Portrait of Philip Bosco

Philip Bosco

Acting

Biography

Philip Michael Bosco (September 26, 1930 – December 3, 2018) was an American actor. He was known for his Tony Award-winning performance as Saunders in the 1989 Broadway production of Lend Me a Tenor, and for his starring roles in many movies like My Best Friend's Wedding, The Savages and The First Wives Club.

Born: September 26, 1930

Place of Birth: Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

Filmography

2011
Prohibition

as Reader (voice)

2007
The Savages

as Lenny Savage

2007
Damages

as Hollis Nye

2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

as Saunders (segment "Lend Me a Tenor")

2006
Freedomland

as Priest

2005
Hitch

as Mr. O'Brian

2002
Abandon

as Professor Jergensen

2002
Cyberchase

as Zeus (voice)

2002
Mark Twain

as (voice)

2002
Mark Twain

as Other Voices (voice)

2001
2001
No Ordinary Baby

as Dr. Ed Walden

2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Franklin Winthrop

2000
Borough of Kings

as Uncle Chicky

2000
Ed

as Alan Stevens

2000
Shaft

as Walter Wade Senior

2000
Cupid & Cate

as Dominic DeAngelo

2000
Wonder Boys

as Emily's Father

1999
1999
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story

as Steve Maggadino Sr.

1998
Twelfth Night

as Malvolio

1998
Carriers

as Colonel John O. Bailey

1997
Deconstructing Harry

as Professor Clark

1997
Liberty!

as Benjamin Franklin

1997
Critical Care

as Dr. Hofstader

1997
My Best Friend's Wedding

as Walter Wallace

1996
Early Edition

as Mike Killabrew

1996
The First Wives Club

as Uncle Carmine Morelli

1996
Spin City

as Randall Winston, Sr. (archive footage)

1996
Remember WENN

as Palermo Racine

1995
It Takes Two

as Vincenzo

1995
1994
Nobody's Fool

as Judge Flatt

1994
1994
Baseball

as (voice)

1994
Milk Money

as Jerry the Pope

1994
1994
Angie

as Frank Scacciapensieri

1992
Straight Talk

as Gene Perlman

1991
Shadows and Fog

as Mr. Paulsen

1991
1991
F/X2

as Lt. Ray Silak, NYPD

1991
True Colors

as Sen. Frank Steubens

1991
Coney Island

as Narrator (voice)

1990
1990
The Civil War

as Horace Greeley

1990
Law & Order

as Defense Attorney Gordon Schell

1990
Law & Order

as Dobbs

1990
Law & Order

as Lee Jerrold

1990
Quick Change

as Bus Driver

1990
Blue Steel

as Frank Turner

1989
The Dream Team

as O'Malley

1988
Working Girl

as Oren Trask

1988
Internal Affairs

as John Wycoff

1988
1988
American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

1987
3 Men and a Baby

as Det. Sgt. Melkowitz

1987
1987
1987
Suspect

as Paul Gray

1987
Leg Work

as Dawson

1986
Children of a Lesser God

as Dr. Curtis Franklin

1986
Liberty

as Boss William Tweed

1986
1985
Flanagan

as James Flanagan

1985
1985
1985
Heaven Help Us

as Brother Paul

1984
1983
1983
Reading Rainbow

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1981
Nurse

as Dr. Harry Wallenberg

1971
Hogan's Goat

as Father Coyne

1971
Great Performances

as Father Coyne

1968
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Dominic DeAngelo