Philip Bosco

Philip Bosco

1930-09-26 Jersey City, New Jersey, USA 67 Credits

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.

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Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World

Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World

2010

as (voice)

Acting

Examine the American whaling industry from its 17th-century origins in drift and shore whaling off the coast of New England and Cape Cod, through the ...

When the Evening Comes

2009

as Martin Corrado

Acting

Charlie Corrado is pushing forty and still lives with his grandparents, Martin and Marion Corrado. Although he feels safe in the environment they have...

The Savages

The Savages

2007

as Lenny Savage

6.9
Acting

A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

2006

as Saunders (segment "Lend Me a Tenor")

Acting

The Great White Way comes into your living room via this disc of rare performances from some of Broadway's brightest luminaries. Culled from clips fro...

Freedomland

Freedomland

2006

as Priest

5.2
Acting

A black police detective must solve a strange case of a kidnapped boy and deal with a big racial protest.

Hitch

Hitch

2005

as Mr. O'Brian

6.6
Acting

Dating coach Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens mentors a bumbling client, Albert, who hopes to win the heart of the glamorous Allegra Cole. While Albert makes pro...

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

2004

as Other Voices (voice)

7.1
Acting

The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.

Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

2003

as Other Voices (voice)

7.3
Acting

In the spring of 1903, on a whim and a fifty-dollar bet, Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson set off from San Francisco in a 20-horsepower Winton touring car h...

Abandon

Abandon

2002

as Professor Jergensen

4.8
Acting

A psychological thriller about a senior at one of America's most prestigious universities. Under enormous pressure to complete her thesis and earn a t...

Mark Twain

Mark Twain

2002

as (voice)

7.0
Acting

Largely considered to be the greatest American author, Mark Twain is celebrated in this exhaustive documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns.

Kate & Leopold

Kate & Leopold

2001

as Otis

6.3
Acting

When her scientist ex-boyfriend discovers a portal to travel through time -- and brings back a 19th-century nobleman named Leopold to prove it -- a sk...

No Ordinary Baby

No Ordinary Baby

2001

as Dr. Ed Walden

4.9
Acting

A reporter gets the scoop on the first ever human cloning, but the furor surrounding the event jeopardizes the baby's birth and the career of the resp...

Borough of Kings

Borough of Kings

2000

as Uncle Chicky

Acting

Toil and trouble. Jimmy, an aspiring actor, wants out of South Brooklyn where hoods run the show. Since the death of his firefighter father, Jimmy's f...

Shaft

Shaft

2000

as Walter Wade Senior

6.0
Acting

New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail...

Cupid & Cate

Cupid & Cate

2000

as Dominic DeAngelo

5.9
Acting

Cate has a small boutique where she sells vintage clothes. She is dating some snob whose mother thinks that Cate is a second-class citizen because of ...

Wonder Boys

Wonder Boys

2000

as Emily's Father

6.8
Acting

Grady is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years—not since he wrote his award winning 'Great American Novel' 7 years ago....

Bonanno: A Godfather's Story

Bonanno: A Godfather's Story

1999

as Steve Maggadino Sr.

4.3
Acting

The true life story of mafia boss Joesph Bonanno. The story spans from Bonanno's early beginings in Italy, to his conquests in America.

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

1998

as Malvolio

1.0
Acting

Ah, summer! School is out, work slows down and passions heat up in the warm summer air. Theatrically speaking, it's the perfect time for a sexy comedy...

Carriers

Carriers

1998

as Colonel John O. Bailey

4.2
Acting

A military woman and a worried mother travel overseas and to New Mexico to investigate a deadly virus.

Deconstructing Harry

Deconstructing Harry

1997

as Professor Clark

7.3
Acting

Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated fr...

Critical Care

Critical Care

1997

as Dr. Hofstader

6.4
Acting

Werner Ernst is a young hospital resident who becomes embroiled in a legal battle between two half-sisters who are fighting over the care of their com...

Moon Over Broadway

Moon Over Broadway

1997

as Self

8.0
Acting

A documentary portrait of the backstage efforts to stage the play Moon Over Buffalo on Broadway.

My Best Friend's Wedding

My Best Friend's Wedding

1997

as Walter Wallace

6.6
Acting

When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter rea...

