Robert Wuhl (born October 9, 1951) is a comedian turned actor/writer. After high school in Union, New Jersey, Robert headed to the University of Houston, where he was active in the drama department (with artist and director Julian Schnabel as his roommate). After several years of stand-up comedy he had various film and TV roles in movies like The Hollywood Knights, Cobb, Good Morning Vietnam, Batman, and Bull Durham. In 1992 he appeared in The Bodyguard as host of the Oscars. In reality he won two Emmy Awards for co-writing on the Academy Awards in 1990 & 1991 with Billy Crystal. From 1996-2002 he wrote and starred in the HBO series Arli$$ as the title character. In 2005, he was a player in the Game Show Network's Poker Royale series, a competition between pros and comedians. In 2006, he starred on HBO in a one-man-show called, Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl where he taught a history class to show how history is created and propagated in a similar fashion to pop culture. October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Union Township is the name of some places in the U.S. state of New Jersey: Union Township, Camden County, New Jersey Union Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey Union Township, Union County, New Jersey see also: Union City, New Jersey Union Beach, New Jersey Union County, New Jersey This is... The University of Houston, formerly University of Houston–University Park, is a comprehensive doctoral degree-granting university[1] located in Houston, Texas. ... Julian Schnabel (born New York, 1951) is an American painter, sculptor and filmmaker. ... The Hollywood Knights is a 1980 movie starring actor/comedian Robert Wuhl as Newbomb Turk. ... Cobb is a 1994 baseball movie starring Tommy Lee Jones as the legendary baseball player Ty Cobb. ... Good Morning, Vietnam is a 1987 comedy/drama film set in Saigon during the Vietnam War, based on the career of Adrian Cronauer, a disc jockey on Armed Forces Radio Saigon (AFRS), who proves hugely popular with the troops serving in South Vietnam, but infuriates his superiors with what they... Batman DVD cover, 1997 release version Batman was released in U.S. theaters on June 23, 1989 by Warner Bros. ... Bull Durham is a 1988 American movie about love and baseball. ... For other uses, see The Bodyguard (disambiguation). ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... An Emmy Award. ... Billy Crystal Billy Crystal (born March 14, 1947 in Long Beach, New York) is an American actor, writer, producer, comedian and film director. ... HBO (Home Box Office) is a premium cable television network with headquarters in New York City. ... Arliss (rendered in its logo as Arli$$) was an American situation comedy on HBO about a sports agent and his group of associates. ... The Game Show Network (now known as GSN - The Network for Games) is an American cable television and direct broadcast satellite channel dedicated to game shows, reality shows, and interactive television games. ... Poker Royale is a television series that focuses on No Limit Texas hold em Poker that airs on GSN. The first series began on December 7, 2004. ...

External links

• Robert Wuhl at the Internet Movie Database
• Arli$$ website
• Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl website
• InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse: Robert Wuhl (TV Interview)