Born in Brooklyn, NY; educated at Brown University, Providence, RI (art history). 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, Renée Taylor, whom he married in 1965; the duo co-adapted (from their own play) and co-directed the 1989 feature, IT HAD TO BE YOU (1989). Other notable screen appearances include THE BIG BUS (1976), CHAPTER TWO (1979), BLAME IT ON RIO and THE WOMAN IN RED (both 1984), TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000 (1985), as Walter Winchell in the cable TV movie "Citizen Cohn" (1992), DEADLY RIVALS (1993), NIGHT OF THE ARCHER (1994), RINGER and LOVE IS ALL THERE IS (also writer & director) (both 1996), HEAVEN BEFORE I DIE (1997), BLINK OF AN EYE (1999), DYING ON THE EDGE and SQUINT (both 2001), RETURNING MICKEY STERN (2002, also producer), PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE (2003), THE BOYNTON BEACH BEREAVEMENT CLUB (2005), and ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN (2006, voice). Bologna and Taylor's son, Gabriel Bologna, is an actor.  Nominated for Writing (Best Screenplay based on material from another medium) 1970: LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS (w. Renée Taylor & David Zelag Goodman) 1 nomination