Bruce Vilanch
Acting
Born November 23, 1948 · New York, New York
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bruce Vilanch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Films (54)
Whale 52
2025
The World According to Allee Willis
2024
I Brake for Caterpillars
2024
Studio One Forever
2024
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
2024
Body Electric
2023
A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened
2023
TMZ Investigates | What Really Happened to Richard Simmons
2022
Live at Mister Kelly's
2021
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
2018
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018
Limelight
2017
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
I Am Divine
2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
Scrooge & Marley
2012
Silent but Deadly
2012
Vito
2011
Sister Mary
2011
Going Down in La-La Land
2011
The Adonis Factor
2010
Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!
2010
Pride: The Gay & Lesbian Comedy Slam
2010
Spring Breakdown
2009
Annul Victory
2009
Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon
2008
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
2008
Tru Loved
2008
Fucking with the Stars
2006
The Making of Michael Lucas' 'Dangerous Liaisons'
2006
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
2006
Queer Duck: The Movie
2006
The Divine Ms. Susann
2006
The Aristocrats
2005
Michael Lucas' Dangerous Liaisons
2005
The Divine Bette Midler
2005
Call Me Claus
2001
Circuit
2001
10 Attitudes
2001
Eloise And Her Rawther Enormous Life
1999
Jackie's Back!
1999
Get Bruce!
1999
Inside the Golden Statue
1998
Love Can Be Murder
1992
Fourth Story
1991
It Nearly Wasn't Christmas
1989
The Drifter
1988
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987
The Morning After
1986
The Ice Pirates
1984
Breathless
1983
Mahogany
1975