Over his career he would photograph more than 150 films, including features, shorts and documentaries.

In 1917 he photographed the silent classic, Cleopatra, starring Theda Bara.

[1] J. Gordon Edwards helmed the film, and the two would work together on 22 other films over the following 12 years,[2] including such classics as Salomé and When a Woman Sins, both again starring Bara, and The Queen of Sheba, starring Betty Blythe.

[3][4] [5] During his long career, Boyle filmed over 70 feature-length motion pictures in the United States and Great Britain.

[6] Between 1928 and 1933 Boyle worked on short films, many of them produced by Mack Sennett.