Background
Costigan was born on March 31, 1926, in Belvedere Gardens in East Los Angeles, where his parents owned and operated a hardware store.
Costigan was born on March 31, 1926, in Belvedere Gardens in East Los Angeles, where his parents owned and operated a hardware store.
His writing credited included the Eleanor and Franklin and Love Among the Ruins television movies. 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.
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. He returned to screenwriting for television in the early 1970s.
James Costigan died on December 19, 2007, at his home in Bainbridge Island, Washington, of heart failure and the age of 81.