He was 71. Boyle, 71, had been suffering from multiple myeloma and heart disease. He had been suffering from multiple myeloma and heart disease, said his publicist, Jennifer Plante. In 1990, Boyle had a stroke and couldn't talk for six months. "He came in all hot and angry," recalled the show's creator, Phil Rosenthal, "and I hired him because I was afraid of him." In a memorable scene, he performed a soft-shoe routine while singing "Puttin' on the Ritz.". In 1990, he suffered a stroke and couldn't talk for six months. Performances typically revolve around Boyle's life, recalling favorite moments with the actor. Award-winning actor Peter Boyle died of the blood cancer Multiple Myeloma and heart disease at age 71. Celebrity Branding Is Everywhere. After graduating high school in 1953, Boyle spent three years in formation with the De La Salle Brothers, a Roman Catholic teaching order. In cameo roles, he can be seen as a police captain in Malcolm X (1992), and as a drawbridge operator in Porky's Revenge (1985). [12] He was still in his Frankenstein makeup when he asked her for a date. THE Emmy-winning actor Peter Boyle, who played the dancing monster in the movie Young Frankenstein and cantankerous father Frank Barone in the TV series Everybody Loves Raymond, has died, his publicist said overnight. Log in, A Glimpse Into the Unique Ways Celebrities Buy Houses. Boyle and Alterman got married on October 21, 1977, with Lennon serving as his best man. Sitemap | [13] Through Alterman and her friend Yoko Ono, Boyle became friends with John Lennon, who was the best man at Boyle and Alterman's 1977 wedding. Introduced by comedian Carlos Mencia as "the most honest man in show business", Boyle made guest appearances on three episodes of the Comedy Central program Mind of Mencia, one of which was shown as a tribute in a segment made before Boyle's death, in which he read hate mail, explained the "hidden meanings" behind bumper stickers, and occasionally told Mencia how he felt about him. Actor. He had been suffering from multiple myeloma and heart disease, according to the Associated Press. He traveled to New York to study with Uta Hagen, supporting himself for five years with various jobs, including postal worker, waiter, maitre d' and office temp. , The Hollywood Reporter is part of MRC Media and Info, a division of MRC. He lived in a house of studies with other novices earning a bachelor of arts degree from La Salle University in Philadelphia in 1957, but left the order because he did not feel called to religious life. The couple made their home in New York. Springsteen segued into "Jungleland" in memory of Boyle, stating: "An old friend died a while back – we met him when we first came to New York City... Today would have been his birthday. Boyle won his first movie recognition for his portrayal of blue-collared bigot Joe in 1970's "Joe," and he played a taxi driver in Martin Scorsese's 1976 classic "Taxi Driver," one of the nocturnal cabbies who drove the same weird streets as Travis Bickel. After the incident, Boyle was drawn back to his Catholic faith and resumed attending Mass.[18].