Barry Bostwick Filmography

Depth Charge

Actors: Jason Gedrick, Eric Roberts, Barry Bostwick, Chris Warren Jr., Bridget Ann White

Evening

Actors: Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Vanessa Redgrave, Patrick Wilson, Hugh Dancy

Synopsis: As Constance (Natasha Richardson) and Nina (Toni Collette) gather at the deathbed of their mother, Ann (Vanessa Redgrave), they learn for the first time that their mother lived an entire other lifetime during one evening 50 years ago, one she kept secret all their lives. In vivid flashbacks, the Read More

Nancy Drew

Actors: Emma Roberts, Josh Flitter, Max Thieriot, Rachael Leigh Cook, Tate Donovan

Synopsis: A resourceful teenage super-sleuth finds her investigative skills put to the ultimate test as director Andrew Fleming and screenwriter Tiffany Paulsen revive the character originally made famous by author Carolyn Keene. Upon leaving her quaint hometown of River Heights and arriving in Los Angeles Read More

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Game

Synopsis: This 2005 episode would seem to be inspired by a recent court case in which the defendant's addiction to the Grand Theft Auto video game allegedly resulted in a triple murder. The SVU is surprised when Dickie Stabler (Jeffrey Scapperaota), the young son of detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Read More

Chestnut: Hero of Central Park

Synopsis: Soon after being taken in by a loving new mother and father, two young former orphans do their best to keep their furry, four-legged friend - a loveable Great Dane named Chestnut - a secret from their adoptive parents and save him from a grim fate at the city pound. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Read More

101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure

Actors: Barry Bostwick, Jason Alexander, Martin Short, Bobby Lockwood, Susan Blakeslee, Samuel West, Maurice LaMarche, Jeff Bennett, Jodi Benson, Tim Bentinck

Synopsis: A sequel to the original Disney classic, 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure arrives straight-to-video. Roger and Anita are planning to move to their Dalmatian Plantation with their dogs Pongo and Perdita to get away from Cruella DeVil and make room for all 101 puppies. However, young Read More

The Skulls 3

Actors: Clare Kramer, Bryce Johnson, Barry Bostwick, Brooke D'Orsay

Synopsis: The second straight-to-video sequel to the 2000 thriller The Skulls marks the feature directorial debut of television producer/director J. Miles Dale. Again focusing on the secret fraternal society of The Skulls (based on the real-life Skull and Bones), The Skulls 3 stars Bring It On's Clare Kramer Read More

The Fantastic Planet

Synopsis: A French/Czech co-production, the dream-like La Planete Sauvage concerns the degradation of the Oms, human-like creatures on the futuristic planet Yagam. The Oms are kept as pets and beasts of burden by the Draggs, 39-foot beings who comprise Yagam's ruling class. The status quo is upset when Read More

One Hot Summer Night

Synopsis: The long-suffering wife of despotic sports magnate Art Brooks (Barry Bostwick), Kelly Moore Brooks (Erika Eleniak) enters into an affair with her attorney Richard Linsky (Brian Wimmer). When Brooks is murdered, a detective named Mingus (Christopher Darden) suspects that Kelly and Linsky have hired Read More

Tales from a Parallel Universe: I Worship His Shadow

Actors: Michael McManus, Eva Habermann, Brian Downey, Barry Bostwick

Synopsis: In this futuristic sci-fi adventure, an intergalactic warrior and his pals team up to stop the wicked dictator His Shadow. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Spy Hard

Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Nicollette Sheridan, Charles Durning, Marcia Gay Harden, Barry Bostwick

Synopsis: The first of several sight gag and slapstick-rich comedies he produced without the team of Jerry Zucker, David Zucker, and Jim Abrahams, this lowbrow comedy from executive producer and star Leslie Nielsen suffers by comparison to his work with the "ZAZ" team. Nielsen plays Dick Steele, secret Read More

The Secret Agent Club

Synopsis: In this family-oriented action comedy, the klutzy demeanor of a large but unassuming toy seller (wrestler Hulk Hogan) is but a facade for a highly skilled, globe-trotting secret agent working for a super-secret peacekeeping operation. His son Jeremy knows only that he doesn't get to see his dad Read More

