{"id":41005,"date":"2017-08-14T10:53:27","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T14:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=41005"},"modified":"2017-08-14T10:53:27","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T14:53:27","slug":"joseph-bologna-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2017\/08\/14\/joseph-bologna-82\/","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Bologna, 82"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"While Joseph Bologna might be most recognized for his work on-screen, he was also an award-winning writer off-screen. Bologna died on Sunday after a three-year battle with pancreatic cancer.<\/p>\n

Bologna got his start in show business working as a\u00a0producer and director of Manhattan-based TV commercials while writing plays with his wife, Renee Taylor. One of these plays,\u00a0Lovers and Other Strangers<\/strong>, acted as the pair’s Hollywood break when it was adapted into a 1970 movie starring Gig Young, Bonnie Bedelia, and, in her film debut, Diane Keaton. Bologna and Taylor wrote the screenplay for the film, which was nominated for an Academy Award for\u00a0Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. The pair would write\u00a0Made For Each Other<\/strong> the next year, this time starring in the film as well.<\/p>\n

The couple would work on numerous projects together of the years, and would win a Primetime Emmy for writing the 1973 ABC anthology,\u00a0Acts of Love and Other Comedies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Bologna would act away from Taylor as well. In 1976, he would play the lead in\u00a0The Big Bus<\/strong>, a parody of disaster movies that would act as a precursor to\u00a0Airplane!\u00a0<\/strong>four years later.<\/p>\n

In 1982, Bologna was cast as King Kaiser, a character loosely based on Sid Caesar, in\u00a0My Favorite Year<\/strong>, a film produced by Mel Brooks and inspired by his time writing for Caesar’s\u00a0Your Show of Shows<\/strong>. This led to a brief boost in Bologna’s career, leading to roles in 1984’s Blame It On Rio <\/strong>and The Woman In Red<\/strong> & 1985’s\u00a0Transylvania-6500.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bologna’s final film role with be in\u00a0Tango Shalom<\/strong>, a film he co-wrote with Claudio and Jos Laniado. The film is directed by his son, Gabriel, and will mark his last on-screen pairing with his wife. The film is in post-production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Joseph Bologna, prolific writer and actor, has died at age 82. <\/div>\n

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