Barry Bostwick

ActorProducer Feb 24 (age 81) San Mateo, California, USA 1956–2025 (69 year career)

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Biography

Barry Knapp Bostwick (born February 24, 1945) is an American actor and singer. He is known for playing Brad Majors in the 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show, replacing Peter Scolari as Mr. Tyler in the sitcom What I Like About You, and playing Mayor Randall Winston in the sitcom Spin City. He has also had considerable fame in musical theater.

Known For

Film

Incredibles 2

Mayor (voice)

Film

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Brad Majors

Film

Phineas and Ferb

Grandpa Clyde (voice)

Film

Hannah Montana: The Movie

Mr. Bradley

Film

Teen Beach Movie

Big Poppa

Film

101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure

Thunderbolt (voice)

Film

Spin City

Randall Winston

Film

American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules

Peepaw

Filmography

Acting (187)

Movies (121)

Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror

2025

as Self

8.6

Making Megaforce

2025

as Self

Sane Inside Insanity

2025

as Self

Best Christmas Movies Ever!

2024

as Self

7.0

Love, Danielle

2024

as Bryce

Isla Monstro

2024

as Potus (voice)

Daruma

as Horace

Outlaw Johnny Black

as Tom Sheally

1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!

as Self

Single All the Way

as Harold

American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules

as Peepaw

Molly Robber

as Ron "Dad"

Love by Drowning

as Val Martin Sr.

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

2020

as Self

6.8

The Rocky Horror Musical Live Stream

as Brad Majors

3 from Hell

as Narrator

A Christmas Miracle

as Santa Dean

The Field

as George

Grand-Daddy Day Care

as Dynamite Dan North

5.8

Santa Girl

2019

as Santa Claus

5.7

Christmas in Louisiana

as Timothy

Undercover Brother 2

as The Man

Incredibles 2

as Mayor (voice)

Slay Belles

as Santa

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar

2018

as Bill

7.2

Christmas in Mississippi

as Mr. Kriss

A Mermaid's Tale

as Art

Bigger Fatter Liar

as Alan Wolf

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again

2017

as Bill Haywith

6.6

The Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Brave

2016

as Grandpa (voice)

6.8

Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival

2016

as The Watchword

6.0

Diani and Devine Meet the Apocalypse

as The Senator

Three Days in August

as John

A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story

2016

as Self

7.0

The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power

as Sorrell Reskov

November Rule

as Lance

Tales of Halloween

as Mr. Abbadon

Love Under the Stars

as Walt Godfrey

Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves

as Jonathan

Dragula

as Dragula

Teen Beach Movie

as Big Poppa

Blast Vegas

as Sal Rowinski

Finding Joy

as Alan

FDR: American Badass!

as FDR

Home Run Showdown

as Big Al

Some Guy Who Kills People

2011

as Sheriff Walt Fuller

The Selling

as Father Jimmy

Miss Nobody

as Father Grisham

2010: Moby Dick

as Captain Ahab

Bedrooms

as Roger

Secrets of the Mountain

2010

as Henry Beecham

4.9

An-tici-pation: The Search for the 35th Anniversary Shadowcast Part II

2010

as Himself

Hannah Montana: The Movie

2009

as Mr. Bradley

6.6

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's

2009

as Self

8.0

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s

2009

as Self

Holiday Baggage

as Pete Murphy

Depth Charge

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

as Self

Evening

as Mr. Wittenborn

Nancy Drew

as Dashiel Biedermeyer

6.1

Love Is a Four Letter Word

as Martin Harper

Spymate

as The President

The Skulls III

as Nathan Lloyd

Chestnut: Hero of Central Park

2004

as Thomas Trundle

7.2

101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure

2003

as Thunderbolt (voice)

6.0

Swing

2003

as Freddie

8.0

Disney's California Adventure Grand Opening Special

2001

Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show

as Self

One Hot Summer Night

as Art Brooks

Men in White

as President Smith

Spy Hard

as Norman Coleman

The Secret Agent Club

1996

as Vincent Scarletti

3.9

A Different Kind of Christmas

as Frank Mallory

I Worship His Shadow

as Thodin

The Secretary

as Eric Bradford

The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.

as Matt Sherry

Project: Metalbeast

as Miller

919 Fifth Avenue

as Lawrence Van Degen

1.0

The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show

1995

as Self

10.0

In the Heat of Passion II: Unfaithful

as Phillip

Once in a Lifetime

as Dr. Matthew Dane

Men, Movies & Carol

as Self

The Last U-Boat

1993

as Captain Hawkins

5.4

Weekend at Bernie's II

as Arthur Hummel

Praying Mantis

as Don McAndrews

Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon

1993

as Garral

3.5

Between Love and Hate

as Justin Conrad

Russian Holiday

as Grant Ames

Captive

as Paul Plunk

Challenger

as Commander Francis R. Scobee

6.2

Night of 100 Stars III

1990

as Self

4.0

Aladdin

1990

as Genie of the Lamp / Genie of the Ring

5.6

Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon

as Jeffrey Wyatt

Parent Trap III

as Jeffrey Wyatt

Addicted to His Love

as Larry Hogan

Body of Evidence

as Alex Dwyer

Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration

1988

as Self

Pleasures

1986

as Ben Scott

3.0

George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation

1986

as George Washington

Betrayed by Innocence

as Nick DeLeon

Deceptions

as Grant Roberts

Summer Girl

as Gavin Shelburne

An Uncommon Love

as Kinser

MegaForce

as Ace Hunter

Working

as Steelworker

Night of 100 Stars

as Self

Red Flag: The Ultimate Game

as Maj. Jay Rivers

The Silent Lovers

as John Gilbert

Once Upon a Family

as Henry Demerjian

You Can't Take it With You

1979

as Anthony Kirby, Jr.

Murder by Natural Causes

1979

as Gil Weston

6.9

Young Guy Christian

1979

as Guy Christian

Movie Movie

1978

as Johnny Danko / Dick Cummings

6.0

The Quinns

1977

as Bill Quinn

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

1975

as Brad Majors

7.4

Slither

1974

as Dick Kanipsia

The Chadwick Family

as Duffy McTaggert

Road Movie

as Hank

Jennifer on My Mind

as Minstrel #1

The Roommates

as Henry

10.0

Aaah! Roach!

as The Exterminator

Television (66)

The Potwins

2024

as Grandpa Davis

Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.

as Will

Viral Vignettes

as Jack

Will & Grace

as Jerry Wise

American Housewife

as Thomas

Milo Murphy's Law

as Clyde (voice)

The Great Indoors

as Mather

Enlisted

as Russell

The Goldbergs

as Professor Majors

Masters of Sex

as Morris

Scandal

as Jerry Grant

The New Normal

as Marty

New Girl

as Robert

Franklin & Bash

as Jacob 'Falcon' Riley

Hot in Cleveland

as Hugh

Glory Daze

as Mr. Wilson

Glee

as Tim Stanwick

Cougar Town

as Roger Frank

Celebrity Ghost Stories

as Self

The Forgotten

as Bill Ramey

Childrens Hospital

as Grandpa Richie

Phineas and Ferb

as Grandpa Clyde (voice)

Phineas and Ferb

as Grandpa (voice)

Psych

as Roland Armitage

'Til Death

as George Von Stuessen

Ugly Betty

as Roger Adams

Supernatural

as Jay

American Dad!

as VanDouzen (voice)

Ghost Whisperer

as Don Sullivan

Out of Practice

Cold Case

as Roy Brigham Anthony (2005)

Las Vegas

as Martin

Nip/Tuck

as Roger Payne

What I Like About You

as Jack Tyler

She Spies

as Gary McNamara

Baby Bob

as Jack Collins

Less than Perfect

as Max Damarius

Scrubs

as Mr. Randolph

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

as Collin Winthrop

7.6

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Oliver Gates

Where Are They Now?

as Self

Hollywood Squares

as Self - Panelist

Lexx

as Thodin

The New Batman Adventures

1997

as Irv Kleinman / Bernie Benson (voice)

8.0

Spin City

1996

as Randall Winston

7.1

E! True Hollywood Story

as Self

High Society

as Mark Finnegan

The Golden Palace

as Nick DeCarlo

The Great Air Race

as Roscoe Turner

Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again

1989

6.0

I'll Take Manhattan

1987

as Zachary Amberville

5.8

George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation

as George Washington

Dads

A Woman of Substance

as Major Paul McGill

Deceptions

as Grant Roberts

George Washington

as Gen. George Washington

The Hitchhiker

as Tony Lynch

Foul Play

as Detective Tucker Pendleton

5.0

A Capitol Fourth

1980

as Self

Scruples

as Spider Elliott

Charlie's Angels

as Ted Machlin

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Great Performances

as Self

Hawaii Five-O

as Lucas Sandover

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Molly Robber

2020

Executive Producer

9.8