{{Short description|American talk radio host and actor (1956–2016)}} {{other people}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox person | name = Jerry Doyle | image = Jerry Doyle by Gage Skidmore.jpg | caption = Jerry Doyle in Reno, Nevada in September 2011 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1956|07|16}} | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|07|27|1956|07|16}} | death_place = Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | political_party = Republican | spouse = {{marriage|Andrea Thompson|1995|1997|end=divorced}} | children = 1 | website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20190718211527/http://www.epictimes.com/jerry-doyle/ http://www.epictimes.com/jerry-doyle/ (archived 2019)] | image_size = }} '''Jerry Doyle''' (July 16, 1956 – July 27, 2016) was an American talk radio host, political commentator, television actor and founder of the content platform EpicTimes. His nationally syndicated talk show, ''The Jerry Doyle Show'', aired throughout the United States on Talk Radio Network. As an actor, Doyle was best known as security chief Michael Garibaldi in the science fiction series ''Babylon 5'' (1994–1998).

==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,<ref name=deadline/> while also receiving his flight training.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Flayton|first1=Leigh|title=On the Air|url=http://lift.erau.edu/wp-content/uploads/lift-2009-spring.pdf|access-date=July 28, 2016|work=Lift|date=Spring 2009|pages=8–11|archive-date=August 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822103857/http://lift.erau.edu/wp-content/uploads/lift-2009-spring.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Doyle worked for several years as a corporate jet pilot and then had a career as a stockbroker on Wall Street for a decade.<ref name=ign/>

==Television and radio career== Doyle made an abrupt career change into acting in 1991, when he moved to Los Angeles.<ref name=deadline/><ref name="bbcobit">{{cite news|title=Babylon 5 actor Jerry Doyle dies aged 60|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36918773|access-date=July 28, 2016|work=BBC News|date=July 28, 2016|archive-date=July 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728182622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36918773|url-status=live}}</ref> His first television role was on the series ''Moonlighting'' where he played one of several potential replacements for Bruce Willis' character.<ref name=deadline/><ref>{{cite web|last1=Gilman|first1=Greg|title=Jerry Doyle, 'Babylon 5' Star and EpicTimes Founder, Dies at 60|url=https://www.thewrap.com/jerry-doyle-dead-babylon-5-actor-epictimes-founder-died-60/|publisher=TheWrap|access-date=July 28, 2016|date=July 28, 2016|archive-date=July 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728164102/http://www.thewrap.com/jerry-doyle-dead-babylon-5-actor-epictimes-founder-died-60/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref name=deadline/> Doyle quipped that on ''Babylon 5'' he was a "Mick from Brooklyn playing a Wop from Mars."<ref name=deadline>{{cite news|last1=Lincoln|first1=Ross A.|title=Jerry Doyle Dies: 'Bablylon 5' Actor & Talk Radio Host Was 60|url=https://deadline.com/2016/07/babylon-5-actor-jerry-doyle-dies-at-60-1201794378/|access-date=July 28, 2016|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=July 28, 2016|archive-date=July 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729162406/http://deadline.com/2016/07/babylon-5-actor-jerry-doyle-dies-at-60-1201794378/|url-status=live}}</ref>

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 the Second World War entitled ''Keep 'em Flying'', alongside producer John Copeland, with whom Doyle had previously worked on ''Babylon 5''.<ref name=ign>{{cite web|last1=P|first1=Ken|title=Interview: Jerry Doyle|url=https://uk.ign.com/articles/2003/08/26/interview-jerry-doyle|publisher=IGN|access-date=July 28, 2016|date=August 26, 2003}}</ref> Doyle was a frequent guest on Newsmax Media TV, primarily on the program ''Midpoint'' with Ed Berliner.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jerry Doyle On Newsmax TV: Has America Lost {{sic|I|t's|nolink=y}} Mojo?|url=http://www.epictimes.com/08/08/2014/jerry-doyle-on-newsmax-tv-has-america-lost-its-mojo/|publisher=EpicTimes|access-date=July 28, 2016|date=August 8, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816215109/http://www.epictimes.com/08/08/2014/jerry-doyle-on-newsmax-tv-has-america-lost-its-mojo/ |archive-date=August 16, 2016 }}</ref> He had also been a featured guest on ''Fox & Friends''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jerry Doyle opines on the economy on Fox & Friends|url=http://rbr.com/jerry-doyle-opines-on-the-economy-on-fox-friends/|publisher=Radio+Television|access-date=July 28, 2016|date=December 16, 2008|archive-date=October 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013055442/http://rbr.com/jerry-doyle-opines-on-the-economy-on-fox-friends/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Radio=== Weekdays from 3&nbsp;p.m.–6&nbsp;p.m. PT (6&nbsp;–9&nbsp; 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.<ref name="ronpaul"/>

