Born on this day – Peter Boyle:

Peter Boyle

Actor

October 18, 1935 – December 12, 2006

Credits:

A Deadly Vision (1997); All Roads Lead Home (2008); American Playwrights Theater: The One-Acts (1990); Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979); Born to Be Wild (1995); Bulletproof Heart (1994); Buster Poindexter: Hit the Road, Jack (1989); Cagney & Lacey (1988); Challenger (1990); Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 (1987); Cosby (1997); Crazy Joe (1974); Cuentos de Borges (1992); Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970); Disaster at Silo 7 (1988); Doctor Dolittle (1998); Echoes in the Darkness (1987); Everybody Loves Raymond (1996); F.I.S.T. (1978); Flying Blind (1992); From Here to Eternity (1979); Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1974); Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North (1989); Hammett (1982); Hardcore (1979); Honeymoon in Vegas (1992); In God We Trust (or Gimme That Prime Time Religion) (1980); In the Lake of the Woods (1996); In the Line of Duty: Street War (1992); Joe (1970); Joe Bash (1986); Johnny Dangerously (1984); Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (1991); Kid Blue (1973); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1994); Lunch Break (2001); Malcolm X (1992); Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story (2002); Medium Cool (1969); Men of Respect (1990); Midnight Caller (1989); Milk & Money (1996); Monster's Ball (2001); Nervous Ticks (1992); NYPD Blue (1994); Outland (1981); Philly Heat (1994); Poochinski (1990); Red Heat (1988); Roger Waters: Three Wishes (1993); Royce (1994); Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004); Slither (1973); Solar Crisis (1990); Species II (1998); Speed Zone (1989); Steelyard Blues (1973); Superman 50th Anniversary (1988); Surrender (1987); Swashbuckler (1976); Sweet Evil (1996); T.R. Baskin (1971); Tail Gunner Joe (1977); Taking the Heat (1993); Taxi Driver (1976); That Darn Cat (1997); The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002); The Brink's Job (1978); The Candidate (1972); The Dream Team (1989); The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973); The Group (1966); The in Crowd (1988); The King of Queens (1998); The Man Who Could Talk to Kids (1973); The Monitors (1969); The Santa Clause (1994); The Santa Clause 2 (2002); The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006); The Shadow (1994); The Shallow End of the Ocean (2007); The Single Guy (1996); The Surgeon (1995); The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story (1990); The Virgin President (1968); The X-Files (1995); Tribeca (1993); Tripping the Rift (2005); Turk 182 (1985); Walker (1987); Where the Buffalo Roam (1980); While You Were Sleeping (1995); Yellowbeard (1983); Young Frankenstein (1974).

On this day in television history - Everybody Loves Raymond (1996 - 2005):

Everybody Loves Raymond

was released on September 13, 1996,

and ran for nine seasons until May 16, 2005.

Cast:

Ray Romano, Patricia Heaton, Brad Garrett, Doris Roberts, Peter Boyle, Monica Horan, Madylin Sweeten, Sawyer Sweeten, Sullivan Sweeten, Katherine Helmond, Philip Rosenthal, Robert Culp, Chris Elliott, Fred Willard, Kevin James, Fred Stoller, Jon Manfrellotti, Amy Aquino, Andy Kindler, Bob Odenkirk, Tom McGowan, Skyler Gisondo, Charles Durning, Julie Hagerty, Len Lesser, Victor Raider-Wexler, Dave Mallow, Sarah Rush, Alex Meneses, Sherri Shepherd, Tina Arning, Stephanie Courtney, Sam Anderson.

On this day in movie history - The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973 movie & novel):

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

directed by Peter Yates,

written by Paul Monash,

based on the novel by George V. Higgins,

was released in the United States on June 27, 1973.
Music by Dave Grusin.

Cast:

Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Steven Keats, Alex Rocco, Joe Santos, Mitchell Ryan, Peter MacLean, Kevin O'Morrison, Marvin Lichterman, Carolyn Pickman, James Tolkan, Margaret Ladd, Matthew Cowles, Helena Carroll, Jack Kehoe, Jan Egleson, Jane House, Michael McCleery, Alan Koss, Dennis McMullen, Judith Ogden Cabot, Robert Anthony, Gustave Johnson, Sheldon Feldner, Ted Maynard, Lloyd Bremseth, Ben Lautman, Bobby Orr, Falko Schilling, Donald Warnock.

Recommended reading:

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

By George V. Higgins.

Filmed as The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973), directed by Peter Yates.

Introduction by Dennis Lehane.

Published by Picador.

Pubished 1970.

