David Doyle (actor)
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Born |
David Fitzgerald Doyle December 1, 1929 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
Died |
February 26, 1997 67) Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1959–1997 |
Spouse(s) |
Rachel Doyle (m. 1956; her death 1968) Anne Nathan Doyle (m. 1969; his death 1997) |
Children | 1 |
David Fitzgerald Doyle (December 1, 1929 – February 26, 1997) was an American actor[1][2] best known for his portrayal of John Bosley on the 1970s TV series Charlie's Angels.
Biography
Early life
Doyle was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Mary Ruth (née Fitzgerald) and Lewis Raymond Doyle, an attorney. His maternal grandfather, John Fitzgerald, was a prominent railroad builder and banker in Nebraska.[1] He graduated from Campion High School in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin in 1947.
Career
He is best remembered for his role as detective John Bosley on the television series Charlie's Angels, one of only two actors (the other being original angel Jaclyn Smith) to appear in all 110 episodes of the series (1976–81).[3]
He lent his distinctive raspy voice to the character Grandpa Lou Pickles on the Nickelodeon animated series Rugrats until his death. Joe Alaskey then assumed the role of Grandpa Lou. Doyle made a number of appearances as a guest on the game show Match Game in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He appeared on one week of Password Plus in 1980, three weeks of Super Password, and on Tattletales with his wife Anne in 1982.
Doyle was a stage actor, as well. He played Orgon in the 1964 premiere of Richard Wilbur's translation of Tartuffe at the Fred Miller Theater in Milwaukee. His sister Mary played the fulminate maid, Dorisse, in the same production.
Personal life
Doyle was married twice. He married his first wife, Rachael, in 1956. Rachael died falling from a staircase in 1968. They had one child, a daughter named Leah, in 1961.
While on a trip in the South Pacific in 1969, Doyle met Anne Nathan, a singer-dancer and they married a short time later.[3]
Death
Doyle died in Los Angeles, California, of a heart attack on February 26, 1997, at age 67, and was cremated.[1]
Doyle's sister, Mary, was a stage actress. Mary died from lung cancer in 1995.[4]
Filmography
Film
Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
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1959 | Happy Anniversary | Hotel Earle Desk Clerk | |
1963 | Act One | Oliver Fisher | |
1967 | The Tiger Makes Out | Housing Clerk | |
1968 | No Way to Treat a Lady | Lieutenant Dawson | |
Coogan's Bluff | Pushie, Tavern Owner | ||
Paper Lion | Oscar | ||
1969 | The April Fools | Orlow P. Walters | |
Some Kind of a Nut | Larry - Bank Teller | ||
1970 | Loving | Will | |
Pigeons | Mr. Seigbert | Uncredited | |
1971 | The Pursuit of Happiness | James Moran | |
A New Leaf | Mel | ||
Making It | Fanning | ||
Who Killed Mary What's 'Er Name? | Roger Boulting | ||
Lady Liberty | O'Henry | ||
1972 | Parades | Captain Jinks | |
1974 | Ginger in the Morning | Fred | |
1976 | Vigilante Force | Homer Arno | |
1977 | Capricorn One | Walter Loughlin | |
1978 | The Comeback | Webster Jones | |
My Boys Are Good Boys | Harry Klinger | ||
1980 | The Line | Captain Jinks | |
1988 | Salome's Last Dance | A. Nubin | |
1989 | Ghost Writer | Herb Baxter | |
Murphy's Laws of Golf | Roscoe | Short film | |
1990 | Love or Money | Arthur Reed | |
Wings of Fame | |||
1993 | The Punk | Roger Rabbit | |
1996 | The Adventures of Pinocchio | Pepe the Cricket | Voice |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1961 | Naked City | Dan Moore | Episode: Murder Is a Face I Know |
1962 | General Electric Theater | Episode: Acres and Pains | |
1962, 1963 | Car 54, Where Are You? | Mr. Dutton |
Episode: A Star is Born in the Bronx Episode: The Loves of Sylvia Schnauser |
1963 | Perry Mason | Dwight Garret (Defendant) | Episode: The Case of the Elusive Element S6/Ep24 |
1964 | The Defenders | Episode: The Seven Hundred Year Old Gang Part 1 Episode: The Seven Hundred Year Old Gang Part 2 | |
1964, 1965 | The Patty Duke Show | Mr. Harrison Mr. Lane |
Episode: The Drop Out Episode: Patty the Folk Singer |
1965 | For the People | Sweet William | Episode: Dangerous to the Public Peace and Safety |
The Trials of O'Brien | Murray | Episode: A Gaggle of Girls | |
1968 | Kiss Me Kate | ABC TV-Movie | |
1970 | The Storefront Lawyers | Cogweiler | Episode: This is Jerry, See Jerry Run |
1971 | That Girl | Albert Berg | Episode: That King |
Funny Face | DeHaven | Episode: What's in a Mouth | |
Cade's County | Dr. Geis | Episode: A Gun For Billy | |
The Doris Day Show | Warden McPherson | Episode: The Wings of an Angel | |
1971–1972 | The New Dick Van Dyke Show | Ted Atwater | Episode: The Replacement Episode: Bernie Did It Episode: The Telethon Episode: People's Choice |
1972 | Hawaii Five-O | Hard Hat | Episode: Follow the White Brick Road |
Bridget Loves Bernie | Walt Fitzgerald | ||
