Peter Boyle Biography (1935-)

Born October 18, 1935, in Philadelphia, PA; son of Peter (a television personality) and Alice Boyle; married Lorraine Alterman (a journalist), October 1977; children: Lucy and Amy. Addresses: Agent: Innovative Artists, 1505Tenth St., Santa Monica, CA 90401.; Publicist: PMK/HBH, 700 San Vicente Blvd., Suite G910, West Hollywood, CA 90069; DKC/FILM, 386 Park Ave. South, 10th Floor, New York, NY.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor
Birth Details: October 18, 1935; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
(Uncredited) The Group, 1966
General Heath, The Virgin President, New Line Cinema, 1968
Gun clinic manager, Medium Cool, Paramount, 1969
Production manger, The Monitors, 1969
(Uncredited) Man in group therapy session, Diary of a Mad Housewife, Universal, 1970
Joe Curran, Joe, Cannon, 1970
Jack Mitchell, T. R. Baskin (also known as Date with a Lonely Girl), Paramount, 1971
Marvin Lucas, The Candidate, Warner Bros., 1972
Himself, F.T.A. (documentary), American International Pictures, 1972
Dillon, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Paramount, 1973
Preacher Bob, Kid Blue, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1973
Barry Fenaka, Slither, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1973
Eagle Throneberry, Steelyard Blues (also known as The Final Crash), Warner Bros., 1973
Title role, Crazy Joe, Columbia, 1974
Monster, Young Frankenstein, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974
Ras Mohammed, Ghost in the Noonday Sun, British Independent, 1974
Lord Durant, Swashbuckler (also known as The Scarlet Buccaneer), Universal, 1976
Wizard, Taxi Driver, Columbia, 1976
Joe McGinnis, The Brink's Job (also known as Big Stickup at Brink's), Universal, 1978
Max Graham, F.I.S.T., United Artists, 1978
Frank Massetti, Beyond the Poseidon Adventure, Warner Bros., 1979
Andy Mast, Hard Core (also known as Hard Core Life), Columbia, 1979
Dr. Sebastian Melmoth, In God We Tru$t (also known as Gimme That Prime Time Religion), Universal, 1980
Karl Lazlo, Where the Buffalo Roam, Universal, 1980
Station manager Mark B. Sheppard, Outland, Warner Bros., 1981
Jimmy Ryan, Hammett, Orion/Warner Bros., 1982
Moon, Yellowbeard, Orion, 1983
Himself, Group Madness (documentary), Mileham.Craig Image Group, 1983
Jocko Dundee, Johnny Dangerously, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984
Detective Ryan, Turk 182!, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1985
Jay Bass, Surrender, Warner Bros., 1987
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, Walker, Universal, 1987
Commander Lou Donnelly, Chicago Police Department, Red Heat, TriStar, 1988
Uncle Pete, The In Crowd, Orion, 1988
Chief Edsel, Speed Zone! (also known as Cannonball Fever),Orion, 1989
Actor, Funny (documentary), Original Cinema, 1989
Jack McDermott, The Dream Team, Universal, 1989
Arnold Teague, Solar Crisis (also known as Kuraishisu niju-gojunen), 1990
Justin Maciah, Kickboxer 2: The Road Back, 1991
Matt Duffy, Men of Respect, 1991
Chief Orman, Honeymoon in Vegas, Columbia, 1992
Captain Green, Malcolm X (also known as X), Warner Bros., 1992
Erik Lonnrot, Death and the Compass (also known as La muerte yla brujula), 1992
Ron Rudman, Nervous Ticks, Grandview Avenue Pictures, 1993
Mr. Whittle, The Santa Clause, Buena Vista, 1994
Moe Shrevnitz, The Shadow (also known as The Shadow and the Curse of Khan), Universal, 1994
George, Bulletproof Heart (also known as Killer), KeystoneEntertainment, 1994
Ox Callaghan, While You Were Sleeping (also known as Coma Guy), Buena Vista, 1995
Lieutenant Daryl, Exquisite Tenderness (also known as IntensiveCare, The Surgeon, Die Bestie im weissen Kittel, Exquisite Tenderness--Hollische Qualen, and Dr. Death), Capella International, 1995
Gus Charnley, Born to Be Wild (also known as Katie), WarnerBros., 1995
Jay Glass, Final Vendetta (also known as Sweet Evil), 1996
Belted Galloway, Milk & Money, 1996
Pa, That Darn Cat, Buena Vista, 1997
Calloway, Dr. Dolittle, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
Dr. Herman Cromwell, Species II, 1998
Himself, Making "Taxi Driver" (documentary), Columbia TriStar HomeVideo, 1999
Buck Grotowski, Monster's Ball (also known as Le bal du monstre), Lions Gate Films, 2001
Himself, Breaking the Silence: The Making of "Hannibal" (documentary), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment, 2001
(English version) Voice of Muta, Neko no ongaeshi (animated; alsoknown as The Cat Returns), 2002

