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
Complete Filmography

The Rocky Horror Phenomenon
2025
as Self
What is the secret behind the success of "Rocky Horror"? Is it the music? The actors? The comedy? It's certainly not the Special Effects. "Rocky Horro...

Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
2025
as Self
A wild journey into the origins of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the biggest cult film of all time, its impact on popular culture and socio-political...

Beaks Bloody
2025
as Hampton Dansley
After the passing of one Hampton Dansley, his children gather together for his will reading and begin to uncover their late father's hidden plans for ...

Best Christmas Movies Ever!
2024
as Self
Over 50 stars, writers, athletes, directors and critics share the spirit of the season.

Daruma
2024
as Horace
Patrick (bitter wheelchair user) must enlist the help of his cantankerous neighbor Robert (double amputee veteran) to transport the four-year-old daug...
Love, Danielle
2024
as Bryce
Amid family drama and dysfunction, a woman who carries a BRCA gene mutation must decide whether or not to remove her breasts and ovaries to reduce her...

Isla Monstro
2024
as Potus (voice)
When loser Duke, who has screwed up every hair-brained scheme he's ever come up with, accidentally falls off a cruise ship and wakes up on a mysteriou...

Outlaw Johnny Black
2023
as Tom Sheally
Hell bent on avenging the death of his father, Johnny Black vows to gun down Brett Clayton and becomes a wanted man in the process while posing as a p...

1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!
2022
as Self
A remarkable new epic documentary spotlighting the pop culture milestones of 1982 including notable motion pictures, TV, music and video games of that...

Single All the Way
2021
as Harold
Desperate to avoid his family’s judgment about his perpetual single status, Peter convinces his best friend Nick to join him for the holidays and pret...

Love by Drowning
2020
as Val Martin Sr.
A man reunites with a mysterious woman who has dangerous ties to a boating accident that tore his family apart 17 years ago.

The Rocky Horror Musical Live Stream
2020
as Brad Majors
This live stream benefiting the Democratic Party of Wisconsin features with Curry, Barry Bostwick, Wilmer Valderrama, Colleen Ballinger, Lance Bass, R...

Molly Robber
2020
as Ron "Dad"
Baker, a selfish, bombastic, punch her boss in the face type, is about to be kicked out of her dad’s house if she can't pay rent. So she does what any...

Molly Robber
2020
Executive Producer
Baker, a selfish, bombastic, punch her boss in the face type, is about to be kicked out of her dad’s house if she can't pay rent. So she does what any...

American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules
2020
as Peepaw
It's Senior year at East Great Falls. Annie, Kayla, Michelle, and Stephanie decide to harness their girl power and band together to get what they want...

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
as Self
From "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" to "The Big Lebowski" and everything in between, this fascinating deep-dive documentary begins its celebration of...

Christmas in Louisiana
2019
as Timothy
The Winter Family is Christmas royalty in New Iberia, Louisiana, and Sarah Winter, a successful lawyer and former Miss Christmas, is no exception. Whe...

A Christmas Miracle
2019
as Santa Dean
Single mom Emma Sanderson is looking for a Christmas miracle to write about for the lifestyle magazine where she's landed a temporary job. Along the w...

Undercover Brother 2
2019
as The Man
Sixteen years ago, Undercover Brother and his younger brother were hot on the heels of the leader of a racist, worldwide syndicate, but accidentally g...

The Field
2019
as George
A long-empty farmstead holds secret worlds, accidentally unlocked by an amateur photographer and his wife.

3 from Hell
2019
as Narrator
After barely surviving a furious shootout with the police, Baby Firefly, Otis Driftwood and Captain Spaulding are behind bars. But pure evil cannot be...

Santa Girl
2019
as Santa Claus
Santa's daughter gets a chance to attend college for one semester in the 'real' world before heading back to the North Pole to fulfill her duties unde...

Grand-Daddy Day Care
2019
as Dynamite Dan North
A man has to figure out a way to make extra money when his father-in-law moves in.

Slay Belles
2018
as Santa
While urban exploring in an abandoned amusement park, three cosplaying girls accidentally unleash the vicious holiday beast known as Krampus. With the...

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar
2018
as Bill
The team work to reunite a wedding dress with its rightful recipient, but find that they may have far more to do. Meanwhile, Rita and Norman’s wedding...

Incredibles 2
2018
as Mayor (voice)
Elastigirl springs into action to save the day, while Mr. Incredible faces his greatest challenge yet – taking care of the problems of his three child...

Christmas in Mississippi
2017
as Mr. Kriss
Photographer Holly Logan returns to her hometown of Gulfport, Mississippi for Christmas. The town is resurrecting their traditional holiday light show...

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again
2017
as Bill Haywith
When the Postables discover an antique vase, they trace it back to three girls who attempted to sell it in to save their family farm. With the farm ag...

A Mermaid's Tale
2017
as Art
12-year-old Ryan moves to the town where her father was born—a bleak, dying fishing town. However, exploring the coast, she discovers a cove that is h...

Bigger Fatter Liar
2017
as Alan Wolf
Kevin Shepard is a tech-savvy young genius who uses his intelligence to slack off. When greedy video game executive Alan Wolf gets a hold of his ideas...

Three Days in August
2016
as John
An adopted Irish American artist confronts her past when both sets of parents come together over a weekend for her to paint a family portrait.

Diani and Devine Meet the Apocalypse
2016
as The Senator
A struggling comedy duo discovers that surviving the apocalypse is almost as difficult as surviving in Hollywood.

Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival
2016
as The Watchword
Lucifer incites Heaven’s wrath by dispatching train cars of condemned souls a-crashin’ through the pearly gates. As God plots to put an end to the reb...

The Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Brave
2016
as Grandpa (voice)
On a day known to the dinosaurs as "Treasure Day", Bron becomes stuck in the Mysterious Beyond. This event urges the young Longneck Littlefoot to take...

A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story
2016
as Self
A Wig and a Prayer chronicles the story of Peaches Christ, the legendary San Francisco drag queen, from her early beginnings in raucous variety shows ...

Tales of Halloween
2015
as Mr. Abbadon
Ten stories from horror's top directors. Ghosts, ghouls, monsters, and the devil delight in terrorizing unsuspecting residents of a suburban neighborh...

Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves
2015
as Jonathan
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves tells the shocking story of how a group of Nightwolves terrorized a tiny village taking people's hearing and eye sight......

Love Under the Stars
2015
as Walt Godfrey
Young at heart graduate student Becca strikes up an unlikely friendship with Emily, a quiet girl who recently lost her mother. With every passing play...

November Rule
2015
as Lance
Up-and-coming sports shoe entrepreneur Steve, who is still reeling from the death of his dad, has made a "November rule" in order to keep his distance...

The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
2015
as Sorrell Reskov
When he is betrayed by a trusted friend, Mathayus must marshal all his strength and cunning to outwit a formidable opponent who will stop at nothing t...

Dragula
2014
as Dragula
A high school senior who overcomes his emotional dysfunction and self-esteem issues when he unwittingly meets Dragula.

Teen Beach Movie
2013
as Big Poppa
Life's a beach for surfers Brady and McKenzie – until a rogue wave magically transports them inside the classic '60s beach party flick, "Wet Side Stor...

Blast Vegas
2013
as Sal Rowinski
Thieving Spring Breakers steal an ancient relic that unleashes a disastrous curse upon Las Vegas.

Finding Joy
2013
as Alan
Pompous and self-absorbed Kyle, is unhappily stuck in his life, longing to relive the success of his first novel. His not-so-desirable life rapidly un...

FDR: American Badass!
2012
as FDR
Chronicles the adventures of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as he rides a "wheelchair of death" to stop the world from being taking over by polio-carrying...

Home Run Showdown
2012
as Big Al
Two little league teams take on their coaches' sibling rivalry, and end up in battle in a place the baseball world never expected: in the outfield of ...

The Selling
2011
as Father Jimmy
For most people affected by the recent housing market crash, the impact was financial. Super nice real estate agent Richard Scarry has an additional b...

Some Guy Who Kills People
2011
as Sheriff Walt Fuller
A former mental patient's repressed anger reaches the boiling point, leading him to embark on a mission of revenge against the thugs who once subjecte...