A Different Kind of Christmas

Actors: Shelley Long, Barry Bostwick, Nathan Lawrence, Nancy McLoughlin, Michael E. Knight

Synopsis: The bane of the existence of city attorney Elizabeth Gates (Shelley Long) is the jovial, widowed former barber (Bruce Kirby) who has chosen to be a year-round Santa Claus, transforming his house into a permanent "North Pole" village and giving away free presents to needy children. Unfortunately Read More

Secretary

Actors: Mel Harris, Sheila Kelley, Barry Bostwick, James Russo, Ray Baker

Synopsis: Anxious for revenge against the corporation that has refused to promote her, an ambitious secretary beguiles a naive stockbroker into helping her enact a deadly plan. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Danielle Steel's 'Once in a Lifetime'

Actors: Lindsay Wagner, Barry Bostwick, Rex Smith, Amy Aquino, Duncan Regehr

Synopsis: While visiting her deaf son in boarding school a widowed author meets a new man and everything in her life changes. This made-for-television drama is based on a novel by Danielle Steel. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Project: Metalbeast

Actors: Kim Delaney, Barry Bostwick

Synopsis: In this sci-fi/horror hybrid, Anne De Carlo (Kim Delaney), a research scientist working for the military, is working on a formula that will make human skin impervious to bullets. While experimenting with the formula, De Carlo decides to try it on a man who has been put into suspended animation Read More

Russian Roulette

Synopsis: In this thriller, an American schoolteacher visits St. Petersburg, Russia and ends up entangled in a deadly plot to steal a valuable artifact. Much of the film was shot on location. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

800 Leagues Down the Amazon

Actors: Daphne Zuniga, Barry Bostwick, Adam Baldwin, Tom Verica

Synopsis: In this jungle adventure, based on a Jules Verne novel, Spunky Minha, was born and raised in the Amazon jungle on her father's hemp plantation. After she agrees to marry Dr. Manuel Valdez, they decide to hold the wedding in Brazil so his sickly mother can be there. Unfortunately, the girl's father Read More

Between Love and Hate

Actors: Susan Lucci, Patrick Van Horn, Barry Bostwick, Lyndsay Riddell, Chelsea Lagos

Synopsis: An affair turns murderous when a student becomes obsessed in this made-for-television drama. Susan Lucci stars as Vivian Conrad, the philandering and spoiled wife of a businessman (Barry Bostwick). After having a fling with a college student named Mark Templeton (Patrick Van Horn), Vivian becomes Read More

Praying Mantis

Actors: Jane Seymour, Barry Bostwick, Frances Fisher, Chad Allen, Colby Chester

Synopsis: Jane Seymour stars as a female serial killer in this made-for-cable thriller. Seymour stars as the unbalanced Linda Crandall, a woman who marries men only to kill them. She weds and kills five men before targeting widower Don Mc Andrews (Barry Bostwick). Her plans for a sixth murder are put into Read More

Weekend at Bernie's II

Actors: Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Terry Kiser, Tom Wright, Steve James, Troy Beyer, Barry Bostwick

Synopsis: When they discover that their deceased boss had stashed away two million illegally embezzled dollars in a Caribbean safe deposit box, two co-workers decide to claim the cash. To do so, however, they must convince everyone the boss is actually alive -- a situation which seems oddly familiar to them Read More

The Secretary

Synopsis: This upbeat black-and-white independent feature won the "Best First Feature" prize for its director at the 1991 San Remo (Italy) International Film Festival. In the story, Shelly is an unappreciated but hard-working legal secretary for a tyrannical, workaholic perfectionist. He works an Read More

Captive

Actors: Barry Bostwick, Joanna Kerns, Chad Lowe, John Stamos, Patricia Charbonneau

Synopsis: The quiet family life of an Oregon couple and their infant is shattered when two criminals whacked-out on drugs burst into their home and hold them hostage. The film is based on a true story. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Half a World Away

Actors: Barry Bostwick, Robert Reynolds, Caroline Goodall, Helen Slater, Tim Hughes

