Bruce Vilanch
Acting
1948-11-23 · 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.
Filmography
Whale 52
2025 · Movie
The World According to Allee Willis
2024 · Movie
I Brake for Caterpillars
2024 · Movie
Studio One Forever
2024 · Movie
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
2024 · Movie
House Husbands
2023 · Series
Body Electric
2023 · Movie
A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened
2023 · Movie
Commitment to Life
2023 · Movie
Making the Yuletide Gay: A Very Special Paul Lynde Christmas
2022 · Movie
Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror
2022 · Series
TMZ Investigates | What Really Happened to Richard Simmons
2022 · Movie
Live at Mister Kelly's
2021 · Movie
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020 · Movie
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020 · Movie
The Vivienne Takes On Hollywood
2020 · Series
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
2018 · Movie
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018 · Movie
Limelight
2017 · Movie
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017 · Movie
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2014 · Series
I Am Divine
2014 · Movie
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014 · Movie
Scrooge & Marley
2012 · Movie
Silent but Deadly
2012 · Movie
The Eric Andre Show
2012 · Series
Walk a Mile in My Pradas
2011 · Movie
Vito
2011 · Movie
Sister Mary
2011 · Movie
Going Down in La-La Land
2011 · Movie
Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On
2010 · Movie
The Adonis Factor
2010 · Movie
Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!
2010 · Movie
Pride: The Gay & Lesbian Comedy Slam
2010 · Movie
Spring Breakdown
2009 · Movie
Annul Victory
2009 · Movie
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009 · Series
Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon
2008 · Movie
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
2008 · Movie
Sex: The Revolution
2008 · Series
Tru Loved
2008 · Movie
Naked Boys Singing!
2007 · Movie
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
2007 · Series
Fucking with the Stars
2006 · Movie
The Making of Michael Lucas' 'Dangerous Liaisons'
2006 · Movie
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
2006 · Movie
Queer Duck: The Movie
2006 · Movie
The Divine Ms. Susann
2006 · Movie
Gameshow Marathon
2006 · Series
10 Ways
2006 · Series
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
2005 · Series
The Aristocrats
2005 · Movie
Dangerous Liaisons
2005 · Movie
Celebrity Fit Club
2005 · Series
The Divine Bette Midler
2005 · Movie
Call Me Claus
2001 · Movie
Circuit
2001 · Movie
The Proud Family
2001 · Series
10 Attitudes
2001 · Movie
Eloise And Her Rawther Enormous Life
1999 · Movie
Jackie's Back!
1999 · Movie
Get Bruce!
1999 · Movie
GayVN Awards
1998 · Series
Hollywood Squares
1998 · Series
Inside the Golden Statue
1998 · Movie
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997 · Movie
Bette Midler: Diva Las Vegas
1997 · Movie
Comic Relief VI
1994 · Movie
The Nanny
1993 · Series
World Music Awards
1993 · Series
A Tribute to Sam Kinison
1993 · Movie
For Our Children
1993 · Movie
Love Can Be Murder
1992 · Movie
Rachel Gunn, R.N.
1992 · Series
Fourth Story
1991 · Movie
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
1989 · Movie
The Simpsons
1989 · Series
It Nearly Wasn't Christmas
1989 · Movie
The Drifter
1988 · Movie
Walt Disney World Celebrity Circus
1987 · Movie
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987 · Movie
The Morning After
1986 · Movie
Bette Midler: Art or Bust
1984 · Movie
The Ice Pirates
1984 · Movie
Breathless
1983 · Movie
Gayracula
1983 · Movie
Bosom Buddies
1980 · Series
Divine Madness
1980 · Movie
John Ritter: Being of Sound Mind and Body
1980 · Movie
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978 · Movie
Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back
1977 · Movie
The Barry Manilow Special
1977 · Movie
The Paul Lynde Halloween Special
1976 · Movie
The Bette Midler Show
1976 · Movie
Charo
1976 · Movie
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series
Mahogany
1975 · Movie
Tony Awards
1956 · Series
The Oscars
1953 · Series
Amsel: Illustrator of the Lost Art
Movie