Jim J. Bullock Net Worth

Jim J. Bullock's Quotes

• [Interview with Devin Owens, 2004] I don't mind playing anything as long as it's work.
• i did not have fun on alf i all wrong for the character they should never have hired me they would not let me be funny.

Interesting Facts about Jim J. Bullock

1. This avant garde actor studied at a private, conservative, Southern Baptist university in Shawnee, Oklahoma (Oklahoma Baptist University).
2. Born in Casper, Wyoming, USA, but raised in Odessa, Texas, USA (sometimes referred to as Midland-Odessa, which are two midsize cities, located close to each other, and spread across three Texas counties, Martin, Midland, and Ector counties. Both Wyoming and much of Texas are considered "oil/energy country," especially the part of Texas where Midland and Odessa are located, which is on top of one of the world's largest and most diversified energy fields, including several of the largest oil fields in the world, vast natural gas fields stretching into New Mexico, USA, large potash mines, large salt mines, and is also home to some of the largest wind farms in the United States). He graduated from Permian High School, which is named after the Permian Basin, one of the largest sources of oil ever discovered in the United States, the Mid-Continent Oil Field province.
3. Exactly the same age as The Nanny (1993) actor Charles Shaughnessy, also born Feb. 9, 1955.
4. He has joined the cast of "Hairspray" on Broadway. [March 2005]
5. Starring in an off-Broadway play called "The End of the World Party" at the 47th Street Theater in New York. [November 2000]
6. Now living in Rancho Cucamonga, California. [July 2004]
7. Is active in LA theatre (June 2000)
8. Was credited for many years as JM Bullock because there already was a Jim Bullock in SAG, however, he has credits as Jim Bullock, JM Bullock, Jim J. Bullock, JM J Bullock, and JM J. Bullock. His preferred name is JM J. Bullock, which is also how he signs his autographs.
9. His acting mentor was the late Ted Knight.
10. Credits Ted Knight as his favorite acting mentor/best friend.
11. He is not in any way related to Sandra Bullock.
12. He wore a wig for his role as Prince Valium in Spaceballs (1987).
13. Was on the fifth and final season of ALF (1986) for 5 episodes as lead character Willie Tanner's brother Neal Tanner.
14. Mr. Monroe, Bullock's character on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (2004), was named after his more famous character, Monroe Ficus on Too Close for Comfort (1980).
15. Between 2000 and 2010, 11 out of the 18 titles he appeared in or portrayed the voice of an animated character in were LGBT storyline movies or television shows.
16. In 1996, Bullock's partner of six years, John Casey, died from AIDS-related complications. Bullock announced his partner's death and his coming out as an HIV positive man at the same time.
17. Bullock is a longtime survivor of the HIV virus and, as of 2020, is still healthy due to his adherence to a regimen of antiretroviral drugs., which is considered to make him "undetectible".
18. In 1985, while Too Close for Comfort (1980) was being retooled and re-titled to be rebooted as "The Ted Knight Show," Bullock learned that he was HIV positive. He decided to come out publicly as HIV positive 11 years later, upon the death of his life partner. The re-titling was short lived, because Ted Knight was diagnosed with terminal cancer, although he continued shooting episodes almost until his death in 1986, while episodes ran into early 1987. In syndication, all episodes were titled as "Too Close For Comfort".