Bruce Vilanch
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Bruce Vilanch (born November 23, 1948) is an American comedy writer, songwriter and actor. He is a six-time Emmy Award-winner known to industry professionals in Hollywood and New York as "the fat guy who writes everyone's jokes." He is likely best known for his four-year stint on Hollywood Squares, as both a celebrity participant and head writer for the show. He also performed off-Broadway in his one-man show Bruce Vilanch: Almost Famous in 2000.
Since 2000, Vilanch has been the head writer for the Oscars, after being an Oscar program co-writer for the previous 10 years. He is a featured writer for the Tonys, Grammys and Emmys.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.9681 |
| Birthday | 1948-11-23 |
| Place of Birth | New York, New York |
| Also Known As | Bruce Vilanche, |
1984
The Ice Pirates
5.63/207
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1992
Love Can Be Murder
7/2
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I Brake for Caterpillars
3/1
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2023
A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened
6/9
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Live at Mister Kelly's
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2005
The Aristocrats
5.98/177
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1999
Eloise And Her Rawther Enormous Life
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Body Electric
0/0
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1999
Get Bruce!
6.545/11
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1989
It Nearly Wasn't Christmas
3.8/5
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2020
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
6.8/5
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Studio One Forever
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2011
Going Down in La-La Land
5.7/52
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2012
Scrooge & Marley
4/11
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2011
Sister Mary
4.6/11
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2014
I Am Divine
7.3/91
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1998
Inside the Golden Statue
6.5/4
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2020
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
6.8/5
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2022
TMZ Investigates | What Really Happened to Richard Simmons
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2010
The Adonis Factor
4.1/8
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1983
Breathless
5.89/263
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2011
Vito
6.9/13
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2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
6.842/60
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2024
The World According to Allee Willis
0/0
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2008
Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon
5.3/17
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2024
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
6.2/10
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2006
Queer Duck: The Movie
4.25/24
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Amsel: Illustrator of the Lost Art
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1975
Mahogany
5.893/28
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The Morning After
5.946/134
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Silent but Deadly
2.5/2
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2009
Spring Breakdown
5.4/105
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2008
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
5.714/4051
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1987
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
8/1
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2017
Limelight
0/0
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2008
Tru Loved
4.8/24
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2001
Circuit
5.708/24
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2010
Pride: The Gay & Lesbian Comedy Slam
4.3/3
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2001
Call Me Claus
5.749/183
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The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
7.7/3
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The Drifter
4.5/8
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Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
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The Divine Bette Midler
0/0
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Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!
5.1/30
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2009
Annul Victory
0/0
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2006
Fucking with the Stars
0/0
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2001
10 Attitudes
4.625/8
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Michael Lucas' Dangerous Liaisons
9.5/2
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The Fabulous Allan Carr
4.5/6
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Jackie's Back!
6.889/9
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2006
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
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Fourth Story
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The Making of Michael Lucas' 'Dangerous Liaisons'
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Whale 52
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2006
The Divine Ms. Susann
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Commitment to Life
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