The First Wives Club

The First Wives Club

1996

as Uncle Carmine Morelli

6.7
Acting

After years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three mid-life Manhattanites have been dumped for a newer, curvier model. But the tr...

It Takes Two

It Takes Two

1995

as Vincenzo

6.5
Acting

Identical 9-year-olds from very different backgrounds: orphaned Amanda and wealthy Alyssa meet at summer camp and decide to switch places -- and play ...

Young at Heart

Young at Heart

1995

as Patsy

Acting

A matriarch of three generations born and raised in Hoboken, New Jersey, discovers that her recently-deceased husband has lost their bar and home to a...

Nobody's Fool

Nobody's Fool

1994

as Judge Flatt

6.9
Acting

A rascally nearing-retirement man juggles a workers' compensation suit while secretly working for his nemesis and flirting with his nemesis' young wif...

Janek: The Silent Betrayal

1994

as Chief Wycoff

1.0
Acting

Police lieutenant Frank Janek is investigating a series of murders in a building owned by a famous Broadway producer.

Safe Passage

Safe Passage

1994

as Mort

6.0
Acting

Recently estranged from her husband, and mother of seven sons, Mag Singer stands poised to pursue a whole new way of life. But when one of her childre...

Milk Money

Milk Money

1994

as Jerry the Pope

6.4
Acting

Three young boys pool their money and pay V, a kindhearted prostitute, to strip for them. Afterward, she drives them home to the suburbs -- but then h...

The Forget-Me-Not Murders

The Forget-Me-Not Murders

1994

as Chief

3.2
Acting

A detective tries to track down a serial killer who is thought to be targeting the policeman's god-daughter.

Against the Wall

Against the Wall

1994

as Oswald

6.1
Acting

In 1971, a warden at Attica Penitentiary is caught up in a hostage crisis when inmates take over the prison to demand better living conditions.

Angie

Angie

1994

as Frank Scacciapensieri

5.8
Acting

Angie lives in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and dreams of a better life. When she finds out she's pregnant by her boyfriend, Vinnie, she decides she'll have...

Lincoln

1992

as Frederick Seward (voice)

6.8
Acting

Famous actors read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civil War.

Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann

Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann

1992

as Narrator

6.5
Acting

Music For The Movies: Bernard Herrmann explores the work of a composer who created music for over 50 films, collaborating with such diverse directors ...

Diego Rivera: I Paint What I See

Diego Rivera: I Paint What I See

1992

as Bertram Wolfe

8.0
Acting

The first biographical film on the famed Mexican artist, traces his life from childhood through his Cubist period, his leading role in the Mexican mur...

Straight Talk

Straight Talk

1992

as Gene Perlman

6.0
Acting

Honest and straightforward small-town Shirlee Kenyon chucks her boyfriend and heads for Chicago. Accidentally having to host a radio problem phone-in ...

Shadows and Fog

Shadows and Fog

1991

as Mr. Paulsen

6.7
Acting

With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.

The Return of Eliot Ness

The Return of Eliot Ness

1991

as Art Malto

6.0
Acting

Detective Eliot Ness comes back to town to fight corruption and avenge a former partner's murder with the help of the son.

F/X2

F/X2

1991

as Lt. Ray Silak, NYPD

6.3
Acting

F/X man Rollie Tyler is now a toymaker. Mike, the ex-husband of his girlfriend Kim, is a cop. He asks Rollie to help catch a killer. The operation goe...

True Colors

True Colors

1991

as Sen. Frank Steubens

6.2
Acting

Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the other goes into politics.

Coney Island

Coney Island

1991

as Narrator (voice)

6.0
Acting

Before there was Disneyland, there was Coney Island. By the turn of the century, this tiny piece of New York real estate was internationally famous. ...

The Crash of 1929

The Crash of 1929

1990

as Narrator

Acting

Based on eight years of continued prosperity, presidents and economists alike confidently predicted that America would soon enter a time when there wo...

Quick Change

Quick Change

1990

as Bus Driver

6.7
Acting

With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and best friend, Loomis, Grimm enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation...

Blue Steel

Blue Steel

1990

as Frank Turner

5.8
Acting

Rookie cop Megan Turner orders a burglar to drop his gun. He whirls to shoot. Too late. Turner fires, killing him instantly. When someone lifts the as...