2010: Moby Dick
2010
as Captain Ahab
That infamous whale is bigger, badder and a whole lot stronger in this sci-fi reimagining of Herman Melville’s classic tale of the battle between man,...

An-tici-pation: The Search for the 35th Anniversary Shadowcast Part II
2010
as Himself
The Search for the 35th Anniversary Shadowcast is a special feature included in the 35th Anniversary Blu-ray release of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Miss Nobody
2010
as Father Grisham
A mild-mannered secretary discovers that she has a talent for murder as she ascends the corporate ladder.

Secrets of the Mountain
2010
as Henry Beecham
Somewhere between the demands of her career, her ex's wedding and her kids' busy schedules, Dana James is noticing her tight-knit family starting to u...

Bedrooms
2010
as Roger
Bedrooms tells a story about the walls that separate people, the heartbreak and infidelity that's often the result and the redemption that comes from ...

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009
as Self
In the 1980s we got our MTV but seemed to have lost much of the musical film in the process. But the genre is resilient. A handful of masterpieces alo...

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
2009
as Self
Narrated by the legendary Shirley Jones, this installment of the Hollywood Singing and Dancing series shines a light on the musicals of the 1970s, a t...

Hannah Montana: The Movie
2009
as Mr. Bradley
When Miley Stewart (aka pop-star Hannah Montana) gets too caught up in the superstar celebrity lifestyle, her dad decides it's time for a total change...

Holiday Baggage
2008
as Pete Murphy
Pediatrician by day, single mom by night, SARAH invites her estranged husband, PETE, back to their suburban home for the Holidays on one condition: he...

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008
as Self
The history of Hollywood musical movies, from the very beginning until the 21st century, hosted by Shirley Jones.

Depth Charge
2008
Jason Gedrick and Eric Roberts lead the cast of this thriller about a submarine captain who attempts to hold Washington, D.C. hostage for a billion do...

Nancy Drew
2007
as Dashiel Biedermeyer
Intrepid teenage private eye Nancy Drew heads to Tinseltown with her father to investigate the unsolved murder of a movie star in this old-fashioned w...

Evening
2007
as Mr. Wittenborn
As Constance (Natasha Richardson) and Nina (Toni Collette) gather at the deathbed of their mother, Ann (Vanessa Redgrave), they learn for the first ti...

Love Is a Four Letter Word
2007
as Martin Harper
Margaret and Martin Harper, both sixty years old, are filing for divorce, but plan to keep everything as civilized as possible. Complications arise wh...

Spymate
2006
as The President
Amelia, a young genius and daughter of a top secret agent, unknowingly invents a contraption that makes her the target of an evil scientist.

Chestnut: Hero of Central Park
2004
as Thomas Trundle
Ray and Sal, two orphaned sisters, adopt and hide a Great Dane puppy from their two adopted parents living in a luxury downtown New York apartment tha...

The Skulls III
2004
as Nathan Lloyd
A young college co-ed tries joining the elite, all-male, secret society, the Skulls, and in so doing, she uncovers some unscrupulous methods used by s...

101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
2003
as Thunderbolt (voice)
Being one of 101 takes its toll on Patch, who doesn't feel unique. When he's accidentally left behind on moving day, he meets his idol, Thunderbolt, w...

Disney's California Adventure Grand Opening Special
2001
"Disney's California Adventure opened to the public on February 8, 2001, the second of two theme parks built at the Disneyland Resort. Richard Kind, ...

Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1999
as Self

Men in White
1998
as President Smith
National Lampoon's Men in White is a straight-to-television satirical parody of contemporary science fiction movies, mainly spoofing Men in Black and ...

One Hot Summer Night
1998
as Art Brooks
When a wealthy businessman is murdered by a hired assassin, suspicion falls on the victim's abused wife and her lover.

I Worship His Shadow
1996
as Thodin
Fugitive security guard Stanley Tweedle, love slave Zev Bellringer, and love slave robot head 790 are thrown together by fate and on the run from His ...

A Different Kind of Christmas
1996
as Frank Mallory
When you're the city attorney you don't need the kinds of problems that her father was giving her. After her mother died, her father began doing his "...