1973 | Banacek | Elliot | Episode: Ten Thousand Dollars a Page |
Incident on a Dark Street | Luke Burgess | NBC TV-Movie/Unsold TV-Pilot | |
Police Story | Kurt Mueller | NBC TV-Movie/TV-Pilot | |
Adam's Rib | Dubray | Episode: Danish Pastry | |
Love, American Style | Segment: Love and the Golden Memory | ||
Money to Burn | Warden Caulfield | ABC TV-Movie | |
Love Story | Ross | Episode: Mirabelle's Summer | |
Blood Sport | Mr. Schmidt | ABC TV-Movie | |
Miracle on 34th Street | R.H. Macy | CBS TV-Movie | |
1974 | Family Theatre: Married is Better | NBC TV-Special | |
All in the Family | Jim Sanders | Episode: Et tu, Archie | |
Petrocelli | Caswell Turner | Episode: Music to Die By | |
The Stranger Within | Bob | ABC TV-Movie | |
Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Cardinale | Episode: Firefall | |
Kojak | Sgt. Harry Sumar | Episode: The Best War in Town | |
1974, 1975 | Police Story | Harry Dunnhill Ralph Driscoll |
Episode: Glamour Boy Episode: Vice: 24 Hours |
1975 | Sanford and Son | Clancy Fitzgerald | Episode: Golden Boy |
Karen | Blakemore | Episode: A Day in the Life | |
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant | Dr. Atkinson | ABC TV-Movie/Unsold TV-Pilot | |
Ellery Queen | Don Becker | Episode: The Adventures of Auld Lang Syne | |
Barney Miller | Emil Ditka | Episode: Ambush | |
McCoy | Episode: Bless the Big Fish | ||
1976 | Crackle of Death | Cardinale | ABC TV-Movie |
1976–1981 | Charlie's Angels | John Bosley | Nominated - Emmy Award: Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (1977) Nominated - Golden Globe Award: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Television Series (1980) |
1977 | ABC Weekend Special | Uncle Ulysses | Episode: Homer and the Wacky Doughnut Machine |
Black Market Baby | Joseph Carmino | ABC TV-Movie | |
1978 | Wild and Wooly | Teddy Roosevelt | ABC TV-Movie |
1978–1983 | Fantasy Island | Ernie Miller Fred Forbush Sam Woolf/Sancho Panza Herbert Solomon |
Episode: King For a Day/Instant Family Episode: Hit Man/The Swimmer Episode: The Don Quixote/Sex Symbol Episode: Naughty Marietta/The Winning Ticket |
1978–1985 | The Love Boat | Alvin Cliff |
Episode: Man Who Loved Women... Episode: Secretary to the Stars... Episode: Same Wavelength... Episode: Vicki's Gentleman Caller... |
1981 | Hart to Hart | Jim Casey | Episode: Hartland Express |
1982 | The Blue and the Gray | Phineas Wade | CBS Miniseries |
1983 | Wait till Your Mother Gets Home! | Herman Ohme | NBC TV-Movie |
The Invisible Woman | Neil Gilmore | NBC TV-Movie/Unsold TV-Pilot | |
1985 | Murder, She Wrote | Brad Lockwood | Episode: Sudden Death |
1986 | You Again? | Briggs | Episode: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Traffic Lights |
New Love, American Style | Episode: Love and the Lamborghini | ||
Foofur | Mel | Voice Role | |
1986–1987 | General Hospital | Ted Holmes | |
1987 | Starman | Artemis Guinness | Episode: Grifters |
Sweet Surrender | Frank Macklin | ||
1988 | Maybe Baby | Pete | NBC TV-Movie |
1989 | Ghost Writer | Herb Baxter | TV-Movie |
Out of This World | Star the Dog | Voice Role Episode: Star Dog | |
Dink, the Little Dinosaur | Additional Voices | Voice Role | |
1990 | TaleSpin | Sheriff Gomer Cleghorn | Voice Role |
Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again | Mr. Weatherbee | NBC TV-Movie | |
1991 | They Do It With Mirrors | Neville | A&E Network TV-Movie |
1991–1997 | Rugrats | Louis 'Grandpa' Pickles | Voice Role |
1993 | Bonkers | W.W. Whacky | Voice Role Episode: Gone Bonkers |
Sonic the Hedgehog | Additional Voices | Voice Role | |
1994 | Beethoven | Additional Voices | Voice Role |
1995 | What-a-Mess | Additional Voices | Voice Role |
1996 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Dean | Episode: Simisola |
Road Rovers | Professor Hubert | Voice Role Episode: A Hair of the Dog That Bit You | |
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Mike, guardian angel | Episode: Swear to God, This Time We're Not Kidding | |
Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series | Sam Delaney | Voice Role Episode: The Human Factor | |
Quack Pack | Additional Voices | Voice Role Episode: The Unusual Suspects | |
1997 | The Blues Brothers Animated Series | Vet | Voice Role Episode: Strange Death of Betty Smythe |
Sunset Beach | Passenger | Episode: 1.1 | |
What the Deaf Man Heard | Uncredited Role TV-Movie |
References
- 1 2 3 Oliver, Myrna (March 1, 1997). "David Doyle; Actor on 'Charlie's Angels'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
- ↑ "`Charlie's Angels' Actor Dies of Heart Attack at 67". Deseret News. March 2, 1997. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
- 1 2 Reilly, Sue (August 15, 1977). "Farewell, Farrah". People. 8 (7). Retrieved 2017-09-17.
- ↑ "Mary Doyle, Actress, 63". The New York Times. June 10, 1995.
External links
- David Doyle on IMDb
- David Doyle at the Internet Broadway Database
- David Doyle at AllMovie
Preceded by none |
Voice of Grandpa Lou Pickles 1991–1997 |
Succeeded by Joe Alaskey |