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Joseph Bologna

Highest Rated: 100% Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)

Lowest Rated: 7% Blame It on Rio (1983)

Birthday: Dec 30, 1934

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Born in 1934, Joseph Bologna grew up in Brooklyn. He excelled academically, eventually going to Brown University to study art history. Completing his degree, he uncovered through a student group that he had a flair for acting. However, the Marine Corps were in his immediate future, so he pushed any creative endeavors to the side. After the Marines, Bologna worked in Manhattan at ad agencies creating TV commercials. In his early 30s, he met aspiring actress/comedienne Renee Taylor at a comedy club. Quickly falling in love, the pair married in 1965 and collaborated on a stage play called "Lovers and Other Strangers." The play was eventually turned into an acclaimed feature film, "Lovers and Other Strangers" (1970), that netted Bologna and Taylor an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. Bologna teamed with his wife for another screenplay that led to "Made for Each Other" (1971), but this time the pair also starred in it. He appeared alongside Peter O'Toole in the beloved comedy "My Favorite Year" (1982) and worked with Michael Caine in the romantic comedy "Blame It on Rio" (1984). Bologna worked regularly in TV and film throughout the rest of his career, playing Adam Sandler's father in "Big Daddy" (1999), and even dabbling in voice work, including the short "Ice Age: The Meltdown" (2006). He continued to collaborate on writing and acting work with his wife throughout his career, extending as late as a 2001 theatrical show "If You Ever Leave Me...I'm Going With You!" His last acting appearance was in his son Gabriel Bologna's comedy "Tango Shalom" (2012), which he also helped write. Bologna passed away at the age of 82 from complications of pancreatic cancer in August 2017.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 74% Lovers and Other Strangers
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97% 84% My Favorite Year
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80% 77% The Batman-Superman Movie
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64% 57% The Big Bus
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63% 94% Tango Shalom Watchlist
62% 42% Boynton Beach Club
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50% 35% Chapter Two
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40% 18% Alligator II: The Mutation
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39% 74% Big Daddy Watchlist
32% 39% The Woman in Red
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Filmography

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Tango Shalom 63% 94% 2021 Father Anthony Actor, Screenwriter, Producer Attachments 2019 Screenwriter Fathers and Sons 53% 2005 Noah Actor Boynton Beach Club 62% 42% 2005 Harry Actor Jane Doe: 'Til Death Do Us Part 2005 Louis Angelini Actor Returning Mickey Stern 31% 2003 Mickey Stern Actor, Producer Dying on the Edge 1999 Cal Roman Actor Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure 17% 1999 P.T. Wynnsocki Actor Big Daddy 39% 74% 1999 Lenny Koufax Actor Blink of an Eye 1999 Renfro Actor The Batman-Superman Movie 80% 77% 1998 SCU Lt. Dan Turpin Voice Love Is All There Is 47% 1996 Mike Capomezzo Actor, Director, Screenwriter Ringer 1996 Goldstein Actor Citizen Cohn 61% 1992 Walter Winchell Actor Jersey Girl 60% 1992 Bennie Actor Danger of Love 1992 Detective John Pollina Actor Deadly Rivals 1992 Anthony Canberra Actor An Inconvenient Woman 1991 Arnie Zwillman Actor Alligator II: The Mutation 40% 18% 1991 David Hodges Actor Coupe de Ville 25% 72% 1990 Uncle Phil Actor It Had to Be You 1989 Vito Pignoli Actor, Director Rags to Riches 88% 1987 Nick Foley Actor Not Quite Human 36% 1987 Gordon Vogel Actor A Time to Triumph 1986 Chuck Hassan Actor Transylvania 6-5000 20% 41% 1985 Dr. Malavaqua Actor
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