--- name: "David Doyle" canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-doyle" fi1m_id: "david-doyle" imdb_id: "nm0236329" tmdb_id: 123632 wikidata_id: "Q119198" roles: [] born: "1 December 1929" died: "26 February 1997" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 82 average_over: 2 updated: "2026-10-03T08:16:33.848913+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # David Doyle ## Identity David Doyle - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-doyle - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** david-doyle - **IMDb ID:** nm0236329 - **TMDB ID:** 123632 - **Wikidata ID:** Q119198 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Doyle, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119198, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0236329/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/123632 Actor. Born 1 December 1929 in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Died 26 February 1997. ## Details - **Born:** 1 December 1929, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA - **Died:** 26 February 1997 - **Active:** 1971–1973 - **Also known as:** David Fitzgerald Doyle - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Doyle, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119198, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0236329/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/123632 ## Biography David Fitzgerald Doyle (1 December 1929 – 26 February 1997) was an American actor. He appeared as Mel in the 1971 film *A New Leaf* and is best known for playing John Bosley in all 110 episodes of the television series *Charlie's Angels* (1976–1981). Doyle began his career on Broadway, replacing Walter Matthau in the original production of *Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?*. He later voiced Grandpa Lou Pickles in the animated series *Rugrats* from 1991 until his death. His sister Mary Doyle was a stage actress. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Kojak* (1973), Fi1m 80, as Sgt. Harry Sumar — [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md) - *A New Leaf* (1971), Fi1m 83, as Mel — [page](https://film.one/film/a-new-leaf.md) ## Complete filmography (95) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Hustle* (2004), series, as Mechanic - *A Rugrats Vacation* (1997), as Grandpa Lou Pickles / Old Man (voice) - *Sunset Beach* (1997), series, Actor - *A Rugrats Chanukah* (1996), as Grandpa Lou Pickles (voice) - *Road Rovers* (1996), series, as Professor Hubert (voice) - *Quack Pack* (1996), series, as Commander Buck Burpelson (voice) - *The Adventures of Pinocchio* (1996), as Pepe (voice) - *Beethoven* (1994), series, as Blind Shep (voice) - *Sesame Street Stays Up Late!* (1993), as Grandpa(uncredited) - *Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman* (1993), series, as Mike - *Goof Troop* (1992), series, as Traffic Cop (voice) - *The New WKRP in Cincinnati* (1991), series, Actor - *Darkwing Duck* (1991), series, as Judge (voice) - *Rugrats* (1991), series, as Lou Pickles (voice) · In Memory Of - *TaleSpin* (1990), series, as Sheriff Gomer Cleghorn (voice) - *Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again* (1990), as Mr. Weatherbee - *He's Asking For Me* (1990), as Second Youth - *Love or Money* (1990), as Arthur Reed - *Ghost Writer* (1989), as Herb Baxter - *Maybe Baby* (1988), as Pete - *Salome's Last Dance* (1988), as A. Nubin - *Out of This World* (1987), series, as Star Dog (voice) - *Sweet Surrender* (1987), series, Actor - *Casualty* (1986), series, as Darren - *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor - *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Brad Lockwood - *The Invisible Woman* (1983), as Neil Gilmore - *Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home* (1983), as Herman Ohme - *The Blue and the Gray* (1982), series, as Phineas Wade - *Terror Among Us* (1981), as Steve - *Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story* (1980), as Guard - *Black Market Baby* (1979), as Joseph Carmino - *Hart to Hart* (1979), series, Actor - *The Comeback* (1978), as Webster Jones - *Wild and Wooly* (1978), as Teddy Roosevelt - *Fantasy Island* (1978), series, as Ernie Miller - *My Boys Are Good Boys* (1978), as Klinger - *Capricorn One* (1977), as Walter Loughlin - *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Alvin McNair, Repairer # 1, Cliff, Arthur Boggs, Jack Bronson - *ABC Weekend Specials* (1977), series, Actor - *Charlie's Angels* (1976), series, as John Bosley · Director - *Vigilante Force* (1976), as Homer Arno - *Crackle of Death* (1976), as Mr. Cardinale - *Charlie's Angels* (1976), as John Bosley - *Ellery Queen* (1975), series, as Donald Becker - *The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant* (1975), as Dr. Atkinson - *Barney Miller* (1975), series, as Emil Ditka - *The Stranger Within* (1974), as Bob - *Kolchak: The Night Stalker* (1974), series, as Cardinale - *Petrocelli* (1974), series, as Cas Turner - *Ginger in the Morning* (1974), as Fred - *Miracle on 34th Street* (1973), as Mr. Macy - *Blood Sport* (1973), as Mr. Schmidt - *Money to Burn* (1973), as Warden Caulfield - *Kojak* (1973), series, as Sgt. Harry Sumar — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md) - *Ozzie's Girls* (1973), series, Actor - *Adam's Rib* (1973), series, as Dubray - *Police Story* (1973), series, Actor - *Incident on a Dark Street* (1973), as Luke Burgess - *Of Thee I Sing* (1972), as Francis X. Gilhooley - *Bridget Loves Bernie* (1972), series, as Walter Fitzgerald - *Banacek* (1972), series, as Elliot - *Parades* (1972), as Captain Jinks - *Sanford and Son* (1972), series, Actor - *The Marshal of Madrid* (1972), as Dr. Geis - *Lady Liberty* (1971), as O'Henry (uncredited) - *Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?* (1971), as Roger Boulting - *The New Dick Van Dyke Show* (1971), series, as Ted Atwater - *Funny Face* (1971), series, Actor - *Making It* (1971), as Mr. Fanning - *A New Leaf* (1971), as Mel — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/a-new-leaf.md) - *The Pursuit of Happiness* (1971), as James Moran - *All in the Family* (1971), series, as Jim Sanders — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/all-in-the-family.md) - *Loving* (1970), as Will - *Love, American Style* (1969), series, as Murray Keller - *Some Kind of a Nut* (1969), as Larry - Bank Teller - *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), series, as Hard Hat - *The April Fools* (1969), as Orlow P. Walters - *Paper Lion* (1968), as Oscar - *Coogan's Bluff* (1968), as Pushie - *The Doris Day Show* (1968), series, as Warden McPherson - *The Love Song of Barney Kempinski* (1968), as Crying Man - *No Way to Treat a Lady* (1968), as Lieutenant Dawson - *The Tiger Makes Out* (1967), as Housing Clerk - *That Girl* (1966), series, Actor - *The Trials of O'Brien* (1965), series, as Murray - *Mr. Broadway* (1964), series, Actor - *Act One* (1963), as Oliver Fisher - *The Patty Duke Show* (1963), series, Actor - *Car 54, Where Are You?* (1961), series, as Holland (uncredited) - *Startime* (1959), series, as The Tailor - *Happy Anniversary* (1959), as Hotel Desk Clerk - *Naked City* (1958), series, as Dan Moore - *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Burton Fairbanks - *Kraft Television Theatre* (1947), series, as Dave ## Gallery - ![Barbara Eden in a scene from the tv movie, The Stranger Within. (1974)](https://film.one/media/person/468630/gallery-b1fcbec8f025.png) Barbara Eden in a scene from the tv movie, The Stranger Within. (1974) — ABC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Barbara_Eden_-_The_Stranger_Within_%281974%29.png/1280px-Barbara_Eden_-_The_Stranger_Within_%281974%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![David Doyle](https://film.one/media/person/468630/gallery-f41a07487e57.jpg) David Doyle — ABC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/David_Doyle_%28actor%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![David Doyle](https://film.one/media/person/468630/gallery-eabb93e5caaf.jpg) David Doyle — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. 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