The end credits of All Roads Lead Home include a dedication to his memory. He is best remembered as the 'Monster' in the film, "Young Frankenstein" (1974). His father was a Philadelphia television personality who had a children’s show. Photo By Alan Light [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Boyle continued on his way to work, where an alert co-worker recognized the severity of the situation. Peter Boyle had a net worth of $8 million. Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) Mini Bio (1) 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. She said Mr. Boyle had suffered from multiple myeloma and heart disease. Among many other roles, he played the Boyle's paternal grandparents were Irish immigrants, and his mother was of mostly French and British Isles descent.While in Philadelphia, he worked as a cameraman on the cooking show Boyle played Murray the cop in a touring company of Boyle gained acclaim for his first starring role, playing the title character, a bigoted New York City factory worker, in the Boyle received his first Emmy nomination for his acclaimed dramatic performance in the 1977 television film His New York theater work included playing a comedian who is the object of In 1986, Boyle played the title role of the acclaimed but short-lived TV series In October 1990, Boyle suffered a near-fatal stroke that rendered him completely speechless and immobile for nearly six months.
Save to Suggest Edits. Peter Lawrence Boyle was born on Oct. 18, 1935 in Philadelphia. The tv actor Peter Boyle died at the age of 71. At the time of his death, he had completed his role in the film All Roads Lead Home and was scheduled to appear in The Golden Boys. On December 12, 2006, Boyle died at the age of 71 at New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City after suffering from multiple myeloma and heart disease. … Boyle died Tuesday evening at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Peter Lawrence Boyle was born on October 18, 1935, in Francis was a Philadelphia TV personality from 1951 to 1963.