Synopsis: Tapping into the Australian viewing public's ongoing fascination with aviators, this two-part miniseries dramatized the celebrated 1934 London-to-Melbourne MacPherson Robertson Air Race. American actor Barry Bostwick starred as entrepreneurial flyboy Roscoe Turner, who organized the race and Read More

The Greatest Week in Gospel, Part 1

Synopsis: The biggest names in gospel music gathered for a Los Angeles celebration. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Aladdin

Great Air Race

Synopsis: In 1934, a time when it seemed as if most of the great feats in aviation had been accomplished and much of the world was gearing up for World War II, a challenge went out to pilots around the world -- an air race would be held to see who could make the best time flying from London, England to Read More

Challenger

Actors: Karen Allen, Barry Bostwick, Julie Fulton, Richard Jenkins, Brian Kerwin

Synopsis: Made for television, The Challenger is at once a tribute and a eulogy to the seven courageous souls who perished when the Challenger space shuttle exploded 73 seconds after liftoff on January 28, 1986. Though all of the crew members are given three-dimensional, balanced treatment, the one we all Read More

Parent Trap 3

Actors: Hayley Mills, Barry Bostwick, Leanna Creel, Monica Creel, Joy Creel

Synopsis: It's triple trouble in this, the third entry in the Parent Trap series. It all begins as teen-age triplets attempt to get their father to dump his fiancee in favor of a lovely interior decorator. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon

Actors: Hayley Mills, Barry Bostwick, Joy Creel, Leanna Creel, Monica Creel

Synopsis: In this entry in the Parent Trap series, the triplets, their newlywed father, his bride, and her twin head for Hawaii where mayhem ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Till We Meet Again

Actors: Barry Bostwick, Lucy Gutteridge, Mia Sara

Synopsis: Originally titled Judith Krantz' Till We Meet Again, this two-part soaper covers forty-three years in the lives of three women. In 1913, French chanteuse Lucy Gutteridge embarks upon a successful showbiz career. She marries a champaigne heir and bears two daughters, played by Courtney Cox and Mia Read More

War & Remembrance: The Final Chapter

Actors: Robert Mitchum, Jane Seymour, Hart Bochner, Victoria Tennant, Polly Bergen, David Dukes, Sharon Stone, Barry Bostwick, Sami Frey, Topol

War & Remembrance

Actors: Robert Mitchum, Jane Seymour, John Gielgud, Hart Bochner, Victoria Tennant, Polly Bergen, David Dukes, Michael Jeffrey Woods, Sharon Stone, Barry Bostwick

Body of Evidence

Actors: Tony Lo Bianco, Barry Bostwick, Margot Kidder

Synopsis: Body of Evidence was first telecast the same evening as A Father's Revenge and The Murder of Mary Phagan: January 24, 1988, which may well stand as one of the bloodiest evenings in TV history. The setting for Body of Evidence is a small cloistered Massachusetts town. When a serial killer begins Read More

Addicted to His Love - Sisterhood

Actors: Barry Bostwick, Linda Purl

Synopsis: When this seriocomic TV film first aired March 28, 1988, it was titled Addicted to His Love. Evidently to pacify certain feminist factions, the film was rechristened Sisterhood for syndication. Either way, this is the story of a smooth lothario, played by Barry Bostwick. In the course of 97 Read More

I'll Take Manhattan

Actors: Valerie Bertinelli, Francesca Annis, Perry King

Synopsis: This glitzy miniseries based on the Judith Krantz novel is a wicked soap opera about sex, power, and betrayal. Valerie Bertinelli stars as Maxi, whose mother (Francesca Annis) marries her father's hated brother Cutter (Perry King) after his death. Cutter had sworn to destroy everything his late Read More

Hitchhiker, Vol. 3

Synopsis: Page Fletcher stars as the title character in this 1983-1988 made-for-cable suspense anthology. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

George Washington: The Forging of a Nation

Synopsis: It seems that even American History must sometimes succumb to Hollywood "sequel mania." The 4-hour TV movie George Washington: The Forging of a Nation was a follow-up to the successful 1984 miniseries George Washington (see entry 82308). Barry Bostwick is back as Washington, as is Patty Duke as Read More

Betrayed by Innocence

Actors: Barry Bostwick, Lee Purcell, Cristen Kauffman, Paul Sorvino, Isaac Hayes

Synopsis: Who's innocent in Betrayed by Innocence? Is it filmmaker Nick DeLeon (Barry Bostwick), who loves his wife but also his work? Is it Nick's working wife Sharon (Lee Purcell), who spends more time at the office than at home? Or is it nubile, underage coed Marisa Vogel (Cristen Kauffman), who has an Read More

Jailbait

Synopsis: When a filmmaker and a young film student make love, the man is accused of statutory rape by the girl's father. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Jailbait: Betrayed by Innocence

Pleasures

Synopsis: In this romance, a woman, her sister, and her teen-age daughter find Summer love. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Deceptions

Actors: Stefanie Powers

Synopsis: Stefanie Powers does double duty as twin sisters in the two-part TV movie Deceptions. Stefanie #1 is a glamorous globetrotter; Stefanie #2 is a drab New Jersey housewife. On a whim, the two siblings exchange identities, leading to a dizzying series of unexpected complications. Filmed on location Read More

A Woman of Substance, Episode 1: Nest of Vipers

Synopsis: A Woman of Substance is a six-hour TV miniseries, based on the best-selling novel by Barbara Taylor Bradford. This story of a British servant girl who, through sheer force of will, becomes one of the world's most powerful women, stars Jenny Seagrove as Emma Hart from age 15 to 49, and Deborah Kerr Read More

Saturday Night Live: Barry Bostwick

Actors: Barry Bostwick, Spinal Tap

Synopsis: This 1984 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Barry Bostwick and features musical guest Spinal Tap. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

That's Singing: The Best of Broadway

Synopsis: This performance video is a tribute to the American musical theatre. Includes a collection of memorable songs from various Broadway shows. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

A Woman of Substance

Synopsis: The made-for-television adaptation of Barbara Taylor Bradford's A Woman of Substance stars Jenny Seagrove as Emma Harte, a character who grows from maid to internationally feared and respected businesswoman. The all-star cast includes Liam Neeson, Deborah Kerr, and Barry Bostwick. ~ Perry Seibert Read More

A Woman of Substance, Episode 3: The Secret Is Revealed

Synopsis: The second chapter of the six-hour TV miniseries A Woman of Substance was subtitled "The Secret is Revealed" (see separate entry for episode one, A Woman of Substance: Nest of Vipers). After losing her job due to a romantic entanglement with her employer's son, Emma Hart (Jenny Seagrove) heads to Read More

George Washington

Synopsis: Barry Bostwick plays the Father of Our Country in this 3-part, eight-hour TV miniseries. The Richard Fielder/Jon Boothe teleplay, based on a book by James Thomas Flexner, covers the years 1743 through 1783, tracing Washington from age 11 to his farewell to the troops at Valley Forge. A great deal Read More

A Woman of Substance, Episode 2: Fighting for the Dream

Synopsis: "Fighting for the Dream" was the third and final installment of the six-hour TV miniseries A Woman of Substance (see separate entries for information of episode one, "Nest of Vipers", and episode two "The Secret is Revealed."). Expanding her business activities beyond the small town of Leeds Read More

The Hitchhiker [TV Series]

Synopsis: Among the first original anthology series to be produced for cable television, The Hitchhiker was a collection of tales of the supernatural and bizarre. The title character, played during the first season by Nicholas Campbell and thereafter by Page Fletcher, was an unnamed drifter who wandered Read More

An Uncommon Love

Synopsis: In this drama, a college professor gets romantically involved with a student until he learns that she earns tuition working as a part-time hooker. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Summer Girl

Synopsis: In this suspenseful thriller, the happy family life of a married couple is dangerously disrupted by a wicked, seductive baby-sitter who wants their children for her own. She is ready to kill for the privilege and mayhem ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Megaforce

Actors: Barry Bostwick, Persis Khambatta, Michael Beck, Edward Mulhare, George Furth

