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Philip Bosco

Philip Bosco

Actor · Died December 3, 2018, aged 88 · Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

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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Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 26, 1930
Died
December 3, 2018 (aged 88)
From
Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
58 on MovieCove · 94 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Down 30% in 30 days

What are Philip Bosco's films like?

Across their 38 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Comedy14 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 41st percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Crime5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 36th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Action4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Documentary3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 95th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
29%
Morality
20%
Self
17%
Society
12%
Power
10%
Survival
8%
Ideas
4%
Justice12 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds8 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love8 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty5 titles, browse their movies with this themeLegacy5 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 34 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 14 · Serious 12 · Dark 8

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 25 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 11 · Charged 17 · Intense 6

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 15 · Shifting 16 · Whiplash 3

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 15 · Some laughs 11 · Funny 8

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 22 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 14 · Engaged 19 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 17 · Affecting 11 · Heavy 6

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 27 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

11 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 5 of 11 analyzed roles.

Shadow
5 of 11
Trickster
3 of 11
Threshold guardian
2 of 11
Mentor
1 of 11
Show the 11 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
19
Contemplative
12
Warm
12
Melancholic
10
Joyful
7
Other
41

How their films linger

Hopeful15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy11
  • Bittersweet22
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Philip Bosco's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 43 of their 58 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (13).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Philip Bosco's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

94 credits, 58 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Prohibition(2011)

    Show 3 episodes · as Reader (voice)

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as (voice)

  • When the Evening Comes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Martin Corrado

  • The National Parks: America's Best Idea(2009)

    Show 6 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • The Savages(2007)

    as Lenny Savage

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Damages(2007)

    Show 11 episodes · as Hollis Nye

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Saunders (segment "Lend Me a Tenor")

  • Freedomland(2006)

    as Priest

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Hitch(2005)

    as Mr. O'Brian

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Other Voices (voice)

  • Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip(2003)

    as Other Voices (voice)

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Abandon(2002)

    as Professor Jergensen

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Cyberchase(2002)

    Show 2 episodes · as Zeus (voice)

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • Mark Twain(2001)

    as (voice)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Mark Twain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 2 episodes · as Other Voices (voice)

  • Kate & Leopold(2001)

    as Otis

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • After Amy(2001)

    as Dr. Ed Walden

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Franklin Winthrop

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Borough of Kings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Uncle Chicky

  • Ed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 2 episodes · as Alan Stevens

  • Shaft(2000)

    as Walter Wade Senior

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Cupid & Cate(2000)

    as Dominic DeAngelo

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Wonder Boys(2000)

    as Emily's Father

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)

    Show 5 episodes · as Davis Langley · as Joseph P. Terhune

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Bonanno: A Godfather's Story(1999)

    as Steve Maggadino Sr.

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Twelfth Night, or What You Will(1998)

    as Malvolio

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Carriers(1998)

    as Colonel John O. Bailey

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Deconstructing Harry(1997)

    as Professor Clark

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Liberty! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 6 episodes · as Benjamin Franklin

  • Critical Care(1997)

    as Dr. Hofstader

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • My Best Friend's Wedding(1997)

    as Walter Wallace

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Thomas Jefferson(1997)

    Show as Sam Adams

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Early Edition (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 1 episode · as Mike Killabrew

  • The First Wives Club(1996)

    as Uncle Carmine Morelli

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Spin City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 1 episode · as Randall Winston, Sr. (archive footage)

  • Remember WENN(1996)

    Show 1 episode · as Palermo Racine

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • It Takes Two(1995)

    as Vincenzo

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Young at Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Patsy

  • Nobody's Fool(1994)

    as Judge Flatt

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Janek: The Silent Betrayal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Chief Wycoff

  • Safe Passage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Mort

  • Baseball(1994)

    Show 4 episodes · as (voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Milk Money(1994)

    as Jerry

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The Forget-Me-Not Murders(1994)

    as Chief

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Against the Wall(1994)

    as Oswald

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Angie(1994)

    as Frank Scacciapensieri

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • TriBeCa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 7 episodes · Actor