Murder in Black and White

Murder in Black and White

1990

as Wycoff

Acting

A recently appointed black police commissioner is killed. So, Frank Janek is assigned to investigate.

The Dream Team

The Dream Team

1989

as O'Malley

6.2
Acting

Four mental patients on a field trip in New York City must save their caring chaperone, who ends up being taken to a hospital in a coma after accident...

The Luckiest Man in the World

The Luckiest Man in the World

1989

as Sam Posner

Acting

New York City garment manufacturer Sam Posner is a liar, a bully and a cheat who makes life unpleasant for his wife, mistress and everyone else around...

The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness

The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness

1989

as Gifford Pinchot (Voice)

Acting

To one man, it was perfect natural resource to benefit thousands of people. To another, it was a beautiful, sacred land that mustn't be defiled under ...

Working Girl

Working Girl

1988

as Oren Trask

6.6
Acting

Tess McGill is an ambitious secretary with a unique approach for climbing the ladder to success. When her classy, but villainous boss breaks a leg ski...

Internal Affairs

Internal Affairs

1988

as John Wycoff

7.0
Acting

A skilled police detective in a case involving the strange, sadistic murder of a young prostitute who has been killed in exactly the same fashion as a...

Another Woman

Another Woman

1988

as Sam

6.8
Acting

Marion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. She rents an apartment to work undisturbed on her new book, but by some acousti...

3 Men and a Baby

3 Men and a Baby

1987

as Det. Sgt. Melkowitz

6.2
Acting

Three bachelors find themselves forced to take care of a baby left by one of the guy's girlfriends.

Echoes in the Darkness

Echoes in the Darkness

1987

as Judge Garb

7.5
Acting

Based on the true life story that took place in the 1970s, this movie follows the murder of Susan Reinert and her two children in Upper Merion Townshi...

Suspect

Suspect

1987

as Paul Gray

6.6
Acting

When a Supreme Court judge commits suicide and his secretary is found murdered, all fingers point to Carl Anderson, a homeless veteran who's deaf and ...

Read Between The Lines

1987

as Grandfather

Acting

When an illiterate toy maker has the right to his invention stolen, his grandson and the Harlem Globetrotters team up to get them back.

Rage of Angels: The Story Continues

Rage of Angels: The Story Continues

1986

as Thomas Colfax

4.8
Acting

Jennifer's life changes when Warner, now Vice President of the United States, decides to see her and her son, Joshua. At the same time, Jennifer is un...

Children of a Lesser God

Children of a Lesser God

1986

as Dr. Curtis Franklin

6.9
Acting

Starting his new job as an instructor at a New England school for the deaf, James Leeds meets Sarah Norman, a young deaf woman who works at the school...

Liberty

Liberty

1986

as Boss William Tweed

Acting

Drama about how the Statue of Liberty came to be erected in New York Harbor in the early 1880s and the people responsible for its creation.

The Money Pit

The Money Pit

1986

as Curly

6.5
Acting

After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-...

Flanagan

Flanagan

1985

as James Flanagan

Acting

Aging New York cabbie Flanagan still has hopes of making it as a stage actor. He can recite any Shakespeare sonnet and is facile with accents, but he ...

Heaven Help Us

Heaven Help Us

1985

as Brother Paul

6.5
Acting

Sixteen-year-old Michael Dunn arrives at St. Basil's Catholic Boys School in Brooklyn circa 1965. There, he befriends all of the misfits in his class ...

The Pope of Greenwich Village

The Pope of Greenwich Village

1984

as Paulie's Father

6.3
Acting

Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150000 in order to back a "sure thing" race horse that Paulie has inside information on. Th...

Trading Places

Trading Places

1983

as Doctor

7.2
Acting

A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

Hogan's Goat

Hogan's Goat

1971

as Father Coyne

8.0
Acting

A young Irish ward boss has a chance to be elected mayor, but the disgraced current mayor makes sure the candidate's wife learns about his affair with...

A Lovely Way to Die

A Lovely Way to Die

1968

as Fuller

4.5
Acting

A cop quits the force after too much disappointment in the system. He becomes a bodyguard of a rich recent widow. She is on trial for her husband's mu...

An Enemy of the People

An Enemy of the People

1966

Acting

Set in a Norwegian hamlet, an idealistic physician discovers that the town's hot springs are contaminated. But with the community relying on the spa f...