RIP, Peter Boyle

[Straybow]

Raymond Dad and Frankenstein's Monster dies at 71 Tuesday evening.

"Boyle died Tuesday evening at New York Presbyterian Hospital. He had been suffering from multiple myeloma and heart disease, said his publicist, Jennifer Plante."

http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/12/13/ap3252958.html

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Re: RIP, Peter Boyle

Originally posted by Straybow
Raymond Dad Joe (the original angry white male), Wizard from Taxi Driver, the star of the greatest single episode of The X Files, ever, and Frankenstein's Monster dies at 71 Tuesday evening.

Fixed.

Hated him on Raymond, but he will be missed.

Trivia: after he became a hot property in the wake of Joe, he turned down a couple of potentially career-making roles, including (iirc) Popeye Doyle in The French Connection.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

the star of the greatest single episode of The X Files, ever

Yup

[Solver]

A fantastic role on The X-Files, for sure . I don't want to think how many times I watched that episode.

[Straybow]

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
Hated him on Raymond, but he will be missed.

Trivia: after he became a hot property in the wake of Joe, he turned down a couple of potentially career-making roles, including (iirc) Popeye Doyle in The French Connection.

Hey, I'm just playing to the audience. 90% will recognize Raymond even if they aren't into it, but hardly anybody knows Joe, and many have never seen Taxi Driver.

He was the best one-off character in X-Files. I can't say it was the best episode because I didn't watch it much.

[Solver]

Strange people, eh.

I know Taxi Driver for its great cast. The Raymond show, though, I've only heard of when looking Peter Boyle's roles up...

[Lord Avalon]

X-Files: He was the title character in "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose."

IMDB

[Cranky]

I liked the role he played in Raymond, he portrayed the right wing american male perfectly.

[ajbera]

He also gave us one of the funniest scenes in cinematic history.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcJ-gExojgs

R.I.P.

[Aro]

Originally posted by ajbera
He also gave us one of the funniest scenes in cinematic history.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcJ-gExojgs

R.I.P.

Just wonderful. I have the DVD... One of my favorite movies of all times…

Requiescat in Pace.

[Guynemer]

PUTTING ON THE RITZ!

[Guynemer]

Re: Re: RIP, Peter Boyle

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
Trivia: after he became a hot property in the wake of Joe, he turned down a couple of potentially career-making roles, including (iirc) Popeye Doyle in The French Connection.

...which, of course, went to his Young Frankenstein costar, Gene Hackman. Another absolute CLASSIC scene in cinema history.

[Az]

this indeed a very sad piece of news. I thought about posting a thread about him, as well.

RIP.

P.S. I loved him in Raymond.

[Sava]

raymond was a stupid show

[Provost Harrison]

Erm, who?