
Paul Dooley
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 22, 1928 (age 98)
- Birthplace
- Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA
Biography
Paul Dooley (born Paul Brown; February 22, 1928) is an American character actor, writer, and comedian. He is known for his roles in Breaking Away, Popeye, Sixteen Candles, Strange Brew and several Christopher Guest mockumentaries. He co-created the PBS show The Electric Company.
Known For
Filmography
Qiana
Movie · as Norman Pasco
Capture the Flag
Movie · as Burgess

The Water Is Finally Blue: The Untold Story of Robert Altman's O.C. and Stiggs
Movie · as Self – Interviewee (voice)

Boy Makes Girl
Movie · as Ben

Saving Paradise
Movie · as Gramps

Selfie Dad
Movie · as Barber

The Gesture and The Word
Movie · as Mr. Rostalle

Merry Happy Whatever
TV · as Grandpa Jack · 1 ep

The Great Buster: A Celebration
Movie · as Self

Cars 3
Movie · as Sarge (voice)

The Guest Book
TV · 1 ep

The Good Doctor
TV · as Glen · 1 ep

The Holy Man
Movie · as Lou 'The Bull' Devine

Other People
Movie · as Ronnie

Life in Pieces
TV · as Mort · 2 eps

The Radiator Springs 500½
Movie · as Sarge (voice)

Hate Horses
Movie · as Vilanti

Young & Hungry
TV · as Mr. Fancy · 2 eps

My Santa
Movie · as Martin

Hiccups
Movie · as Sarge (voice)

Spinning
Movie · as Sarge (voice)

Turbo
Movie · as The Foreman (voice)

Super Fun Night
TV · as The Old Man · 1 ep

The Client List
TV · as Earl Hudson · 1 ep

Cars 2
Movie · as Sarge (voice)

Thanks
Movie · as Hank

Shameless
TV · as Ralph · 2 eps

Workaholics
TV · as Ralph · 1 ep

Huge
TV · 10 eps

Parenthood
TV · as Rocky · 1 ep

Hot in Cleveland
TV · as Bearded Man aka Santa · 1 ep

Horsemen
Movie · as Father Whiteleather

Sunshine Cleaning
Movie · as Sherm

Modern Family
TV · as Murray · 1 ep

Bedtime Stories
Movie · as Hot Dog Vendor

Chronic Town
Movie · as Eleanor's Father

Celebrating Sixteen Candles
Movie · as Himself

Childrens Hospital
TV · as Grandpa Ben · 1 ep

Hairspray
Movie · as Mr. Spritzer

Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary
Movie · as Self

Side Order of Life
TV · 1 ep

Private Practice
TV · as Abe Nussbaum · 1 ep

Cars
Movie · as Sarge (voice)

Mater and the Ghostlight
Movie · as Sarge (voice)

For Your Consideration
Movie · as Paper Badge Sergeant

The Jake Effect
TV · as Mr. Bernthal · 1 ep

Come Away Home
Movie · as Grandpa Donald

Madison
Movie · as Mayor Don Vaughn

Hopeless Pictures
TV · 8 eps

Grey's Anatomy
TV · as Dr. Walter Tapley · 1 ep

American Dad!
TV · as (voice) · 1 ep

Employee of the Month
Movie · as Ben Goodwin

Nobody Knows Anything!
Movie · as Warden

Desperate Housewives
TV · as Addison Prudy · 3 eps

Boston Legal
TV · as Judge Wendel Donahue · 1 ep
Touch 'Em All McCall
Movie

A Mighty Wind
Movie · as George Menschell

Comfort and Joy
Movie · as George

Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
Movie · as Dean Duaney

Insomnia
Movie · as Chief Nyback

The Perfect You
Movie · as Larry

A Woman's a Helluva Thing
Movie · as Hank Luckinbill

Rennie's Landing
Movie · as Hank

Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
Movie · as Hank the Janitor/Mall Santa

