Early life
Doyle graduated from Pope John XXIII Regional High School in Sparta, New Jersey, in 1973, where he played varsity football and basketball. In 1978, Doyle earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, while also receiving his flight training. Doyle worked for several years as a corporate jet pilot and then had a career as a stockbroker on Wall Street for a decade.Television and radio career
Doyle made an abrupt career change into acting in 1991, when he moved to Los Angeles. His first television role was on the series '' Moonlighting'' where he played one of several potential replacements for Bruce Willis' character. This was followed by a recurring role as a lawyer on the soap opera '' The Bold and the Beautiful''. ''Babylon 5'' was his first significant starring role, starring as security officer Michael Garibaldi. Doyle quipped that on ''Babylon 5'' he was a " Mick from Brooklyn playing a Wop from Mars." From 1996 to 1997, Doyle was the voice of the titlular character in the animated cartoon '' Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys''. He began his own production company to move into production television and independent films, which he described as an "experiment". Other work included a series on the aircraft of theRadio
Weekdays from 3 p.m.–6 p.m. PT (6 –9 ET), the ''Jerry Doyle Show'' aired on the Talk Radio Network, although the show aired at different times in different markets. It was the sixth most popular talk radio show in the country, with an average of 3.75 million listeners on a weekly basis by early 2012. Doyle was announced as the replacement program for '' The Savage Nation'' in Talk Radio Network's lineup in October 2012. ''The Savage Nation'', at the time the third most-listened-to radio talk show in the United States, abruptly ended its run September 26 when host Michael Savage won a lawsuit against TRN. Doyle replaced Savage on all of Savage's approximately 300 affiliates except for those who chose their own replacement programs. He launched the new media content platform EpicTimes in February 2013, which served as a "one stop shop" for both hard hitting news of the day as well as entertaining " water cooler" type pieces. It was subsequently banned within China.Personal life
Doyle was married to his ''Political efforts
Following his work on ''Babylon 5'', Doyle ran as the Republican Party candidate for California's 24th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000. Doyle won the primary without spending any money on the campaign. However, in the general election on November 7, 2000, he lost to the Democratic incumbent Brad Sherman, with Sherman earning 66% of the vote, compared to Doyle's 30%, the Libertarian candidate's 3%, and theDeath
On July 27, 2016, eleven days after his 60th birthday, Doyle was found unresponsive in his Las Vegas home, and declared dead shortly thereafter. The Clark County Coroner's Office later stated that Doyle died from natural causes, with complications from chronic alcoholism being a contributing factor. His former co-stars offered their condolences, including Bruce Boxleitner, who wrote that he was "so devastated at the news of the untimely death of my good friend". ''Babylon 5'' creator J. Michael Straczynski released a statement:Books
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Doyle, Jerry 1956 births 2016 deaths American talk radio hosts American male television actors American male voice actors American libertarians Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University alumni Male actors from New Jersey Pope John XXIII Regional High School alumni American conservative talk radio hosts Male actors from Brooklyn