Acting · San Mateo, California, USA · Born February 24, 1945
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.
MovieMaking Megaforce
2026
as Self
MovieSane Inside Insanity
2025
as Self
MovieStrange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
2025
as Self
MovieBest Christmas Movies Ever!
2024
as Self
MovieDaruma
2024
as Horace
MovieLove, Danielle
2024
as Bryce
MovieIsla Monstro
2024
as Potus (voice)
The Potwins
2024
as Grandpa Davis
MovieOutlaw Johnny Black
2023
as Tom Sheally
MovieSingle All the Way
2021
as Harold
TVDoogie Kamealoha, M.D.
2021
as Will
MovieLove by Drowning
2020
as Val Martin Sr.
MovieThe Rocky Horror Musical Live Stream
2020
as Brad Majors
MovieMolly Robber
2020
as Ron "Dad"
MovieAmerican Pie Presents: Girls' Rules
2020
as Peepaw
TVViral Vignettes
2020
as Jack
MovieTime Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
as Self
TVTime Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020
as Self
MovieChristmas in Louisiana
2019
as Timothy
MovieA Christmas Miracle
2019
as Santa Dean
MovieUndercover Brother 2
2019
as The Man
MovieThe Field
2019
as George
Movie3 from Hell
2019
as Narrator
MovieSanta Girl
2019
as Santa Claus
MovieGrand-Daddy Day Care
2019
as Dynamite Dan North
MovieSlay Belles
2018
as Santa
MovieSigned, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar
2018
as Bill
MovieIncredibles 2
2018
as Mayor (voice)
MovieChristmas in Mississippi
2017
as Mr. Kriss
TVWill & Grace
2017
as Jerry Wise
MovieSigned, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again
2017
as Bill Haywith
MovieA Mermaid's Tale
2017
as Art
MovieBigger Fatter Liar
2017
as Alan Wolf
MovieThree Days in August
2016
as John
TVThe Great Indoors
2016
as Mather
MovieDiani and Devine Meet the Apocalypse
2016
as The Senator
TVAmerican Housewife
2016
as Thomas
TVMilo Murphy's Law
2016
as Clyde (voice)
MovieAlleluia! The Devil's Carnival
2016
as The Watchword
MovieThe Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Brave
2016
as Grandpa (voice)
MovieA Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story
2016
as Self
MovieTales of Halloween
2015
as Mr. Abbadon
MovieHelen Keller vs. Nightwolves
2015
as Jonathan
TVGigi Does It
2015
MovieLove Under the Stars
2015
as Walt Godfrey
MovieNovember Rule
2015
as Lance
MovieThe Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
2015
as Sorrell Reskov
MovieDragula
2014
as Dragula
TVEnlisted
2014
as Russell
TVMasters of Sex
2013
as Morris
TVThe Goldbergs
2013
as Professor Majors
MovieTeen Beach Movie
2013
as Big Poppa
MovieBlast Vegas
2013
as Sal Rowinski
MovieFinding Joy
2013
as Alan
MovieFDR: American Badass!
2012
as FDR
TVThe New Normal
2012
as Marty
MovieHome Run Showdown
2012
as Big Al
TVScandal
2012
as Jerry Grant
TVNew Girl
2011
as Robert
TVFranklin & Bash
2011
as Jacob 'Falcon' Riley
MovieThe Selling
2011
as Father Jimmy
MovieSome Guy Who Kills People
2011
as Sheriff Walt Fuller
Movie2010: Moby Dick
2010
as Captain Ahab
TVGlory Daze
2010
as Mr. Wilson
MovieAn-tici-pation: The Search for the 35th Anniversary Shadowcast Part II
2010
as Himself
TVHot in Cleveland
2010
as Hugh
MovieMiss Nobody
2010
as Father Grisham
MovieSecrets of the Mountain
2010
as Henry Beecham
MovieBedrooms
2010
as Roger
TVCelebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
TVCougar Town
2009
as Roger Frank
TVThe Forgotten
2009
as Bill Ramey
MovieHollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009
as Self
MovieHollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
2009
as Self
TVGlee
2009
as Tim Stanwick
MovieHannah Montana: The Movie
2009
as Mr. Bradley
MovieHoliday Baggage
2008
as Pete Murphy
TVChildrens Hospital
2008
as Grandpa Richie
MovieHollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008
as Self
MovieDepth Charge
2008
TVPhineas and Ferb
2007
as Grandpa (voice)
MovieNancy Drew
2007
as Dashiel Biedermeyer
MovieEvening
2007
as Mr. Wittenborn
MovieLove Is a Four Letter Word
2007
as Martin Harper
TVUgly Betty
2006
as Roger Adams
TV'Til Death
2006
as George Von Stuessen
TVPsych
2006
as Roland Armitage
MovieSpymate
2006
as The President
TVGhost Whisperer
2005
as Don Sullivan
TVOut of Practice
2005
TVSupernatural
2005
as Jay
TVAmerican Dad!
2005
as VanDouzen (voice)
MovieChestnut: Hero of Central Park
2004
as Thomas Trundle
MovieThe Skulls III
2004
as Nathan Lloyd
MovieSwing
2003
as Freddie
TVCold Case
2003
as Roy Brigham Anthony (2005)
TVLas Vegas
2003
as Martin
TVNip/Tuck
2003
as Roger Payne
Movie101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
2003
as Thunderbolt (voice)
TVLess than Perfect
2002
as Max Damarius
TVWhat I Like About You
2002
as Jack Tyler
TVShe Spies
2002
as Gary McNamara
TVBaby Bob
2002
as Jack Collins
TVScrubs
2001
as Mr. Randolph
MovieDisney's California Adventure Grand Opening Special
2001
TVCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Collin Winthrop
MovieBehind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1999
as Self
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Oliver Gates
Where Are They Now?
1999
as Self
TVHollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist
MovieMen in White
1998
as President Smith
MovieOne Hot Summer Night
1998
as Art Brooks
TVThe New Batman Adventures
1997
as Irv Kleinman / Bernie Benson (voice)
TVLexx
1997
as Thodin
MovieI Worship His Shadow
1996
as Thodin
MovieA Different Kind of Christmas
1996
as Frank Mallory
TVSpin City
1996
as Randall Winston
TVE! True Hollywood Story
1996
as Self
MovieThe Secret Agent Club
1996
as Vincent Scarletti
MovieSpy Hard
1996
as Norman Coleman
TVHigh Society
1995
as Mark Finnegan
MovieThe Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show
1995
as Self
MovieThe Secretary
1995
as Eric Bradford
MovieThe Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.
1995
as Matt Sherry
MovieProject: Metalbeast
1995
as Miller
Movie919 Fifth Avenue
1995
as Lawrence Van Degen
MovieMen, Movies & Carol
1994
as Self
MovieOnce in a Lifetime
1994
as Dr. Matthew Dane
MovieIn the Heat of Passion II: Unfaithful
1994
as Phillip
MoviePraying Mantis
1993
as Don McAndrews
MovieEight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon
1993
as Garral
MovieWeekend at Bernie's II
1993
as Arthur Hummel
MovieBetween Love and Hate
1993
as Justin Conrad
MovieThe Last U-Boat
1993
as Captain Hawkins
TVThe Golden Palace
1992
as Nick DeCarlo
MovieRussian Holiday
1992
as Grant Ames
MovieCaptive
1991
as Paul Plunk
TVThe Great Air Race
1991
as Roscoe Turner
MovieNight of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
MovieChallenger
1990
as Commander Francis R. Scobee
MovieAladdin
1990
as Genie of the Lamp / Genie of the Ring
MovieParent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon
1989
as Jeffrey Wyatt
TVJudith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
1989
MovieParent Trap III
1989
as Jeffrey Wyatt
TVWar and Remembrance
1988
MovieIrving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
1988
as Self
MovieAddicted to His Love
1988
as Larry Hogan
MovieBody of Evidence
1988
as Alex Dwyer
TVI'll Take Manhattan
1987
as Zachary Amberville
Dads
1986
George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation
1986
as George Washington
TVGeorge Washington II: The Forging of a Nation
1986
as George Washington
MoviePleasures
1986
as Ben Scott
MovieBetrayed by Innocence
1986
as Nick DeLeon
MovieDeceptions
1985
as Grant Roberts
TVDeceptions
1985
as Grant Roberts
TVA Woman of Substance
1985
as Major Paul McGill
TVGeorge Washington
1984
as Gen. George Washington
An Uncommon Love
1983
as Kinser
TVThe Hitchhiker
1983
as Tony Lynch
MovieSummer Girl
1983
as Gavin Shelburne
MovieMegaForce
1982
as Ace Hunter
MovieWorking
1982
as Steelworker
MovieNight of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Steelworker
MovieRed Flag: The Ultimate Game
1981
as Maj. Jay Rivers
TVFoul Play
1981
as Detective Tucker Pendleton
TVA Capitol Fourth
1980
as Self
MovieThe Silent Lovers
1980
as John Gilbert
TVScruples
1980
as Spider Elliott
MovieOnce Upon a Family
1980
as Henry Demerjian
Young Guy Christian
1979
as Guy Christian
MovieYou Can't Take it With You
1979
as Anthony Kirby, Jr.
MovieMurder by Natural Causes
1979
as Gil Weston
MovieMovie Movie
1978
as Johnny Danko / Dick Cummings
MovieThe Quinns
1977
as Bill Quinn
TVCharlie's Angels
1976
as Ted Machlin
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
MovieThe Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975
as Brad Majors
MovieThe Chadwick Family
1974
as Duffy McTaggert
MovieSlither
1974
as Dick Kanipsia
MovieRoad Movie
1974
as Hank
MovieJennifer on My Mind
1971
as Minstrel #1
TVGreat Performances
1971
as Self
TVHawaii Five-O
1968
as Lucas Sandover
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
MovieThe Roommates
as Henry
MovieAaah! Roach!
as The Exterminator
