11 Facts About James Costigan

James Costigan was an American television actor and Emmy Award-winning television screenwriter.

James Costigan's writing credits include the television movies Eleanor and Franklin and Love Among the Ruins.

James Costigan first achieved some level of success in the 1950s, when he came to write for television anthology series, such as Studio One and Kraft Television Theatre.

James 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.

James Costigan earned a second Emmy nomination in 1959 for his script adaptation of The Turn of the Screw.

James Costigan did not win, but Ingrid Bergman won an Emmy for her performance in The Turn of the Screw.

James Costigan increasingly began writing for the stage as the format of television began to change.

James Costigan returned to screenwriting for television in the early 1970s.

James Costigan won a second Emmy Award for Love Among the Ruins, a 1975 television movie set in Edwardian England, which starred Katharine Hepburn and Laurence Olivier.

James Costigan began collaborating with other scenarists, including John Huston on the film adaptation of Thornton Wilder's novel Mr North.

James Costigan died on December 19,2007, aged 81, at his home in Bainbridge Island, Washington, of heart failure.