Where Are They Now - Friday, January 2, 2015

Hello fans,

Happy New Year! It's hard to believe that January is here already. Let's kick off 2015 by catching up with longtime star of film and stage Philip Bosco. Enjoy, and have a great weekend...

Take care,
Melissa

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--DEAD OR ALIVE?--
See if you know if the following celebrities have had a visit from the "Grim Reaper":

Shirley Hemphill: Played Shirley on the TV series "What's Happening!"

Julie Newmar: Best known for her turn as Catwoman in the classic 1960s TV series "Batman"

Betty Everett: Best known for her 1964 hit "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)"

(Answer at the bottom)
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Philip Bosco
Learn More About Philip Bosco on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: September 26, 1930, Jersey City, New Jersey

CLAIM TO FAME: Known for roles in such films as Working Girl, Three Men and a Baby, The Money Pit

FAMILY LIFE: He married a fellow Catholic University student, Nancy Ann Dunkle, on January 2, 1957. They have seven children, Jenny, Diane, Philip, Chris, John, Lisa, Celia and 15 grandchildren.

INFO: Bosco's career began in Broadway theatre and for 30 years he appeared in classic revivals such as Cyrano de Bergerac, King Lear, and Twelfth Night.

He won Tony nominations for his roles in revivals of plays by George Bernard Shaw, including Major Barbara, Heartbreak House and You Never Can Tell.

Bosco has made regular appearances in the Law & Order franchise of television series, in various roles ranging from judges to lawyers to villains. He also has a long list of film credits that include Working Girl, Straight Talk, Nobody's Fool, Wonder Boys, The Money Pit, Three Men and a Baby, and The First Wives Club.

He has voiced a number of characters for his brother Ken's documentaries for PBS. In 1988, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for his appearance in the ABC Weekend Special 'Read Between The Lines'. He was a series regular on the FX original series Damages.

TRIVIA: Attended St. Peter's Preparatory School in Jersey City.

Studied Drama at Catholic University of America, where he had notable success in the title role of Shakespeare's Richard III.

Nominated for a Tony Award in 1996 for Best Actor in Moon Over Buffalo.

His paternal grandparents were Italian. His mother was of German descent.

Received a Tony Award nomination for his debut in The Rape of the Belt in 1960.

Was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1998.

WHERE IS HE NOW: In 2005, Bosco played Grandpa Potts in the Broadway production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. He portrayed the aged Captain Shotover in a 2006 Broadway revival of Heartbreak House.

He retired from the stage in 2009 after an appearance in the City Center Encores production of Finian's Rainbow.

However, in 2010, he loaned his voice to Douglas Carter Beane's 2010 play "Mr. and Mrs. Fitch". He also narrated a few episodes of the TV series documentary The American Experience between 1990 and 2010.

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CREDITS:

1990-2010 The American Experience (TV Series documentary)...Narrator / Gideon Folger & Paul Macy
- Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World (2010) ... Gideon Folger & Paul Macy (voice)
- Coney Island (1991) ... Narrator
- The Crash of 1929 (1990) ... Narrator

2009 When the Evening Comes...Martin Corrado

2007-2009 Damages (TV Series)...Hollis Nye

2007 The Savages...Lenny Savage

2002-2006 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)...Judge Joseph P. Terhune / Davis Langley

2006 Freedomland...Priest

2005/I Hitch...Mr. O'Brian

2001-2004 Ed (TV Series)...Alan Stevens
- Happily Ever After (2004) ... Alan Stevens (as Phil Bosco)
- Losing Streak (2001) ... Alan Stevens

2003 Freedom: A History of Us (TV Series documentary)...Charles Nordhoff / Edouard De Laboulave / Samuel Gompers / ...

2002 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series)...Prof. Winthrop
- Anti-Thesis (2002) ... Prof. Winthrop

2002 Cyberchase (TV Series)...Zeus
- Zeus on the Loose (2002) ... Zeus (voice)

2002 Abandon...Professor Jergensen

2001 Kate & Leopold...Otis

2001 No Ordinary Baby (TV Movie)...Dr. Ed Walden

2000 Brooklyn Sonnet...Uncle Chicky

2000 Shaft...Walter Wade, Sr.

2000 Cupid & Cate (TV Movie)...Dominic DeAngelo

2000 Wonder Boys...Emily's Father

2000 All My Children (TV Series)...Lyle Wedgewood
- Episode dated 25 January 2000 (2000) ... Lyle Wedgewood

1999 Bonanno: A Godfather's Story (TV Movie)...Steve Maggadino Sr.

1990-1999 Law & Order (TV Series)...Gordon Schell / Lee Jerrold / Mr. Dobbs
- Shield (1999) ... Lee Jerrold
- Faccia a Faccia (1998) ... Mr. Dobbs
- Kids (1994) ... Gordon Schell
- Manhood (1993) ... Gordon Schell
- Happily Ever After (1990) ... Gordon Schell

1998 Spin City (TV Series)...Randall Winston, Sr.
- Gobble the Wonder Turkey Saves the Day (1998) ... Randall Winston, Sr.

