Bruce Gerald Vilanch (born November 23, 1948) is an American comedy writer, songwriter and actor who was one of the writers for The Star Wars Holiday Special.
Adopted by Jewish parents, Vilanch attended Ohio State University as a theater and journalism student and graduated with a BFA in theater, in 1970. In 1978 he was one of the writers for The Star Wars Holiday Special. In the 1980s he had a few brief television acting appearance, and made his first television appearance as himself was in 1988, on Hollywood Today, where he was interviewed by Chris Aable. The show aired in 43 cities on Century Cable and the Manhattan Neighborhood Cable Network.
He has provided topical joke material for a number of awards show hosts, notably for Billy Crystal at the Academy Awards.[1]
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Featured Speaker: Bruce Vilanch on ujc.org (backup link archived on February 27, 2009)
