
Peter Boyle
Known for Acting · 114 credits
- Born
- 1935-10-18
- Died
- 2006-12-12
- Place of birth
- Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also known as
- Peter Lawrence Boyle, Jr. · Peter Lawrence 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.
Known For
TV Shows (24)

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self

The X-Files
1993
as Clyde Bruckman

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host / Self (uncredited)

NYPD Blue
1993
as Dan Breen

The View
1997
as Self

The King of Queens
1998
as Frank Barone

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
as Bill Church

Hollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist

The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest

Everybody Loves Raymond
1996
as Frank Barone

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self

Cagney & Lacey
1982
as Phillip Greenlow
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
as Self

ScreenPlay
1986
as Lonnrot

The Single Guy
1995
as Walter Eliot

Tripping the Rift
2004

Mind of Mencia
2005

Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
2002
as Howard Hanssen

Cuentos de Borges
1993
as Erik Lonnrot

From Here to Eternity
1979
as Fatso Judson

Echoes in the Darkness
1987
as Sgt. Joe Vannort
Joe Bash
1986
Movies (90)

Taxi Driver
1976
as Wizard

Doctor Dolittle
1998
as Calloway

Young Frankenstein
1974
as Monster

While You Were Sleeping
1995
as Ox Callaghan

Malcolm X
1992
as Captain Green

Red Heat
1988
as Lou Donnelly

The Santa Clause
1994
as Mr. Whittle

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
2004
as Old Man Wickles

The Santa Clause 2
2002
as Father Time (uncredited)

Monster's Ball
2001
as Buck Grotowski

Species II
1998
as Dr. Herman Cromwell

The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
2006
as Father Time

The Shadow
1994
as Moe Shrevnitz

Hardcore
1979
as Andy Mast

FTA
1972
as Self

Medium Cool
1969
as Gun Clinic Manager

Outland
1981
as Mark Sheppard

The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002
as Rowland

Kickboxer 2: The Road Back
1991
as Justin Maciah

Walker
1987
as Cornelius Vanderbilt

Diary of a Mad Housewife
1970
as Man in Group Therapy Session

The Dream Team
1989
as Jack McDermott

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
as Joe Curran (archive footage) (uncredited)

Honeymoon in Vegas
1992
as Chief Orman

Men Of Respect
1990
as Matt Duffy

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
1979
as Frank Mazzetti

Tail Gunner Joe
1977
as Joseph McCarthy

F.I.S.T.
1978
as Max Graham

That Darn Cat
1997
as Pa

Speed Zone
1989
as Chief Edsel

Everybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Reunion
2025
as Self (archive footage)

The Surgeon
1995
as Lt. McEllwaine

Where the Buffalo Roam
1980
as Carl Lazlo, Esq.

Born to Be Wild
1995
as Gus Charnley

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
as Self (archive footage)

The Candidate
1972
as Marvin Lucas

Johnny Dangerously
1984
as Dundee

Yellowbeard
1983
as Moon
27 Wagons Full of Cotton
1990
as Jake

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018
as Self (archive footage)

Sweet Evil
1996
as Jay Glass

Steelyard Blues
1973
as Eagle Thornberry

Swashbuckler
1976
as Lord Durant

Surrender
1987
as Jay

Challenger
1990
as Roger Boisjoly

The Brink's Job
1978
as Joe McGinnis

Crazy Joe
1974
as Joe

Death and the Compass
1992
as Lonnrot

Echoes in the Darkness
1987
as Sgt. Joe Van Nort

Hammett
1982
as Jimmy Ryan

Group Madness
1983
as Self

The Friends of Eddie Coyle
1973
as Dillon

Nervous Ticks
1992
as Ron Rudman

Joe
1970
as Joe Curran

Slither
1973
as Barry Fenaka

Making 'Taxi Driver'
1999
as Self

Solar Crisis
1992
as Arnold Teague

T.R. Baskin
1971
as Jack Mitchell

Exporting Raymond
2011
as Self

All Roads Lead Home
2008
as Poovey

In God We Tru$t
1980
as Dr. Sebastian Melmoth

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
as (archive footage)

Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
1987
as David Dellinger

The In Crowd
1988
as "Uncle Pete" Boyle

More Secrets of the X-Files
1996
as Self

The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
1990
as Fred Ford

Ghost in the Noonday Sun
1973
as Ras Mohammed

Taking the Heat
1993
as Judge

Disaster at Silo 7
1988
as Gen. Sanger

Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
1988
as Jimmy Malone

Royce
1994
as Huggins

The Monitors
1969
as Production Manager

Killer
1994
as George

In the Lake of the Woods
1996
as Tony Carbo

Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
2002
as Howard Hanssen

Kid Blue
1973
as Preacher Bob

Turk 182!
1985
as Det. Ryan

Poochinski
1990
as Stanley Poochinski

A Deadly Vision
1997
as Det. Salvatore DaVinci

Milk & Money
1996
as Belted Galloway

The Virgin President
1968
as Gen. Heath

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
as Self (archive footage)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as The Monster (archive footage)

In the Line of Duty: Street War
1992
as Det. Dan Reilly

The Man Who Could Talk to Kids
1973
as Charlie Datweiler

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004
as Self

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
1996
as Frankenstein's Monster (archive footage)

Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North
1989
as Adm. John Poindexter

Funny
1988
as Self

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star
2020
as Self
About Peter Boyle
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. With 114 credits spanning from 1968 to 2025, Peter Boyle has appeared in 90 films and 24 TV shows.
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Most Popular Peter Boyle Movies
- Taxi Driver (1976) — as Wizard
- Doctor Dolittle (1998) — as Calloway
- Young Frankenstein (1974) — as Monster
- While You Were Sleeping (1995) — as Ox Callaghan
- Malcolm X (1992) — as Captain Green
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