Peter Boyle's many feature film credits include "The Candidate," "Young Frankenstein," "Taxi Driver," "Beyond the Poseidon Adventure," "The Santa Clause," "Joe," "While You Were Sleeping" and "Dr. Doolittle." Among his television credits are the mini-series "Echoes in the Darkness," and the films "Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North," "The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story" and "In the Lake of the Woods."

Boyle received the 1996 Emmy Award for "Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series" for an appearance in an episode of The X-Files. In 1999, he received an Emmy Award nomination for "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series" for Everybody Loves Raymond.

He was born in Northtown, PA and passed away in 2006. He was 71 years old.