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December 13, 2006
Peter "Young Frankenstein" Boyle Dead At 71
Odd: He was a monk before he became an actor. Apparently based in a monastery called "Abbey Normal."
But seriously, I wasn't making up the part about being a monk.
The obit says he refused roles which glamorized violence, turning down the Popeye Doyle role in The French Connection.
On the other hand, he played one of Travis Bickle's fellow taxi drivers in one of the most violent movies ever made, and one that ended on a decidedly ambiguous note about the fate of a psychotic spree-killer.