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Barry William Blenkhorn (born September 30, 1954),[4] better known by his stage name Barry Williams, is an American actor. He is best known for his role as the eldest of the Brady sons, Greg Brady, on the ABC television series The Brady Bunch (1969–1974), a role he reprised in several sequels and spin-offs.

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Barry Williams
Williams at the Chiller Theatre Expo in 2017
Born	Barry William Blenkhorn (1954-09-30) September 30, 1954 (age 68) Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1967–present
Known for	The Brady Bunch The Brady Kids A Very Brady Christmas The Bradys
Spouse(s)	Diane Martin ​ ​ (m. 1990; div. 1992)​ [1] Eila Mary Matt ​ ​ (m. 1999; div. 2005)​ Tina Mahina (m. 2017)[2][3][1]
Children	2

Early life and career

Williams, the youngest of three boys, was born in 1954 in Santa Monica, California,[4] to Doris May Moore and Canadian-born Frank Millar Blenkhorn, of English, Scottish, and German ancestry.[5] Barry and siblings Craig and Scott Blenkhorn[4] grew up in Pacific Palisades, California, where actor Peter Graves was a neighbor.[6] Williams decided, as a child, that he wanted to be an actor, and in 1967 he made his television debut in a "Christmas" episode of Dragnet 1967.

Williams continued to be cast in guest roles on other TV series including Adam-12, The Invaders, That Girl, Mission: Impossible, The Mod Squad, Here Come the Brides, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., and Bartleby, the Scrivener[7] before being cast in 1969 as Greg Brady on The Brady Bunch.

Later career

Following the cancellation of The Brady Bunch in 1974, Williams continued to appear in guest roles on television, and became involved in musical theater, touring with productions such as Grease, The Sound of Music, Pippin, and West Side Story.

In 1988, Williams appeared on Broadway in the musical Romance/Romance with Tony Award-nominee Alison Fraser. Williams took over the lead male role of "Alfred/Sam" when Scott Bakula left the production. Years later, Williams was able to capitalize on being typecast as Greg Brady. Amid a procession of appearances in TV and movies that played up his famous teen role, he ended up landing a role that was a departure from the Brady image. He was tapped to play English con man Hannibal in 1984, who conspired with Holly Sutton Scorpio (Emma Samms) on the top-rated General Hospital.

Williams has appeared in various Brady Bunch TV movie reunions, including the 1988 Christmas movie, A Very Brady Christmas.

In 1989, Williams was honored by the Young Artist Foundation with its Former Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award for his role as Greg Brady.[8]

His 1992 autobiography, Growing Up Brady: I Was A Teenage Greg, co-written with Chris Kreski, was a New York Times bestseller and was adapted into a 2000 TV movie titled Growing Up Brady starring Adam Brody as Williams.

In 2000, Williams sang a parody of Eminem's "The Real Slim Shady" called "The Real Greg Brady"; the song was co-written by Williams, comedy writer and radio producer, David Brody of Z100 NY WHTZ, and Jay Gilbert of Froggy Radio in Cincinnati.[9]

Williams appeared briefly as an audience member in the 2002 music video of Peter Gabriel's song, "The Barry Williams Show". The song is actually about a fictional Jerry Springer-like talk show host, not the actor; Gabriel later revealed that he did not know of the Brady Bunch star when he wrote the song.

Williams has made multiple appearances as a paid featured dancer at the World's Largest Disco in Buffalo, New York.

In 2001–2002, he played Manager Dean "The Machine" Strickland in 13 episodes of the sitcom, Hollywood 7, which featured the British pop group S Club 7.

Williams played himself in the 2003 film Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star.

In 2008, Williams appeared in Episode 6 of the VH1 series, Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew. Williams participated as a friend of one of the patients, Chyna, and explained to her during a group session how drinking had a negative impact on his own life and career.[10]

In January 2010, he took a role in The Asylum mockbuster, Mega Piranha,[11] who played alongside the former teen pop singer Tiffany.[12]

With the death of Florence Henderson on November 24, 2016, Williams became the oldest surviving (adult) cast member from The Brady Bunch.

As of 2019, he makes Branson, Missouri, his home and tours with the musical group Barry Williams and the Traveliers. He also joined with the other Brady Bunch kids in the 2019 television series A Very Brady Renovation on HGTV.[13] In 2021, Williams starred in the Lifetime Christmas movie, Blending Christmas, alongside his Brady Bunch co-stars Christopher Knight, Mike Lookinland, Susan Olsen, and Robbie Rist.[14]

In 2022, Williams, Knight, and Lookinland competed in season eight of The Masked Singer as "Mummies". They were eliminated on "TV Theme Night" alongside Daymond John as "Fortune Teller".

