# Clyde Bruckman finally reposes... (Peter Boyle's death) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 13, 2006, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975 "2006-12-13T17:01:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975/1 "2006-12-13T17:01:54Z")
[Actor Peter Boyle Dies](http://wcbstv.com/topstories/topstories_story_347112437.html) > [@](#): > > CBS) NEW YORK Veteran actor Peter Boyle, who played the crabby father of Ray Romano on the CBS comedy “Everbody Loves Raymond,” died Tuesday night in New York, CBS News has learned. > > Boyle was born Oct. 18, 1935, in Philadelphia. He left a calling as a Christian monk in the 1950s to become an actor, and in 1970, he won acclaim playing an intolerant factory worker in the movie “Joe.” > > In 1974, Boyle joined Mel Brooks to star as the famous monster in “Young Frankenstein.” Boyle reportedly was in full monster make-up for the film when he met his future wife, Rolling Stone reporter Loraine Alterman Boyle. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975/2 "2006-12-13T17:16:40Z")
Multiple myeloma, a _nasty_ disease. Hope he got plenty of painkillers and a good hospice, poor bastard. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975/3 "2006-12-13T17:20:53Z")
Good night, Funny Man. RIP ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975/4 "2006-12-13T17:26:49Z")
I can’t believe he was only 71! I thought he was in his 50’s in Taxi Driver. His only negative was appearing on the Carlos Mencia show. ---
**Author:** ![zeno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zeno/32/15040_2.png) [@zeno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zeno)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975/5 "2006-12-13T17:44:00Z")
If you’ve never seen _Joe_, I encourage you to do so. It’s kind of dated, but it also includes a smallish role played by a very young and very hot Susan Sarandon. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975/6 "2006-12-13T18:07:17Z")
I came here to find this thread. I just heard. The OP gets extra points for referencing one of the best X-files episodes and another reason I was fond of Mr. Boyle. I really like the guy in everything I’ve seen him in but I most fondly remember him for Young Frankenstein and the X-files episode. I wasn’t a fan of Everyone Loves Raymond but I’d catch a syndicated show off and on and he was so much better than his co-stars that it was ridiculous he was always overlooked for Emmys when they kept winning. My theory is that he made it look so effortless that no one understood how good he really was. There are two Raymond episodes that stick out in my mind. In one, it was a holiday and everyone was drinking a little much I think the power might have been off and they had a radio playing and Frank (Boyle’s character) started dancing with all the women and he was very good. Stupid Debra said something and he got upset and went outside, a scene that got me all verklempt followed (and made me lose all sympathy for Debra). In another episode, a small throw-away scene showed Frank out at a lounge playing a keyboard and singing in front of an audience. He responds to the audience’s applause by saying “Thanks, my wife thinks I’m in the bathroom.” I believe he did win a well-deserved Emmy for the X-Files episode _Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose_. Rest In Peace, Mr. Boyle. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975/7 "2006-12-13T18:17:59Z")
Godspeed, Zipperneck. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975/8 "2006-12-13T19:01:36Z")
I loved him as Tea Leoni’s psychotic CIA agent father on _Flying Blind_. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975/9 "2006-12-13T19:13:47Z")
All I can add is “Holy Crap!” ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975/10 "2006-12-13T19:44:11Z")
RIP He will always be \*\*The Monster \*\* to me: AMC’s Making of Young Frankenstein [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LQgeNTazp8) The famous Puttin’ on the Ritz scene with Peter Boyle that Mel almost cut: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGN2aa3oQRM) ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975/11 "2006-12-13T19:46:47Z")
[QUOTE=Eve] Multiple myeloma, a _nasty_ disease. Hope he got plenty of painkillers and a good hospice, poor bastard. [/QUOTE] You got that right. My father has multiple myeloma and it’s, well, not great. Nice title, too. “Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose” is one of my favorite _X-Files_ episodes. I also loved him as Jocko Dundee in _Johnny Dangerously_. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975/12 "2006-12-13T19:52:48Z")
[QUOTE=GIGObuster] He will always be \*\*The Monster \*\* to me: [/QUOTE] Me, too. And thanks for the clip; it was “Ooobah doobaah!” ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975/13 "2006-12-13T19:55:47Z")
One of the articles I read said that he was close friends with John Lennon, and Lennon was his best man at his wedding. Isn’t that fascinating? The things you would never guess about a person! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975/14 "2006-12-13T20:14:29Z")
Been a big fan ever since _The Friends of Eddie Coyle_. Gonna miss that man. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975/15 "2006-12-13T20:42:06Z")
Sad to hear it - and I, too, thought he was older than 71. On the upside, if you believe in this sort of thing, he’s got a reunion with Madeline Kahn. “Aaaah, sweet mystery of life, at last I’ve found you…” ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975/16 "2006-12-13T23:18:47Z")
Well, shoot. ---
**Author:** ![Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/48db29/32.png) [@Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Key_Lime_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975/17 "2006-12-14T02:58:45Z")
In addition to all those great roles mentioned, a tip o’ the hat to his excellent role in **Monster’s Ball.** ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975/18 "2006-12-14T03:07:34Z")
I first saw him in _“Slither”_ with James Cann and Sally Kellerman. Not the high point in his career, I’m sure. But what a career he had. John Lennon as a best man…now that’s a small club. RIP, Peter. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975/19 "2006-12-14T03:24:23Z")
Wherever he is, I hope he’s puttin’ on the ritz! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975/20 "2006-12-14T03:27:46Z")
[QUOTE=zeno] If you’ve never seen _Joe_, I encourage you to do so. It’s kind of dated, but it also includes a smallish role played by a very young and very hot Susan Sarandon. [/QUOTE] I once found a VHS of [url=]_Joe_ in a funky-indie vid store and rented it just because I remembered having read a _Mad_ parody of it back in the '70s. Yes, it’s worth seeing! Excellent window into the American _zeitgeist_ in 1970! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clyde-bruckman-finally-reposes-peter-boyles-death/383975.md?page=2)