Bruce Elliott Kalish (born May 22, 1952) is a television writer and producer. He is the son of veteran TV producers
Austin Kalish and
Irma Kalish.
Career biography
He began his career working on shows such as ''
The Incredible Hulk'', ''
Mork & Mindy'', and served as executive producer on ''
The Fall Guy''. His more recent work on ''
The Famous Jett Jackson'' won numerous awards, including the Gemini award for best show in 2002 and led him to be tapped by Disney as Executive Producer and writer for ''
Power Rangers
''Power Rangers'' is an American media franchise created by Haim Saban, Shuki Levy and Shotaro Ishinomori built around a live-action superhero television series, based on the Japanese tokusatsu franchise ''Super Sentai''. It is currently ow ...
'', starting with 2005's ''
Power Rangers: S.P.D.'' and ending with 2008's ''
Power Rangers: Jungle Fury''. Several of Kalish's former writing partners, such as David Garber joined him when he took the position.
Prior to taking over as executive producer, he had previously written an episode of ''
Power Rangers: Dino Thunder'' titled "Isn't It Lava-ly".
Kalish's other television credits include ''
Good Times'', ''
Eight Is Enough'', ''
227'', ''
What's Happening!!'', ''
Too Close for Comfort'', ''
Strange Days at Blake Holsey High'' and ''
Aaron Stone''.
, his last credit was screenwriter for the 2015
short film
A short film is a film with a low running time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of not more than 40 minutes including all credits". Other film o ...
''The 'Thing.
Personal life
Kalish married actress
Leah Ayres in 1990. They have one child together, son Mackenzie (b. 1993).
Screenwriting credits
Television
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Big John, Little John'' (1976)
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Good Times'' (1977-1978)
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C.P.O. Sharkey'' (1978)
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The Amazing Spider-Man
''The Amazing Spider-Man'' is an ongoing American superhero American comic book, comic book series featuring the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man as its title character and main protagonist. Being in the Earth 616, mainstream continuity of t ...
'' (1978)
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The Incredible Hulk'' (1978)
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Carter Country'' (1978-1979)
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Struck by Lightning'' (1979)
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What’s Happening!!'' (1979)
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Mork & Mindy'' (1979-1980)
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Eight Is Enough'' (1981)
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Too Close for Comfort'' (1982)
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Lottery!
''Lottery!'' is an American anthology series, anthologic Dramatic programming, drama that premiered on American Broadcasting Company, ABC on September 9, 1983. The series aired for one season of 17 episodes and starred Ben Murphy as Patrick Sea ...
'' (1983)
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Automan'' (1983)
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The Fall Guy'' (1984-1986)
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Rags to Riches'' (1987)
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The Highwayman'' (1988)
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Good Morning, Miss Bliss'' (1988)
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227'' (1988, 1990)
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Alien Nation'' (1990)
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P.S.I. Luv U'' (1991)
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Viper'' (1994)
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Thunder in Paradise'' (1994)
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One West Waikiki'' (1994)
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Sweet Valley High'' (1994)
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Aaahh!! Real Monsters'' (1994)
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The Sentinel'' (1996)
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Bruno the Kid'' (1996)
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Night Man'' (1997)
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The Journey of Allen Strange'' (1997)
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The Famous Jett Jackson'' (1999-2001)
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Strange Days at Blake Holsey High'' (2002-2003)
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Power Rangers Dino Thunder'' (2004)
as series head writer:
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Power Rangers S.P.D.'' (2005)
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Power Rangers Mystic Force'' (2006)
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Power Rangers Operation Overdrive'' (2007)
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Power Rangers Jungle Fury'' (2008)
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Aaron Stone'' (2009-2010)
Film
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Dennis the Menace: Dinosaur Hunter'' (1987)
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Jett Jackson: The Movie'' (2001)
References
External links
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Bruce Kalish on TV.com
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Television producers from California
American television writers
American male television writers
Living people
Screenwriters from Los Angeles
1952 births