Jackson Bostwick
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Jackson Bostwick is an American actor best known for playing Captain Marvel
in the first season of the Shazam!
television series of the mid-1970s.
Bostwick is an expert in Jeet-Kune-Do and Wing-Chun Kung-Fu. His Italian American father was a well-known doctor in Montgomery, Alabama.
Bostwick was fired from "Shazam!" (1974) after two episodes into the second season and replaced by John Davey. Bostwick had failed to show up for one day's shooting and the producers accused him of holding out for a higher salary. In truth, Bostwick had sustained an injury during the previous day's shooting and was getting medical treatment. He filed a successful lawsuit against Filmation Enterprises, who was forced to pay him for the remainder of his contract, including the remainder of the second season.
In the early 1990s, Bostwick's father fell ill, so Bostwick returned to Montgomery. During that time, he taught theater at Auburn University at Montgomery. He also directed several plays, including The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
, and founded the L.A. (Lower Alabama) Film Group.
Bostwick met his wife, Elizabeth, in Las Vegas
, where she was a performer at the time.
Captain Marvel (DC Comics)
Captain Marvel is a fictional comic book superhero, originally published by Fawcett Comics and later by DC Comics. Created in 1939 by artist C. C. Beck and writer Bill Parker, the character first appeared in Whiz Comics #2...
in the first season of the Shazam!
Shazam! (TV series)
Shazam! is a half-hour live-action television program produced by Filmation , based upon DC Comics' superhero Captain Marvel....
television series of the mid-1970s.
Bostwick is an expert in Jeet-Kune-Do and Wing-Chun Kung-Fu. His Italian American father was a well-known doctor in Montgomery, Alabama.
Bostwick was fired from "Shazam!" (1974) after two episodes into the second season and replaced by John Davey. Bostwick had failed to show up for one day's shooting and the producers accused him of holding out for a higher salary. In truth, Bostwick had sustained an injury during the previous day's shooting and was getting medical treatment. He filed a successful lawsuit against Filmation Enterprises, who was forced to pay him for the remainder of his contract, including the remainder of the second season.
In the early 1990s, Bostwick's father fell ill, so Bostwick returned to Montgomery. During that time, he taught theater at Auburn University at Montgomery. He also directed several plays, including The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
The Ballad of the Sad Café is a novel by Carson McCullers.-Plot:The Ballad of the Sad Café opens on the set of a small, isolated Southern town...
, and founded the L.A. (Lower Alabama) Film Group.
Bostwick met his wife, Elizabeth, in Las Vegas
Las Vegas metropolitan area
The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...
, where she was a performer at the time.