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Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Growing Up Brady I Was A Teenage Greg by Barry Williams Whatever Happened To Barry Williams, Greg Brady On ‘The Brady Bunch?’ While Barry has typically been typecast as Greg Brady, he doesn’t seem to mind. Decades after The Brady Bunch ended, he has still reprised the character in other shows and paid tribute to his TV family. Right after The Brady Bunch ended, he started touring in musical theater. Barry appeared in productions of Grease, West Side Story, Romance/Romance, and The Sound of Music. What is the net worth of Barry Williams? The Brady Bunch certainly set up Barry for a lifetime. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Barry is worth around $6 million. In 1989, he received the “Lifetime Achievement” Award for his role as Greg Brady from the Young Artist Foundation. His autobiography titled Growing Up Brady: I Was A Teenage Greg was turned into a TV movie called Growing Up Brady . Barry was played by actor Adam Brody in the film, which aired on NBC. Barry played the narrator. What does Barry Williams do now? At almost 66-years-old, he lives in Branson, Missouri. He tours with the musical group Barry Williams and the Traveliers and often puts on shows in Branson. He also hosts the satellite radio trivia show, The Real Greg Brady’s Totally ’70s Pop Quiz starring Barry Williams, broadcast Saturdays on Sirius Satellite Radio’s “70s on 7” channel. Of course, he was also seen on A Very Brady Renovation on HGTV last year. Barry has been married to Tina Mahina since 2017. She is his third wife. His first was Diane Martin and his second wife was Eila Mary Matt. He has two children, a daughter with estranged ex-girlfriend Elizabeth Kennedy and a son with Eila. Barry Williams, AKA Greg Brady, Enjoyed “Every Minute” of His Brady Bunch Fame. Here’s the story… Barry Williams , who is known best as Greg Brady, the eldest sibling in the belovedly cheesy family of the sitcom The Brady Bunch , managed to successfully survive child stardom without a tragic end. In fact, he’s still enjoying the limelight with the Feb. 5 premiere of his new show on GAC A Very Barry Branso n. Williams, whose new reality series follows his attempts to stage a 1970s-themed production in Branson, Mo., visited HuffPost Live and shared the challenges of growing up Brady — and how he dealt with teenage fame. PHOTOS: TV dads we love. Williams, now 60, said he embraced, rather than denied, his teen idol status during the Brady Bunch ’s 1969 to 1974 run. PHOTOS: 15 best TV moms. “I was enjoying every minute of it,” he laughed. “…I was out, and having a good time… I loved the ladies, and I would go out and throw back a beer or two.” Williams, who was a teenager (ages 14 to 19) while the iconic sitcom was originally aired, said he would get recognized often, but didn’t understand the excitement around him at first. In fact, Williams said he didn’t even see The Brady Bunch as a “big deal” — just a “little family show.” PHOTOS: Kid stars all grown up. “I’ve become much more patient, and gotten much better at it, as I understand what people are relating to,” Williams explained of the classic, which lives on today in syndication. “I used to, my reaction was that they were making fun of me …and now I realize they’re sharing an experience of watching the show, or what they enjoyed, or who they liked, or how they related it to their own families.” While Williams, who wrote an autobiography about the experience in 1992, Growing Up Brady: I Was a Teenage Greg , was busy “rebelling,” some of the younger Brady kids were protected by their families from the perils of young fame. “Susan Olsen, Cindy Brady, was a tattletale on an episode, and when she went back to school she was ostracized because everyone thought she was a tattle tail…” shared Williams. “They would take it literally.” Have a question you’d like to ask a celebrity? Check out who will be appearing on HuffPost Live and submit your question to be asked live on- air! For access to all our exclusive celebrity videos and interviews – Subscribe on YouTube! Barry Williams talks about his new Brady book. Somewhere high above Texas, the original Brady cast sat drenched in a first-class cabin. Earlier, doing publicity for the 1990 spin-off The Bradys , they were caught in a Florida deluge while taping an outdoor segment of The Sally Jessy Raphael Show . Now, Florence Henderson (Mom) jovially signed autographs, Ann B. Davis (Alice the maid) knitted, and Susan Olsen and Mike Lookinland (Cindy and Bobby) debated