Jackson Bostwick

Bostwick was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. His father, Jackson Leonard Bostwick Sr., was a neurosurgeon in Montgomery, Alabama. A photo of Bostwick's parents is seen in a movie in which he starred, The Prey. Bostwick studied pre-med at the University of Alabama, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He also holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from University of Southern California, having been one of the original students in the program. He studied under acting coach Lurene Tuttle and eventually taught classes of hers. ==Career==

Bostwick was a contestant on the television game show The Dating Game. He played park ranger Mark O'Brien in the horror film The Prey (1984). Bostwick later returned to Alabama and taught theater at Auburn University where he directed several plays, including The Ballad of the Sad Cafe. He occasionally appeared in films in the 1990s and 2000s. Bostwick is the founder of the L.A. (Lower Alabama) Film Group and the MIT (Made [mostly] In Tennessee) Film Group, two independent "off-Hollywood" motion-picture and television production companies. ==Personal life==

Bostwick has trained in Jeet Kune Do and Wing-Chun kung fu. He also plays the banjo. ==Notes and references==