Peter Boyle

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Biography

Peter Lawrence Boyle, Jr. (October 18, 1935 – December 12, 2006) was an American actor, best known for his role as Frank Barone on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, and as a comical monster in Mel Brooks' film spoof Young Frankenstein (1974).

Boyle, who won an Emmy Award in 1996 for a guest-starring role on the science-fiction drama The X-Files, won praise in both comedic and dramatic parts following his breakthrough performance in the 1970 film Joe.

Known For

Taxi Driver

Wizard

The X-Files

Clyde Bruckman

Young Frankenstein

Monster

Doctor Dolittle

Calloway

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

Old Man Wickles

The Santa Clause

Mr. Whittle

While You Were Sleeping

Ox Callaghan

Malcolm X

Captain Green

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	Everybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Reunion MOVIE	Archival Footage
2020	AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star MOVIE	Self
2020	The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault MOVIE	(archive footage)
2018	Mel Brooks: Unwrapped MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2014	Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films MOVIE	Joe Curran (archive footage) (uncredited)
2013	Mel Brooks: Make a Noise MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2011	Exporting Raymond MOVIE	Self
2008	All Roads Lead Home MOVIE	Poovey
2006	The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause MOVIE	Father Time
2005	Mind of Mencia TV	Self
2005	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson TV	Self
2004	The Tony Danza Show TV	Self
2004	AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies MOVIE	Self
2004	Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed MOVIE	Old Man Wickles
2004	Tripping the Rift TV	Self
2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show TV	Self
2002	Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story MOVIE	Howard Hanssen
2002	The Santa Clause 2 MOVIE	Father Time (uncredited)
2002	The Adventures of Pluto Nash MOVIE	Rowland
2001	Monster's Ball MOVIE	Buck Grotowski
1999	Making 'Taxi Driver' MOVIE	Self
1999	The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn TV	Self
1998	The King of Queens TV	Frank Barone
1998	Hollywood Squares TV	Self - Panelist
1998	Doctor Dolittle MOVIE	Calloway
1998	Species II MOVIE	Dr. Herman Cromwell
1997	The View TV	Self
1997	A Deadly Vision MOVIE	Det. Salvatore DaVinci
1997	That Darn Cat MOVIE	Pa
1996	Milk & Money MOVIE	Belted Galloway
1996	Everybody Loves Raymond TV	Frank Barone
1996	Sweet Evil MOVIE	Jay Glass
1996	More Secrets of the X-Files MOVIE	Self
1996	In the Lake of the Woods MOVIE	Tony Carbo
1996	Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein MOVIE	Frankenstein's Monster (archive footage)
1995	The Single Guy TV	Walter Eliot
1995	While You Were Sleeping MOVIE	Ox Callaghan
1995	Born to Be Wild MOVIE	Gus Charnley
1995	The Surgeon MOVIE	Lt. McEllwaine
1994	The Santa Clause MOVIE	Mr. Whittle
1994	Killer MOVIE	George
1994	Royce MOVIE	Huggins
1994	The Shadow MOVIE	Moe Shrevnitz
1993	NYPD Blue TV	Dan Breen
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien TV	Self - Guest
1993	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman TV	Bill Church
1993	The X-Files TV	Clyde Bruckman
1993	Taking the Heat MOVIE	Judge
1993	Cuentos de Borges TV	Erik Lonnrot
1992	Malcolm X MOVIE	Captain Green
1992	In the Line of Duty: Street War MOVIE	Det. Dan Reilly
1992	Honeymoon in Vegas MOVIE	Chief Orman
1992	Solar Crisis MOVIE	Arnold Teague
1992	Death and the Compass MOVIE	Lonnrot
1992	Nervous Ticks MOVIE	Ron Rudman
1991	Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1991	Kickboxer 2: The Road Back MOVIE	Justin Maciah
1991	Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook MOVIE	The Monster (archive footage)
1990	The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story MOVIE	Fred Ford
1990	Men Of Respect MOVIE	Matt Duffy
1990	Poochinski MOVIE	Stanley Poochinski
1990	Challenger MOVIE	Roger Boisjoly
1990	27 Wagons Full of Cotton MOVIE	Jake
1989	Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North MOVIE	Adm. John Poindexter
1989	Speed Zone MOVIE	Chief Edsel
1989	The Dream Team MOVIE	Jack McDermott
1988	Disaster at Silo 7 MOVIE	Gen. Sanger
1988	Red Heat MOVIE	Lou Donnelly
1988	Funny MOVIE	Self
1988	Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel MOVIE	Jimmy Malone
1988	The In Crowd MOVIE	"Uncle Pete" Boyle
1987	Walker MOVIE	Cornelius Vanderbilt
1987	Echoes in the Darkness MOVIE	Sgt. Joe Van Nort
1987	Echoes in the Darkness TV	Sgt. Joe Vannort
1987	Surrender MOVIE	Jay
1987	Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 MOVIE	David Dellinger
1986	Joe Bash TV	Self
1985	Turk 182! MOVIE	Det. Ryan
1984	Johnny Dangerously MOVIE	Dundee
1983	Yellowbeard MOVIE	Moon
1983	Group Madness MOVIE	Self
1982	Hammett MOVIE	Jimmy Ryan
1982	Cagney & Lacey TV	Phillip Greenlow
1981	Outland MOVIE	Mark Sheppard
1980	In God We Tru$t MOVIE	Dr. Sebastian Melmoth
1980	Where the Buffalo Roam MOVIE	Carl Lazlo, Esq.
1979	Beyond the Poseidon Adventure MOVIE	Frank Mazzetti
1979	From Here to Eternity TV	Fatso Judson
1979	Hardcore MOVIE	Andy Mast
1978	The Brink's Job MOVIE	Joe McGinnis
1978	F.I.S.T. MOVIE	Max Graham
1977	Tail Gunner Joe MOVIE	Joseph McCarthy
1976	Swashbuckler MOVIE	Lord Durant
1976	Taxi Driver MOVIE	Wizard
1975	Saturday Night Live TV	Self - Host
1975	Saturday Night Live TV	Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1974	Young Frankenstein MOVIE	Monster
1974	Crazy Joe MOVIE	Joe
1973	The Man Who Could Talk to Kids MOVIE	Charlie Datweiler
1973	The Friends of Eddie Coyle MOVIE	Dillon
1973	Slither MOVIE	Barry Fenaka
1973	Steelyard Blues MOVIE	Eagle Thornberry
1973	Kid Blue MOVIE	Preacher Bob
1973	Ghost in the Noonday Sun MOVIE	Ras Mohammed
1972	FTA MOVIE	Self
1972	The Candidate MOVIE	Marvin Lucas
1971	T.R. Baskin MOVIE	Jack Mitchell
1970	Diary of a Mad Housewife MOVIE	Man in Group Therapy Session
1970	Joe MOVIE	Joe Curran
1969	The Monitors MOVIE	Production Manager
1969	Medium Cool MOVIE	Gun Clinic Manager
1968	The Virgin President MOVIE	Gen. Heath
1968	The Dick Cavett Show TV	Self - Guest

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