Peter Boyle
Acting
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.
Born: October 18, 1935
Place of Birth: Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
A humourous telling of the history of the comic book superhero.
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
Via reminiscences from writer/actor Gene Wilder and others, this documentary recalls the making of the 1974 film Young Frankenstein.
The X-Files
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise journeys through Brooks’ early years in the creative beginnings of live television — with Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows — to the film genres he so successfully satirized in Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, High Anxiety, and Spaceballs — to the groundbreaking Broadway musical version of his first film, The Producers. The documentary also delves into his professional and personal ups and downs — his childhood, his first wife and subsequent 41-year marriage to Anne Bancroft — capturing a never-before-heard sense of reflection and confession.
Taxi Driver
Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star
Unleashed from the video vaults of the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA), AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #4: FOLLOW YOUR OWN STAR is a brand new compilation of the most electrifying found footage mayhem that you’ll see this week. For this latest tape, our deep dive into behind-the-scenes horror is complemented by an even deeper dive into television from Dimension X.
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
The top 100 songs of the past 100 years chosen by the American Film Institute are presented by host-actor John Travolta.
Young Frankenstein
A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind.
Malcolm X
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
A retrospective on the career of Robert Mitchum through interviews with friends and co-workers, scenes from his films and the actor himself.
Filmography
as Archival Footage
as (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Joe Curran (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as Poovey
as Father Time
as Old Man Wickles
as Self
as Howard Hanssen
as Father Time (uncredited)
as Rowland
as Buck Grotowski
as Self
as Frank Barone
as Calloway
as Dr. Herman Cromwell
as Self
as Det. Salvatore DaVinci
as Pa
as Belted Galloway
as Frank Barone
as Jay Glass
as Self
as Tony Carbo
as Frankenstein's Monster (archive footage)
as Walter Eliot
as Ox Callaghan
as Gus Charnley
as Lt. McEllwaine
as Mr. Whittle
as George
as Huggins
as Moe Shrevnitz
as Dan Breen
as Bill Church
as Clyde Bruckman
as Judge
as Erik Lonnrot
as Captain Green
as Det. Dan Reilly
as Chief Orman
as Arnold Teague
as Lonnrot
as Ron Rudman
as Self (archive footage)
as Justin Maciah
as Fred Ford
as Matt Duffy
as Stanley Poochinski
as Roger Boisjoly
as Adm. John Poindexter
as Chief Edsel
as Jack McDermott
as Gen. Sanger
as Lou Donnelly
as Self
as "Uncle Pete" Boyle
as Cornelius Vanderbilt
as Sgt. Joe Van Nort
as Sgt. Joe Vannort
as Jay
as David Dellinger
as Det. Ryan
as Dundee
as Moon
as Self
as Jimmy Ryan
as Phillip Greenlow
as Mark Sheppard
as Dr. Sebastian Melmoth
as Carl Lazlo, Esq.
as Frank Mazzetti
as Fatso Judson
as Andy Mast
as Joe McGinnis
as Max Graham
as Joseph McCarthy
as Lord Durant
as Wizard
as Self - Host
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Monster
as Joe
as Charlie Datweiler
as Dillon
as Barry Fenaka
as Preacher Bob
as Eagle Thornberry
as Ras Mohammed
as Self
as Marvin Lucas
as Jack Mitchell
as Man in Group Therapy Session
as Joe Curran
as Production Manager
as Gun Clinic Manager
as Gen. Heath
as Self - Guest