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.

Filmography

• 2025Beaks Bloody — Hampton Dansley
• 2024Daruma — Horace
• 2024Isla Monstro — Potus (voice)
• 2024Love, Danielle — Bryce
• The Potwins — Grandpa Davis
• 2023Outlaw Johnny Black — Tom Sheally
• Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. — Will
• 2021Single All the Way — Harold
• 2020American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules — Peepaw
• 2020Love by Drowning — Val Martin Sr.
• 2020Molly Robber — Ron "Dad", Executive Producer
• 2020The Rocky Horror Musical Live Stream — Brad Majors
• Viral Vignettes — Jack
• 20193 from Hell — Narrator
• 2019A Christmas Miracle — Santa Dean
• 2019Christmas in Louisiana — Timothy
• 2019Grand-Daddy Day Care — Dynamite Dan North
• 2019Santa Girl — Santa Claus
• 2019The Field — George
• 2019Undercover Brother 2 — The Man
• 2018Incredibles 2 — Mayor (voice)
• 2018Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar — Bill
• 2018Slay Belles — Santa
• 2017A Mermaid's Tale — Art
• 2017Bigger Fatter Liar — Larry Wolf
• 2017Christmas in Mississippi — Mr. Kriss
• 2017Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again — Bill Haywith
• Will & Grace — Jerry Wise
• 2016Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival — The Watchword
• American Housewife — Thomas
• 2016Diani and Devine Meet the Apocalypse — The Senator
• Milo Murphy's Law — Clyde (voice)
• 2016Skirtchasers — Damien Samuels, Producer
• The Great Indoors — Mather
• 2016The Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Brave — Grandpa (voice)
• 2016Three Days in August — John
• Gigi Does It
• 2015Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves — Jonathan
• 2015Love Under the Stars — Walt Godfrey
• 2015November Rule — Lance
• 2015Tales of Halloween — Mr. Abbadon
• 2015The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power — Sorrell Reskov
• 2014Dragula — Dragula
• Enlisted — Russell
• 2013Blast Vegas — Sal Rowinski
• 2013Finding Joy — Alan
• Masters of Sex — Morris
• 2013Teen Beach Movie — Big Poppa
• The Goldbergs — Professor Majors
• 2012FDR: American Badass! — FDR
• 2012Home Run Showdown — Big Al
• Scandal — Jerry Grant
• The New Normal — Marty
• Franklin & Bash — Jacob 'Falcon' Riley
• New Girl — Robert
• 2011Some Guy Who Kills People — Sheriff Walt Fuller
• 2011The Selling — Father Jimmy
• 20102010: Moby Dick — Captain Ahab
• 2010Bedrooms — Roger
• Glory Daze — Mr. Wilson
• Hot in Cleveland — Hugh
• 2010Miss Nobody — Father Grisham
• 2010Secrets of the Mountain — Henry Beecham
• Cougar Town — Roger Frank
• Glee — Tim Stanwick
• 2009Hannah Montana: The Movie — Mr. Bradley
• The Forgotten — Bill Ramey
• Childrens Hospital — Grandpa Richie
• 2008Depth Charge
• 2008Holiday Baggage — Pete Murphy
• 2007Evening — Mr. Wittenborn
• 2007Love Is a Four Letter Word — Martin Harper
• 2007Nancy Drew — Dashiel Biedermeyer
• Phineas and Ferb — Grandpa (voice)
• 'Til Death — George Von Stuessen
• Psych — Roland Armitage
• 2006Spymate — The President
• Ugly Betty — Roger Adams
• American Dad! — VanDouzen (voice)
• Ghost Whisperer — Don Sullivan
• Out of Practice
• Supernatural — Jay
• 2004Chestnut: Hero of Central Park — Thomas Trundle
• 2004The Skulls III — Nathan Lloyd
• 2003101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure — Thunderbolt (voice)
• Cold Case — Roy Brigham Anthony (2005)
• Las Vegas — Martin
• Nip/Tuck — Roger Payne
• 2003Swing — Freddie
• Baby Bob — Jack Collins
• Less than Perfect — Max Damarius
• She Spies — Gary McNamara
• What I Like About You — Jack Tyler
• 2001Disney's California Adventure Grand Opening Special
• Scrubs — Mr. Randolph
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Collin Winthrop
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Oliver Gates
• 1998Men in White — President Smith
• 1998One Hot Summer Night — Art Brooks
• Lexx — Thodin
• The New Batman Adventures — Irv Kleinman / Bernie Benson (voice)
• 1996A Different Kind of Christmas — Frank Mallory
• 1996I Worship His Shadow — Thodin
