Peter 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.
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Acting History
2025
Everybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Reunion as Archival Footage
2020AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star as Self
2020The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault as (archive footage)
2018Mel Brooks: Unwrapped as Self (archive footage)
2014Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Joe Curran (archive footage) (uncredited)
2013Mel Brooks: Make a Noise as Self (archive footage)
2011Exporting Raymond
2008All Roads Lead Home as Poovey
2006The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause as Father Time
2005Mind of Mencia
2005The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
2004The Tony Danza Show as Self
2004AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies as Self
2004Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed as Old Man Wickles
2004Tripping the Rift
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2002Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story as Howard Hanssen
2002The Santa Clause 2 as Father Time (uncredited)
2002The Adventures of Pluto Nash as Rowland
2001Monster's Ball as Buck Grotowski
1999Making 'Taxi Driver' as Self
1999The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self
1998The King of Queens as Frank Barone
1998Hollywood Squares
1998Doctor Dolittle as Calloway
1998Species II as Dr. Herman Cromwell
1997The View as Self
1997A Deadly Vision as Det. Salvatore DaVinci
1997That Darn Cat as Pa
1996Milk & Money as Belted Galloway
1996Everybody Loves Raymond as Frank Barone
1996Sweet Evil as Jay Glass
1996More Secrets of the X-Files as Self
1996In the Lake of the Woods as Tony Carbo
1996Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein as Frankenstein's Monster (archive footage)
1995The Single Guy as Walter Eliot
1995While You Were Sleeping as Ox Callaghan
1995Born to Be Wild as Gus Charnley
1995The Surgeon as Lt. McEllwaine
1994The Santa Clause as Mr. Whittle
1994Killer as George
1994Royce as Huggins
1994The Shadow as Moe Shrevnitz
1993NYPD Blue as Dan Breen
1993Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as Bill Church
1993The X-Files as Clyde Bruckman
1993Taking the Heat as Judge
1993Cuentos de Borges as Erik Lonnrot
1992Malcolm X as Captain Green
1992In the Line of Duty: Street War as Det. Dan Reilly
1992Honeymoon in Vegas as Chief Orman
1992Solar Crisis as Arnold Teague
1992Death and the Compass as Lonnrot
1992Nervous Ticks as Ron Rudman
1991Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star as Self (archive footage)
1991Kickboxer 2: The Road Back as Justin Maciah
1991Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook as The Monster (archive footage)
1990The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story as Fred Ford
1990Men Of Respect as Matt Duffy
1990Poochinski as Stanley Poochinski
1990Challenger as Roger Boisjoly
199027 Wagons Full of Cotton as Jake
1989Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North as Adm. John Poindexter
1989Speed Zone as Chief Edsel
1989The Dream Team as Jack McDermott
1988Disaster at Silo 7 as Gen. Sanger
1988Red Heat as Lou Donnelly
1988Funny as Self
1988Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel as Jimmy Malone
1988The In Crowd as "Uncle Pete" Boyle
1987Walker as Cornelius Vanderbilt
1987Echoes in the Darkness as Sgt. Joe Van Nort
1987Echoes in the Darkness as Sgt. Joe Vannort
1987Surrender as Jay
1987Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 as David Dellinger
1986Joe Bash
1985Turk 182! as Det. Ryan
1984Johnny Dangerously as Dundee
1983Yellowbeard as Moon
1983Group Madness as Self
1982Hammett as Jimmy Ryan
1982Cagney & Lacey as Phillip Greenlow
1981Outland as Mark Sheppard
1980In God We Tru$t as Dr. Sebastian Melmoth
1980Where the Buffalo Roam as Carl Lazlo, Esq.
1979Beyond the Poseidon Adventure as Frank Mazzetti
1979From Here to Eternity as Fatso Judson
1979Hardcore as Andy Mast
1978The Brink's Job as Joe McGinnis
1978F.I.S.T. as Max Graham
1977Tail Gunner Joe as Joseph McCarthy
1976Swashbuckler as Lord Durant
1976Taxi Driver as Wizard
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1974Young Frankenstein as Monster
1974Crazy Joe as Joe
1973The Man Who Could Talk to Kids as Charlie Datweiler
1973The Friends of Eddie Coyle as Dillon
1973Slither as Barry Fenaka
1973Steelyard Blues as Eagle Thornberry
1973Kid Blue as Preacher Bob
1973Ghost in the Noonday Sun as Ras Mohammed
1972FTA as Self
1972The Candidate as Marvin Lucas
1971T.R. Baskin as Jack Mitchell
1970Diary of a Mad Housewife as Man in Group Therapy Session
1970Joe as Joe Curran
1969The Monitors as Production Manager
1969Medium Cool as Gun Clinic Manager
1968The Virgin President as Gen. Heath
1968The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest