Actor Peter Boyle has died
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:22 pm
I was never a Raymond fan.
But I loved PB as the Monster in "Young Frankenstein" and as Wizard in "Taxi Driver."
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Actor Peter Boyle has died
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Re: Actor Peter Boyle has died
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:41 pm
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:43 pm
did anyone know that he was a monk before acting? very interesting man.. peace and prayers for him and his family...
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:47 pm
He also starred in the 1994 remake of "The Shadow".
He'll be sorely missed!
He'll be sorely missed!
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 1:09 pm
Holy Crap! I am going to miss him... RIP....
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 2:10 pm
I'm a big fan of "Everybody Loves Raymond" - one of my all-time favorite sitcoms. Prayers for his family & friends... 
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 4:17 pm
I loved Everyone Loves Raymond
is that show still ongoing in US btw or just repeats now?
this is sad news
is that show still ongoing in US btw or just repeats now?
this is sad news
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 4:31 pm
ELR is the ONLY sitcom I watch these days - Love it!. Definitely will miss him!
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 5:36 pm
I was just watching a episode of Everbody Loves Raymond and then I come here to see this. 
His character on that show was probably the funniest character ever on a sitcom.I will miss him! RIP
His character on that show was probably the funniest character ever on a sitcom.I will miss him! RIP Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 6:02 pm
AussieMark wrote:I loved Everyone Loves Raymond
is that show still ongoing in US btw or just repeats now?
this is sad news
It ended in May 2005. It airs in repeats now on several channels. The ratings that it got come nowhere close to any current sitcom ratings now.
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 6:13 pm
wow, He will be missed. Wasnt he the senior member of Raymond?
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:47 pm
I saw that on CNN today... that is sad news He was a great actor.
He was a great actor.Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:46 pm
i wish he didnt have to die
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:56 pm
How sad! May he rest in peace.
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:02 pm
I was so sad to hear of Mr. Boyle's passing. I recently rented While You Were Sleeping and of course if any of you have seen this charming, xmas related movie, PB starred in it. I had just watched the ending again, when I logged onto CNN to read the sad, sad news. What a shock for the cast of ELR, I'm sure. They were as close as family I've read. Together for what, 9 seasons?
RIP Mr. Boyle. My thoughts and prayers going out to his family and friends tonight.
Mary
RIP Mr. Boyle. My thoughts and prayers going out to his family and friends tonight.
Mary
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 6:46 am
Nice tribute to Peter Boyle, on TV Guide's website, by Matt Roush:
http://community.tvguide.com/thread.jsp ... =700014478
Everybody Loved Peter Boyle
We knew him as Frank Barone, the gruff grandpa who made merry mischief with his sons, his long-suffering wife Marie and his horrified in-laws for nine seasons on Everybody Loves Raymond. Also as the comical monster of Young Frankenstein, tapping and yowling to “Puttin’ on the Ritz.” And let’s not forget Clyde Bruckman, the wry, melancholy psychic who foresaw his own death (among others, including Mulder’s) in one of the most memorable X-Files episodes ever.
It was for that X-Files guest shot that Peter Boyle won his Emmy in 1996, but he won America’s heart (and was nominated seven times) as the most curmudgeonly of the comic engines in the splendid ensemble cast of Everybody Loves Raymond, one of the last great classic TV comedies. His cranky rapport with Doris Roberts, who played Marie to his Frank, was so popular they reprised their roles for several retro Alka-Seltzer commercials after Raymond folded. It was great seeing them again, reminding us of how much we missed them. His death this week at the age of 71, after suffering from multiple myeloma and heart disease, reminds us again of our, and TV’s, loss.
The role of Frank was a welcome late-career gift to this wonderful character actor, who burst on the scene in 1970 as the bigoted title character of the controversial film Joe. Boyle himself couldn’t have been more different from Joe (or, for that matter, Frank). He reportedly turned down other violent roles (including the lead of The French Connection) after the success of Joe, deploring what he saw as the glamorization of violence. An outspoken critic of the Vietnam War, he befriended John Lennon, who was the best man at Boyle’s 1977 wedding to Lorraine Alterman, a Rolling Stone reporter.
Imagine. Or, as Frank might say, “Holy crap.” As TV catchphrases go, that’s a pretty good one to remember Peter Boyle by.
http://community.tvguide.com/thread.jsp ... =700014478
Everybody Loved Peter Boyle
We knew him as Frank Barone, the gruff grandpa who made merry mischief with his sons, his long-suffering wife Marie and his horrified in-laws for nine seasons on Everybody Loves Raymond. Also as the comical monster of Young Frankenstein, tapping and yowling to “Puttin’ on the Ritz.” And let’s not forget Clyde Bruckman, the wry, melancholy psychic who foresaw his own death (among others, including Mulder’s) in one of the most memorable X-Files episodes ever.
It was for that X-Files guest shot that Peter Boyle won his Emmy in 1996, but he won America’s heart (and was nominated seven times) as the most curmudgeonly of the comic engines in the splendid ensemble cast of Everybody Loves Raymond, one of the last great classic TV comedies. His cranky rapport with Doris Roberts, who played Marie to his Frank, was so popular they reprised their roles for several retro Alka-Seltzer commercials after Raymond folded. It was great seeing them again, reminding us of how much we missed them. His death this week at the age of 71, after suffering from multiple myeloma and heart disease, reminds us again of our, and TV’s, loss.
The role of Frank was a welcome late-career gift to this wonderful character actor, who burst on the scene in 1970 as the bigoted title character of the controversial film Joe. Boyle himself couldn’t have been more different from Joe (or, for that matter, Frank). He reportedly turned down other violent roles (including the lead of The French Connection) after the success of Joe, deploring what he saw as the glamorization of violence. An outspoken critic of the Vietnam War, he befriended John Lennon, who was the best man at Boyle’s 1977 wedding to Lorraine Alterman, a Rolling Stone reporter.
Imagine. Or, as Frank might say, “Holy crap.” As TV catchphrases go, that’s a pretty good one to remember Peter Boyle by.