Peter Boyle: Biography, Cause of Death, and Relationships

Ask any sitcom fan to name the crankiest TV dad of the 1990s, and Frank Barone leaps to mind. But the actor behind that scowling, newspaper-hiding character was anything but one-note — Peter Boyle spent decades on stage and screen, from the monster in Young Frankenstein to a close friendship with a Beatle. This piece looks past the grumpy exterior to the relationships that defined his life off-camera.

Born: October 18, 1935 ·
Died: December 12, 2006 ·
Known for: Frank Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond ·
Cause of death: Multiple melanoma and heart disease ·
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) ·
Spouse: Lorraine Alterman (m. 1977–2006)