David Doyle

For other people named David Doyle, see David Doyle (disambiguation).

David Doyle
Born	David Fitzgerald Doyle (1929-12-01)December 1, 1929[1] Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
Died	February 26, 1997(1997-02-26) (aged 67) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1959–1997
Spouses	Rachael Doyle ​ ​ (m. 1956; died 1968)​ Anne Nathan Doyle ​ (m. 1969)​
Children	1
Relatives	Mary Doyle (sister)

David Fitzgerald Doyle (December 1, 1929 – February 26, 1997)[1] was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of John Bosley on the 1970s TV series Charlie's Angels. Doyle and Jaclyn Smith were the only actors to appear in every episode of the show. Doyle also became known later as the first voice of Grandpa Lou on the Nickelodeon series Rugrats.

Early life

Born in Lincoln, Nebraska,[1] Doyle graduated from Campion High School in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin in 1947.[2]

His maternal grandfather, John Fitzgerald, was a prominent railroad builder and banker in Nebraska.[3] His younger sister, Mary (1931–1995), was a stage actress, who died from lung cancer aged 63.[4]

Career

Doyle 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 (1976–1981).[5]

Doyle made a number of appearances as a guest on the game show Match Game from 1977 to 1982. He appeared on one week of Password Plus in 1980, three weeks of Super Password, and on Tattletales with his wife Anne in 1982.^[citation needed]

He voiced Grandpa Lou Pickles on the Nickelodeon animated series Rugrats from 1991 until his death, after which he was replaced by Joe Alaskey.[6][7]

Doyle was also a stage actor. 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 maid, Dorine, in the same production.^[citation needed] His New York stage credits include Beg, Borrow or Steal, Something About a Soldier, Here's Love, I Was Dancing, and a revival of South Pacific.[8]

Personal life

Doyle was married twice. In 1956 he married his first wife, Rachael, with whom he had a daughter, Leah (born 1961). Rachael died in 1968 after falling from a staircase. The next year, while in a revival of the play South Pacific, Doyle met Anne Nathan, a singer dancer, and they married a short time later.[5]

Death

Doyle died in Los Angeles, California, of a heart attack on February 26, 1997, at age 67.[3][9]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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
1990	Love or Money	Arthur Reed
	Wings of Fame
1993	The Punk	Roger Rabbit
1996	The Adventures of Pinocchio	Pepe the Cricket	Voice[10]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1959–1961	The Art Carney Special	Self	2 episodes
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	2 episodes
1964	The Defenders		Episodes: "The Seven Hundred Year Old Gang: Parts 1 and 2"
1964–1965	The Patty Duke Show	Mr. Harrison / Mr. Lane	2 episodes
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		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	4 episodes
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	Pilot
	Police Story	Kurt Mueller
	Adam's Rib	Dubray	Episode: "Danish Pastry"
	Love, American Style		Segment: "Love and the Golden Memory"
	Money to Burn	TV movie
	Love Story	Ross	Episode: "Mirabelle's Summer"
	Blood Sport	Mr. Schmidt	TV movie
	Miracle on 34th Street	R.H. Macy
1974	Family Theatre: Married is Better		TV special
	All in the Family	Jim Sanders	Episode: "Et tu, Archie"
	Petrocelli	Caswell Turner	Episode: "Music to Die By"
	The Stranger Within	Bob	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	2 episodes
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	Television film/Unsold 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	Television film
1976–1981	Charlie's Angels	John Bosley	Main role Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Nominated - Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor – Television Series
1977	ABC Weekend Special	Uncle Ulysses	Episode: "Homer and the Wacky Doughnut Machine"
	Black Market Baby	Joseph Carmino	TV movie
1978	Wild and Wooly	Teddy Roosevelt
1978–1983	Fantasy Island	Ernie Miller / Fred Forbush / Sam Woolf / Sancho Panza / Herbert Solomon	4 episodes
1978–1985	The Love Boat	Alvin / Cliff
1981	Hart to Hart	Jim Casey	Episode: "Hartland Express"
1982	The Blue and the Gray	Phineas Wade	Miniseries
1983	Wait till Your Mother Gets Home!	Herman Ohme	Television film
	The Invisible Woman	Neil Gillmore
	The Fall Guy	Crase	Episode: "Wheels"
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
1986–1987	General Hospital	Ted Holmes
1987	Starman	Artemis Guinness	Episode: "Grifters"
	Sweet Surrender	Frank Macklin
1988	Maybe Baby	Pete	TV movie
1989	Ghost Writer	Herb Baxter
	Out of This World	Star the Dog	Voice, episode: "Star Dog"
1990	TaleSpin	Sheriff Gomer Cleghorn	Voice, episode: "Citizen Khan"
	Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again	Mr. Weatherbee	TV movie
1991	They Do It With Mirrors	Neville
1991–1997	Rugrats	Grandpa Lou Pickles, various voices	Recurring role[10]
1993	Bonkers	W.W. Whacky	Voice, episode: "Gone Bonkers"
	Sonic the Hedgehog	Additional voices
1994	Beethoven	Police Officer Frank, Blind Shep, Old Man	Voice, episode: "The Mighty Cone-Dog"
1995	What-a-Mess	Additional voices
1996	The Ruth Rendell Mysteries	Dean	Episode: "Simisola"
	Road Rovers	Professor Hubert	Voice, episode: "A Hair of the Dog That Bit You"[10]
	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, episode: "The Human Factor"
	Quack Pack	Additional voices	Episode: "The Unusual Suspects"
1997	The Blues Brothers Animated Series	Vet	Voice, episode: "Strange Death of Betty Smythe" (posthumous)
	Sunset Beach	Passenger	Episode: 1.1 (posthumous)
	What the Deaf Man Heard		TV movie (posthumous)

References

1. Hayward, Anthony (March 3, 1997). "Obituary: David Doyle". The Independent. London. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
2. "Campion Graduate Notables". Campion High School. Archived from the original on September 3, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
3. Oliver, Myrna (March 1, 1997). "David Doyle; Actor on 'Charlie's Angels'". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 26, 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
4. "Mary Doyle, Actress, 63". The New York Times. June 10, 1995.
5. Reilly, Sue (August 15, 1977). "Farewell, Farrah". People. 8 (7). Retrieved February 26, 2020.
6. Melle, Megan O'Neill (November 8, 2019). "Take a Trip Down Memory Lane With a Look Back at Every Charlie's Angels Star Through the Years". Parade. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
7. Petski, Denise (February 4, 2016). "Joe Alaskey Dies: Latter-Day Voice Of Bugs Bunny & Daffy Duck During Long Career Was 63". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
8. Willis, John; Lynch, Tom, eds. (1999). "David Doyle". John Willis Theatre World 1996-1997 Season. Vol. 53. Applause Theatre Book Publishers. p. 258. ISBN 978-1-5578-3343-3. OCLC 42465014. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
9. "'Charlie's Angels' Actor Dies of Heart Attack at 67". Deseret News. Salt Lake City. March 2, 1997. Archived from the original on January 11, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
10. "David Doyle (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved January 2, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.

External links

• David Doyle at IMDb
• David Doyle at the Internet Broadway Database

Preceded by none

Voice of Grandpa Lou Pickles 1991–1997

Succeeded by Joe Alaskey