This man was awesome! He was buddies with John Lennon, he was hilarious on Everybody Loves Raymond, he was awesome, period.
Does anyone know where he's buried?
-K.
This man was awesome! He was buddies with John Lennon, he was hilarious on Everybody Loves Raymond, he was awesome, period.
Does anyone know where he's buried?
-K.
He was a genius at comedy!!
Not sure where he is buried FindAGrave doesn't have it either so it may not be common knowledge
He reminded me so much of my grandpa, his character on Everybody Loves Raymond. He was hilarious. I was rather sad when he died on my birthday.
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Peter Boyle was awesome..he made that show Everybody loves Raymond and he was priceless as Frankenstein in Young Frankenstein!
He was also wonderful in the "Friends of Eddie Coyle" (a Boston mob movie) and surprising good with Peter Falk in the late 70's version of "The Brinks Job" another Boston classic crime story!
I wonder if he went into comedy because of his last name... gotta fend off your foes with humor with a name like that.. Anyway, no idea where he is buried... my guess, the ground sorry for not helping.
Just watched Young Frankenstein again last night, in honor of Halloween. Still funny after all of these years. The scenes with Gene Hackman's blind man are CLASSIC!!
He played a really good bigot in "Monsters Ball".
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I love in "Young Frankenstein" when he's singing "Puttin on the Ritz". Whenever my husband hears that song on the radio, he sings it like Peter Boyle. It's really funny!
I also can't believe he never won an Emmy for his role on "Everybody Loves Raymond".
Peter Boyle's funeral was in New York at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel on the Upper East Side. His remains were cremated, but that's all I could find.
loved him in everybody loves raymond... i saw him in santa claus 3 (yes very bad movie) - he looked so frail but was still good.
There is no one quite like Frank Barone. He was great not just in that but also when he was on NYPD Blue and the others mentioned. Great range. I was shocked that John Lennon was his best man at his wedding. Really sorry about his passing. He should have won multiple emmys.
The last time I saw him was on Mind of Mencia and man was he hilarious....he stole the show.....really a true talent
How did you find out about Peter Boyle being cremated? I have looked everywhere for info.
Thanks for letting us know.
I forgot to mention the movie Joe, which starred Mr. Boyle and a very young Susan Sarandon. Great movie!
-K.
l didn't know he died til right now. holy crap.
Of course Young Frankestein was my favorite, but he was so funny in Raymond. I never tire of watching him.
I agree... Young Frankenstein is my favorite.... but a quick tidbit... I just watched the Santa Clause and Santa Clause 2 last nite and he was in both movies.. the first one as Tim Allen's boss and the second as Father Time.. I hadnt noticed that before.. lol...
All I can find, is creamated...location of ashes unknown.
The survival of everyone on board depends on just one thing: finding someone on board who can not only fly this plane, but who didn't have fish for dinner.
Peter was in Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose. One of my favorite X Files episodes. It also won him an Emmy.
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Peter Boyle was great. The thing that really pissed me off was that all the other actors on Everybody Loves Raymond won Emmys except for Peter Boyle. I think Doris Roberts won more than once. He had only one more chance to win before the show went off the air (he died not long after), so I'm sure all his castmates knew he was very ill. Once again, he didn't win, his last chance. I remember the camera being put on his face - he looked unwell and frail. I think it would have been a marvelous moment for him, that last time. What's up with Hollywood anyway? And the other cast members should have spoken out or said something in his behalf that night, since he got so left out. He played Frank Barone in a way that nobody else could. Without him, the show wouldn't have been anywhere near as funny. It was an ensemble show, he was part of that ensemble and made it what it was. He should have been honored, especially considering the state of his health. Sometimes Hollywood and its mentality can really bug me. He was priceless.
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You somunbatches. How can you forget Boyle's performance in the classic "Johhny Dangerously"? Great movie and he was a part of its fargin greatness.
I was so shocked when I heard he passed. I knew he had health problems, but it seemed like he was always able to overcome them. He was one of those actors who stood out in whatever role he played.
Hi all, I was just browsing IMDB and came across Peter's page and it said he had sadly passed away, but I continued reading on and supposedly he has completed a movie in 2008, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001967/ I mean wtf?? can anyone help me Many thanks in advance
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The movie was in production for awhile, it probably was finished after his death. I really loved him but what a bastard in Monsters Ball.
From his Wikipedia entry;
[edit] Death and legacy
On December 12, 2006, Boyle died in New York City at New York Presbyterian Hospital after suffering from multiple myeloma and heart disease; he was 71.
At the time of his death, Boyle had completed the film All Roads Lead Home and was scheduled to appear in the film Chatham. His final film, The Santa Clause 3, listed a dedication to his memory at the end of the credits.
On October 18th, 2007, which would have been his 72nd birthday, Bruce Springsteen at Madison Square Garden in New York, during his performance with the E Street Band, dedicated "Meeting Across the River" into "Jungleland" in memory of Peter Boyle and stated: "An old friend passed away a while back â?? we met him when we first came to New York City... Today would have been his birthday."
I loved Peter Boyle, one of my favorites. Loved him in Young Frankenstein. Gosh, he was so great. And I loved that John Lennon was his bestman at his wedding. How cool!
I liked him in Everybody Loves Raymond and The Dream Team, where he played a psychiatric patient who thought he was Jesus Christ -- and was an exhibitionist.
I loved him in everything he ever did. Especially Frank Barone. I never met him, but I miss him dearly.
Before he went into acting, he was studying to become a monk. John Lennon was his best friend as well as his best man.
I had no idea he even knew John Lennon! awesome!
he just steals every scene on everybody loves raymond..he makes me cry i laugh so hard
He was supremely hilarious in The Dream Team! The scene where he goes into the gospel church and comes to the front of the church to "testify" and he ends up stark naked in front of the congregation...HYSTERICAL!!!!
Such a sad, sad loss...
Loved him! BF and I laugh about how we are going to be Frank and Marie Barone when we're old.
The most dangerous woman of all is the one who refuses to rely on your sword to save her because she carries her own.
- R.H. Sin
I guess most people know Peter Boyle from Everyone Loves Raymond. But growing up, I had seen him some of his earlier films, Joe as well as The Friends of Eddie Coyle which someone already noted and Steelyard Blues. Back then, Boyle ran with some radical company Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland and a bunch of other lefties which might surprise the Everyone Loves Raymond crowd. He grew out of it, however.
RIP
Happy 75th birthday, Peter Boyle! You are greatly missed.
I LOVE this pic:
I love him on Young Frankenstein I forgot he was on it.
I loved him in the "Dream Team" also. My favorite scene was where the doctor was taking the psychiatric patients to a baseball game. He was trying to get them enthused by singing "Hit the Road Jack". He was having little success until, Boyle sitting in the back of the van, suddenly burst into the song. It was so funny.
I believe someone on here has already mentioned this, but yes, he did study with the Franciscans. I also heard that he once considered the priesthood. If he had become a priest, you can bet the kids wouldn't have gotten by with much. I do think it odd that he was best friends with John Lennon, considering that Mr. Lennon was a New Ager. REST IN PEACE Peter.
I did not know of his friendship with John Lennon.... tell us more!
KingArthur-Yes, John Lennon was Best Man when Peter Boyle married. I don't know much more than that.
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