Joseph Bologna

AKA:
Joe Bologna
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
12/30/1938
Birthplace:
Brooklyn, New York
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biography
Character player of the 1970s and 80s, usually in comic roles; outstanding as the manic host of an old-time TV variety show in the hilarious "My Favorite Year" (1982). Bologna writes for theater and TV with his wife, Renee Taylor; the duo co-adapted (from their own plays) "Lovers and Other Strangers" (1970) and the 1989 feature, "It Had to Be You", which they co-directed. Taylor and Bologna also co-wrote, co-directed and co-starred in "Love Is All There Is" (1995), a feature inspired by Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" about two feuding families whose children fall in love. The feature was Continued
Credits
(TV Show)
2006-2006
Bill
2006
Renfro
2002
(TV Show)
2002-2002
(TV Show)
2002-2002
Uncle Corky
2002
Director
1996
screenplay
1996
King Kaiser
1982
Anthony Canberra
Bennie Mastallone
Leo Schneider
Director
Vito Pignoli
Victor Lyons
Dr Malavaqua
Uncle Phil
Play as Source Material
screenplay
Play as Source Material
screenplay
Dan Torrance
Mickey Stern
milestones
Year
Milestone
1970 
Screenwriting debut, "Lovers and Other Strangers"
1971 
Film acting debut in "Made For Each Other"
1982 
Won acclaim for his performance as a Sid Caesar-like TV comic in "My Favorite Year"
1999 
Played Adam Sandler's father in "Big Daddy"
2001 
Directed wife in "An Evening With Golda Meir"
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