  • Lincoln (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Frederick Seward (voice)

  • Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann(1992)

    as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Diego Rivera: I Paint What I See (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Bertram Wolfe

  • Straight Talk(1992)

    as Gene Perlman

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Shadows and Fog(1991)

    as Mr. Paulsen

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Return of Eliot Ness(1991)

    as Art Malto

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • F/X2(1991)

    as Lt. Ray Silak, NYPD

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • True Colors(1991)

    as Sen. Frank Steubens

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Coney Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • The Crash of 1929 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Narrator

  • The Civil War(1990)

    Show 9 episodes · as Horace Greeley (voice)

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Law & Order(1990)

    Show 3 episodes · as Defense Attorney Gordon Schell · as Dobbs · as Lee Jerrold

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Quick Change(1990)

    as Bus Driver

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Blue Steel(1990)

    as Frank Turner

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Murder in Black and White(1990)

    as Wycoff

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • The Dream Team(1989)

    as O'Malley

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The Luckiest Man in the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Sam Posner

  • The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Gifford Pinchot (Voice)

  • Working Girl(1988)

    as Oren Trask

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Internal Affairs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as John Wycoff

  • Another Woman(1988)

    as Sam

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • American Experience(1988)

    Show 1 episode · as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • Three Men and a Baby(1987)

    as Det. Sgt. Melkowitz

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Echoes in the Darkness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Judge Garb

  • Echoes in the Darkness(1987)

    Show 2 episodes · as Judge Garb

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows

  • Suspect(1987)

    as Paul Gray

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Leg Work (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 1 episode · as Dawson

  • Read Between The Lines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Grandfather

  • Rage of Angels: The Story Continues(1986)

    as Thomas Colfax

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Rage of Angels: The Story Continues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 2 episodes · as Thomas Colfax

  • Children of a Lesser God(1986)

    as Dr. Curtis Franklin

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Liberty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Boss William Tweed

  • The Money Pit(1986)

    as Curly

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Flanagan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as James Flanagan

  • The Equalizer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Brian · as Oscar

  • Heaven Help Us(1985)

    as Brother Paul

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • The Pope of Greenwich Village(1984)

    as Paulie's Father

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Trading Places(1983)

    as Doctor

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • American Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 1 episode · as Gaetano Altobelli

  • Nurse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Harry Wallenberg

  • Hogan's Goat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Father Coyne

  • Great Performances (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 1 episode · as Father Coyne

  • A Lovely Way to Die(1968)

    as Fuller

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • An Enemy of the People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Actor

  • NET Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Show 1 episode · as Peter Stockmann

  • You Are There (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Show 1 episode · as Dominic DeAngelo

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 93 titles from 1951 to 2011; peak year 1987.

Biggest box office

My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)

$299M worldwide

Highest rated

Mark Twain (2001)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

American Experience (1988)

Film career

19512011

Peak 1987 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting93 of 93: 93 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score67th

By decade

1950s2 · acting1960s3 · acting1970s2 · acting1980s25 · acting1990s38 · acting2000s21 · acting2010s2 · acting

Billing

usually 8th · top billed in 0% of 32 roles
84899499

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Philip Bosco's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 57th percentile, the median of all 45; across their 34 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 53rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Approval · how many liked their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Reach · how many have seen their films

80thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Midcredits score across 58 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up24
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th15
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

28 of their 58 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser28
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed18

Most divisive · actor

Twelfth Night, or What You Will (1998)

85th percentile spread · 18% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Baseball (1994)

Midcredits 99th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 30 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 48. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Philip Bosco's work okay for kids?

Across up to 16 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films and violence & gore and frightening / intense lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore9 titles5–58 · median 11 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity16 titles18–56 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity13 titles38–68 · median 52 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs8 titles19–48 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense9 titles6–38 · median 13 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Philip Bosco work with?

People who share at least 2 of Philip Bosco's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ken Burns shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles