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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1935-10-18 (89 years old)

Place of Birth

Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA

Peter Boyle

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.

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Known For

Acting

2025

2020

2018

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped as Self (archive footage)

2013

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise as Self (archive footage)

2008

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

The Santa Clause 2 as Father Time (uncredited)

2001

Monster's Ball as Buck Grotowski

1999

1998

Doctor Dolittle as Calloway
Species II as Dr. Herman Cromwell
The King of Queens as Frank Barone

1997

A Deadly Vision as Det. Salvatore DaVinci
The View as Self

1996

Sweet Evil as Jay Glass
Milk & Money as Belted Galloway
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein as Frankenstein's Monster (archive footage)
Everybody Loves Raymond as Frank Barone

1995

While You Were Sleeping as Ox Callaghan
The Surgeon as Lt. McEllwaine
Born to Be Wild as Gus Charnley
The Single Guy as Walter Eliot

1994

The Shadow as Moe Shrevnitz
Killer as George
Royce as Huggins
The Santa Clause as Mr. Whittle

1993

The X-Files as Clyde Bruckman
Cuentos de Borges as Erik Lonnrot
NYPD Blue as Dan Breen

1992

Solar Crisis as Arnold Teague
Malcolm X as Captain Green
Honeymoon in Vegas as Chief Orman
Nervous Ticks as Ron Rudman

1991

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook as The Monster (archive footage)
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star as Self (archive footage)

1990

Men Of Respect as Matt Duffy
Poochinski as Stanley Poochinski
Challenger as Roger Boisjoly

1989

Speed Zone as Chief Edsel
The Dream Team as Jack McDermott

1988

The In Crowd as "Uncle Pete" Boyle
Red Heat as Lou Donnelly
Funny as Self
Disaster at Silo 7 as Gen. Sanger

1987

Walker as Cornelius Vanderbilt
Surrender as Jay
Echoes in the Darkness as Sgt. Joe Van Nort
Echoes in the Darkness as Sgt. Joe Vannort

1986

1985

Turk 182! as Det. Ryan

1984

Johnny Dangerously as Jocko Dundee

1983

Yellowbeard as Moon

1982

Hammett as Jimmy Ryan
Cagney & Lacey as Phillip Greenlow

1981

Outland as Mark Sheppard

1980

Where the Buffalo Roam as Carl Lazlo, Esq.
In God We Tru$t as Dr. Sebastian Melmoth

1979

Hardcore as Andy Mast
From Here to Eternity as Fatso Judson

1978

The Brink's Job as Joe McGinnis
F.I.S.T. as Max Graham

1977

Tail Gunner Joe as Joseph McCarthy

1976

Taxi Driver as Wizard
Swashbuckler as Lord Durant

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1974

Young Frankenstein as Frankenstein's Monster
Crazy Joe as Joe

1973

Steelyard Blues as Eagle Thornberry
Slither as Barry Fenaka
Kid Blue as Preacher Bob
Ghost in the Noonday Sun as Ras Mohammed
The Man Who Could Talk to Kids as Charlie Datweiler

1972

The Candidate as Marvin Lucas
FTA as Self

1971

T.R. Baskin as Jack Mitchell

1970

Joe as Joe Curran
Diary of a Mad Housewife as Man in Group Therapy Session

1969

Medium Cool as Gun Clinic Manager
The Monitors as Production Manager

1968

The Virgin President as Gen. Heath
The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest