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A bold, blunt instrument of hatred and violence at the onset of his film career, Peter Boyle recoiled from that repugnant, politically incorrect "working class" image to eventually play gruff, gentler bears and even comedy monsters in a career that lasted four decades.
He was born on October 18, 1935, in Norristown, Pennsylvania, to Alice (Lewis) and Francis Xavier Boyle. He eventually moved to Philadelphia, where his father was a sought-after local TV personality and children's show host. His paternal grandparents were Irish immigrants, and his mother was of mostly French and British Isles descent. Following a solid Catholic upbringing (he attended a Catholic high school), Peter was a sensitive youth and joined the Christian Brothers religious order at one point while attending La Salle University in Philadelphia. He left the monastery after only a few years when he "lost" his calling.
Bent on an acting career, Boyle initially studied with guru Uta Hagen in New York. The tall (6' 2"), hulking, prematurely bald actor wannabe struggled through a variety of odd jobs (postal worker, waiter, bouncer) while simultaneously building up his credits on stage and waiting for that first big break. Things started progressing for him after appearing in the national company of "The Odd Couple" in 1965 and landing TV commercials on the sly. In the late 60s he joined Chicago's Second City improv group and made his Broadway debut as a replacement for Peter Bonerz in Paul Sills' "Story Theatre" (1971) (Sills was the founder of Second City). Peter's breakout film role did not come without controversy as the hateful, hardhat-donning bigot-turned-murderer Joe (1970) in a tense, violence-prone film directed by John G. Avildsen. The role led to major notoriety, however, and some daunting supporting parts in T.R. Baskin (1971), Slither (1973) and as Robert Redford's calculating campaign manager in The Candidate (1972). During this time his political radicalism found a visible platform after joining Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland on anti-war crusades, which would include the anti-establishment picture Steelyard Blues (1973). This period also saw the forging of a strong friendship with former Beatle John Lennon.
Destined to be cast as monstrous undesirables throughout much of his career, he played a monster of another sort in his early film days, and thus avoided a complete stereotype as a film abhorrent. His hilarious, sexually potent Frankenstein's Monster in the cult Mel Brooks spoof Young Frankenstein (1974) saw him in a sympathetic and certainly more humorous vein. His creature's first public viewing, in which Boyle shares an adroit tap-dancing scene with "creator" Gene Wilder in full Fred Astaire regalia, was a show-stopping audience pleaser. Late 70s filmgoers continued to witness Boyle in seamy, urban settings with brutish roles in Taxi Driver (1976) and Hardcore (1979). At the same time he addressed several TV mini-movie roles with the same brilliant darkness such as his Senator Joe McCarthy in Tail Gunner Joe (1977), for which he received an Emmy nomination, and his murderous, knife-wielding Fatso in the miniseries remake of From Here to Eternity (1979).
While the following decade found Peter in predominantly less noteworthy filming and a short-lived TV series lead as remote cop Joe Bash (1986), the 90s brought him Emmy glory (for a guest episode on The X-Files (1993)). Despite a blood clot-induced stroke in 1990 that impaired his speech for six months, he ventured on and capped his enviable career on TV wielding funny but crass one-liners in the "Archie Bunker" mold on the long-running sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond (1996). A major Emmy blunder had Boyle earning seven nominations for his Frank Barrone character without a win, the only prime player on the show unhonored. He survived a heart attack while on the set of "Everybody Loves Raymond" in 1999, but managed to return full time for the remainder of the series' run through 2005.
Following a superb turn as Billy Bob Thornton's unrepentantly racist father in the sobering Oscar-winner Monster's Ball (2001), the remainder of his films were primarily situated in frivolous comedy fare such as The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002), The Santa Clause 2 (2002), Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), and The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006), typically playing cranky curmudgeons. Boyle died of multiple myeloma (bone-marrow cancer) and heart disease at New York Presbyterian Hospital in 2006, and was survived by his wife Lorraine and two children. He was 71.- Actor
- Writer
Ivor Barry was born on 12 April 1919 in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Weird Science (1985), Encounter (1952) and Festival (1960). He was married to Helen Joy Brameld. He died on 12 December 2006 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.- Jayne Hazard was born on 8 January 1922 in Tampa, Florida, USA. She was an actress, known for Black Market Babies (1945), Daredevils of the Clouds (1948) and Flying with Music (1942). She was married to Lowell J. Thompson. She died on 12 December 2006 in Palm Desert, California, USA.
- Writer
- Actor
- Director
Tomás Pérez Turrent was born on 15 January 1935 in San Andres Tuxtla, Veracruz, Mexico. He was a writer and actor, known for Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976), Ulama (1986) and El complot mongol (1978). He was married to Gillian Turner. He died on 12 December 2006 in Mexico City, Mexico.- Yuki Nambá was born in 1923 in Tres Arroyos, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Una mujer sin importancia (1945), Para vestir santos (1955) and El último payador (1950). She died on 12 December 2006 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Izet Hajdarhodzic was born on 25 December 1929 in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for My Part of the World (1969), Nikola Tesla (1977) and The Last Mission of Demolitions Man Cloud (1978). He died on 12 December 2006 in Zagreb, Croatia.
- Oscar Klein was born on 5 January 1930 in Graz, Austria. He was a composer, known for My Little America (1995). He died on 12 December 2006 in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- Frank Conti was born on 8 November 1924 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He was an actor, known for A Bronx Tale (1993), Cl.One (2005) and Turning the Corner (2004). He died on 12 December 2006 in Union, New Jersey, USA.
- Aviva Crane was born on 22 July 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Monster a Go-Go (1965). She died on 12 December 2006 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- Belina was born on 6 February 1925 in Treblinka, Poland. She was an actress, known for The Secret of the Black Widow (1963), Kreuzfahrten eines Globetrotters (1980) and Musik aus Studio B (1961). She died on 12 December 2006 in Hamburg, Germany.
- Alexander von Bentheim was born on 7 June 1931 in Jena, Thuringia, Germany. He was a writer and director, known for Namen, Karteien, Schicksale (1963), Unsere Sorgen - fern gesehen (1964) and Olympia-Magazin (1970). He died on 12 December 2006 in Berlin, Germany.
- Lucien Goethals was born on 26 June 1931 in Gent, Flanders, Belgium. Lucien was a composer, known for Gens de nulle part, gens de toutes parts (1979), A playground for Baboush (1971) and Harpya (1979). Lucien died on 12 December 2006 in Gent, Flanders, Belgium.
- Ellis Rubin was born on 20 June 1925 in Syracuse, New York, USA. He was married to Barbara Storer. He died on 12 December 2006 in Miami, Florida, USA.
- Special Effects
David Wischnack was born on 16 December 1926. He is known for Back to the Future (1985), The War of the Roses (1989) and The Great Outdoors (1988). He died on 12 December 2006.- Paul Arizin was born on 9 March 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 12 December 2006 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Kenny Davern was born on 7 January 1935 in Huntington, New York, USA. He is known for Mighty Aphrodite (1995), Bix (1991) and Independent Lens (1999). He was married to Elsa Green Lass and Sylvia White. He died on 12 December 2006 in Sandia Park, New Mexico, USA.- Actor
Marian Desmond was born on 17 August 1938. He was an actor. He died on 12 December 2006 in Hackney, London, England, UK.- Make-Up Department
Jan Van Uchelen was born on 2 September 1931 in Sussex, England, UK. She is known for Dark Shadows (1991), Samson and Delilah (1984) and Magnum, P.I. (1980). She was married to Demese Henre Coufos. She died on 12 December 2006 in Burbank, California, USA.