The Secret Agent Club
1996
as Vincent Scarletti
A secret agent masquerades as a toy-seller, successfully concealing his alter ego even from his young son until, on a daring mission, he is captured b...

Spy Hard
1996
as Norman Coleman
The evil Gen. Rancor has his sights set on world domination, and only one man can stop him: Dick Steele, also known as Agent WD-40. Rancor needs to ob...

The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show
1995
as Self
This short documentary, produced in celebration of the 20th anniversary of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, features interviews (most previously availab...

The Secretary
1995
as Eric Bradford
After being passed over for a promotion, secretary Deidre turns to murder and blackmail.

The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.
1995
as Matt Sherry
Lieutenant Rick Hunter's girlfriend is murdered, and the main suspect is her ex-husband. But Hunter is soon convinced of a connection to another case.

Project: Metalbeast
1995
as Miller
With the medical breakthrough of a metal-based synthetic skin called "bio-ferron" the prospect for pioneering surgeries for burn victims and cancer pa...

919 Fifth Avenue
1995
as Lawrence Van Degen
When Ben Constant agreed to write a biography on the wealthy Van Degan family, he never suspected the depth of scandal and intrigue surrounding them.

Men, Movies & Carol
1994
as Self
A special with Carol Burnett satirizing movies: Double Indemnity with Scott Bakula and Remains of the Day with Barry Bostwick. Plus a melodious tribut...

Once in a Lifetime
1994
as Dr. Matthew Dane
After losing her husband and baby daughter to a fire, Daphne Fields raises her deaf son while beginning a writing career. Hollywood loves her scripts,...

In the Heat of Passion II: Unfaithful
1994
as Phillip
When a wheelchair-bound wife dies from an apparent accident, her husband and his adult stepdaughter turn out to be lovers, who conspired to murder her...

Praying Mantis
1993
as Don McAndrews
A single man thinks he has finally found a woman who loves him. The woman is charming and intelligent but holds a very dark secret which will truly te...

Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon
1993
as Garral
Outlaw Joam Garral makes a clandestine journey down the crocodile and piranha infested Amazon river to attend his daughter's marriage. Not only must h...

Weekend at Bernie's II
1993
as Arthur Hummel
Everybody's favorite stiff is back! Working fools Larry Wilson and Richard Parker have uncovered a dirty, little secret: Their former boss, Bernie Lom...

Between Love and Hate
1993
as Justin Conrad
An older woman seduces a younger man and then breaks up with him. He becomes obsessive and refuses to accept the break up and subsequently turns viole...

The Last U-Boat
1993
as Captain Hawkins
Near the end of WWII a lone U-Boat is sent from Germany to Japan carrying plutonium needed for a Japanese A-Bomb. During the long journey, news arrive...

Russian Holiday
1992
as Grant Ames
In this thriller, an American schoolteacher visits St. Petersburg, Russia and ends up entangled in a deadly plot to steal a valuable artifact.

Captive
1991
as Paul Plunk
Paul and Kathy Plunk buy a small motel in a lonesome mountain region in Oregon. Their newfound tranquility is broken by a pair of guests who turn out ...

Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.

Challenger
1990
as Commander Francis R. Scobee
A profile of the astronauts, crew, and civilians who were involved in the January 28, 1986 flight of the spaceship, Challenger, that resulted in its e...

Aladdin
1990
as Genie of the Lamp / Genie of the Ring
Set in ancient China, an aimless young man falls in love with the Emperor's beautiful daughter, and goes on a journey with his supposedly long-lost un...

Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon
1989
as Jeffrey Wyatt
Inheriting a family resort in Hawaii, the Wyatts find it in such a run-down condition that they decide to sell it after trying to fix it up. Amidst co...

Parent Trap III
1989
as Jeffrey Wyatt
When Jeff plans to marry again, his triplet daughters Megan, Lisa and Jessie try to bring him together with Susan.
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
1988
as Self
The life, career, and music of Irving Berlin are celebrated live on stage with musical performances.

Addicted to His Love
1988
as Larry Hogan
Larry Hogan, using various aliases, meets middle-aged women through dating services and personal ads and uses his charm to cheat them out of their mon...

