Bullock formerly appeared in the Broadway company of Hairspray in various roles including Harriman F. Spritzer, Mr. Pinky and the high school principal. He also understudied the role of Wilbur, and later played the same part in the national tour of the show. Off-Broadway, he was seen in the play End of the World Party. Regionally, Bullock has appeared in When Pigs Fly, The Rocky Horror Show and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. On TV, he appeared for six seasons on the '70s sitcom Too Close for Comfort, co-hosted The Jim J. and Tammy Faye Show with Tammy Faye Messner and was a regular presence on Hollywood Squares.
Mathers will play his final performance as Wilbur Turnblad on Sunday, September 16.