Barry Bostwick
Barry Bostwick
Barry Knapp Bostwickis an American stage and screen actor. He is known for playing Brad Majors in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He replaced Peter Scolari as Mr. Tyler in the sitcom What I Like About You, as well as portraying Mayor Randall Winston in the sitcom Spin City and the father of the President in the TV series Scandal. Bostwick has also had considerable success in musical theater...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth24 February 1945
CitySan Mateo, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I played a lot of serious parts in a lot of TV movies and early miniseries but what happens is that you get sort of locked into "Oh no, he's a serious actor." Well, I was a serious actor for nine years or 10 years and then I get into comedy and everybody said, "Oh no, he's funny. He can do comedy," and then all of a sudden, you're just a comedy guy.
You don't have a lot of time to massage a scene into oblivion. It's like you do it, you get a couple of good takes, and then you move on, so you have to be very spontaneous as an actor and have done your homework, and I like that.
In the 60s, if you wanted to be an actor, you couldn't do just one thing.