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Jim J. Bullock (born February 9th, 1955) is an American Stage, television and film actor.

Born James Jackson Bullock in Caster, Wyoming, Bullock was raised in Odessa, Texas. He became a notable entertainment figure in the 1980s when he co-starred on sitcom Too Close for Comfort (under the name "Jm J. Bullock") and was a regular "square" on John Davidson`s updated version of Hollywood Squares (1986-1989), also substituting for Davidson as host on occasion. He later became a semi-regular on ALF (1989-1990 as Neal Tanner).
After the sitcome went off the air, Bullock remained active with theatre, television, and film work. He briefly hosted a syndicated talk show with ex-televangelist Tammy Faye Messner. The Jim J. and Tammy Faye Show debuted in 1996, but Messner exited the program a few months later following a cancer diagnosis. Bullock continued with new co-host, Ann Abernathy, and the show became Jim J. and Ann Show until it was canceled.
Bullock was the voice of Queer Duck in the animated seriesof cartoons of the same name which have appeared on both the internet and the cable TV network Showtime. In 2000, Bullock was a regular panelist on the revival I`ve Got a Secret. He also performed on the national tour of the Broadway production Hairspray as Wilbur Turnblad, a role he took to the Broadway stage starting Spetember 18th, 2007. Some of his other noteworthy roles include the pilled-up Prince Valium in the 1987 Mel Brooks movie Spaceballs and the "Not-Quite-Out-of-the Closet" character in the date montage at the beginning of 2001`s Kissing Jessica Stein. From 2004 to 2007, he ha a recurring role as Mr. Monroe, a theater at the fictional James K. Polk Middle School on the Nickelodeon live action sitcom Ned`s Declassified School Survival Guide.

In 1985, while Too Close for Comfort was being retooled as The Ted Knight Show, Bullock learned that he was HIV positive. Bullock, who is gay, is a longtime survivor of the virus and was still healthy as of June 6th, 2001 due in part to antiretroviral drugs.