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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 22, 1928
Place of Birth
Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA
Paul Dooley
0.9 Popularity
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 many Christopher Guest mockumentaries. He co-created the PBS show The Electric Company. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Dooley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
5.0
Ben
Boy Makes Girl
2023
0.0
Self – Interviewee (voice)
The Water Is Finally Blue: The Untold Story of Robert Altman's O.C. and Stiggs
2023
5.9
Gramps
Saving Paradise
2021
6.6
Barber
Selfie Dad
2020
7.0
Mr. Rostalle
The Gesture and The Word
2020
6.4
Grandpa Jack
Merry Happy Whatever
2019
7.2
Self
The Great Buster: A Celebration
2018
8.5
Glen
The Good Doctor
2017
7.0
The Guest Book
2017
6.9
Sarge (voice)
Cars 3
2017
Credits
Boy Makes Girl
as Ben
2023
5.0
The Water Is Finally Blue: The Untold Story of Robert Altman's O.C. and Stiggs
as Self – Interviewee (voice)
2023
0.0
Saving Paradise
as Gramps
2021
5.9
Selfie Dad
as Barber
2020
6.6
The Gesture and The Word
as Mr. Rostalle
2020
7.0
Merry Happy Whatever
as Grandpa Jack
2019
6.4
The Great Buster: A Celebration
as Self
2018
7.2
The Good Doctor
as Glen
2017
8.5
The Guest Book
2017
7.0
Cars 3
as Sarge (voice)
2017
6.9
The Holy Man
as Lou 'The Bull' Devine
2016
1.0
Other People
as Ronnie
2016
6.3
Life in Pieces
as Mort
2015
7.1
Young & Hungry
as Mr. Fancy
2014
6.7
The Radiator Springs 500½
as Sarge (voice)
2014
6.2
My Santa
as Martin
2013
5.2
Super Fun Night
as The Old Man
2013
5.3
Turbo
as The Foreman (voice)
2013
6.3
Spinning
as Sarge (voice)
2013
6.2
Hiccups
as Sarge (voice)
2013
6.0
The Client List
as Earl Hudson
2012
6.6
Cars 2
as Sarge (voice)
2011
6.2
Workaholics
as Ralph
2011
7.4
Shameless
as Ralph
2011
8.2
Thanks
as Hank
2011
1.2
Huge
2010
5.7
Hot in Cleveland
as Bearded Man aka Santa
2010
7.3
Parenthood
as Rocky
2010
7.5
Modern Family
as Murray
2009
7.9
Horsemen
as Father Whiteleather
2009
5.9
Bedtime Stories
as Hot Dog Vendor
2008
6.2
Childrens Hospital
as Grandpa Ben
2008
7.1
Celebrating Sixteen Candles
as Himself
2008
0.0
Chronic Town
as Eleanor's Father
2008
6.0
Sunshine Cleaning
as Sherm
2008
6.6
Private Practice
as Abe Nussbaum
2007
7.5
Hairspray
as Mr. Spritzer
2007
6.7
Side Order of Life
2007
8.5
Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary
as Self
2007
6.0
For Your Consideration
as Paper Badge Sergeant
2006
5.7
Mater and the Ghostlight
as Sarge (voice)
2006
6.2
Cars
as Sarge (voice)
2006
7.0
The Jake Effect
as Mr. Bernthal
2006
8.0
Hopeless Pictures
2005
8.0
Madison
as Mayor Don Vaughn
2005
5.7
Grey's Anatomy
as Dr. Walter Tapley
2005
8.2
American Dad!
as (voice)
2005
7.0
Come Away Home
as Grandpa Donald
2005
6.6
Desperate Housewives
as Addison Prudy
2004
7.9
Boston Legal
as Judge Wendel Donahue
2004
7.9
Nobody Knows Anything!
as Warden
2004
3.0
Employee of the Month
as Reverend Ben Goodwin
2004
5.7
Comfort and Joy
as George
2003
6.6
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
as Dean Duaney
2003
7.2
A Mighty Wind
as George Menschell
2003
6.7
🎬
Touch 'Em All McCall
2003
0.0
Insomnia
as Chief Nyback
2002
7.0
The Perfect You
as Larry
2002
4.9
Scrubs
as Paul
2001
8.0
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Stan Coffman
2001
7.6
Rennie's Landing
as Hank
2001
4.1
A Woman's a Helluva Thing
as Hank Luckinbill
2001
3.5
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Cheryl's Father
2000
8.0
The Geena Davis Show
2000
7.5
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Buddy Ween
2000
7.6
The Huntress
2000
5.2
Altman on His Own Terms
as Self
2000
0.0
Happy, Texas
as The Judge
1999
5.7
Once and Again
1999
6.6
Guinevere
as Walter
1999
5.7
Runaway Bride
as Walter Carpenter
1999
6.1
Error in Judgment
as Jack Albert
1999
2.7
I'll Remember April
as Earl Schimmel
1999
6.3
Providence
as Bill Ridley
1999
6.5
Becker
as Mr. Lerner
1998
7.1
Angels in the Endzone
as Coach Buck
1997
5.5
Loved
as Leo Amerson
1997
4.2
Dharma & Greg
as Judge Harper
1997
6.4
Ally McBeal
as Nicholas Engblume
1997
6.6
Telling Lies in America
as Father Norton
1997
5.7
Clockwatchers
as Bud Chapman
1997
6.1
The Practice
as Judge Philip Swackheim
1997
7.6
Millennium
as Joe Bangs
1996
7.7
Early Edition
