Peter Boyle Tagged Articles at Cinematical

• When the film was released, Aerosmith was hard at work on their album, Toys in the Attic, and when the band were suffering from writers block for the lyrics to a particular song, the group took a break and went to the movies to see Frankenstein. As the legend goes, Igor's "walk this way" gag was the basis (or phrase) for the hit song of the same name.
• Madeleine Kahn was originally slated to play the sexy lab assistant Inga, but at the last minute decided to play Wilder's fiancée, Elizabeth, instead.

• Peter Boyle (1935-2006) - Actor who played the best Frankenstein's monster next to Karloff. I also recommend him in Where the Buffalo Roam. Read Erik's obit post here.
• Ahmet Ertegun (1923-2006) - Legendary founder and longtime chairman of Atlantic Records. He appeared in a number of documentaries, including Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones, Make It Funky! and the recent Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos, and he was portrayed by Curtis Armstrong in the biopic Ray. On October 29, he suffered a fall while attending a Rolling Stones concert in New York and was in a coma from then until his death on December 14.
• Michael Gilden (1962-2006) - Actor who played an Ewok in Return of the Jedi and a page in Pulp Fiction. He also appeared in Freaked and had a small, uncredited role in the upcoming Southland Tales. He died December 5, in Los Angeles.
• Freddie Marsden (1940-2006) - Drummer for Gerry and the Pacemakers, who starred in their own film, Ferry Cross the Mersey. He died December 9, in Lancashire, England.
  
• Denis Payton (1943-2006) - Musician who played saxaphone, harmonica and guitar for the Dave Clark Five. He appeared with the band in John Boorman's debut film Catch Us If You Can (aka Having a Wild Weekend). He died December 18, in Bournemouth, England.
• Jay McShann (1916-2006) - Jazz pianist and bandleader who appeared in a few documentaries, including The Last of the Blue Devils and Ken Burns' Jazz series. He died of respiratory problems December 7, in Kansas City, Missouri.
• Don Snell (c.1949-2006) - Actor who appeared in Never Been Kissed, Traffic and Erin Brockovich. He died after a long illness December 2.
• Martha Tilton (1915-2006) - Vocalist (pictured) who was popular during the Big Band Era, often singing with Benny Goodman's orchestra. She appeared as herself in The Benny Goodman Story and also appeared in Topper, You'll Never Get Rich and Swing Hostess. She provided the singing voice for Barbara Stanwyck in Ball of Fire and for Anne Gwynne in both South of Dixie and Murder in the Blue Room. She died December 8.
  

And yet another great character actor has passed away, folks. Peter Boyle, best known on the big screen for his role as the hilarious monster-with-a-heart-of-gold in Mel Brooks' 1974 pic Young Frankenstein, has died at the age of 71. Boyle passed on last night at New York Presbyterian Hospital after suffering from multiple myeloma and heart disease.

In his later years, the Emmy-award winning actor enjoyed a very successful 10-year stint on Everybody Loves Raymond as Frank Barone, Ray's obnoxious, hot-tempered father. Boyle spent his 40-year career in show business dividing his time between the small screen and the big one, starring in films like Taxi Driver, Joe, The Candidate, Malcolm X, The Santa Clause, While You Were Sleeping and Monster's Ball, among many many more. On television, he appeared in a ton of stuff including Poochinski, NYPD Blue and The King of Queens. His final role was as Father Time in The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause. Although originally labeled as "the angry type," Boyle quickly proved he was capable of making us laugh, and continued to do so well into the last days of his life. He will be missed.