the merits of Jim Beam versus Jack Daniel’s. Thus begins Growing Up Brady: I Was a Teenage Greg . Barry Williams and his coauthor, Chris Kreski, MTV’s editorial director, have concocted a lighthearted tell-all about Williams’ years on the show — a witty Goodbye to All That for the Brady generation. Williams includes a behind-the-scenes account of each episode. ”I could’ve ended up writing a book that was about as interesting as the Brady shows themselves,” he says. ”But there is drama, there is conflict.” And it’s all there in 29 chapters that include ”Dating Your Mom” and ”Cindy and Bobby, Sittin’ in a Tree.” He gives his thoughts on early stardom in ”Child Actor To Be or Not to Be.” The top salary for the kids during the show’s run was $1,100 per week — ”hardly enough to carry you through the slow periods that inevitably followed,” he writes. Even though most cast members usually won’t discuss the show, Williams persuaded all of them to share their memories. ”I have a long history with them,” he says. ”Over 23 years. I think they trust me.” Here are the best of the book’s feuds, flings, and adolescent antics: GREG PLUS MOM : Florence Henderson indulged her 15-year-old TV’s son crush by accepting a date to the L.A. nightclub Coconut Grove one night. Yes, she kissed him good night. PETER PLUS JAN : After the show was cancelled in 1974, Eve Plumb and Chris Knight experienced make-out interruptus when the police found them entangled in the back of his truck in a secluded parking spot in the L.A. hills. BOBBY PLUS CINDY : The youngest Bradys used to sneak off to Tiger’s doghouse for make-out sessions, and even staged a mock wedding ceremony. The relationship ended, says Olsen, when her beau began to notice the older actresses’ breasts. DAD VERSUS SCHWARTZ : Robert Reed, a Method actor rooted in Shakespeare, fired off several exhaustive memos to Brady producer Sherwood Schwartz explaining the subtle difference between melodrama, comedy, farce, etc. He also occasionally showed up on the set drunk, just out of spite. MOM PLUS JOE : Henderson surprised guest star Joe Namath when they were filming his goodbye scene by leaping on him, wrapping her legs around his waist, and begging him to take her with him. ROLLING STONED : On a day off in 1972, Williams, 17, was called to the Paramount lot after smoking a joint at home, and had to film a scene stoned, glassy-eyed, and smiling. TO BRA OR NOT TO BRA : McCormick and Plumb tried to go braless on the set as much as possible. A producer used to sneak up and feel their backs to to make sure they were properly dressed. GREG PLUS MARCIA : In 1973 Williams and McCormick nearly consummated their mutual admiration dinner at his parents’ house in Santa Monica, Calif. Alas, just when things were starting to heat up in his bedroom to the strains of Barry White, they were interrupted by his mother’s call for dessert. Growing Up Brady : I was a Teenage Greg. Barry Williams was fourteen, and already a veteran actor, when he landed the role of Greg Brady. Since the show ended, he has used his diverse talents as an entertainer and singer to head a successful business in corporate and institutional events, as well as starring and guesting in numerous TV shows and in musical theater on Broadway and across the country. Barry recently moved from Southern California to New York City to live with his new wife, Eila Mary Matt, an investment banker. ‘The Brady Bunch’: Greg Actor Barry Williams Once Addressed Potential ‘Bad Feelings’ for Tell-All Book. Sometimes a celebrity tell-all or memoir can create strife among former castmates. But “The Brady Bunch” star Barry Williams said there were no bad feelings from his co-stars when published a memoir about his time on the show. Williams played Greg Brady on the classic sitcom. In 1992, Williams wrote a book “Growing Up Brady: I Was a Teenage Greg” about his teen years on the show. The book featured some behind-the-scenes drama and secrets for fans. For instance, Williams wrote about a relationship with co-star Maureen McCormick and a crush on his TV mother Florence Henderson. He also wrote about arguments that series creator Sherwood Schwartz had with Robert Reed. Despite getting frank in the book, Williams said none of his co-stars hated Williams’ account. He spoke out on the book in an interview back in 2003. “Really, it was the contrary. I relied heavily on interviews with the cast members, with the producers, with the directors,” he told the Las Vegas Sun at the time. “I’d given them a proposal of what it was about and they contributed substantially to the book.