Larry Bagby: Mormon Actor

Larry Bagby is an actor who has appeared in various films and television shows, including Disney’s Hocus Pocus and Airborne (1993), Saints and Soldiers (2003), Walk the Line (2005), Church Ball (2006), Forever Strong (2009), Age of Dragons (2011), the Young and the Restless (2008–2009), and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–1999). He has appeared in episodes of Cold Case, Malcolm in the Middle, JAG, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, NCIS, ER, The Wonder Years, Saved by the Bell: The New Class, Thirtysomething, and Mr. Belvedere.

Bagby is also a musician; his father was a musician in a dance band and Bagby remembers getting on stage with his father as a child. He released his first album in 2005, entitled Where I Stand.

He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served as a full-time missionary to Argentina. He was born in Marysville, California, on March 7, 1974. Of beginning a career in Hollywood, he said, “It was difficult for me to make the decision to accept the role of Larry on Buffy, but in the end I decided I didn't feel like I was compromising my standards because I didn't have to do anything. . . . There is such a fine line in many areas of the entertainment business and you have to figure out for yourself what you will and will not do. At times, as you take a stand, people become interested and you can share the gospel."[1]