Actors' Equity Association dispute

In January 2001, Williams was fined $52,000 by Actors' Equity Association, the union representing stage actors, for starring as Captain Von Trapp in a non-union tour of The Sound of Music. According to Variety, the production was picketed in several cities. Williams responded by filing a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, arguing that the fine was illegal because he had resigned from the union in September 2000 before the tour began.[15] Equity alleged that Williams, who joined the union in 1974, was still a member when he began contract negotiations for the role.[16]

Williams was reinstated by Actor's Equity as a member in good standing in 2005 after he unionized a non-Equity production of A Christmas Carol in late 2004.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1968	Wild in the Streets	Young Max Frost
1969	Bartleby	Ginger Nut
1974	Goodnight Jackie	Barry
1995	The Brady Bunch Movie	Music Producer
2004	Santa's Rockin'!	Guest Star
2010	Mega Piranha	Bob Grady
2018	Flea	Marsh Man

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1967	Run for Your Life	Stanley	"The Company of Scoundrels"
1967	Dragnet 1967	John Heffernan	"The Christmas Story"
1968	The Invaders	Paper Boy	"The Pursued"
1968	The F.B.I.	Boy	"The Messenger"
1968	Lancer	Ben Price	"Blood Rock"
1968	That Girl	Autograph Seeker	"7 1/4: Part 2"
1968	Gomer Pyle, USMC	Boy No. 1	"A Star Is Not Born"
1968	The Mod	Newspaper Boy	"The Guru"
1969	Here Come the Brides	Peter	"A Kiss Just for So"
1969	It Takes a Thief	Herbie DuBois	"A Matter of Grey Matter: Parts 1 & 2"
1969	Adam-12	Johnny Grant	"Log 152: A Dead Cop Can't Help Anyone"
1969	Marcus Welby, M.D.	Pancho McGurney	"The Chemistry of Hope"
1969–1974	The Brady Bunch	Greg Brady	117 episodes
1970	Hastings Corner	Junior Fandango	TV film
1970	Mission: Impossible	King Victor	"Gitano"
1972	The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie	Greg Brady (voice)	"The Brady Kids on Mysterious Island"
1972	The Brady Kids	Greg Brady (voice)	17 episodes
1973	The World of Sid & Marty Krofft at the Hollywood Bowl	Greg Brady	TV film
1976	Police Woman	Steve Glass	"Generation of Evil"
1976–77	The Brady Bunch Hour	Greg Brady	9 episodes
1979	Greatest Heroes of the Bible	Jacob	"Jacob's Challenge"
1981	The Brady Girls Get Married	Greg Brady	TV film
1982	Three's Company	David Winthrop	"Up in the Air"
1984	General Hospital	Hannibal	TV series
1985	Highway to Heaven	Miki Winner	"A Song for Jason: Parts 1 & 2"
1986	Rocky Road	Wayne Kincaid	"The Wrong Mr. Right"
1987	Murder, She Wrote	Nate Findley	"Night of the Headless Horseman"
1988	A Very Brady Christmas	Dr. Greg Brady	TV film
1990	The Bradys	Dr. Greg Brady	6 episodes
1991	Kids Incorporated	Ana's Dad	"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"
1993	Bradymania: A Very Brady Special	Barry Williams	TV special
1994	Summertime Switch	Frederick Egan II	TV film
1994	Full House	Barry Williams	"Making Out Is Hard to Do"
1997	Perversions of Science	Neighbor	"People's Choice"
2001	Hollywood 7	Dean Strickland	Main role
2004	The Brady Bunch 35th Anniversary Reunion Special	Barry Williams	TV special
2006	According to Jim	Ben	"Sex Ed Fred"
2006	That '70s Show	Jeff	"We Will Rock You"
2009	Scrubs	Barry Williams	"My Soul on Fire: Part 1"
2010	Mega Piranha	Bob Grady	TV film
2011	A.N.T. Farm	Game Show Host	"America Needs TalANT" 2011 Camp Director "Camp Playboy"
2012	Bigfoot	Simon Quint	TV film
2017	The Loud House	Bumper Sr. (voice)	"Future Tense"
2019	A Very Brady Renovation	Barry Williams	7 episodes
2021	Dragging the Classics: The Brady Bunch[17]	Mike Brady	Paramount Plus TV special
2021	Blending Christmas	John	TV film

References

External links

• Interview with Barry Williams on "The Greg Brady Project"
• Barry Williams at IMDb
• Barry Williams at the Internet Broadway Database
• Barry Williams at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Williams' 70s Music Celebration! show at the Hughes Brothers Theatre in Branson, Missouri

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[de] Barry Williams (Schauspieler)

Barry William Blenkhorn[1] (* 30. September 1954 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, Kalifornien)[2] ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Sänger. Er wurde einem breiten Publikum durch Besetzungen in verschiedenen US-amerikanischen Fernsehserien bekannt. Vor allem seine Rolle als Greg Brady, die er erstmals Ende der 1960er verkörperte, begleitete ihn bis in die 1990er Jahre. 2019 wurde sein Fernsehseriencharakter Greg Brady auf Platz Drei der 100 Greatest Kid Stars Cast List aller Zeiten gewählt.[3]

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[es] Barry Williams

Barry Williams (Santa Mónica, California, EE. UU., 30 de septiembre de 1954) es un actor de televisión estadounidense.

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