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He was a really, really neat guy. He spent time in a monastery and was good friends with John Lennon.
And while I was checking wiki to confirm that information, I found out that he never won an Emmy for Raymond, which sucks because he was the only good thing in that awful, awful, horrible show. That hideous shrew Heaton won, but not Boyle. Damn.
I remember the impact of his first major movie, Joe, on America. It was meant to be a low-budget B-movie but Boyle's talent was presenting with conviction characters so alien to his true personality, and Joe was a minor sensation. Another of Boyle's early roles that established his skills was Eagle Thornberry in Steelyard Blues wherein he and Donald Sutherland are constantly at odds toward achieving a fairly silly endeavor.
The X-Files episode he appeared in, "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose," is my all-time favorite episode of The X-Files. He won the Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for that role.
Holy shit. Over the weekend, for no apparent reason, I pulled out my boxed set of the the X-files' third season, and watched "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose." His was one of the best guest shots in the entire series. I don't hate "Raymond," although I can't say I like it either, but the few times I've watched it, he was entertaining. I am sorry to hear this.
Very weird. I saw Peter Boyle in a restaurant once (Evanston Illinois, having dinner with two young people who may have been acting colleagues by the deference they were showing him). I was honestly not trying to "notice" him or anything but when I was desperately trying to get the waitress's attention for my empty drink, he saw me gesticulating wildly and gave me this look like, "Oh NO."
Anyway, I count him as one of my same-room celebrities, so I miss him.
I also fondly remember his acclaimed work in Kickboxer 2: The Road Back.
I don't hate Everybody Loves Raymond, but I don't love it either. He was a lot of fun, and it's a shame to see him go. I hope it was painless and quick.
I don't like Everybody Loves Raymond much, but do not have control of the remote at home :-( I liked his character, probably because it epitomises the hen-pecked husband stereotype in a scarily realistic way.
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