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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 12, 2013 |title=Jerry Doyle Launches EpicTimes.com |url=http://radiosyndicationtalk.com/2013/02/12/jerry-doyle-launches-epictimes-com |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130713062959/http://radiosyndicationtalk.com/2013/02/12/jerry-doyle-launches-epictimes-com/ |archive-date=July 13, 2013 |access-date=September 10, 2014 |work=Radio Syndication Talk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title='Babylon 5' Star and Syndicated Radio Personality Jerry Doyle Announces EpicTimes.com Digital Network Expansion with Kickstarter Campaign|publisher=PRWeb|date=June 12, 2014|access-date=September 10, 2014|url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/_babylon_5_star_and_syndicated_radio_personality_jerry_doyle_announces_epictimes_com_digital_network_expansion_with_kickstarter_campaign/prweb11937432.htm}}</ref> It was subsequently banned within China.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chinese Government Bans "The Jerry Doyle Show's" Digital Platform, EpicTimes.com|url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/chinese_government_bans_the_jerry_doyle_show_s_digital_platform_epictimes_com/prweb11443275.htm|publisher=PRWeb|access-date=July 28, 2016|date=December 23, 2013}}</ref>

==Personal life== Doyle was married to his ''Babylon 5'' co-star Andrea Thompson from 1995 to 1997.<ref name="tmz">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tmz.com/2016/07/28/jerry-doyle-babylon-5-dead/|title='Babylon 5' Star Jerry Doyle – Dead at 60|date=July 28, 2016|website=TMZ|access-date=July 28, 2016|archive-date=September 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918144003/http://www.tmz.com/2016/07/28/jerry-doyle-babylon-5-dead/|url-status=live}}</ref> They were married in Cabo San Lucas, in Baja California Sur, in a short ceremony. Doyle remarked that "If the ceremony takes longer than it takes for a margarita to separate, it's too long".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Beck|first1=Marilyn|last2=Jenel Smith|first2=Stacy|title=Lansbury Says Her Hip is Fine, and That's All She Wrote|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-25002247.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911132312/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-25002247.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 11, 2016|access-date=July 28, 2016|work=Daily News|date=May 2, 1995|location=Los Angeles, CA}}</ref>

===Political efforts=== [[File:Ron Paul & Jerry Doyle by Gage Skidmore.jpg|right|thumb|Doyle with Congressman Ron Paul in September 2011]] 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.<ref name="bbcobit" /> 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 the Natural Law candidate's 1%.<ref>{{cite news|title=Incumbents Hold Advantage in Local Congressional Races|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-83402717.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911043523/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-83402717.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 11, 2016|access-date=July 28, 2016|work=Daily News|date=October 12, 2000|location=Los Angeles, CA}}</ref> He received only 43,000 votes. In December 2011, Doyle endorsed Ron Paul for the Presidency of the United States.<ref name="ronpaul">{{cite news|title=Ron Paul Endorsed by Nationally Syndicated Radio Talk Show Host Jerry Doyle|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-276565333.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911002116/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-276565333.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 11, 2016|access-date=July 28, 2016|work=Defense & Aerospace Week|date=January 4, 2012}}</ref>

=== Death === On July 27, 2016, eleven days after his 60th birthday, Doyle was found unresponsive in his Las Vegas home, and declared dead shortly thereafter.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Bacle|first1=Ariana|title=Jerry Doyle, Babylon 5 star, dies|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/28/jerry-doyle-babylon-5-dead-dies|access-date=July 28, 2016|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=July 28, 2016|archive-date=November 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130142227/https://ew.com/article/2016/07/28/jerry-doyle-babylon-5-dead-dies/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Clark County Coroner's Office later stated that Doyle died from natural causes, with complications from chronic alcoholism being a contributing factor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tmz.com/2016/08/31/jerry-doyle-cause-of-death-alcoholism/|title='Babylon 5' Star Jerry Doyle – Chronic Alcoholism Contributed to Death|website=TMZ|access-date=September 2, 2016|archive-date=June 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629083351/https://www.tmz.com/2016/08/31/jerry-doyle-cause-of-death-alcoholism/|url-status=live}}</ref>

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".<ref name="bbcobit"/> ''Babylon 5'' creator J. Michael Straczynski released a statement: {{cquote|Regardless of whatever was going on in his life, whether it was marital issues, a broken arm, forced couch-surfing with Bruce and Andreas or other problems, he never once pulled a prima donna on us; he showed up every day on time, knew his lines, and insisted that the guest cast live up to the standards of the main cast.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fletcher|first1=Harry|title=Babylon 5 star Jerry Doyle dies, aged 60|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/news/a802929/babylon-5-star-jerry-doyle-dies-aged-60/|publisher=Digital Spy|access-date=July 28, 2016|date=July 28, 2016}}</ref>}}

==Books== * {{Cite book|last1=Doyle|first1=Jerry|title=Have You Seen My Country Lately? America's Wake-Up Call|location=New York|publisher=Threshold Editions|year=2010|isbn=978-1-4391-6801-1}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{C-SPAN|1019937}} * {{IMDb name|0236381|Jerry Doyle}}

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