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV · as Stan Coffman · 1 ep

Scrubs
TV · as Paul · 1 ep

Altman on His Own Terms
Movie · as Self

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV · as Buddy Ween · 1 ep

Curb Your Enthusiasm
TV · as Cheryl's Father · 7 eps

The Huntress
TV · 1 ep

The Geena Davis Show
TV · as Bill Ryan · 1 ep

Runaway Bride
Movie · as Walter

Guinevere
Movie · as Walter

Happy, Texas
Movie · as The Judge

Error in Judgment
Movie · as Jack Albert

I'll Remember April
Movie · as Earl Schimmel

Once and Again
TV · 6 eps

Providence
TV · as Bill Ridley · 1 ep

Jack & Jill
TV · as Father Conlin · 1 ep

Becker
TV · as Mr. Lerner · 1 ep

Loved
Movie · as Leo Amerson

Clockwatchers
Movie · as Bud Chapman

Telling Lies in America
Movie · as Father Norton

Angels in the Endzone
Movie · as Coach Buck

Waiting for Guffman
Movie · as UFO Abductee

Dharma & Greg
TV · as Judge Harper · 1 ep

The Practice
TV · as Judge Philip Swackheim · 8 eps

Ally McBeal
TV · as Nicholas Engblume · 1 ep

Sleepwalkers
TV · 1 ep

God's Lonely Man
Movie · as Polo

Early Edition
TV · as McGinty · 1 ep

E! True Hollywood Story
TV · 1 ep

Millennium
TV · as Joe Bangs · 1 ep

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
TV · as Ralphie · 1 ep

7th Heaven
TV · as Red · 1 ep

The Underneath
Movie · as Ed Dutton

Evolver
Movie · as Jerry Briggs

Out There
Movie · as Emmett Davis

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Movie · as Senator Thatch

High Society
TV · as Mel · 1 ep

State of Emergency
Movie · as Jim Anderson

Duckman
TV · as Stan (voice) · 1 ep

Chicago Hope
TV · as Walter McTeague · 1 ep

ER
TV · as Henry Lewis · 4 eps

My So-Called Life
TV · as Chuck Wood · 2 eps

Ellen
TV · as Thomas Kelsey · 1 ep

A Dangerous Woman
Movie · as Tupperware Salesman

Mother of the Bride
Movie · as Richard

Cooperstown
Movie · as Sid Wiggins

My Boyfriend's Back
Movie · as Big Chuck

Golden Tales
Movie · as Chester Caruso

Grace Under Fire
TV · as John Shirley · 1 ep

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
TV · as Enabran Tain · 4 eps

Tales of the City
TV · as Herb Tolliver · 2 eps

The Player
Movie · as Paul Dooley

Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride
Movie · as Asst. Dist. Atty. Robert Norrell

The Ben Stiller Show
TV · 1 ep

Mad About You
TV · as Gus Stemple · 1 ep

Batman: The Animated Series
TV · as Father Michael (voice) · 1 ep

Shakes the Clown
Movie · as Owen Cheese

Frogs!
Movie · as Twittenham

White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
Movie · as Hal Roach

Flashback
Movie · as Stark

UFO Cafe
Movie · as Doc

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Movie

Dream On
TV · as Mickey Tupper · 6 eps

When He's Not a Stranger
Movie · as Ben McKenna

Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North
Movie · as Robert McFarlane

Tales from the Crypt
TV · as Randolph (segment "Forever Ambergris") · 1 ep

Coach
TV · as Horace Van Dam · 1 ep

Last Rites
Movie · as Father Freddie

Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
Movie · as John Buxton

Lip Service
Movie · as Gil Hutchinson

The Wonder Years
TV · as Pops · 1 ep
Coming of Age
TV · 16 eps

The Murder of Mary Phagan
TV · as William Burns · 2 eps

O.C. and Stiggs
Movie · as Randall Schwab

thirtysomething
TV · 2 eps

Monster in the Closet
Movie · as Roy Crane

Big Trouble
Movie · as George Noozel

Little Shop of Horrors
Movie · as Patrick Martin (Director's Cut)

L.A. Law
TV · as Karl Bullen · 1 ep

ALF
TV · as Whizzer · 3 eps

The Steel Collar Man
Movie · as Don Liddle

The Golden Girls
TV · as Isaac Q. Newton, George Corliss · 1 ep

Sixteen Candles
Movie · as Jim Baker

Tales from the Darkside
TV · as Chester Caruso · 1 ep

Going Berserk
Movie · as Dr. Ted

Strange Brew
Movie · as Claude Elsinore

Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Movie · as Museum Security Guard

Hansel and Gretel
Movie · as Father
The Wilder Summer
Movie · as Grubbins

Endangered Species
Movie · as Joe Hiatt

Kiss Me Goodbye
Movie · as Kendall

Rumpelstiltskin
Movie · as The Miller

The Shady Hill Kidnapping
Movie · as Detective

Faerie Tale Theatre
TV · as Father, The Miller · 1 ep

American Playhouse
TV · as Detective · 1 ep

Paternity
Movie · as Kurt

See China and Die
Movie · as Ames Prescott

Popeye
Movie · as Wimpy

HealtH
Movie · as Dr. Gil Gainey

Breaking Away
Movie · as Ray Stoller

Rich Kids
Movie · as Simon Peterfreund

A Perfect Couple
Movie · as Alex Theodopoulos

A Wedding
Movie · as Snooks Brenner

Simple Gifts
Movie · as (segment "Lost & Found") (voice)

Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
Movie · as Gazooks (voice)

Slap Shot
Movie · as Hyannisport Announcer

Fore Play
Movie · as Salesman

Death Wish
Movie · as Cop at Hospital (uncredited)

The Dion Brothers
Movie · as Doctor

Up the Sandbox
Movie · as Statue of Liberty Guard

The Out-of-Towners
Movie · as Day Desk Clerk at Hotel

The Night the Animals Talked
Movie · as (voice)

What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
Movie · as Vic
Man in the Square Suit
Movie
Howard, Howard and Howard
Movie

Get Smart
TV · as Hanlon · 1 ep
The Parisienne and the Prudes
Movie · as Ted K. Worrie

Bewitched
TV · 1 ep

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Photographer · 1 ep

The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep