Peter Boyle

Peter Boyle

1935-10-18 Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA 86 Credits

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. Description above from the Wikipedia arti...

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The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

2025

as Self

Acting

THE AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE VAULT is a 2-disc, 500-minute odyssey that collects eight feature-length VHS mixtapes from the crackpots at AGFA—including tw...

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star

2020

as Self

8.0
Acting

Unleashed from the video vaults of the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA), AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #4: FOLLOW YOUR OWN STAR is a brand new compilation of...

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

2018

as Self (archive footage)

6.4
Acting

At the age of 91, Mel Brooks is unstoppable, with his musical "Young Frankenstein" opening to great critical acclaim in London in late 2017. Alan Yent...

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

2013

as Self (archive footage)

8.2
Acting

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise journeys through Brooks’ early years in the creative beginnings of live television — with Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows — ...

All Roads Lead Home

All Roads Lead Home

2008

as Poovey

5.8
Acting

The story is about a 12 year old girl who loses her mother in an automobile accident. Her father struggles with the loss of his wife and trying to rai...

The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

2006

as Father Time

5.5
Acting

Now that Santa and Mrs. Claus have the North Pole running smoothly, the Counsel of Legendary Figures has called an emergency meeting on Christmas Eve!...

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies

2004

as Self

8.0
Acting

The top 100 songs of the past 100 years chosen by the American Film Institute are presented by host-actor John Travolta.

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

2004

as Old Man Wickles

6.1
Acting

After solving their last mystery at Spooky Island, the Mystery Inc. gang is back in Coolsville, where they are being honored with their very own exhib...

Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story

Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story

2002

as Howard Hanssen

4.7
Acting

True story about the cat and mouse game between the FBI trying to find a Soviet mole in their ranks and Robert Hanssen, one of the top FBI agents and ...

The Santa Clause 2

The Santa Clause 2

2002

as Father Time (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

Better watch out! The big guy in red is coming to town once again. This time, Scott Calvin -- also known as Santa Claus -- finds out there's an obscur...

The Adventures of Pluto Nash

The Adventures of Pluto Nash

2002

as Rowland

4.4
Acting

The year is 2087, the setting is the moon. Pluto Nash, the high-flying successful owner of the hottest nightclub in the universe, finds himself in tro...

Monster's Ball

Monster's Ball

2001

as Buck Grotowski

6.8
Acting

A prison guard begins a tentative romance with the unsuspecting widow of a man whose execution he presided over.

Making 'Taxi Driver'

Making 'Taxi Driver'

1999

as Self

6.9
Acting

A behind the scenes snapshot of the making of one of the greatest films ever made. Filled with trivia, interviews from cast and crew, and more.

Doctor Dolittle

Doctor Dolittle

1998

as Calloway

5.7
Acting

A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a chi...

Species II

Species II

1998

as Dr. Herman Cromwell

5.2
Acting

Having just returned from a mission to Mars, Commander Ross isn't exactly himself. He's slowly becoming a terrifying alien entity with one goal -- to ...

A Deadly Vision

A Deadly Vision

1997

as Det. Salvatore DaVinci

4.5
Acting

A waitress who has psychic visions of murders before they happen is asked by a police detective to help find a serial killer.

That Darn Cat

That Darn Cat

1997

as Pa

5.0
Acting

While making his nightly rounds in the neighborhood, Patti's pet cat D.C. finds himself the carrier of a call for help from a kidnap victim. Patti enl...

Milk & Money

Milk & Money

1996

as Belted Galloway

4.0
Acting

When David drops out of medical school, he finds out what life isn't really like. He meets beautiful women, holds a box, helps make a movie, and takes...

Sweet Evil

Sweet Evil

1996

as Jay Glass

2.0
Acting

A couple unable to naturally conceive recruit a young woman to act as their surrogate. She falls pregnant with their baby and moves into their home. B...

In the Lake of the Woods

In the Lake of the Woods

1996

as Tony Carbo

4.8
Acting

John Waylan is a candidate for U.S. senator; near the end of the campaign he is accused of ordering and participating in a massacre in a Vietnamese vi...

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein

1996

as Frankenstein's Monster (archive footage)

8.5
Acting

Via reminiscences from writer/actor Gene Wilder and others, this documentary recalls the making of the 1974 film Young Frankenstein.

While You Were Sleeping

While You Were Sleeping

1995

as Ox Callaghan

7.0
Acting

A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off railway tracks after he's mugged, but—while he's in a coma—his family mistakenly thinks she's Peter's fiancé...

Born to Be Wild

Born to Be Wild

1995

as Gus Charnley

5.3
Acting

Rick Heller is a juvenile delinquent who keeps getting himself into trouble. To keep him out of trouble his mother puts him to work cleaning the cage ...

The Surgeon

The Surgeon

1995

as Lt. McEllwaine

5.4
Acting

Dr. Julian Mater is suspended and gets his license revoked for performing experiments on dying patients in cellular regeneration. A couple of years la...

The Santa Clause

The Santa Clause

1994

as Mr. Whittle

6.5
Acting

On Christmas Eve, divorced dad Scott Calvin and his son discover Santa Claus has fallen off their roof. When Scott takes the reins of the magical slei...

Killer

Killer

1994

as George

4.8
Acting

Cynical hit man Mick is tiring of his job and asks his boss George for time off. However, George gives him the assignment of his life, prompting Mick'...

Royce

Royce

1994

as Huggins

5.2
Acting

Royce is a member of the ultra-secret service "Black Hole", working for the US Government on top-secret missions. When the senator responsible for for...

The Shadow

The Shadow

1994

as Moe Shrevnitz

6.1
Acting

Based on the 1930s comic strip, The Shadow is put up against his archenemy Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom u...

Taking the Heat

Taking the Heat

1993

as Judge

4.8
Acting

When Michael Norell witnesses a murder, he doesn't want to testify but he is forced to by the police. A cop is ordered to bring him to the court, but ...

Malcolm X

Malcolm X

1992

as Captain Green

7.5
Acting

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he b...

In the Line of Duty: Street War

In the Line of Duty: Street War

1992

as Det. Dan Reilly

5.0
Acting

In this gritty cops-and-crooks drama, two detectives hunt a gang leader suspected of murdering a New York cop. The detectives enlist the help of the d...

Honeymoon in Vegas

Honeymoon in Vegas

1992

as Chief Orman

5.7
Acting

On her deathbed, a mother makes her son promise never to get married, which scars him with psychological blocks to a commitment with his girlfriend. T...

Solar Crisis

Solar Crisis

1992

as Arnold Teague

4.3
Acting

A huge solar flare is predicted to fry the Earth. Astronauts aboard the spaceship Helios must go to the Sun to drop a bomb equipped with an Artificial...

Death and the Compass

Death and the Compass

1992

as Lonnrot

5.8
Acting

In a totalitarian future, in a nightmare metropolis, inhabited only by criminals and police, Erik Lonnrot, a gifted detective, investigates a series o...

Nervous Ticks

Nervous Ticks

1992

as Ron Rudman

4.0
Acting

A comedy about a man (Bill Pullman), who is on the run after his mistress (Julie Brown) confesses to her husband (Peter Boyle) that the two of them ha...

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

1991

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

A retrospective on the career of Robert Mitchum through interviews with friends and co-workers, scenes from his films and the actor himself.

Kickboxer 2: The Road Back

Kickboxer 2: The Road Back

1991

as Justin Maciah

5.4
Acting

In this rousing sequel to Kickboxer, Tong Po broods about his defeat at the hands of Kurt Sloan. Po and his managers resort to drastic measures to goa...

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

as The Monster (archive footage)

5.7
Acting

Documentary with a treasure trove of rare footage and vintage trailers, offering a rich and unusual look at the history of Frankenstein on the screen.

The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story

The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story

1990

as Fred Ford

6.5
Acting

Examination of the events that led to the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

Men Of Respect

Men Of Respect

1990

as Matt Duffy

4.8
Acting

In this modern day version of Shakespeare's Macbeth, a hitman heeds a spiritualist's prophesies that he will rise to the head of his family. He starts...

Poochinski

Poochinski

1990

as Stanley Poochinski

5.6
Acting

The talking bulldog at a policeman's feet turns out to be his late partner.

Challenger

Challenger

1990

as Roger Boisjoly

6.2
Acting

A profile of the astronauts, crew, and civilians who were involved in the January 28, 1986 flight of the spaceship, Challenger, that resulted in its e...

27 Wagons Full of Cotton

1990

as Jake

6.0
Acting

In order to boost his own cotton ginning business, Jake Meighan sets the local Syndicate Plantation ablaze. the superintendent of the Syndicate Planta...

Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North

Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North

1989

as Adm. John Poindexter

Acting

Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North follows the military career of Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North, beginning with his Naval Academy days t...

Speed Zone

Speed Zone

1989

as Chief Edsel

4.5
Acting

An illegal race that takes place over the United States and nothing will stop this bunch of racers except for the occasional cop or a damsel in distre...

The Dream Team

The Dream Team

1989

as Jack McDermott

6.2
Acting

Four mental patients on a field trip in New York City must save their caring chaperone, who ends up being taken to a hospital in a coma after accident...

Disaster at Silo 7

Disaster at Silo 7

1988

as Gen. Sanger

6.3
Acting

During routine maintenance of a liquid-fuelled ICBM, the fuel tank is penetrated by a falling spanner. The film traces the efforts of the maintenance ...

Red Heat

Red Heat

1988

as Lou Donnelly

6.2
Acting

A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord w...

Funny

Funny

1988

as Self

Acting

People are asked to tell their favorite jokes.

Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel

Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel

1988

as Jimmy Malone

8.5
Acting

A humourous telling of the history of the comic book superhero.

The In Crowd

The In Crowd

1988

as "Uncle Pete" Boyle

6.0
Acting

A young man of the rock and roll generation is in his senior year of high school. When one day he successfully gets on a popular teen dance television...

Walker

Walker

1987

as Cornelius Vanderbilt

6.4
Acting

William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to install a new government by a coup d'etat.

Echoes in the Darkness

Echoes in the Darkness

1987

as Sgt. Joe Van Nort

7.5
Acting

Based on the true life story that took place in the 1970s, this movie follows the murder of Susan Reinert and her two children in Upper Merion Townshi...

Surrender

Surrender

1987

as Jay

4.9
Acting

A wealthy writer who has had terrible experiences with money-hungry girlfriends & ex-wives pretends to be a broke, washed-up novelist to see if the wo...

Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8

Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8

1987

as David Dellinger

6.5
Acting

A made-for-cable-TV docudrama about the trial of the men accused of conspiring to cause protesters to riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention ...

Turk 182!

Turk 182!

1985

as Det. Ryan

5.8
Acting

After New York City firefighter Terry Lynch is unable to receive any compensation for an injury incurred during the off-duty rescue of a young girl, h...

Johnny Dangerously

Johnny Dangerously

1984

as Dundee

6.3
Acting

An honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.

Yellowbeard

Yellowbeard

1983

as Moon

5.5
Acting

For years Yellowbeard had looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their hearts. Caught and convicted for tax evasion, he's sent...

Group Madness

Group Madness

1983

as Self

Acting

A behind-the-scenes documentary of the making of 1983's Yellowbeard

Hammett

Hammett

1982

as Jimmy Ryan

6.2
Acting

Chinatown, San Francisco, 1928. Former private detective Dashiell Hammett, a compulsive drinker with tuberculosis who writes pulp fiction for a living...

Outland

Outland

1981

as Mark Sheppard

6.4
Acting

On the sunless moon Io, Marshall William T. O’Niel goes toe-to-toe with the corrupt manager of a mining colony and his gang of roughnecks while invest...

In God We Tru$t

In God We Tru$t

1980

as Dr. Sebastian Melmoth

6.2
Acting

A naive monk, named Brother Ambrose, is sent by the abbot on a mission to raise $5,000 in order to save their monastery from closing. He goes to Holly...

Where the Buffalo Roam

Where the Buffalo Roam

1980

as Carl Lazlo, Esq.

5.9
Acting

Semi-biographical film based on the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

1979

as Frank Mazzetti

5.1
Acting

After "The Poseidon Adventure", in which the ship got flipped over by a tidal wave, the ship drifts bottom-up in the sea. While the passengers are sti...

Hardcore

Hardcore

1979

as Andy Mast

6.7
Acting

A conservative Midwest businessman ventures into the sordid underworld of pornography in search of his runaway teenage daughter who’s making hardcore ...

The Brink's Job

The Brink's Job

1978

as Joe McGinnis

6.0
Acting

In 1950, a group of unlikely criminal masterminds commits the robbery of the century. Led by Tony Pino, a petty thief fresh out of prison, and Joe McG...

F.I.S.T.

F.I.S.T.

1978

as Max Graham

6.5
Acting

Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher ...

Tail Gunner Joe

Tail Gunner Joe

1977

as Joseph McCarthy

6.0
Acting

Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin accuses prominent people of Communist sympathies in order to give him a national power base when he later plann...

Swashbuckler

Swashbuckler

1976

as Lord Durant

6.2
Acting

A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.

Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver

1976

as Wizard

8.1
Acting

A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for ...

Young Frankenstein

Young Frankenstein

1974

as Frankenstein's Monster

7.9
Acting

A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a prett...

Crazy Joe

Crazy Joe

1974

as Joe

6.0
Acting

The rise and fall of a Mafia gangster, based on the life of murdered New York gangster "Crazy" Joey Gallo.

The Man Who Could Talk to Kids

The Man Who Could Talk to Kids

1973

as Charlie Datweiler

5.0
Acting

An emotionally disturbed young boy shuts out all of his family and friends. A counselor tries to help bring him and his family together again.

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

1973

as Dillon

7.3
Acting

An aging hood is about to go back to prison. Hoping to escape his fate, he supplies information on stolen guns to the feds, while simultaneously suppl...

Slither

Slither

1973

as Barry Fenaka

5.8
Acting

While searching for a small fortune of embezzled money, an ex-con, a small-time bandleader, his doting wife and a kooky drifter find themselves being ...

Steelyard Blues

Steelyard Blues

1973

as Eagle Thornberry

5.1
Acting

A group of misfits decide to leave for a place that they can all be free. Their mode of transportation is a PBY flying boat. The only problem is that ...

Kid Blue

Kid Blue

1973

as Preacher Bob

6.9
Acting

Bickford Waner, an apparently naive young man from Fort Worth, arrives in the tiny Texas town of Dime Box and takes on a variety of menial jobs. He's ...

Ghost in the Noonday Sun

Ghost in the Noonday Sun

1973

as Ras Mohammed

4.1
Acting

A pirate crewman kills his captain after learning where he has hidden his buried treasure. However, as he begins to lose his memory, he relies more an...

FTA

FTA

1972

as Self

6.1
Acting

A documentary about a political troupe headed by actors Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland which traveled to towns near military bases in the US in the ...

The Candidate

The Candidate

1972

as Marvin Lucas

6.5
Acting

Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.

T.R. Baskin

T.R. Baskin

1971

as Jack Mitchell

5.1
Acting

Enthusiastic young woman runs away to Chicago to start a new life. She is soon confronted with the emotional coldness of the big city and has to searc...

Diary of a Mad Housewife

Diary of a Mad Housewife

1970

as Man in Group Therapy Session

6.2
Acting

Tina Balser is a bored New York housewife-mother married to Jonathan, a pompous, social-climbing lawyer who ridicules her in front of their children, ...

Joe

Joe

1970

as Joe Curran

6.5
Acting

After murdering his daughter's drug-dealing boyfriend, a wealthy ad executive stumbles into a bar and strikes up an uneasy alliance with Joe Curran, a...

The Monitors

The Monitors

1969

as Production Manager

3.8
Acting

Earthlings chafe at the peace established by a benevolent alien race and set about to rebel.

Medium Cool

Medium Cool

1969

as Gun Clinic Manager

6.8
Acting

John Cassellis is the toughest TV news reporter around. After extensively reporting about violence and racial tensions in poor communities, he discove...

The Virgin President

The Virgin President

1968

as Gen. Heath

7.0
Acting

The President of the U.S. is suceeded by his naive, wide-eyed son, and his advisors try to take advantage of the situation by planning to drop an atom...