Thursday, December 14, 2006

Peter Boyle Bought It


"While a generation of TV viewers knows him as Frank Barone - with his trademark "Holy crap!" line - Boyle had a respectable career long before "Everybody Loves Raymond" debuted in 1996, including a part in Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver," in which he played a philosopher cabbie who counseled Robert DeNiro's angry character.

Boyle was also close friends with John Lennon, who was best man at Boyle's wedding."

Story here.

2 comments:

Dave said...

RIP. I loved this guy not only in YF, but also in Joe, The Candidate, and Taxi Driver. I've actually never seen an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond. Am I hip now?

Jay said...

That sucks. He was hilarious in Young Frankenstein.

"Puttin' on the Riiiiiiiiitz!"