Awards & Winners

James Costigan

Date of Birth 31-March-1926
Place of Birth East Los Angeles
(United States of America, Los Angeles County, California)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as James Joseph Smith
Profession Actor, Screenwriter
James Costigan was an American television actor and Emmy Award-winning television screenwriter. His writing credited included the Eleanor and Franklin and Love Among the Ruins television movies. Costigan was born on March 31, 1926, in Belvedere Gardens in East Los Angeles, where his parents owned and operated a hardware store. He first achieved some level of success in the 1950s, when he began being hired to write television anthology series, such as Studio One and Kraft Television Theatre. Costigan won his first Emmy for original teleplay in 1959 for Little Moon of Alban, a segment which appeared as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame. The segment, which starred Christopher Plummer and Julie Harris, was set during the Irish War of Independence. Costigan earned a second Emmy nomination in for his script adaptation of The Turn of the Screw in 1959. He did not win the award, but acclaimed actress Ingrid Bergman won an Emmy for her performance in The Turn of the Screw. Costigan increasingly began writing for Broadway theater, as the format of television began to change. His Broadway credits included Baby Want a Kiss, a 1964 comedy which starred Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman.

Awards by James Costigan

Check all the awards nominated and won by James Costigan.

1977


Nominations 1977 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Special Program - Drama Or Comedy - Original Teleplay Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

1976


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Special Program - Drama Or Comedy - Original Teleplay
Honored for : ABC Theatre
(Eleanor and Franklin)

Nominations 1976 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Special Program - Drama Or Comedy - Original Teleplay ABC Theatre
Eleanor and Franklin

1975


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Special Program - Drama Or Comedy - Original Teleplay
Honored for : ABC Theatre
(Love Among the Ruins)

Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Special Program - Drama Or Comedy - Original Teleplay ABC Theatre
Love Among the Ruins

1960


Nominations 1960 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation Startime
Episode: The Turn of the Screw
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Drama Series Startime
The Turn of the Screw

1959


Primetime Emmy Award for Best Writing Of A Single Dramatic Program - One Hour or Longer
Honored for : Hallmark Hall of Fame
(Little Moon of Alban)

Nominations 1959 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Writing Of A Single Dramatic Program - One Hour or Longer Hallmark Hall of Fame
Little Moon of Alban

1958


Peabody Award
Honored for : Hallmark Hall of Fame
(Little Moon of Alban)