as McGinty
1996
7.3
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
as Ralphie
1996
7.8
7th Heaven
as Red
1996
6.4
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
Waiting for Guffman
as UFO Abductee
1996
7.0
God's Lonely Man
as Polo
1996
7.0
Out There
as Emmett Davis
1995
4.8
High Society
as Mel
1995
6.0
The Underneath
as Ed Dutton
1995
5.7
Evolver
as Jerry Briggs
1995
5.2
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
as Senator Thatch
1995
4.5
ER
as Henry Lewis
1994
7.8
Chicago Hope
as Walter McTeague
1994
7.2
My So-Called Life
as Chuck Wood
1994
7.6
Ellen
as Thomas Kelsey
1994
6.1
Duckman
as Stan (voice)
1994
7.1
State of Emergency
as Jim Anderson
1994
4.0
Grace Under Fire
1993
5.6
Tales of the City
as Herb Tolliver
1993
7.7
A Dangerous Woman
as Tupperware Salesman
1993
5.5
My Boyfriend's Back
as Big Chuck
1993
5.7
Mother of the Bride
as Richard
1993
5.8
Stephen King's Golden Tales
as Chester Caruso
1993
4.2
Cooperstown
as Sid Wiggins
1993
2.7
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Enabran Tain
1993
7.9
Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride
as Asst. Dist. Atty. Robert Norrell
1992
7.9
The Ben Stiller Show
1992
4.7
Mad About You
as Gus Stemple
1992
6.7
Batman: The Animated Series
as Father Michael (voice)
1992
8.6
The Player
as Paul Dooley
1992
7.2
Shakes the Clown
as Owen Cheese
1991
5.4
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
as Hal Roach
1991
6.0
Frogs!
as Twittenham
1991
2.0
Guess Who's Coming for Christmas?
as Doc
1990
0.0
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990
7.0
Dream On
as Mickey Tupper
1990
6.9
Flashback
as Stark
1990
6.3
When He's Not a Stranger
as Ben McKenna
1989
4.0
Tales from the Crypt
as Randolph (segment "Forever Ambergris")
1989
8.0
Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North
as Robert McFarlane
1989
0.0
Coach
as Horace Van Dam
1989
6.7
Last Rites
as Father Freddie
1988
4.5
Lip Service
as Gil Hutchinson
1988
3.0
🎬
Coming of Age
1988
5.0
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
as John Buxton
1988
8.5
The Wonder Years
as Pops
1988
8.3
The Murder of Mary Phagan
as William Burns
1988
5.8
thirtysomething
1987
6.1
O.C. and Stiggs
as Randall Schwab
1987
4.3
ALF
as Whizzer
1986
7.7
L.A. Law
as Karl Bullen
1986
7.0
Big Trouble
as George Noozel
1986
5.3
Monster in the Closet
as Roy Crane
1986
4.9
The Golden Girls
as Isaac Q. Newton
1985
7.6
The Golden Girls
as George Corliss
1985
7.6
The Steel Collar Man
as Don Liddle
1985
0.0
Tales from the Darkside
as Chester Caruso
1984
7.2
Sixteen Candles
as Jim Baker
1984
6.8
Hansel and Gretel
as Father
1983
6.9
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
as Museum Security Guard
1983
6.5
Going Berserk
as Dr. Ted
1983
5.0
Strange Brew
as Claude Elsinore
1983
6.0
Kiss Me Goodbye
as Kendall
1982
5.8
Rumpelstiltskin
as The Miller
1982
5.8
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Father
1982
8.1
Faerie Tale Theatre
as The Miller
1982
8.1
Endangered Species
as Joe Hiatt
1982
4.8
American Playhouse
as Detective
1982
6.2
The Shady Hill Kidnapping
as Detective
1982
0.0
Paternity
as Kurt
1981
4.9
See China and Die
as Ames Prescott
1981
6.0
Popeye
as Wimpy
1980
5.5
HealtH
as Dr. Gil Gainey
1980
5.2
Rich Kids
as Simon Peterfreund
1979
4.8
Breaking Away
as Ray Stoller
1979
7.1
A Perfect Couple
as Alex Theodopoulos
1979
5.0
A Wedding
as Snooks Brenner
1978
6.2
Simple Gifts
as (segment "Lost & Found") (voice)
1977
0.0
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure!
as Gazooks (voice)
1977
6.8
Slap Shot
as Hyannisport Announcer
1977
6.8
Fore Play
as Salesman
1975
3.0
Death Wish
as Cop at Hospital (uncredited)
1974
6.9
The Dion Brothers
as Doctor
1974
5.3
Up the Sandbox
as Statue of Liberty Guard
1972
5.8
The Night the Animals Talked
as (voice)
1970
6.0
The Out-of-Towners
as Day Desk Clerk at Hotel
1970
6.7
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
as Vic
1968
6.6
🎬
Man in the Square Suit
1966
0.0
Get Smart
1965
7.9
🎬
Howard, Howard and Howard
1965
0.0
Bewitched
1964
7.9
🎬
The Parisienne and the Prudes
as Ted K. Worrie
1964
2.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Photographer
1951
8.6
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
🎬
Qiana
as Norman Pasco
N/A
0.0
🎬
Capture the Flag
as Burgess
N/A
0.0