1998 Twelfth Night, or What You Will (TV Movie)...Malvolio

1998 Carriers (TV Movie)...Col. John O. Bailey

1998 Cosby (TV Series)
- Enter Lucas (1998)

1997 Liberty! The American Revolution (TV Mini-Series)...Benjamin Franklin
- The World Turned Upside Down: 1778-1783 (1997) ... Benjamin Franklin
- The Times That Try Men's Souls: 1776-1777 (1997) ... Benjamin Franklin
- Oh, Fatal Ambition: 1777-1778 (1997) ... Benjamin Franklin
- The Reluctant Revolutionaries: 1763-1774 (1997) ... Benjamin Franklin
- Blows Must Decide: 1774-1776 (1997) ... Benjamin Franklin

1997 Remember WENN (TV Series)...Palermo Racine
- A Star in Stripes Forever (1997) ... Palermo Racine

1997 Critical Care...Dr. Hofstader

1997 Deconstructing Harry...Professor Clark

1997 My Best Friend's Wedding...Walter Wallace

1997 Early Edition (TV Series)...Mike Killabrew
- Bat Masterson (1997) ... Mike Killabrew

1996/I Apologies to Bunuel...Cabby

1996 The First Wives Club...Uncle Carmine Morelli

1995 It Takes Two...Vincenzo

1995 Young at Heart (TV Movie)...Patsy

1994 Nobody's Fool...Judge Flatt

1994 Janek: The Silent Betrayal (TV Movie)...Chief Wycoff

1994 Safe Passage...Mort

1994 Milk Money...Jerry the Pope

1994 The Forget-Me-Not Murders (TV Movie)...Chief

1994 Against the Wall (TV Movie)...Oswald

1994 Angie...Frank Scacciapensieri

1993 Tribeca (TV Series)...Harry Arsharsky

1992 Lincoln (TV Movie)...Frederick Seward (voice)

1992 Straight Talk...Gene Perlman

1991 Shadows and Fog...Mr. Paulsen

1991 The Return of Eliot Ness (TV Movie)...Art Malto

1991 F/X2...Ray Silak

1991 True Colors...Sen. Frank Steubens

1990 Against the Law (TV Series)...Judge Webb
- Contempt (1990) ... Judge Webb

1990 The Civil War (TV Mini-Series documentary)...Horace Greeley / Various

1990 Quick Change...Bus Driver

1990 Murder in Black and White (TV Movie)...Wycoff

1986-1989 The Equalizer (TV Series)...Oscar / Brian
- Heart of Justice (1989) ... Oscar
- Pretenders (1986) ... Brian

1989 Blue Steel...Frank Turner

1989 The Dream Team...O'Malley

1989 The Luckiest Man in the World...Sam Posner

1988 Working Girl...Oren Trask

1988 Internal Affairs (TV Movie)...John Wycoff

1988 Another Woman...Sam

1988 Spenser: For Hire (TV Series)...David McVane
- Substantial Justice (1988) ... David McVane

1987 3 Men and a Baby...Det. Sgt. Melkowitz

1987 Echoes in the Darkness (TV Movie)...Judge Garb

1987 Leg Work (TV Series)...Dawson
- All This and a Gold Card Too (1987) ... Dawson

1987 Suspect...Paul Gray

1987 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV Series)...Grandfather
- Read Between the Lines (1987) ... Grandfather

1986 Rage of Angels: The Story Continues (TV Movie)...Thomas Colfax

1986 Children of a Lesser God...Dr. Curtis Franklin

1986 Liberty (TV Movie)...Boss William Tweed

1986 The Money Pit...Curly

1985 Flanagan...James Flanagan

1985 American Playhouse (TV Series)...Gaetano Altobelli
- Some Men Need Help (1985) ... Gaetano Altobelli

1985 Heaven Help Us...Brother Paul

1984 The Pope of Greenwich Village...Paulie's Father

1983 Trading Places...Doctor

1981 Nurse (TV Series)...Dr. Harry Wallenberg
- Equal Opportunity (1981) ... Dr. Harry Wallenberg

1978 Ryan's Hope (TV Series)...Dr. Gillette
- Episode #1.789 (1978) ... Dr. Gillette

1971 Great Performances (TV Series)...Father Coyne
- Hogan's Goat (1971) ... Father Coyne

1968 N.Y.P.D. (TV Series)
- What's a Nice Girl Like You... (1968)

1968 A Lovely Way to Die...Fuller

1966 An Enemy of the People (TV Movie)...Peter Stockmann

1966 NET Playhouse (TV Series)...Peter Stockmann
- An Enemy of the People (1966) ... Peter Stockmann

1966 Hawk (TV Series)...Nick Ingland
- Game with a Dead End (1966) ... Nick Ingland

1965 The Trials of O'Brien (TV Series)...Theo
- Charlie's Got All the Luck (1965) ... Theo

1965 For the People (TV Series)...Willard / Detective Willard
- The Killing of One Human Being (1965) ... Willard
- The Influence of Fear (1965) ... Detective Willard

1963-1965 The Doctors and the Nurses (TV Series)...Ralph Maley / Hap Spencer / Parnell Sullivan
- A Dangerous Silence (1965) ... Ralph Maley
- The Rainbow Ride (1964) ... Hap Spencer
- Many a Sullivan (1963) ... Parnell Sullivan

1965 The Defenders (TV Series)...Dr. Manfredi
- Whipping Boy (1965) ... Dr. Manfredi

1961 Sunday Showcase (TV Series)...General Gordon
- Our American Heritage: Gentleman's Decision (1961) ... General Gordon

1961 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series)...Roy Thornton
- Medicine Man (1961) ... Roy Thornton

1961 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV Series)...Duke Michael
- The Prisoner of Zenda (1961) ... Duke Michael

1953 You Are There (TV Series)...Sam Houston
- The Burning of the Alamo (1953) ... Sam Houston
- The Defense of the Alamo (1953) ... Sam Houston

1952 Guiding Light (TV Series)...Clarence Baily (1979)

To see Then & Now pictures of Philip Bosco, visit: Celebrity Nooz

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Shirley Hemphill - DEAD (Kidney failure)
Born: 07/01/1947 Died: 12/10/1999

Julie Newmar - ALIVE
Born: 08/16/1933

Betty Everett - DEAD (Heart attack)
Born: 11/23/1939 Died: 08/19/2001