Portrait of Philip Bosco

Acting

Philip Bosco

Career

Active from 1971 to 2011, with a break from 1972 to 1984, busiest in 1991 and 1994 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
19
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
GoodWatch score91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 61 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Philip Bosco Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    2.6, average 4.1
  • Scare
    1.1, average 2.6
  • Uncanny
    1.2, average 2.5
  • Adrenaline
    3.5, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 7
  • American History 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Mystery 3
  • Family Dynamics 2
  • Family Comedy 2
  • Educational & Informative 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Historical Context 2
  • Thought-Provoking 2
  • Ken Burns Style 2
  • Ken Burns Documentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

92
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

2 titles ยท average score 82
Prohibition
Prohibition (2011)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Reader (voice)

Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World (2010)

as (voice)

2000s

21 titles ยท average score 68
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show

The Savages
The Savages (2007)
GoodWatch score 79

as Lenny Savage

Damages
Damages (2007)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Hollis Nye

Hitch
Hitch (2005)
GoodWatch score 63

as Mr. O'Brian

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
GoodWatch score 91

as Other Voices (voice)

Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip (2003)
GoodWatch score 78

as Other Voices (voice)

Mark Twain
Mark Twain (2002)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show ยท as Other Voices (voice)

Mark Twain
Mark Twain (2002)
GoodWatch score 77

as (voice)

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Franklin Winthrop

Borough of Kings
Borough of Kings (2000)

as Uncle Chicky

Cupid & Cate
Cupid & Cate (2000)
GoodWatch score 58

as Dominic DeAngelo

Ed
Ed (2000)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Alan Stevens

1990s

38 titles ยท average score 62
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Joseph P. Terhune / Davis Langley

Carriers
Carriers (1998)
GoodWatch score 34

as Colonel John O. Bailey

My Best Friend's Wedding
My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
GoodWatch score 64

as Walter Wallace

It Takes Two
It Takes Two (1995)
GoodWatch score 45

as Vincenzo

Milk Money
Milk Money (1994)
GoodWatch score 32

as Jerry

TriBeCa
TriBeCa (1993)

TV show

Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann
Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann (1992)
GoodWatch score 71

as Narrator

Coney Island
Coney Island (1991)
GoodWatch score 77

as Narrator (voice)

The Return of Eliot Ness
The Return of Eliot Ness (1991)
GoodWatch score 70

as Art Malto

F/X2
F/X2 (1991)
GoodWatch score 46

as Lt. Ray Silak, NYPD

Blue Steel
Blue Steel (1990)
GoodWatch score 57

as Frank Turner

Law & Order
Law & Order (1990)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Defense Attorney Gordon Schell / Lee Jerrold

1980s

25 titles ยท average score 67
The Luckiest Man in the World
The Luckiest Man in the World (1989)

as Sam Posner

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)

Working Girl
Working Girl (1988)
GoodWatch score 73

as Oren Trask

American Experience
American Experience (1988)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Narrator (voice)

3 Men and a Baby
3 Men and a Baby (1987)
GoodWatch score 62

as Det. Sgt. Melkowitz

Suspect
Suspect (1987)
GoodWatch score 62

as Paul Gray

The Money Pit
The Money Pit (1986)
GoodWatch score 56

as Curly

Rage of Angels: The Story Continues
Rage of Angels: The Story Continues (1986)

TV show ยท as Thomas Colfax

Children of a Lesser God
Children of a Lesser God (1986)
GoodWatch score 76

as Dr. Curtis Franklin

Flanagan
Flanagan (1985)

as James Flanagan

The Equalizer
The Equalizer (1985)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show ยท as Oscar / Brian

Trading Places
Trading Places (1983)
GoodWatch score 77

as Doctor

1970s

2 titles ยท average score 70
Hogan's Goat
Hogan's Goat (1971)

as Father Coyne

Great Performances
Great Performances (1971)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Father Coyne

1960s

2 titles ยท average score 50
A Lovely Way to Die
A Lovely Way to Die (1968)
GoodWatch score 50

as Fuller

NET Playhouse
NET Playhouse (1966)

TV show ยท as Peter Stockmann

1950s

2 titles ยท average score 78
You Are There
You Are There (1953)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Dominic DeAngelo