• Spin City — Randall Winston
• 1996Spy Hard — Norman Coleman
• 1996The Secret Agent Club — Vincent Scarletti
• 1995919 Fifth Avenue — Lawrence Van Degen
• High Society — Mark Finnegan
• 1995Project: Metalbeast — Miller
• 1995The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A. — Matt Sherry
• 1995The Secretary — Eric Bradford
• 1994In the Heat of Passion II: Unfaithful — Phillip
• 1994Once in a Lifetime — Dr. Matthew Dane
• 1993Between Love and Hate — Justin Conrad
• 1993Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon — Garral
• 1993Praying Mantis — Don McAndrews
• 1993The Last U-Boat — Captain Hawkins
• 1993Weekend at Bernie's II — Arthur Hummel
• 1992Russian Holiday — Grant Ames
• The Golden Palace — Nick DeCarlo
• 1991Captive — Paul Plunk
• The Great Air Race — Roscoe Turner
• 1990Aladdin — Genie of the Lamp / Genie of the Ring
• 1990Challenger — Commander Francis R. Scobee
• Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
• 1989Parent Trap III — Jeffrey Wyatt
• 1989Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon — Jeffrey Wyatt
• 1988Addicted to His Love — Larry Hogan
• 1988Body of Evidence — Alex Dwyer
• War and Remembrance — 'Lady' Aster
• I'll Take Manhattan — Zachary Amberville
• 1986Betrayed by Innocence — Nick DeLeon
• Dads
• 1986George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation — George Washington
• George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation — George Washington
• 1986Pleasures — Ben Scott
• A Woman of Substance — Major Paul McGill
• 1985Deceptions — Grant Roberts
• Deceptions — Grant Roberts
• George Washington — Gen. George Washington
• 1983An Uncommon Love — Kinser
• 1983Summer Girl — Gavin Shelburne
• The Hitchhiker — Tony Lynch
• American Playhouse — Steelworker
• 1982MegaForce — Ace Hunter
• 1982Working — Steelworker
• Foul Play — Detective Tucker Pendleton
• 1981Red Flag: The Ultimate Game — Maj. Jay Rivers
• 1980Once Upon a Family — Henry Demerjian
• Scruples — Spider Elliott
• 1980The Silent Lovers — John Gilbert
• 1979Murder by Natural Causes — Gil Weston
• 1979You Can't Take it With You — Anthony Kirby, Jr.
• 1979Young Guy Christian — Guy Christian
• 1978Movie Movie — Johnny Danko / Dick Cummings
• 1977The Quinns — Bill Quinn
• Charlie's Angels — Ted Machlin
• 1975The Rocky Horror Picture Show — Brad Majors
• 1974Road Movie — Hank
• 1974Slither — Dick Kanipsia
• 1974The Chadwick Family — Duffy McTaggert
• 1971Jennifer on My Mind — Minstrel #1
• Hawaii Five-O — Lucas Sandover
• Aaah! Roach! — The Exterminator
• The Roommates — Henry

Appearances as themselves (28)

• 2026Making Megaforce — Self
• 2025Sane Inside Insanity — Self
• 2025Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror — Self
• 2024Best Christmas Movies Ever! — Self
• 2022In Search of Tomorrow — Self
• 2020Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness — Self
• Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time — Self
• 2016A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story — Self
• 2010An-tici-pation: The Search for the 35th Anniversary Shadowcast Part II — Himself
• Celebrity Ghost Stories — Self
• 2009Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's — Self
• 2009Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s — Self
• 2008Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History — Self
• 1999Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show — Self
• 1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special — Self
• Where Are They Now? — Self
• Hollywood Squares — Self - Panelist
• E! True Hollywood Story — Self
• 1995The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show — Self
• 1994Men, Movies & Carol — Self
• 1990Night of 100 Stars III — Self
• 1988Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration — Self
• 1982Night of 100 Stars — Self
• A Capitol Fourth — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• Great Performances — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Presenter