Born in Los Angeles. Trained as an architect at USC, he began appearing in films as an extra when his employers went bankrupt during the Depression. In 1933, he was hired as an assitant to art director Wiard Ihnen at Paramount, then worked for various studios as a sketch artist, draftsman, and assistant designer. He became a full-fledged art director in 1942 with SABOTEUR, a film by Alfred Hitchcock, a director he would serve several more times in the ensuing three decades. Boyle was a durable art director whose career included several collaborations with Douglas Sirk (MYSTERY SUBMARINE, 1950, WEEKEND WITH FATHER, 1951, etc.). Boyle's later work ranged from the ominous trappings of J. Lee Thompson's CAPE FEAR (1962) and Hitchcock's THE BIRDS (1963) and MARNIE (1964) to the untroubled decor of TROOP BEVERLY HILLS (1989). His other films include ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST (1948), IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE (1953), THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING, THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING (1966), HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING and IN COLD BLOOD (both 1967), THE THOMAS CROWN AFFFAR (1968), PRIVATE BENJAMIN (1980), JUMPIN' JACK FLASH (1986) and DRAGNET (1987). Boyle was married to blacklisted screenwriter Bess Taffel until her death in 2000. He was the subject of the 2000 Oscar®-nominated documentary, THE MAN ON LINCOLN'S NOSE.  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color) 1959: NORTH BY NORTHWEST - Art Direction (w. William A. Horning & Merrill Pye)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration 1969: GAILY, GAILY - Art Direction (w. George B. Chan)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration 1971: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF - Art Direction (w. Michael Stringer)  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration 1976: THE SHOOTIST - Art Direction  Honorary Award 2007: "In recognition of one of cinema's great careers in art direction." 4 nominations, 1 Honorary Award