lee majors played bosley in the original charlie's angels.
lee majors played bosley in the original charlie's angels.
who played bosley in the original charlie's angels?
lee majors
john bosley (charlie's angels)









































john bosley is a fictional character in the 1976-1981 television series "charlie's angels". he was portrayed by david doyle.









































he, along with kelly garrett (actress jaclyn smith), is the only character to take part in every episode of the show's five-season run.









































the character of john bosley also appeared—played by bill murray—in the 2000 "charlie's angels" film. in the sequel, "", comedian bernie mac plays john bosley's brother jimmy bosley. in the 2011 television reboot, john bosley is portrayed by ramón rodríguez.









































section::::original series.
john bosley (charlie's angels)
john bosley (often nicknamed "boz") is portrayed as a middle-aged man of average looks, especially when contrasted with the glamorous "angels". however, he is warm, funny, and intelligent, and often helps the angels either with background information, or by joining them in the field. seemingly asexual (and thus unthreatening—bosley has been described as an "indulgent eunuch".), he helped direct the angels to meet charlie's desired ends in the series where most men were villains and women were often victims (outside the angels themselves). several times he played either a pratfall-type character, the buffoon, or a sugar daddy as part of one of the angels' covers. bosley always initiates the phone conferences between charlie and the angels as they learn of each case. he also acts as a bumbling father figure or big brother figure to the ladies. schwichtenberg described bosley as a "narrative pimp"—with the sole male character (bosley) an asexual "eunuch", the male viewer is free to desire the angels without feeling threatened. writing for the "new york times" in 2000, molly haskell noted that critics, more so than the fans, saw bosley and charlie "more as procurers than protectors" and that the two male characters and the angels "fell into pimp-prostitute roles along traditional gender lines".
john bosley (charlie's angels)