Peter Boyle, RIP

William Haskins · Dec 13, 2006

http://cbs4boston.com/topstories/topstories_story_347112437.html

Soccer Mom · Dec 13, 2006

I don't have anything pithy to say. To me, he will always be the Frankenstein monster in Young Frankenstein.

robeiae · Dec 13, 2006

You're too quick, sir. I was about to post the very same link.

Godspeed, Jocko Dundee.

dclary · Dec 13, 2006

I loved him in so many roles. I am glad he got to finish his Raymond run before the end, otherwise this would have been even more heartbreaking.

Shadow_Ferret · Dec 13, 2006

Was he sick? He wasn't that old. What a great comic character actor he was.

PeeDee · Dec 13, 2006

What? God damn it. he wasn't suppoesed to die.

I adored him as Young Frankenstein. I adored him on the X-Files, in one of the best written and acted episodes of the show. I loved him on Raymond.

I have nothing useful to say. I'm shocked and horribly saddened.

BottomlessCup · Dec 13, 2006

Awful!

I knew it was coming. He guested on Mind of Mencia recently and he looked twenty years older than he did on Raymond. He was funny, but his speech was clearly different. It was rough to watch. I hate that cool people get old and die.

NeuroFizz · Dec 13, 2006

Crap. I'm a fan.

Perks · Dec 13, 2006

Oh no. I loved Peter Boyle. Young Frankenstein is one of the few films that cranked my broken funny bone.

Funny, talented man.

Stew21 · Dec 13, 2006

This makes me incredibly sad. I loved Peter Doyle. Young Frankenstein is one of the funniest movies ever. A favorite has passed. Terribly sad.

Stew21 · Dec 13, 2006

Oh, Pete, I forgot about his X-Files episode. You are so right. It was really wonderful. Sad sad sad. I feel about as bad about this one as I did when Madeline Kahn died.

Mom'sWrite · Dec 13, 2006

I'm starting up my copy of Young Frankenstein right now in memory of Peter. Why are all the good ones leaving so soon?

A. Hamilton · Dec 13, 2006

Oh, that's too bad.I liked him.

MidnightMuse · Dec 13, 2006

So sad

His episode of XFiles was nothing short of amazing, like his entire career.

Carrie in PA · Dec 13, 2006

That just sucks.

clara bow · Dec 13, 2006

aadams73 · Dec 13, 2006

Very sad and unexpected. He was one of my favorites.

Christine N. · Dec 13, 2006

Me sad too. I grew up watching him. "Johnny Dangerously" and "Young Frankenstein" were two of my favorite movies.

Sad that the good ones have to go. He's laughing it up somewhere nice.

Kate Thornton · Dec 13, 2006

RIP - I am so sorry he's gone.

(Gene Wilder & Peter Boyle doing "Puttin' On the Ritz" - OMG I'm laughing!)

Gravity · Dec 13, 2006

Dang. Just two nights ago my wife and I popped in our While You Were Sleeping DVD. The scene with Peter Boyle and Bill Pullman, where Bill is telling Peter he doesn't want to work for his dad's business anymore, was both funny and touching. More so now with this news. Pete, you were one of the good ones. Bon voyage.

William Haskins · Dec 13, 2006

he was a great actor with a lot of range. aside from his turns in young frankenstein and joe, i was most impressed with his small, but powerful, part in taxi driver, playing "wizard".

interesting trivia: he was once a monk.

maestrowork · Dec 13, 2006

Putin' on the Ritz.... Classic.

You shall be missed, Peter good sir.

dclary · Dec 13, 2006

Don't forget he was Jesus Christ in The Dream Team

Serenity · Dec 13, 2006

MidnightMuse said:
So sad His episode of XFiles was nothing short of amazing, like his entire career.

That is my second all time favorite x-files episode and I think he won an emmy for it too.

"I'm not smiling, I'm wincing..." One of the best lines, given the scene.

I think I'll put in Young Frankenstein after Bones is over tonight.

RIP, Peter. You were truly one of the great actors of our time.

allion · Dec 13, 2006

At least I can laugh when I see "Putting on the Ritz."

His X-Files episode was the best.

Holy crap, Marie!

Miss you, Peter. RIP.

Karen

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