who is peter boyle

Born:

Family

• Daughter: Amy Boyle. born in 1983
• Daughter: Lucy Boyle. born on December 10, 1980
• Father: Peter Boyle. also a Philadelphia TV personality under name 'Uncle Pete'
• Mother: Alice Boyle.

Education

• LaSalle College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1957

Milestones

• 1961 Early NYC stage appearance, "Shadow of Heroes"
• 1965 Toured in "The Odd Couple" as understudy for Oscar Madison role
• 1968 Film debut, "The Virgin President"
• 1970 Acted on Broadway in "Paul Sills' Story Theatre"
• 1970 Breakthrough feature film, "Joe"; had title role
• 1970 TV series debut as regular on "Comedy Tonight" (CBS)
• 1973 Racked up feature credits in the comedies "Ghost in the Noonday Sun", "Steelyard Blues", "Kid Blue" and "Slither" and the gangster dramas "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" and "Crazy Joe"
• 1973 TV-movie debut, "The Man Who Could Talk to Kids" (ABC)
• 1974 Had an unforgettable turn as the titular scientist's monster in Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein"
• 1976 Had a featured supporting role in Martin Scorcese's "Taxi Driver"
• 1977 Played Senator Joseph McCarthy in "Tail Gunner Joe" (NBC)
• 1978 Co-starred with Peter Falk in the period comedy "The Brink's Job"; played a powerful Teamster boss in the drama "F.I.S.T."
• 1979 Appeared as Fatso Judson in miniseries and series remakes of "From Here to Eternity"
• 1980 Co-starred with Bill Murray in the comedy "Where the Buffalo Roam"
• 1980 Starred with "Young Frankenstein" co-star Marty Feldman in "In God We Trust"
• 1982 Acted in the detective drama "Hammett", an homage to the famed novelist
• 1983 Featured in Feldman's last film, "Yellowbeard"
• 1984 Had a pivotal supporting role in the gangster comedy "Johnny Dangerously", starring Michael Keaton
• 1986 Starred in short-lived series "Joe Bash" (ABC), playing a veteran NYPD patrolman
• 1989 Reteamed with Keaton in "The Dream Team"
• 1990 Suffered slight stroke, resumed work after rehab
• 1991 Featured in "Kickboxer II"
• 1993 Acted in the quirky comedy "Nervous Ticks", starring Bill Pullman
• 1994 Had a supporting role in the holiday comedy "The Santa Clause"
• 1995 Guest starred on an episode of "The X-Files"; was awarded an Emmy for his memorable peformance
• 1995 Had recurring role as the father of a schizophrenic man in several poignant episodes of ABC's "NYPD Blue"
• 1995 Played Ox, the head of the Callaghan clan that Sandra Bullock's lonely Lucy wants desperately to marry into in the romantic comedy "While You Were Sleeping", co-starring Pullman
• 1996 Returned to series TV as regular on the CBS sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond", playing Frank Barrone, the title character's ornery father; earned 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005 Emmy nominations and a SAG nomination in 2004
• 1996 Played the owner of a retro candy shop in the children's comedy "That Darn Cat"
• 1998 Guest starred on CBS' "King of Queens", playing Frank Barrone
• Had a recurring role as Jack Killian (Gary Cole)'s con man father JJ on the NBC drama series "Midnight Caller"
• Had a recurring role as the father of Tea Leoni's character on the Fox sitcom "Flying Blind"
• Member of Second City troupe
• Moved to Manhattan to pursue an acting career
• Was a member of the Christian Brothers during part of the 1950s
• Was featured in a recurring role as the head of an international crime organization on the ABC series "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman"