Philip Bosco

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Philip Michael Bosco (born September 26, 1930 in Jersey City , New Jersey - † December 3, 2018 in Haworth , New Jersey) was an American actor .

Life

Philip Bosco's father Philip Lupo Bosco was a laborer, his mother Margaret Raymond Thek Bosco a police officer. Bosco worked as a truck driver and served in the US Army from 1951 to 1953 . He graduated from the Catholic University of America in 1957 .

Bosco received the Shakespeare Society of Washington DC Award for theater in 1957 . He made a name for himself as an actor in the American repertoire theater and through his participation in numerous plays by George Bernard Shaw . In 1961, 1984, 1987 and 1996 he was nominated for a Tony Award . In 1989 he won a Tony Award for his role as Saunders in the comedy Otello Must Not Be Burst (Lend Me a Tenor) by Ken Ludwig. He was nominated one last time for important theater awards in 2005 for his portrayal as juror No. 3 in Twelve Angry Men , which was interpreted in the famous film version from 1957 by Lee J. Cobb .

Bosco suffered from fear of flying and, according to his own account, turned down a film contract for seven years at the beginning of his career because he did not want to live in Hollywood . He also had an aversion to working in film. Nevertheless, from the beginning of the 1950s he appeared in over 90 film and television productions, mostly in supporting roles. He starred in 1988 in the film The Guns of Women alongside Harrison Ford and Melanie Griffith and in 1997 in The Wedding of My Best Friend alongside Julia Roberts , Cameron Diaz and Rupert Everett . For his supporting role as Uncle Carmine in The Devils Club (1996), he was honored with the rest of the cast around Goldie Hawn , Diane Keaton and Bette Midler with the National Board of Review Award .

Bosco was married to Nancy Ann Dunkle since 1957, with whom he has seven children. He died in December 2018 at the age of 88.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

  • 1961: nominated for the Tony Award for Rape of the Belt ( Best Supporting Actor )
  • 1980: Nomination for the Drama Desk Award for Major Barbara (Best Actor)
  • 1984: Tony Award nomination for Heartbreak House (Best Supporting Actor)
  • 1987: Nomination for the Tony Award for You Never Can Tell ( Best Actor )
  • 1988: Daytime Emmy Award for Junge Schicksale , episode: Read Between The Lines (best actor in a children's program)
  • 1989: Drama Desk Award for Lend Me a Tenor (Best Actor)
  • 1989: Tony Award for Lend Me a Tenor (Best Actor)
  • 1995: Nomination for the Drama Desk Award for The Heiress (Best Actor)
  • 1996: Tony Award nomination for Moon Over Buffalo (Best Actor)
  • 1996: National Board of Review Award for The Devil's Club ( Best Acting Company )
  • 2005: Nomination for the Drama Desk Award for Twelve Angry Men (Best Supporting Actor)
  • 2005: Tony Award nomination for Twelve Angry Men (Best Actor)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Robert Berkvist: Philip Bosco, Tony-winning character actor, Is Dead at 88. In: The New York Times . December 4, 2018, accessed December 5, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Bosco, Philip
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bosco, Philip Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH September 26, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Jersey City , New Jersey, United States
DATE OF DEATH 3rd December 2018
Place of death Haworth , New Jersey, United States