 Click to View Photos of Barry Bostwick | Barry Knapp Bostwick is an American actor and singer. He is best known for portraying Brad Majors in the musical comedy horror film The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Mayor Randall Winston in the sitcom Spin City . Bostwick has also had considerable success in musical theatre, winning a Tony Award for his role in The Robber Bridegroom.
Bostwick was born in San Mateo, California. He is the son of Elizabeth "Betty" , a housewife, and Henry "Bud" Bostwick, a city planner and actor. His only sibling, older brother Henry "Pete" Bostwick, was killed at the age of 32 in a car accident on July 20, 1973. Bostwick attended San Diego's United States International University in 1967, majoring in acting, got his start on the Hillbarn Theatre stage now located in Foster City, and worked for a time as a circus performer. He also attended NYU's Graduate Acting Program, graduating in 1968.
Bostwick married Stacey Nelkin in 1987, and they were divorced in 1991. He married his second wife Sherri Ellen Jensen in 1993; they have two children, a son and a daughter.
In 1997, Bostwick was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and had his prostate removed in July 1997. In 2004, he won the Gilda Radner Courage Award from the Roswell Park Cancer Institute.Full name: Barry Bostwick Born: February 24, 1945Birthplace: San Mateo, USA |
