Peter Boyle Dies.

[Justin24]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061213/ap_en_tv/obit_boyle

Actor Peter Boyle dead at 71 By DEEPTI HAJELA, Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK - Peter Boyle, the actor known for playing everything from a tap-dancing monster in "Young Frankenstein" to the curmudgeonly father in the long-running TV sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond," has died. He was 71.

Boyle died Tuesday evening at New York Presbyterian Hospital. He had been suffering from multiple myeloma and heart disease, said his publicist, Jennifer Plante.

Boyle was beginning to gain notice playing hard-bitten, angry types when he took on the role of the hulking, lab-created monster in Mel Brooks' 1974 send-up of horror films. The movie's defining moment came when Gene Wilder, as scientist Frederick Frankenstein, introduced his creation to an upscale audience. Boyle, decked out in tails, performed a song-and-dance routine to the Irving Berlin classic "Puttin' On the Ritz."

It showed another side of the Emmy-winning actor, one that would be exploited in countless other films and perhaps best in "Everybody Loves Raymond," in which he played incorrigible paterfamilias Frank Barone for 10 years.

"He's just obnoxious in a nice way, just for laughs," he said of the character in a 2001 interview. "It's a very sweet experience having this happen at a time when you basically go back over your life and see every mistake you ever made."

When Boyle tried out for the role opposite series star Ray Romano's Ray Barone, however, he was kept waiting for his audition — and he was not happy.

"He came in all hot and angry," recalled the show's creator, Phil Rosenthal, "and I hired him because I was afraid of him."

But Rosenthal also noted: "I knew right away that he had a comic presence."

Boyle first came to the public's attention more than a quarter century before. "Joe" was a sleeper hit in which he portrayed the title role, an angry, murderous bigot at odds with the era's emerging hippie youth culture.

Although critically acclaimed, he faced being categorized as someone who played tough, angry types. He broke free of that to some degree as Robert Redford's campaign manager in "The Candidate," and shed it entirely in "Young Frankenstein."

The latter film also led to the actor meeting his wife, Loraine Alterman, who visited the set as a reporter for Rolling Stone magazine. Boyle, still in his monster makeup, quickly asked her for a date.

 

[yeter]

RIP Peter Boyle

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

holy crap!



such a great actor... RIP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGN2aa3oQRM

 

[Chizip]

wow, thats sad

 

[Hewson]

R.I.P. Young Frankenstein
You made me laugh quite a bit.

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

 

[impy13]

PUH-IN ON DA RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITZ

Funny guy. He will be missed.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETc7g96ZHZk

 

[UberBeaver]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETc7g96ZHZk

I never realized that was Gene Hackman.

 

[MrPryck2U]

Holy Crap indeed! He was funny in everything he did.

 

[U2democrat]

"Holy Crap" is a regular part of my vocabulary thanks to him...

RIP

 

[Mr. Green Eyes]

wow, that's sad. RIP

 

[LMP]

Son of a bitch.

I loved that guy.

The greatest thing ever was the scene in "Young Frankenstein" where he and Gene Wilder sing Puttin' on the Ritz.

RIP to a legend.

 

[xaviMF22]

RIP

I loved this guy on ELR

 

[Lancemc]

Wow, that's awful. Such a fantastic comedic actor. He will be sorely missed.

 

[Lila64]

 

[2861U2]

God bless the man. What a talent, especially on Raymond.

 

[mdw3935]

The greatest thing ever was the scene in "Young Frankenstein" where he and Gene Wilder sing Puttin' on the Ritz.

"I could have eaten a box of Alpha-Bits and crapped a better interview!"
One of the many memorable quotes from Frank Barone

RIP Peter Boyle

You were my favorite t.v. dad.

 

[corianderstem]

PUH-IN ON DA RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITZ

Damn, you beat me to it.

Also not to be missed: X-Files episode "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose," in which he has a classic guest-starring role.

RIP Peter.

 

[shari schultz]

Damn, you beat me to it.

Also not to be missed: X-Files episode "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose," in which he has a classic guest-starring role.

RIP Peter.

In complete agreement about the X-Files episode. I consider it the best episode.

Rest In Peace Peter

 

[redkat]

wow

 

[Laird/Bono]

Bummed.....

 

[bono_man2002]

Wow, This is very sad

RIP

 

[dazzlingamy]

RIP Peter

 

[Utoo]

 

[Windmilllane]

RIP

He was also funny in Johnny Dangerously..

 

[tiny dancer]

Always made me laugh. May you RIP Peter.

 

[~LadyLemon~]

Aww, man! That stinks. Young Frankenstein was such a great flick and he was a great actor. Bummer!

 

[JCOSTER]

The funniest dad on TV ever! So sad.

 

[ladywithspinninghead]