
Bruce Vilanch
Biography
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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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Acting (51 movies)

The Ice Pirates
1984

Love Can Be Murder
1992

I Brake for Caterpillars
2024

A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened
2023

Live at Mister Kelly's
2021

The Aristocrats
2005

Body Electric
2023

Get Bruce!
1999

It Nearly Wasn't Christmas
1989

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020

Studio One Forever
2024

Going Down in La-La Land
2011

Scrooge & Marley
2012

Sister Mary
2011

I Am Divine
2014

Inside the Golden Statue
1998

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020

TMZ Investigates | What Really Happened to Richard Simmons
2022

The Adonis Factor
2010

Breathless
1983

Vito
2011

And the Oscar Goes To...
2014

The World According to Allee Willis
2024

Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon
2008

Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
2024

Queer Duck: The Movie
2006

You Don't Mess with the Zohan
2008

The Morning After
1986

Mahogany
1975

Spring Breakdown
2009

Silent but Deadly
2012

Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987

Limelight
2017

Tru Loved
2008

Circuit
2001

Pride: The Gay & Lesbian Comedy Slam
2010

Call Me Claus
2001

The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018

The Drifter
1988

Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
2018

The Divine Bette Midler
2005

Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!
2010

Annul Victory
2009

Fucking with the Stars
2006

10 Attitudes
2001

Michael Lucas' Dangerous Liaisons
2005

The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017

Jackie's Back!
1999

Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
2006

Fourth Story
1991

The Making of Michael Lucas' 'Dangerous Liaisons'
2006
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| Charo | 1976 | Writer | 
| The Bette Midler Show | 1976 | Writer | 
| The Paul Lynde Halloween Special | 1976 | Writer | 
| The Barry Manilow Special | 1977 | Writer | 
| Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back | 1977 | Writer | 
| The Star Wars Holiday Special | 1978 | Writer | 
| John Ritter: Being of Sound Mind and Body | 1980 | Writer | 
| Divine Madness | 1980 | Writer | 
| Bette Midler: Art or Bust | 1984 | Writer | 
| Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville | 1987 | Writer | 
| Walt Disney World Celebrity Circus | 1987 | Writer | 
| The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano | 1989 | Writer | 
| For Our Children | 1993 | Writer | 
| Bette Midler: Diva Las Vegas | 1997 | Writer | 
| Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life | 1997 | Writer | 
| Naked Boys Singing! | 2007 | Writer | 
| Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On | 2010 | Writer | 
| Making the Yuletide Gay: A Very Special Paul Lynde Christmas | 2022 | Writer |