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Often played gruff yet lovable characters



Trivia (20)

Before deciding to pursue a career in acting, he was a monk in the Christian Brothers order.





Peter's wife Loraine Alterman Boyle was a reporter for "Rolling Stone" magazine when they first met - he was in his full make-up for Frankenstein Junior (1974). Through her friendship with Yoko Ono , Peter met and became best friends with ex-Beatle John Lennon . Lennon served as best man at their wedding. Their first child Lucy was born two days after Lennon's murder in 1980.



He had two daughters with his wife, Loraine: Lucy Boyle and Amy Boyle.

Father hosted a popular children's lunchtime cartoon show in Philadelphia in the 1950s titled "Lunch with Uncle Pete."



His paternal grandparents were Irish immigrants. His mother's family, from Louisiana, was of French, and smaller amounts of Welsh, English, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), Scottish, German, and Polish, ancestry.





Commuted between Los Angeles, California, and his home in New York City for the filming of Alle lieben Raymond (1996).



When he hosted Saturday Night Live (1975) in the 1970s, he demonstrated his fine singing voice.

1957 graduate of La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.





Was the only member of the ensemble cast of Alle lieben Raymond (1996) who didn't win an Emmy award for acting in a comedy series.



He suffered a near-fatal stroke in October 1990 that rendered him completely speechless and immobile for nearly six months. He also had a heart attack on the set while taping an episode of Alle lieben Raymond (1996) in 1999. After an angioplasty, he quickly recovered health and returned to the series.



Portrayed his own father, Philadelphia TV personality Pete Boyle, in the movie Dance Party (1988).



During the entire nine season run of Alle lieben Raymond (1996), the New York-based Boyle commuted to L.A. His daughters, Lucy and Amy, attended school in New York.



Received a special tribute as part of the Annual Memorial tribute at The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007).

He died from multiple myeloma and heart disease on the evening of December 12, 2006, at New York Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan (NYC).





Studied drama at Herbert Berghof HB Studio in Greenwich Village, New York City.

He was a staunch liberal Democrat.





Got lost while trying to reach his audition for Alle lieben Raymond (1996) with his wife frequently asking him if he knew where he was going. The frustration of not knowing caused him to become irritated and snappy when he finally arrived and, as a result, was cast as the gruff and grouchy Frank Barone.

Was a member of an improv trio with Trent Gough and Judd Hirsch in the late 1960s that performed at Hillys On The Bowery (run by Hilly Kristal of CBGBs fame) which was located on 9th Street between 5th & 6th Avenues in Greenwich Village.





Was friends with Doris Roberts

Personal Quotes (5)

I don't think I would be an actor if I was all that intelligent.



When I was in high school I wanted to be a leading man guy, like Howard Keel. But then God saw fit to take the hair off my head at age 24.



I went through that adolescent crisis where you either jump into the river or jump into spirituality. I felt the call for a while; then I felt the normal pull of the world and the flesh. - PB, referring to his early life as a monk



[from a 1973 Rolling Stone article] Back in the fifties. I was an early fifties Jesus freak. I did it for about a year. I never spoke when I wasn't supposed to speak. I was an acolyte in the order of the Christian Brothers. Yeah, yeah, I know -- the Friends of the Winos. But I took it very seriously at the time. I pursued, you know, God, somewhat unsuccessfully for several years as a professional religious person, and then I forsook that life and took myself back to the world, and, through a series of incredibly stupid errors, became an actor. And after many hard, bitter years of struggle, I've achieved the immense fame I have now. Wealth. Happiness. Beautiful women throwing themselves at me. Believe me, it's not at all it's cracked up to be. Ahead of me, I can see only more stardom, with liberal does of obscurity.





[on working with Robert Mitchum on The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)] I really like Mitchum. The thing about him is that he's so fantastically hyperkinetic. I mean, questions of tolerance and energy and all that stuff -- he's just not quite human.

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