Body of Evidence
1988
as Alex Dwyer
Nurse Carol Dwyer suspects that her new husband Alex, a forensic psychologist, may be responsible for serial murders in their neighborhood.
George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation
1986
as George Washington
The first U.S. president (Barry Bostwick) and his wife (Patty Duke) endure two terms of turmoil from 1789 to 1797.

Pleasures
1986
as Ben Scott
Three related women have summer romances in this drama. The first has recently been deserted by her husband. When an old college beau shows up, sparks...

Betrayed by Innocence
1986
as Nick DeLeon
A married commercial filmmaker (Barry Bostwick) is charged with statutory rape when it is revealed that his lover (Cristen Kaufman) is only 16.

Deceptions
1985
as Grant Roberts
Twin sisters -- one a European jet-setter, the other an unhappy New Jersey housewife -- impulsively decide to swap lives and identities for a week, wi...
An Uncommon Love
1983
as Kinser
Recently divorced college professor, Kinser, becomes attracted to comely student Cynthia who's studying marine biology, only to learn that she is not ...

Summer Girl
1983
as Gavin Shelburne
When seductive young Cinni comes to babysit for a troubled couple, she's after more than extra spending money. Starting with the kids and working arou...

MegaForce
1982
as Ace Hunter
MegaForce is an elite multi-national military unit that does the jobs that individual governments won't. When the peaceful Republic of Sardun in under...

Working
1982
as Steelworker
This musical adaptation of the Studs Terkel book examines the average worker's viewpoint--showing that he or she is anything but average. Based on a s...

Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City ...

Red Flag: The Ultimate Game
1981
as Maj. Jay Rivers
Two fighter pilots, Phil Clark and Jay Rivers, who flew together in Vietnam are assigned to the elite Air Force Fighter Weapons School (known as "Red ...

The Silent Lovers
1980
as John Gilbert
The story of the ill-fated romance between Greta Garbo and John Gilbert.

Once Upon a Family
1980
as Henry Demerjian
A father tries to make it as a single parent when his wife walks out on him and the children.
Young Guy Christian
1979
as Guy Christian
Fiendish Dr. Gasss has kidnapped six Miss Planet contestants, leaving the inept spy and Playboy socialite Guy Christian to rescue them (with his robot...

You Can't Take it With You
1979
as Anthony Kirby, Jr.
Emmy winner Jean Stapleton and Academy Award winner Art Carney star in the Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart about a sl...

Murder by Natural Causes
1979
as Gil Weston
An elaborate mystery involving a famous mentalist, his unfaithful wife who is trying to literally scare him to death, the best friend of the family, a...

Movie Movie
1978
as Johnny Danko / Dick Cummings
Three movie genres of the 1930s, boxing films, WWI aviation dramas, and backstage Broadway musicals, are satirized using the same cast.

The Quinns
1977
as Bill Quinn
A drama about three generations of Irish-American firefighters in the New York City Fire Department, and their careers, romances, and growing pains. T...

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975
as Brad Majors
After getting a flat tire, two sweethearts discover the eerie mansion of a flamboyant scientist and houseful of wild characters. Through elaborate dan...

The Chadwick Family
1974
as Duffy McTaggert
A father finds himself taking care of a family that, in addition to his son and three daughters, also consists of two sons-in-law and his youngest dau...

Slither
1974
as Dick Kanipsia
A well-meaning but stupid ex-convict is drawn into a get-rich scheme that could result in his imprisonment.

Road Movie
1974
as Hank
Gil and Hank are two independent truckers who run into problems when they are forced to pay off traffic managers to get loads. They also have to pay o...

Jennifer on My Mind
1971
as Minstrel #1
Two rich American young adults who meet and fall in love in Venice, Italy. With plenty of money and no real responsibilities or direction in life, the...

The Roommates
N/A
as Henry
Two senior citizens living in a retirement home plot to kill their obnoxious roommate, in a scheme to land a free cruise to the Bahamas.

Aaah! Roach!
N/A
as The Exterminator
City Center College is about to experience a "Hell Week" unlike any before. When a group of fraternity students accidentally unleashes a plague of che...
Making Megaforce
N/A
as Self
He wanted to make a documentary about the making of Megaforce, one of 1982’s biggest box office failures. But when he met his hero, Megaforce star Bar...