Philip Bosco

Acting

Philip Bosco

Born 26 September 1930 · Jersey City, New Jersey, USA · Died 3 December 2018 at 88

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.

Known for

Highlights

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · Series · Davis Langley
Trading Places1983 · Film · Doctor
Hitch2005 · Film · Mr. O'Brian
My Best Friend's Wedding1997 · Film · Walter Wallace
Deconstructing Harry1997 · Film · Professor Clark
Law & Order1990 · Series · Defense Attorney Gordon Schell

Filmography

Movies

59 films

Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World2010 · Film · (voice)
The Savages2007 · Film · Lenny Savage
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays2006 · Film · Saunders (segment "Lend Me a Tenor")
Freedomland2006 · Film · Priest
Hitch2005 · Film · Mr. O'Brian
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson2004 · Film · Other Voices (voice)
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip2003 · Film · Other Voices (voice)
Abandon2002 · Film · Professor Jergensen
Mark Twain2002 · Film · (voice)
Kate & Leopold2001 · Film · Otis
No Ordinary Baby2001 · Film · Dr. Ed Walden
Borough of Kings2000 · Film · Uncle Chicky
Shaft2000 · Film · Walter Wade Senior
Cupid & Cate2000 · Film · Dominic DeAngelo
Wonder Boys2000 · Film · Emily's Father
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story1999 · Film · Steve Maggadino Sr.
Twelfth Night1998 · Film · Malvolio
Carriers1998 · Film · Colonel John O. Bailey
Deconstructing Harry1997 · Film · Professor Clark
Critical Care1997 · Film · Dr. Hofstader
My Best Friend's Wedding1997 · Film · Walter Wallace
The First Wives Club1996 · Film · Uncle Carmine Morelli
It Takes Two1995 · Film · Vincenzo
Young at Heart1995 · Film · Patsy
Nobody's Fool1994 · Film · Judge Flatt
Safe Passage1994 · Film · Mort
Milk Money1994 · Film · Jerry
The Forget-Me-Not Murders1994 · Film · Chief
Against the Wall1994 · Film · Oswald
Angie1994 · Film · Frank Scacciapensieri
Diego Rivera: I Paint What I See1992 · Film · Bertram Wolfe
Straight Talk1992 · Film · Gene Perlman
Shadows and Fog1991 · Film · Mr. Paulsen
The Return of Eliot Ness1991 · Film · Art Malto
F/X21991 · Film · Lt. Ray Silak, NYPD
True Colors1991 · Film · Sen. Frank Steubens
Quick Change1990 · Film · Bus Driver
Blue Steel1990 · Film · Frank Turner
Murder in Black and White1990 · Film · Wycoff
The Dream Team1989 · Film · O'Malley
The Luckiest Man in the World1989 · Film · Sam Posner
The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness1989 · Film · Gifford Pinchot (Voice)
Working Girl1988 · Film · Oren Trask
Internal Affairs1988 · Film · John Wycoff
Another Woman1988 · Film · Sam
3 Men and a Baby1987 · Film · Det. Sgt. Melkowitz
Echoes in the Darkness1987 · Film · Judge Garb
Suspect1987 · Film · Paul Gray
Rage of Angels: The Story Continues1986 · Film · Thomas Colfax
Children of a Lesser God1986 · Film · Dr. Curtis Franklin
Liberty1986 · Film · Boss William Tweed
The Money Pit1986 · Film · Curly
Flanagan1985 · Film · James Flanagan
Heaven Help Us1985 · Film · Brother Paul
The Pope of Greenwich Village1984 · Film · Paulie's Father
Trading Places1983 · Film · Doctor
Hogan's Goat1971 · Film · Father Coyne
A Lovely Way to Die1968 · Film · Fuller
An Enemy of the People1966 · Film

Filmography

Series

22 shows

Prohibition2011 · Series · Reader (voice)
The National Parks: America's Best Idea2009 · Series
Damages2007 · Series · Hollis Nye
Cyberchase2002 · Series
Mark Twain2002 · Series · Other Voices (voice)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · Series · Franklin Winthrop
Ed2000 · Series · Alan Stevens
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · Series · Davis Langley
Liberty!1997 · Series · Benjamin Franklin
Early Edition1996 · Series · Mike Killabrew
Remember WENN1996 · Series · Palermo Racine
Baseball1994 · Series · (voice)
The Civil War1990 · Series · Horace Greeley (voice)
Law & Order1990 · Series · Defense Attorney Gordon Schell
Echoes in the Darkness1987 · Series · Judge Garb
Leg Work1987 · Series · Dawson
The Equalizer1985 · Series · Brian
American Playhouse1982 · Series · Gaetano Altobelli
Nurse1981 · Series · Dr. Harry Wallenberg
Great Performances1971 · Series · Father Coyne
NET Playhouse1966 · Series · Peter Stockmann
You Are There1953 · Series