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Barry Bostwick

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Biography

Barry Bostwick is an American actor born on February 24, 1945 in San Mateo, California. Bostwick has appeared in movies, television and in musical…more

Born

2/24/1946, San Mateo, California, USA

Birth Name

Barry Knapp Bostwick

Gender

Male

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Star (3)

Role
- Spin City
  Mayor Randall M. Winston, Jr.
  - S 6: Ep 21 A Tale of Four Cities
    4/30/02
  - S 6: Ep 22 A Friend in Need
    4/30/02
  - S 6: Ep 20 Look Who's Not Talking
    4/23/02
  - S 6: Ep 19 Let's Give Them Something to Talk About
    4/16/02
  - S 6: Ep 18 An Affair Not to Remember
    4/9/02
  - + 139 More Credits
- Dads
  Rick Armstrong
  - S 1: Ep 9 Waiting
    2/6/87
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Rivals
    1/30/87
  - S 1: Ep 7 Of Mice and Dirty Jokes
    1/23/87
  - S 1: Ep 6 Especially Thy Father
    1/16/87
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Shadow of Pompasso
    1/9/87
  - + 4 More Credits
- Foul Play
  Det. Tucker Pendelton
  - S 1: Ep 5 Hit and Run
    8/23/81
  - S 1: Ep 4 Play It Again Tuck
    2/23/81
  - S 1: Ep 3 Double Play
    2/16/81
  - S 1: Ep 2 Sins of the Father
    2/2/81
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Big Bang
    1/26/81
  - + 3 More Credits
Recurring Role (3)

Role
- Cougar Town
  Roger Frank
  - S 3: Ep 12 Square One
    5/15/12
- Phineas and Ferb
  Grandpa Clyde
  - S 3: Ep 4 Last Train to Bustville
    3/11/11
  - S 1: Ep 31 Crack That Whip
    5/24/08
  - S 1: Ep 24 The Ballad of Badbeard
    4/12/08
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  Oliver Gates
  - S 8: Ep 21 Pretend
    5/15/07
  - S 7: Ep 16 Gone
    2/28/06
  - S 6: Ep 14 Game
    2/8/05
  - S 5: Ep 24 Poison
    5/11/04
  - S 5: Ep 13 Hate
    1/13/04
Guest Star (34)

Role
- Cougar Town
  Roger
  - S 3: Ep 12 Square One
    5/15/12
  - S 3: Ep 10 Southern Accents
    5/1/12
  - S 1: Ep 21 Letting You Go
    4/28/10
- Cougar Town
  Mr. Frank
  - S 2: Ep 5 Keeping Me Alive
    10/20/10
- Til Death
  George Von Stuessen
  - S 4: Ep 34 The Baby
    5/23/10
  - S 4: Ep 3 Eddie's Book
    10/23/09
- The Forgotten
  Bill Ramey
  - S 1: Ep 12 My John
    2/9/10
- Nip/Tuck
  Roger Payne
  - S 6: Ep 1 Don Hoberman
    10/14/09
- Ghost Whisperer
  Don
  - S 5: Ep 3 Till Death Do Us Start
    10/9/09
- Supernatural
  Jay
  - S 4: Ep 12 Criss Angel Is A Douchebag
    1/22/09
- Ugly Betty
  Roger Adams
  - S 3: Ep 4 Betty Suarez Land
    10/16/08
  - S 2: Ep 12 Odor in the Court
    1/17/08
- Grease: You're The One That I Want
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode 103
    1/21/07
- Three Moons Over Milford
  J.J. Simms
  - S 1: Ep 3 Moonstruck
    8/20/06
- Out of Practice
  Gavin
  - S 1: Ep 11 New Year's Eve
    12/19/05
- Las Vegas
  Martin
  - S 3: Ep 11 Down & Dirty
    12/5/05
- What I Like About You
  Jack Tyler
  - S 4: Ep 7 Someone's in the Kitchen with Daddy
    11/4/05
- Cold Case
  Roy Anthony (2005)
  - S 2: Ep 21 Creatures of the Night
    5/1/05
- Inside TV Land
  Narrator
  - S 1: Ep 15 Primetime Politics
    10/27/04
- Hack
  Andrew Thayer
  - S 2: Ep 13 Double Exposure
    1/24/04
- Scrubs
  Mr. Randolph
  - S 3: Ep 9 My Dirty Secret
    12/11/03
- Less Than Perfect
  Max Damarius
  - S 1: Ep 19 Oh Papa
    4/29/03
- She Spies
  Governor Gary McNamara
  - S 1: Ep 1 First Episode
    7/20/02
- Behind the Music
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 12 Rocky Horror Picture Show
    10/31/99
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  Oliver Gates
- Batman Gotham Knights
  Irv Kleinman
  - S 1: Ep 9 Mean Seasons
    4/25/98
- Lexx
  Thodin
  - S 1: Ep 1 I Worship His Shadow
    4/18/97
- High Society (1986)
  Motivational Speaker Mark Finnigan
  - S 1: Ep 7 Finnigan's Rainbow
    12/11/95
- Grace Under Fire
  Prof. Jack Drayson
  - S 2: Ep 23 Mother & Son & Father Reunion
    5/3/95
- Hunter
  Matt Sherry
  - S 7: Ep 1995 The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.
    4/30/95
- The Golden Palace
  Nick DeCarlo
  - S 1: Ep 9 Just a Gigolo
    11/13/92
- The Hitchhiker
  Tony
  - S 1: Ep 19 Ghostwriter
    1/7/86
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 18 Barry Bostwick/Spinal Tap
    5/5/84
- American Playhouse
  Steelworker
  - S 1: Ep 14 Working
    4/13/82
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 165 May 20, 1980
    5/20/80
  - S 5: Ep 125 March 16, 1979
    3/16/79
- Hawaii Five-O
  Lucas Sandover
  - S 11: Ep 22 The Year of the Horse (2)
    4/5/79
  - S 11: Ep 21 The Year of the Horse (1)
    4/5/79
- Charlie's Angels
  Ted Machlin
  - S 2: Ep 24 The Jade Trap
    3/1/78
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 13: Ep 241 September 1, 1976
    9/1/76
Cameo (1)

Role
- Glee
  Cameo
  - S 2: Ep 5 The Rocky Horror Glee Show
    10/26/10
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- What I Like About You
  Jack Tyler
  - S 4: Ep 18 Finally
    3/24/06

Barry Bostwick News

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A Rocky Horror Fan on Glee's Take

By Ilana Diamond, Feb 08, 2011

Our resident Rocky Horror Picture Show fanatic dissects last night's Glee. read more
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A Rocky Horror Fan on Glee's Take

By Ilana Diamond, Oct 27, 2010

Our resident Rocky Horror Picture Show fanatic dissects last night's Glee. read more

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- Barry has two children with his second wife Sherri Jensen.
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- He is 6'4" (1.93 m).
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- In 1976 Barry was nominated for a Tony Award as Best Actor for his role in 'They Knew What They Wanted'.
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- Barry: I'll be quoting 'Dammit, Janet' to people for the rest of my life.
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