Rowland, The Adventures of Pluto Nash (also known as Pluto Nash), Warner Bros., 2002
(Uncredited) Father Time, The Santa Clause 2 (also known as SC2, Santa Clause 2, and The Santa Clause 2: The Mrs. Clause),Buena Vista, 2002
Himself, Bitter Jester (documentary), Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2003
Himself, Imagine New York (short), 2003
Old Man Wickles, Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, Warner Bros., 2004
Television Appearances
Series
Regular, Comedy Tonight, CBS, 1970
Officer Joe Bash (title role), Joe Bash, ABC, 1986
J. J. Killian, Midnight Caller, 1989-91
Frank Barone, Everybody Loves Raymond (also known as Raymond), CBS, 1996-2005
Miniseries
Sergeant James Judson, From Here to Eternity, NBC, 1979
Movies
Charlie Datweiler, The Man Who Could Talk to Kids, ABC, 1973
Senator Joseph McCarthy, Tail Gunner Joe, NBC, 1977
Sergeant Joe Van Nort, Echoes in the Darkness, CBS, 1987
David Dellinger, Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8, HBO, 1987
General Sanger, Disaster at Silo Seven, ABC, 1988
Admiral John Poindexter, Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North, CBS, 1989
Roger Boisjoly, Challenger, ABC, 1990
Fred Ford, The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story (also knownas Why Lockerbie?), 1990
Detective Dan Reilly, In the Line of Duty: Street War (also knownas Urban Crossfire), NBC, 1992
Judge, Taking the Heat, Showtime, 1993
Gabriel Huggins, Royce, Showtime, 1994
Tony Carbo, In the Lake of the Woods, Fox, 1996
Salvatore DaVinci, A Deadly Vision (also known as Murder in Mind), ABC, 1997
Howard Hanssen, Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story, CBS, 2002
Specials
Presenter, The 45th Annual Academy Awards, NBC, 1973
Superman's Fiftieth Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel, CBS, 1988
National Basketball Players Association Awards, syndicated, 1989
(Uncredited) Himself, Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary, NBC,1989
Jake, "Twenty-Seven Wagons Full of Cotton," American Playwrights Theatre: The One Acts, Arts and Entertainment, 1990
The Real Frankenstein: An Untold Story, ABC, 1995
Himself, Night of about 14 CBS Stars, Comedy Central, 1996
Politically Incorrect After-Party Presented by Pepsi, ABC, 1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Primetime Special, NBC, 1999
Teri Garr: Comic Appeal (documentary), Arts and Entertainment, 2001
Everybody Loves Raymond: The First Six Years, CBS, 2002
Presenter, The 29th Annual People's Choice Awards, CBS, 2003
Himself, A&E Biography: Peter Boyle (documentary), Arts and Entertainment, 2003
Himself, CBS at 75, CBS, 2003
Himself, AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Songs (also known as AFI's 100Years ... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies), CBS, 2004
Pilots
Klein Time, CBS, 1977
Stanley Poochinski, Poochinski, NBC, 1990
Stanislas Kelly, Philly Heat, ABC, 1995
Larsens of Las Vegas, CBS, 1995
Episodic
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, NBC, 1970
Host, Saturday Night Live, NBC, 1976
Phillip Greenlow, "A Class Act," Cagney & Lacey, CBS, 1988
Alicia's dad, "Dad," Flying Blind, 1992
Harry, "The Hopeless Romantic," Tribeca, Fox, 1993
Dad, "The Spy Who Came In from the Old," Flying Blind, 1993
Dan Breen, "Trials and Tribulations," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1994
Dan Breen, "From Who the Skell Rolls," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1994
Bill Church, "Church of the Metropolis," Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, ABC, 1994
Dan Breen, "Dead and Gone," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1994
Dan Breen, "You Bet Your Life," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1994
Dan Breen, "Don We Now Our Gay Apparel," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1995
Bill Church, "We Have a Lot to Talk About," Lois & Clark: The NewAdventures of Superman, ABC, 1995
Title role, "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose," The X-Files, Fox, 1995
Walter Eliot, "Pop," The Single Guy, NBC, 1996
Walter Eliot, "Like Father ... ," The Single Guy, NBC, 1997
Frank Barone, "Lucas Raymondicus," Cosby, 1997
Frank Barone, "Road Rayge," The King of Queens, CBS, 1998
Late Show with David Letterman, CBS, 1998
(Uncredited) Himself, Saturday Night Live, NBC, 1999
Himself, The Martin Short Show, syndicated, 1999
Himself, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, CBS, 2001, 2003
Himself, The View, ABC, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Himself, Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show, syndicated, 2003, 2004
Himself, The Wayne Brady Show, syndicated, 2004
Himself, The Sharon Osborne Show, syndicated, 2004
Himself, The Tony Danza Show, 2004
Stage Appearances
Mikoyan, Shadow of Heroes, York Playhouse, New York City, 1961
Ensemble, Paul Sills' Story Theatre (revue), Ambassador Theatre, New York City, 1970
Phil Alexander, The Roast, Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, 1980
Lee and Rocco, True West, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, New York City, 1981
Rocco, Snow Orchid, Circle Repertory Company, New York City, 1982
The Exonerated, 45 Bleecker, New York City, 2002-2004
Major Tours
Murray and understudy for the role of Oscar, The Odd Couple, U.S.cities, 1965-67
RECORDINGS
Videos
(Uncredited; in archive footage) Jock Dundee, "This Is the Life," The"Weird Al" Yankovic Video Library: His Greatest Hits, BMG Music, 1992
(In archive footage) Jock Dundee, "This Is the Life," "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Videos, 1996
(Uncredited; in archive footage) Jock Dundee, "This Is the Life," "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Ultimate Video Collection, Volcano Entertainment Group, 2003

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Newsmakers, Issue 3, Gale, 2002

Periodicals

Entertainment Weekly, October 20, 1995; November 21, 1997, p. 30;January 12, 2001, p. 44
People Weekly, March 8, 1999, p. 147
Saturday Evening Post, March/April, 2002, p. 11

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