As early as 1970, Peter Boyle was worried about being typecast after playing a hotheaded character in the movie Joe. While the film was a success, he went out of his way to avoid playing similar roles in the future. He even turned down the lead role in The French Connection and opted to try for different parts instead—like the monster in Young Frankenstein, for one. Little did Boyle know back then that being a little hotheaded in real life would be the exact thing that would land him one of his most iconic roles in the future.

When Boyle showed up to audition for Everybody Loves Raymond in 1996, he had to deal with one headache after another. As he told Larry King in 2002, they wouldn’t even let him through the gate once he got to the studio. Once he managed to clear that mess, he found o

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