as “Thor” on Nurse Jackie. The gay theme along with the spiritual aspects of this film fell right into place with producing partners and distributors Beyond Words Publishing. 

Glenn and Mackenzie can also be seen in cameo roles on season three of the reboot of One Day At A Time now streaming on Netflix. 

GLENN’s current project is called “traveler TV” which are Travel segments on Morning shows across the country seen on ABC stations owned by Scripps media.