CBS: Actor Peter Boyle has died

[Kadie]

Dec 13, 2006 8:24 am US/Pacific

Actor Peter Boyle Dies

(CBS) NEW YORK Veteran actor Peter Boyle, who played the crabby father of Ray Romano on the CBS comedy "Everbody Loves Raymond," died Tuesday night in New York, CBS News has learned.

Boyle was born Oct. 18, 1935, in Philadelphia. He left a calling as a Christian monk in the 1950s to become an actor, and in 1970, he won acclaim playing an intolerant factory worker in the movie "Joe."

In 1974, Boyle joined Mel Brooks to star as the famous monster in "Young Frankenstein." Boyle reportedly was in full monster make-up for the film when he met his future wife, Rolling Stone reporter Loraine Alterman Boyle.

http://cbs13.com/topstories/topstories_story_347112437.html

more information on him at this link...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061213/ap_en_tv/obit_boyle

[xultar]

1. Awwww he was so awesome. RIP Peter.

[Radio_Lady]

51. Holy crap! I just loved Peter Boyle. Sorry to hear this afternoon.

[Nikki Stone1]

2. He was looking pretty tired in that last season of Raymond.

But he and Doris Roberts always made that show worth watching.

[Philosoraptor]

3. His portrayal of the Frankenstein monster is one for the ages.

and what a curmudgeon on t.v.! I'll miss him, been watching his career since the late sixties

[blondeatlast]

49. He conveyed it all with his face. So funny and even so touching.

Damn==this one hurts really badly. RIP, Mr. Boyle. comedy will sorely miss you...

[Armstead]

4. Longtime Liberal Activist

He'll be missed

[Catherine Vincent]

5. Oh no. :(

I loved him on "ELR". May he RIP.

[meegbear]

6. He'll always be the Frankenstein monster to me ...

RIP Peter

[Poiuyt]

45. No sequel to Young Frankenstein, unless...unless...

IT...COULD...WORK!!!

[grytpype]

7. His greatest role...

[TahitiNut]

35. The burning thumb - one of the greatest sight gags ever.

Peter Boyle was a true comic genius, imho. We'll miss him. :cry:

[WCGreen]

39. Uton on da itz......

I just watched him with Bill Murray in Where the Buffalo Roam....

[bullimiami]

8. i always see him as frankensteins monster.

funny stuff.

[KittyWampus]

9. great guy who lived around here. RIP! So glad he had a hit show in the recent past

he deserved it.

[Howardx]

10. he looked pretty frail

on a recent "mind of mencia" appearance but he was still damn funny

[Mad_Dem_X]

11. What a shame. RIP.

:cry:

[underpants]

12. Best friends with John Lennon

Larry King had the cast of Raymond on and he asked Boyle about Lennon. Boyle got choked up and said he would rather not talk about John.

Amazing actor.

[dancingme]

21. Lennon was the best man at his wedding

or the other way around - Boyle was best man for John.

[underpants]

33. Wikipedia-John was Peter's best man

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Boyle

Boyle was friendly with John Lennon, who was the best man at Boyle's 1977 wedding to Lorraine Alterman, with whom he has two daughters, Lucy and Amy. Boyle met Lennon through his wife, a reporter for Rolling Stone who was friends with Yoko Ono. <1>

[tularetom]

13. Great funny actor

and a guy with his heart in the right place IIRC. RIP, Peter Boyle.

[annabanana]

14. "Joe", "The French Connection"

A hell of an actor.

[Greybnk48]

15. How sad. One of my favorites.

I started watching Raymond because of him (the re-runs). Have loved this guy since I found out about him after seeing "Joe" in the 70's. He was one of the good guys.

[SidDithers]

16. Wow, I was just watching Young Frankenstein last nite...

"Puttin' on the Ritz" has never been the same since that movie.

He was the only funny thing about the Ray show. He'll be missed.

Sid

[Philosoraptor]

18. Hey, I wonder if they saved Marty Feldman's brain?

Or Abbey Normal?

[SidDithers]

27. They should have saved his eyes :) ...nt

Sid

[Philosoraptor]

28. I had a hunch you'd say that

[Swamp Rat]

29. LOL!!!

:D

[Catherine Vincent]

36. Is that Peter Boyle in that pic?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

38. No, it's Marty Feldman.

This is Peter Boyle:

[shadowknows69]

46. Wilder: "damn your eyes!!!"

Feldman(points): "too late"

[MaineDem]

17. "Oh, sweet mystery of life at last I've found thee"

Both he and Madeline Kahn are gone now. How sad.

[Philosoraptor]

20. rrrRRRAAAaarrrr!

[no_hypocrisy]

19. I think he used to be a member of the original Chicago Second City

troupe in the heyday with Alan Arkin, Nichols & May, etc.

Aside from the obvious cinematic accolades, I really liked him as Robert Redford's campaign manager in The Candidate.

[NYCGirl]

22. He will be missed. My favorite Peter Boyle performance was in "The Friends of

Eddie Coyle" with Robert Mitchum (another giant).

[Lex]

23. He was perfect in the role of Ray Ramano's father. Just hilarious.

Didn't know about his earlier career but sounds like he was a real good guy and had a good solid career.

RIP.

[Lautremont]

24. He was great in Taxi Driver as well.

Good actor. Really good actor. And I join the chorus of praise for his Frankenstein portrayal.

[HughBeaumont]

25. The Wizard will forever be in our hearts.

Rest in peace.

[Annces]

26. Sad

Everyone won an award on the show but him, I thought he should get one too.

I also could never get that creepy character he played in "Joe" out of my mind when I saw him. That probably means it was good acting.

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

47. "Joe" creeped me out too

My friends and I saw it on a Sat. nite and it disturbed us so much that we had to go to the movies Sunday afternoon to see another movie to cheer us up.

[Botany]

30. RIP Peter

You & Ms Kahn were a classic.

[BurtWorm]

31. One of my very favorite character actors.

The world is poorer without him. But at least we have all those movies.

[BuyingThyme]

32. I will remember him as Carl Lazlo.

[Nickster]

37. I was just thinking about that! The HST documentary was on Showtime last night and they talked about

Peter Boyle.

[Roland99]

34. "Holy crap!"... no more "Puttin' on the Ritz!"

:(

[Hawkeye-X]

40. A favorite of mine:

"The Dream Team"

I just laughed at Boyle being butt-naked trying to preach. I'm sure he used some of his monkdom to do that :)

[Javaman]

41. Puttin' on da Ritzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rest in Peace, Mr. Boyle, you will be sadly missed, but will live on through your wonderful films.

[peekaloo]

42. RIP. His "Dueling Brandos" with Belushi was a favorite SNL skit

from many moons ago.

:-(

[shadowknows69]

44. yep classic

amazing

[shadowknows69]

43. So so sad

You made me laugh more times than I can possibly count Peter. Thanks and good journey.

Just watched "Where the buffalo roam" the other night too. Another brilliant, chaotic, hilarious performance from mr Boyle.

[Warren DeMontague]

48. One of his lesser known roles was as Hunter S. Thompson's lawyer in "Where the Buffalo Roam"

Not quite Benicio Del Toro, but classic.

He will be missed. :(

[blogslut]

50. Awww damn

Such a fine performer. Whatever he did, was made better by his involvement.

He guest starred on the X-Files in an episode entitled: "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" - memorable, funny and a little sad, just like Peter Boyle.

[zreosumgame]

52. Goodbye Mr Boyle...