Synopsis: A crack military team led by pilot Ace Hunter (Barry Bostwick) is called in to save democracy in a small nation threatened by tyranny. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

Working

Synopsis: Oral historian Studs Terkel conducted interviews with over a hundred people in the early '70s in which he talked with them about their jobs -- what they did all day, what their work meant to them, and how it made them feel. The result was a best-selling book called Working, and in 1978 composer Stephen Schwartz Read More

Red Flag: The Ultimate Game

Synopsis: Purportedly based on a true story, this made-for-TV drama was filmed on location at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. The focus is on two highly competitive jet pilots, Major Jay Rivers (Barry Bostwick) and Major Phil Clark (William Devane). Unable to leave their rivalry on the ground, Rivers and Read More

Once Upon a Family

Synopsis: In this family drama, a man whose wife has just left him is faced with caring for his children by himself. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Silent Lovers

Moviola: The Silent Lovers

Actors: Kristina Wayborn, Barry Bostwick, Harold Gould

Synopsis: Adapted from a chapter of Garson Kanin's Movieola, The Silent Lovers details the Hollywood romance of silent stars John Gilbert and Greta Garbo. Garbo (Kristina Wayborn) comes to America from her native Sweden as part of a "package deal" with famed director Mauritz Stiller (Brian Keith). As Read More

Scruples

Actors: Lindsay Wagner, Barry Bostwick, Marie-France Pisier

Synopsis: Adapted from the Judith Krantz novel of the same name, the CBS miniseries Scruples zeroes in on a trendy, upscale Beverly Hills boutique. The guiding force behind the Scruples shop is beautiful Billy Ikelhorn (Lindsay Wagner), who, though born into grinding poverty, had risen to the uppermost Read More

Murder by Natural Causes

Synopsis: TV-mystery mavens Richard Levinson and William Link score another homicidal hit with Murder by Natural Causes. The premise: Hal Holbrook has a weak heart. Holbrook's wife Katharine Ross is carrying on an affair with Barry Bostwick. Ross wants to lose her husband, but she doesn't want to leave Read More

Movie, Movie

Actors: George C. Scott, Barbara Harris, Eli Wallach, Trish VanDevere, Red Buttons

Synopsis: This spoof of a "typical" double-feature bill of the 1930s is introduced by George Burns, who explains that we're about to see two classic films produced by the legendary Warren Brothers. The first, "Dynamite Fists," is a black-and-white takeoff of such boxing dramas as Golden Boy. Harry Hamlin Read More

The Quinns

Synopsis: The Quinns follows the exploits of four generations of an Irish-American family. Much of the screen time is spent on domestic problems regarding growing pains, romance, and the generation gap. Amidst these personal travails, director Dan Petrie inserts several moderately exciting fire sequences Read More

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Actors: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien, Jonathan Adams

Synopsis: This low-budget freak show/cult classic/cultural institution concerns the misadventures of Brad Majors (Barry Bostwick) and Janet Weiss (Susan Sarandon) inside a strange mansion that they come across on a rainy night. After the wholesome pair profess their love through an opening song, their car Read More

The Wrong Damn Film

Road Movie

Synopsis: Two truckers struggle to stay financially afloat in economic hard times in his downbeat highway drama. But to do so, they must battle the cops and the major conglomerates that threaten to overtake them. While driving they pick up a prostitute who offers her services in exchange for a lift to New Read More

The Chadwick Family

Actors: Fred MacMurray, Kathleen Maguire

Synopsis: My Three Sons star Fred MacMurray once more finds himself the paterfamilias of an extended family. MacMurray plays Ned Chadwick, a newspaper publisher on a tiny California offshore island. Ned and his wife (Kathleen Maguire) have three daughters and one son, who in turn have provided the Read More

Jennifer on My Mind

Actors: Michael Brandon, Tippy Walker, Lou Gilbert, Steve Vinovich, Peter Bonerz

Synopsis: One of a number of films that dealt with addiction following the explosion of recreational drug use in the 1960s, Jennifer on My Mind opens as footloose twentysomething Marcus (Michael Brandon) is wandering through Europe. In Venice, he meets a beautiful young woman named Jenny (Tippy Walker);