There goes another one. Peter Boyle died a couple of days ago. I guess he was best known as the cranky father in 'Everybody Loves Raymond'.He appeared in two of my all-time favourite movies. In Taxi Driver, he played the character 'Wizard'. He also appeared, to glorious effect, as the monster in Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein.
Most recently he was the gleefully obnoxious Frank Barone on ELR. A show that I have a particular fondness for. It got me through some rough times, while I was in chokey. 'Raymond' was, and still is, on Channel 4 most mornings. There wasn't much incentive to stay awake after the insanely early wake-up, but a half-hour in the company of Ray, Debra, Robert, Marie and Frank made it a little easier.
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