Peter Boyle

Actor Peter Boyle arrives at the "Liza With a "Z" event in New York on March 13, 2006. The Emmy Award-winning actor died at a New York hospital on Dec. 12, 2006, after a long battle with multiple myeloma and heart disease. He was 71. Boyle is survived by his wife, Loraine, and two daughters.

Peter Boyle arrives at the New York premiere of "Thank You For Smoking" on March 12, 2006. The Emmy Award-winning actor died on Dec. 12 at age 71. Boyle had suffered a stroke in 1990 and was unable to talk for six months. In 1999, he suffered a heart attack while on the set of "Everybody Loves Raymond."

Actor Peter Boyle arrives at the 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Jan. 29, 2006. The actor, who died on Dec. 12, 2006, after a long battle with multiple myeloma and heart disease, can currently be seen as Father Time in "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause." At the time of his death, he was working on two films; "Shadows of Atticus" and "Chatham."

Peter Boyle attends the Conde Nast Traveler 18th Annual Readers' Choice Awards, held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on Oct. 17, 2005. The Philadelphia-born actor was known for playing everything from a tap-dancing monster in "Young Frankenstein" to the curmudgeonly father in the long-running TV sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond." He won an Emmy in 1996 for a guest appearance on "The X-Files."

Actor Peter Boyle and his wife, Loraine, arrive at the American Red Cross in Greater New York centennial benefit ball, honoring former President Bill Clinton, on Oct 20, 2005. Perhaps best known for his role as Frank Barone on the CBS sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond," Boyle's film career includes roles in "The French Connection" (1971), "Young Frankenstein" (1974) and "Taxi Driver" (1976).

From left, Peter Boyle, Brad Garrett, and Ray Romano of "Everybody Loves Raymond" pose with the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series in the press room at the 57th Annual Emmy Awards, held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Sept. 18, 2005. Boyle starred as Frank Barone in the long-running CBS sitcom. While nominated for an Emmy for the role of Frank Barone many times, he never won one.

The cast of "Everybody Loves Raymond," poses with the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series in the press room at the 57th Annual Emmy Awards, held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Sept. 18, 2005. From left are Peter Boyle, Brad Garrett, Doris Roberts, Ray Romano, Patricia Heaton, Monica Horan, Sawyer Sweeten, Sullivan Sweeten and Madylin Sweeten.

Actress Doris Roberts and actor Peter Boyle attend the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' reception for Emmy Award nominees for outstanding performing talent at Spago in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sept. 16, 2005. The actors played Frank and Marie, the annoying parents of Ray Romano on the CBS sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond."

Actors Peter Boyle, seated, and Ray Romano are seen on set at the "Everybody Loves Raymond" series wrap party at Hanger 8 in Santa Monica, calif., on April 28, 2005. Before turning to acting, the Philadephia native was a monk with the Christian Brothers order.

Actor Peter Boyle of "Everybody Loves Raymond" attends the New York premiere of "The Hunting of the President," held at New York University's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. Boyle starred as cranky father Frank Barone on the sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond," which aired on CBS from 1996 to 2005.

Actor Peter Boyle and his wife, Loraine Alterman, arrive at the Museum of Television and Radio's gala tribute to Barbara Walters, held on Nov. 15, 2004, at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. John Lennon served as the best man at the couple's 1977 wedding.

Actor Peter Boyle gives the Power Rangers a thumbs-up at the the "Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation Benefit" in New York on May 1, 2004.

Actor Peter Boyle recieves a kiss from actress Shirley MacLaine before she presented him with a Luminaria Award for lifetime achivement at the Santa Fe Film Festival on Dec. 6, 2003.

Peter Boyle and Halle Berry meet at the premiere of their film "Monster's Ball," on Nov. 11, 2001, at the Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. Boyle died Tuesday evening, Dec. 12, 2006, in a New York hospital. He was 71. A member of the Christian Brothers religious order who turned to acting, he first gained notice playing an angry workingman in the Vietnam-era hit "Joe."

Peter Boyle, as the monster, hands Kenneth Mar, the police chief, a shock in Mel Brooks' 1974 film "Young Frankenstein." The film led to the actor meeting his wife, Loraine Alterman, who visited the set as a reporter for Rolling Stone magazine. Boyle, still in his monster makeup, quickly asked her for a date.