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- Birth namePhilip Michael Bosco
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Philip Michael Bosco was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, to Margaret Raymond (Thek), a policewoman, and Philip Lupo Bosco, a carnival worker. He was of Italian and German descent. Bosco graduated from Saint Peter's Prep School, 1948, and from the Catholic University of America, A.B. 1957. He served as a private in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, 1951-53. Bosco worked in a carnival and as a trailer truck driver before becoming an actor. He received the Shakespeare Society of Washington, D.C. Award (1957), won the Variety NY Drama Critics' Poll for his performance as Heracles in "The Rape of the Belt" (1961), and received a Tony nomination for "The Rape of the Belt". In 2007, he had a big role as Lenny Savage, the father of Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman's characters, in the drama-comedy The Savages (2007).- IMDb mini biography by: Tim Dunleavy <timd@snip.net>
- SpouseNancy Ann Dunkle(January 2, 1957 - December 3, 2018) (his death, 7 children)
- ChildrenDiane BoscoPhilip BoscoChris BoscoJenny BoscoLisa BoscoCelia Bosco
- Transatlantic accent.
- Was nominated for the 2005 Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Drama for "Twelve Angry Men".
- Nominated for a Tony Award in 1996 for Best Actor in Moon Over Buffalo
- Graduated from St. Peter's Prep, Jersey City, New Jersey.
- Children: Diane, Philip, Chris, Jenny, Lisa, Celia and John Bosco.
- In addition to his mother, his brother Dave was also a police officer with the Port Authority of NY & NJ Police assigned to the PATH railroad in Jersey City, NJ.
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