List of Everybody Loves Raymond characters

Due to the nature of his work, Ray is often seen on the couch watching sports, rather than assisting Debra with household duties and the children.

Raymond rants in a nasal, whiny voice, but he also wants to be liked by everyone he meets regardless of his reputation in the community, occasionally to the point of appearing neurotic.

Despite him constantly trying to avoid his obnoxious parents who interfere with his life on a daily basis, it is perfectly clear that he still loves and cares for them.

She was raised by wealthy parents, Lois and Warren Whelan, and grew up in an upper-class background, unlike the other major characters.

She is sometimes unhappy as a housewife, having to put up not only with Ray's jokes and laziness, but more with his intrusive family members, who very often barge in uninvited, leaving havoc in their wake.

Though Ray's parents frustrate her, she rarely shows her feelings to them, resulting in occasional bursts in private of yelling, stomping, and throwing objects.

Debra does, however, subject her husband to infrequent bouts of verbal abuse, yelling at and insulting him whenever Ray messes up even over the smallest things.

Ray once noted that, during college, she went to Mardi Gras and flashed her breasts to many people who gave her beads and also ended up topless in the newspaper, much to her horror and fury.

She has very high self-esteem and regards herself as a positive example of what every wife, mother and woman should be, but in reality is responsible, at least in part, for much of the misery and conflict within the Barone family.

Marie has never admitted her dislike of Debra outright and is careful about not saying it out loud, but she jumps at most every chance to annoy her or indirectly insult her on many occasions just for her own pleasure.

Marie is also shown to actually control the family's finances in front of Frank, who had always thought he was the one in charge and remained oblivious to much of her savings or expenses.

For example, in the season 7 episode "The Disclipinarian", Robert remembers how Marie always let Ray play and always put him on chores.

This includes when he had nightmares growing up, when his first wife announced her intention to divorce him and Marie threw her out of the house, when he was attacked by a bull on the job, when he was interviewing for an FBI position, and her frequent attempts to get Robert out of the police force in an effort to keep him safe.

In episodes like "Pet the Bunny", "Christmas Present", "Fathers Knows Least" and "Frank Goes Downstairs", he indicates that, though capable of patience and kindness, he deliberately cultivates a tough guy persona.

He is almost always seen at Ray Barone and Debra's house on the black armchair with his pants unbuttoned and zipper open watching sports or at home ordering Marie to prepare his meals while sitting and reading the paper.

During his sons’ childhood, Frank was virtually absent and had refused to show any sign of affection and love to either boy.

He is very opinionated, outspoken, and has no problem insulting family members and strangers out in the open (this applies in particular to his wife, Marie).

He calls men names like "Nancy", "Shirley", "Peaches", and "Mary" when they do not live up to his standards for what it takes to be a man.

Much to other characters' dismay, Frank is not above engaging in illegal or immoral activities such as gambling, extortion, or stealing cable from Ray.

In his spare time, Frank is a skilled handyman and a history buff, with a particular interest in the American Civil War.

His regular get-away activity is having naked pool bath with his elderly friends at a community center, referred to as "the lodge".

In one particular incident, where all three Barone men were pretending to go to counselling sessions it was revealed that Ray and Robert had a long line of physically disciplinarian grandparents, with Frank's father, Joe, and his grandfather, Sal, hitting him often.

He is outspoken and brutally honest in his relationships with others, and is depicted as the only member of the family who is not only unafraid of Marie, but the only one who will always tell her off, much to the combined relief and horror of the other characters.

Many of their arguments revolve around trivial and even irrational subjects, such as who invented the lawn and literally comparing apples and oranges.

Robert has been a police officer with the NYPD for 27 years, eventually attaining the rank of Sergeant and then, by the end of the series, Lieutenant.

After divorcing his first wife, Joanne Glotz, in 1995, Robert moved back in with his parents, became a workaholic, and was acknowledged by the NYPD for not missing one day of work for three years.

In 2004, they purchased Frank and Marie's home for $26,000, but had to welcome the elder Barones back in when they were kicked out of a retirement community in New Jersey in the episode "Not So Fast."

Because of the relatively socially conservative values of the United States in the 1950s which viewed premarital sex as a sin, Frank and Marie were forced to lie to friends and family that Robert was two months premature.

In a later episode, Scott and Walter give a presentation to Ray and Debra, pitching for funds for a go-carting business.