---
name: "Billy Van Zandt"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/billy-van-zandt"
fi1m_id: "billy-van-zandt"
imdb_id: "nm0888345"
tmdb_id: 168423
wikidata_id: "Q959139"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 December 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T17:39:10.433701+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Billy Van Zandt

## Identity

Billy Van Zandt

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/billy-van-zandt
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** billy-van-zandt
- **IMDb ID:** nm0888345
- **TMDB ID:** 168423
- **Wikidata ID:** Q959139
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Van_Zandt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q959139, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0888345/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/168423

Actor. Born 13 December 1957 in New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 December 1957, New Jersey, USA
- **Active:** 1979–1981
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 64 (1), 1980s 63 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Van_Zandt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q959139, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0888345/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/168423

## Biography

Billy Van Zandt is an American playwright, television writer and occasional actor. Born in Red Bank, New Jersey, in 1957, he began his career as an actor with small roles in films including Jaws 2 (1978), Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) and Taps (1981), in which he played the cadet Bug.

He later concentrated on writing, collaborating for more than four decades with Jane Milmore until her death in 2020. Together they wrote and starred in numerous stage comedies, many published and widely produced. On television they contributed episodes and served as producers on series including Newhart, Martin, The Wayans Bros., The Hughleys and Yes, Dear. Van Zandt received an Emmy nomination for the 1990 special I Love Lucy: The Very First Show and shared a People’s Choice Award and NAACP Image Award for Martin.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, vanzandtmilmore.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Taps* (1981), Fi1m 63, as Bug — [page](https://film.one/film/taps.md)
- *Star Trek: The Motion Picture* (1979), Fi1m 64, as Alien Boy — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-the-motion-picture.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *American Dad!* (2005), series, as Jerry the Dentist (voice), (voice)
- *Center of the Universe* (2004), series, Teleplay
- *Yes, Dear* (2000), series, Writer
- *A Wake in Providence* (1999), as Louie · Writer
- *The Hughleys* (1998), series, as Bartender · Writer
- *Suddenly Susan* (1996), series, Writer
- *Bless This House* (1995), series, Producer, Writer
- *The Wayans Bros.* (1995), series, Producer, Writer
- *Daddy Dearest* (1993), series, Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Martin* (1992), series, as White Couple · Writer, Producer, Teleplay
- *Nurses* (1991), series, Writer, Producer
- *Sydney* (1990), series, Actor
- *Anything But Love* (1989), series, as Harold · Writer
- *Life with Lucy* (1986), series, as Delivery Boy
- *The New Odd Couple* (1982), series, as Fred
- *Newhart* (1982), series, Writer
- *Taps* (1981), as Bug — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/taps.md)
- *Skag* (1980), Actor
- *Star Trek: The Motion Picture* (1979), as Alien Boy — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-the-motion-picture.md)
- *Jaws 2* (1978), as Bob

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