George Washington Drove Here

Above, Barry Bostwick during his "Spin City" years.

Tonight, towards the end of my shift in Malibu, I was talking to one of our gated community guards when a familiar face drove up in a white s.u.v.

He was immediately recognizable as he has been in a lot of major televison shows over the years including Spin City, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, War and Remembrance and many others. But I remember him mainly in the title role in George Washington, a 1984 mini-series and its sequels.

Who was it?

Actor Barry Bostwick. He was dropping off some kids at one of the residences of a gated community I patrol. He just pulled up to the guardshack, explained what he was doing there (to get a pass to get in) and headed in. Before he did, he gave me a wave and a smile.