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Actor David
Doyle played John Bosley, the only male employee in Charles
Townsend Agency. David Doyle lasted all five years of
the series.
Bosley wasn't
of course an Angel. He was the fellow and protector of the
Angels, but too the assistant to the mysterious "Charlie".
In each episode Bosley relays messages from his boss to the
girls, giving them instructions for each case.
He was funny
and sometimes even laughable. Bosley wasn't only agency's
manager, he was an indispensable
employee of Charles Townsend Agency, but he is forgotten often
in many Charlie's Angels fan sites... Doyle aka Bosley
deserves too his place!
See
John Bosley Screenshots!
David Doyle Biography
David
Fitzgerald Doyle was born in Lincoln, Nebraska December 1,
1929. He was the son of Mary Ruth Fitzgerald and Lewis Raymond
(Lum) Doyle, a prominent Lincoln attorney. His maternal
grandfather was John Fitzgerald, a prominent banker and
railroad builder in Nebraska. His paternal grandfather was T.
J. Doyle, also an attorney. He was one of three children,
including brother John, an attorney, and sister Mary, an
actress.
 He grew up in Lincoln and attended Cathedral grade
school. He then went to Campion, a Jesuit prep school in
Wisconsin. He made his acting debut at age six and played
children's roles in local productions. He was a member of the
Community Theater in Lincoln. He was in Life With Father at
the age of 10. Doyle entered the University of Nebraska in
1945 and he was expected to become a lawyer, as had four
generations of Doyles. But the young Doyle preferred to spend
him time in the theater department.
A fellow classmate at the
University of Nebraska was Johnny Carson. Doyle appeared
frequently on his college buddy's late night talk show during
the 1960s. Doyle ranked sixth in the state on his law school
entrance exams. But the theater still called him and he chose
acting over a career in law. He moved to New York after
college. He got his break in 1956 when he replaced Walter
Matthau in the Broadway production of Will Success Spoil Rock
Hunter? He appeared in Something For a Soldier with Sal
Mineo and in the middle 1960s he was in the comedy, The
Beauty Part.
His first wife, Rachel, died after injuries in a
freak fall from a stairway in 1968. While doing a revival of South Pacific a year later, he met Anne Nathan and
they were married. After Broadway, Doyle moved to California
and was cast as Walt Fitzgerald in the television series, Bridget Loves
Bernie. A string of character roles followed,
and Doyle is probably best remembered as the lovable private
detective, Bosley, on the Charlie's Angels series. Doyle
couldn't escape the legal profession and portrayed an
attorney, Ted Holmes, on the daytime soap opera, General
Hospital during 1986. Doyle is best remembered for his
distinctive, raspy voice which earned him the voice role in
several animated series and movies. He died of a heart attack
in Los Angeles on February 26, 1997.
Trivia
Birth name: David Fitzgerald
Doyle
Spouse: Rachel (? - ?) (her
death) and Anne Nathan (? - 1997) (his death)
Sometimes mistaken for the
actor Tom Bosley, who played Richie Cunningham's dad, Howard,
in the TV series "Happy Days" (1974), because of
Doyle's "Bosley" character on Charlie's Angels
(1976) (TV), and a slight similarity in facial features, body
type, and voice.
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