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Philip Bosco

Actor

Philip Bosco

Born September 26, 1930 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USADied December 3, 201855 films

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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Trading Places posterFirst watchTrading Places19837.2as DoctorA snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Hitch poster6.6Hitch2005My Best Friend's Wedding poster6.6My Best Friend's Wedding1997Deconstructing Harry poster7.2Deconstructing Harry1997Kate & Leopold poster6.4Kate & Leopold2001The Money Pit poster6.5The Money Pit1986Working Girl poster6.6Working Girl1988The First Wives Club poster6.7The First Wives Club1996It Takes Two poster6.5It Takes Two1995

Filmography

55 films as actor
  1. 2009When the Evening ComesMartin Corrado
  2. 2007The SavagesLenny Savage
  3. 2006FreedomlandPriest
  4. 2005HitchMr. O'Brian
  5. 2002AbandonProfessor Jergensen
  6. 2001Kate & LeopoldOtis
  7. 2001No Ordinary BabyDr. Ed Walden
  8. 2000Borough of KingsUncle Chicky
  9. 2000ShaftWalter Wade Senior
  10. 2000Cupid & CateDominic DeAngelo
  11. 2000Wonder BoysEmily's Father
  12. 1999Bonanno: A Godfather's StorySteve Maggadino Sr.
  13. 1998Twelfth NightMalvolio
  14. 1998CarriersColonel John O. Bailey
  15. 1997Deconstructing HarryProfessor Clark
  16. 1997Critical CareDr. Hofstader
  17. 1997My Best Friend's WeddingWalter Wallace
  18. 1996The First Wives ClubUncle Carmine Morelli
  19. 1995It Takes TwoVincenzo
  20. 1995Young at HeartPatsy
  21. 1994Nobody's FoolJudge Flatt
  22. 1994Janek: The Silent BetrayalChief Wycoff
  23. 1994Safe PassageMort
  24. 1994Milk MoneyJerry
  25. 1994The Forget-Me-Not MurdersChief
  26. 1994Against the WallOswald
  27. 1994AngieFrank Scacciapensieri
  28. 1992Straight TalkGene Perlman
  29. 1991Shadows and FogMr. Paulsen
  30. 1991The Return of Eliot NessArt Malto
  31. 1991F/X2Lt. Ray Silak, NYPD
  32. 1991True ColorsSen. Frank Steubens
  33. 1990Quick ChangeBus Driver
  34. 1990Blue SteelFrank Turner
  35. 1990Murder in Black and WhiteWycoff
  36. 1989The Dream TeamO'Malley
  37. 1989The Luckiest Man in the WorldSam Posner
  38. 1988Working GirlOren Trask
  39. 1988Internal AffairsJohn Wycoff
  40. 1988Another WomanSam
  41. 19873 Men and a BabyDet. Sgt. Melkowitz
  42. 1987Echoes in the DarknessJudge Garb
  43. 1987SuspectPaul Gray
  44. 1987Read Between The LinesGrandfather
  45. 1986Rage of Angels: The Story ContinuesThomas Colfax
  46. 1986Children of a Lesser GodDr. Curtis Franklin
  47. 1986LibertyBoss William Tweed
  48. 1986The Money PitCurly
  49. 1985FlanaganJames Flanagan
  50. 1985Heaven Help UsBrother Paul
  51. 1984The Pope of Greenwich VillagePaulie's Father
  52. 1983Trading PlacesDoctor
  53. 1971Hogan's GoatFather Coyne
  54. 1968A Lovely Way to DieFuller
  55. 1966An Enemy of the People