ISBN-10: 9780312429690

ISBN-13: 9780312429690

ASIN: 031242969X

Description:

George V. Higgins's seminal crime novel is a down-and-dirty tale of thieves, mobsters, and cops on the mean streets of Boston. When small-time gunrunner Eddie Coyle is convicted on a felony, he's looking at three years in the pen – that is, unless he sells out one of his big-fish clients to the DA. But which of the many hoods, gunmen, and executioners whom he calls his friends should he send up the river? Told almost entirely in crackling dialogue by a vivid cast of lowlifes and detectives, The Friends of Eddie Coyle is one of the greatest crime novels ever written.

On this day in movie history - Where the Buffalo Roam (1980):

Where the Buffalo Roam

directed by Art Linson,

written by John Kaye,

was released in the United States on April 25, 1980.
Based on The Banshee Screams for Buffalo Meat and Strange Rumblings in Aztlan by Hunter S. Thompson.
Poster artwork by Ralph Steadman.
Music by Neil Young.

Cast:

Bill Murray, Peter Boyle, Bruno Kirby, René Auberjonois, R.G. Armstrong, Mark Metcalf, Craig T. Nelson, Brian Cummings, Danny Goldman, Rafael Campos, Leonard Frey, Leonard Gaines, Otis Day, Jon Shear, Joseph Ragno, Quinn K. Redeker, Lisa Taylor, Danny Tucker, Jon Acevedo, Phillip L. Allan, Lee Allen, Juli Andelman, Janit Baldwin, Bruce Paul Barbour, Marsha Bissler, Jack Caddin, David Castle, Linden Chiles, Suzanne Coltrin, Caesar Cordova, Michael Cornelison, Ron Cummins, Joshua Daniel, Sonny Carl Davis, Richard M. Dixon, Susan Elliot, Suzanne Elliott, Les Engel, Reginald Farmer, Lou Felder, Randy Glass, Doris Hargrave, Jim Healy, Cork Hubbert, Doreen Jaros, Sunny Johnson, Susan Kellermann, Garry Kelly, Charles Konya, Marguerite Lamar, Jerry Maren, Miles McNamara, John Moio, Inga Neilsen, Jessica Nelson, Tom Oberhaus, Dennis O'Flaherty, Nancy Parsons, Steven Peterman, Cari M. Pike, Rose Portillo, Ross Reynolds, Morgan Roberts, Dennis Robertson, Wally Rose, Arthur Rosenberg, Ángel Salazar, Art Scholl, Richard Seff, Jamie Squire, Michael Stepanian, Matthew Tobin, Harold Van Buskirk, Biff Warren, Carol Williard, Paul Willson, Kenneth Wolger, Michael Lee Gogin, Raven Grey Eagle.

On this day in movie history - F.I.S.T. (1978):

F.I.S.T.

directed by Norman Jewison,

written by Joe Eszterhas, Sylvester Stallone and Norman Jewison,

based on a story by Joe Eszterhas,

was released in the United States on April 13, 1978.
Music by Bill Conti.

Cast:

Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger, Peter Boyle, Melinda Dillon, David Huffman, Kevin Conway, Tony Lo Bianco, Cassie Yates, Peter Donat, John Lehne, Henry Wilcoxon, Richard Herd, Tony Mockus Jr., Ken Kercheval, Elena Karam, Joe Tornatore, James Karen, Stuart Gillard, Brian Dennehy, Sam Chew Jr., Robert Lipton, John Bleifer, Frank McRae, Rozsika Halmos, Earl Montgomery, Harry Basch, Nada Rowand, Chuck Gradi, Alphonse Skerl, Reid Cruickshanks, Sidney Clute, M. Patrick Hughes, Bill Zuckert, Martin Braddock, Barry Atwater, Sandy Ward, Andy Romano, Frank Whiteman, Hugo Bolba, Ron Delagardelle, Robert Courtleigh, Judson Pratt, David Greene, Jimmy Murphy, René Le Vant, Tony Mendia, Anthony Kiedis, Deonne Fator, Richard Dioguardi, Tony Crupi, Herman Poppe, Frank Bongiorno, Antonio Canino, Michael Twaine, Walt Davis, Sam Woods, James Jeter, Jack Slate, George Barrow, Norman Rice, Ed Call, Russell Shannon, Fil Formicola, Brass Adams, Eric Carlson, John R. Setard, John Bisenius, Joseph W. Schuver, Carl Vander Meulen, Charles McCarthy, Ethel Kohler, William B. Bicksler, Luther Fear, Fritz Ford, Jenny Inge, Bruce McGill, Loren G. Teggatz.