8.5Acting
Paul Dooley
- Born
- 1928-02-22
- 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
181 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Boy Makes Girl
2023 · Movie
Ben
The Water Is Finally Blue: The Untold Story of Robert Altman's O.C. and Stiggs
2023 · Movie
Self – Interviewee (voice)
Saving Paradise
2021 · Movie
Gramps
Selfie Dad
2020 · Movie
Barber
The Gesture and The Word
2020 · Movie
Mr. Rostalle
Merry Happy Whatever
2019 · TV Show
Grandpa Jack
The Great Buster: A Celebration
2018 · Movie
Self
Cars 3
2017 · Movie
Sarge (voice)
The Good Doctor
2017 · TV Show
Glen
The Guest Book
2017 · TV Show
Cast
Other People
2016 · Movie
Ronnie
The Holy Man
2016 · Movie
Lou 'The Bull' Devine
Life in Pieces
2015 · TV Show
Mort
The Radiator Springs 500½
2014 · Movie
Sarge (voice)
Young & Hungry
2014 · TV Show
Mr. Fancy
Hiccups
2013 · Movie
Sarge (voice)
My Santa
2013 · Movie
Martin
Spinning
2013 · Movie
Sarge (voice)
Super Fun Night
2013 · TV Show
The Old Man
Turbo
2013 · Movie
The Foreman (voice)
The Client List
2012 · TV Show
Earl Hudson
Cars 2
2011 · Movie
Sarge (voice)
Shameless
2011 · TV Show
Ralph
Thanks
2011 · Movie
Hank
Workaholics
2011 · TV Show
Ralph
Hot in Cleveland
2010 · TV Show
Bearded Man aka Santa
Huge
2010 · TV Show
Cast
Parenthood
2010 · TV Show
Rocky
Horsemen
2009 · Movie
Father Whiteleather
Modern Family
2009 · TV Show
Murray
Sunshine Cleaning
2009 · Movie
Sherm
Bedtime Stories
2008 · Movie
Hot Dog Vendor
Celebrating Sixteen Candles
2008 · Movie
Himself
Childrens Hospital
2008 · TV Show
Grandpa Ben
Chronic Town
2008 · Movie
Eleanor's Father
Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary
2007 · Movie
Self
Hairspray
2007 · Movie
Mr. Spritzer
Private Practice
2007 · TV Show
Abe Nussbaum
Side Order of Life
2007 · TV Show
Cast
Cars
2006 · Movie
Sarge (voice)
For Your Consideration
2006 · Movie
Paper Badge Sergeant
Mater and the Ghostlight
2006 · Movie
Sarge (voice)
The Jake Effect
2006 · TV Show
Mr. Bernthal
American Dad!
2005 · TV Show
(voice)
Come Away Home
2005 · Movie
Grandpa Donald
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · TV Show
Dr. Walter Tapley
Hopeless Pictures
2005 · TV Show
Cast
Madison
2005 · Movie
Mayor Don Vaughn
Boston Legal
2004 · TV Show
Judge Wendel Donahue
Desperate Housewives
2004 · TV Show
Addison Prudy
Employee of the Month
2004 · Movie
Ben Goodwin
Nobody Knows Anything!
2004 · Movie
Warden
A Mighty Wind
2003 · Movie
George Menschell
Comfort and Joy
2003 · Movie
George
Touch 'Em All McCall
2003 · Movie
Cast
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
2003 · Movie
Dean Duaney
Insomnia
2002 · Movie
Chief Nyback
The Perfect You
2002 · Movie
Larry
A Woman's a Helluva Thing
2001 · Movie
Hank Luckinbill
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · TV Show
Stan Coffman
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
2001 · Movie
Hank the Janitor/Mall Santa
Rennie's Landing
2001 · Movie
Hank
Scrubs
2001 · TV Show
Paul
Altman on His Own Terms
2000 · Movie
Self
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · TV Show
Buddy Ween
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000 · TV Show
Cheryl's Father
The Geena Davis Show
2000 · TV Show
Bill Ryan
The Huntress
2000 · TV Show
Cast
Error in Judgment
1999 · Movie
Jack Albert
Guinevere
1999 · Movie
Walter
Happy, Texas
1999 · Movie
The Judge
I'll Remember April
1999 · Movie
Earl Schimmel
Jack & Jill
1999 · TV Show
Father Conlin
Once and Again
1999 · TV Show
Cast
Providence
1999 · TV Show
Bill Ridley
Runaway Bride
1999 · Movie
Walter
Becker
1998 · TV Show
Mr. Lerner
Ally McBeal
1997 · TV Show
Nicholas Engblume
Angels in the Endzone
1997 · Movie
Coach Buck
Clockwatchers
1997 · Movie
Bud Chapman
Dharma & Greg
1997 · TV Show
Judge Harper
Loved
1997 · Movie
Leo Amerson
Telling Lies in America
1997 · Movie
Father Norton
The Practice
1997 · TV Show
Judge Philip Swackheim
Waiting for Guffman
1997 · Movie
UFO Abductee
7th Heaven
1996 · TV Show
Red
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · TV Show
Cast
Early Edition
1996 · TV Show
McGinty
God's Lonely Man
1996 · Movie
Polo
Millennium
1996 · TV Show
Joe Bangs
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996 · TV Show
Ralphie
Evolver
1995 · Movie
Jerry Briggs
High Society
1995 · TV Show
Mel
Out There
1995 · Movie
Emmett Davis
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1995 · Movie
Senator Thatch
The Underneath
1995 · Movie
Ed Dutton
Chicago Hope
1994 · TV Show
Walter McTeague
Duckman
1994 · TV Show
Stan (voice)
Ellen
1994 · TV Show
Thomas Kelsey
ER
1994 · TV Show
Henry Lewis
My So-Called Life
1994 · TV Show
Chuck Wood
State of Emergency
1994 · Movie
Jim Anderson
A Dangerous Woman
1993 · Movie
Tupperware Salesman
Cooperstown
1993 · Movie
Sid Wiggins
Grace Under Fire
1993 · TV Show
Cast · John Shirley
Mother of the Bride
1993 · Movie
Richard
My Boyfriend's Back
1993 · Movie
Big Chuck
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993 · TV Show
Enabran Tain
Stephen King's Golden Tales
1993 · Movie
Chester Caruso
Tales of the City
1993 · TV Show
Herb Tolliver
Batman: The Animated Series
1992 · TV Show
Father Michael (voice)
Mad About You
1992 · TV Show
Gus Stemple
Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride
1992 · Movie
Asst. Dist. Atty. Robert Norrell
The Ben Stiller Show
1992 · TV Show
Cast
The Player
1992 · Movie
Paul Dooley
Frogs!
1991 · Movie
Twittenham
Shakes the Clown
1991 · Movie
Owen Cheese
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
1991 · Movie
Hal Roach
Dream On
1990 · TV Show
Mickey Tupper
Flashback
1990 · Movie
Stark
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990 · Movie
Cast
UFO Cafe
1990 · Movie
Doc
Coach
1989 · TV Show
Horace Van Dam
Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North
1989 · Movie
Robert McFarlane
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · TV Show
Randolph (segment "Forever Ambergris")
When He's Not a Stranger
1989 · Movie
Ben McKenna
Coming of Age
1988 · TV Show
Cast
Last Rites
1988 · Movie
Father Freddie
Lip Service
1988 · Movie
Gil Hutchinson
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
1988 · Movie
John Buxton
The Murder of Mary Phagan
1988 · TV Show
William Burns
The Wonder Years
1988 · TV Show
Pops
O.C. and Stiggs
1987 · Movie
Randall Schwab
thirtysomething
1987 · TV Show
Cast
ALF
1986 · TV Show
Whizzer
Big Trouble
1986 · Movie
George Noozel
L.A. Law
1986 · TV Show
Karl Bullen
Little Shop of Horrors
1986 · Movie
Patrick Martin (Director's Cut)
Monster in the Closet
1986 · Movie
Roy Crane
The Golden Girls
1985 · TV Show
Isaac Q. Newton · George Corliss
The Steel Collar Man
1985 · Movie
Don Liddle
Sixteen Candles
1984 · Movie
Jim Baker
Tales from the Darkside
1984 · TV Show
Chester Caruso
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1983 · Movie
Museum Security Guard
Going Berserk
1983 · Movie
Dr. Ted
Hansel and Gretel
1983 · Movie
Father
Strange Brew
1983 · Movie
Claude Elsinore
The Wilder Summer
1983 · Movie
Grubbins
American Playhouse
1982 · TV Show
Detective
Endangered Species
1982 · Movie
Joe Hiatt
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · TV Show
Father · The Miller
Kiss Me Goodbye
1982 · Movie
Kendall
Rumpelstiltskin
1982 · Movie
The Miller
The Shady Hill Kidnapping
1982 · Movie
Detective
Paternity
1981 · Movie
Kurt
See China and Die
1981 · Movie
Ames Prescott
HealtH
1980 · Movie
Dr. Gil Gainey · Writer
Popeye
1980 · Movie
Wimpy
A Perfect Couple
1979 · Movie
Alex Theodopoulos
Breaking Away
1979 · Movie
Ray Stoller
Rich Kids
1979 · Movie
Simon Peterfreund
A Wedding
1978 · Movie
Snooks Brenner
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
1977 · Movie
Gazooks (voice)
Simple Gifts
1977 · Movie
(segment "Lost & Found") (voice)
Slap Shot
1977 · Movie
Hyannisport Announcer
Fore Play
1975 · Movie
Salesman
Death Wish
1974 · Movie
Cop at Hospital (uncredited)
The Dion Brothers
1974 · Movie
Doctor
Up the Sandbox
1972 · Movie
Statue of Liberty Guard
The Night the Animals Talked
1970 · Movie
(voice)
The Out-of-Towners
1970 · Movie
Day Desk Clerk at Hotel
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
1968 · Movie
Vic
Man in the Square Suit
1966 · Movie
Cast
Get Smart
1965 · TV Show
Hanlon
Howard, Howard and Howard
1965 · Movie
Cast
Bewitched
1964 · TV Show
Cast
The Parisienne and the Prudes
1964 · Movie
Ted K. Worrie
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV Show
Photographer
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · TV Show
Self
Capture the Flag
Date unknown · Movie
Burgess
Qiana
Date unknown · Movie
Norman Pasco