Paul Dooley

Known for: Acting

Born: 1928-02-22 (age 98)

From: Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA

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.

Filmography (180)

MOVIE★ 5.0
Boy Makes Girl
2023
as Ben
MOVIE
The Water Is Finally Blue: The Untold Story of Robert Altman's O.C. and Stiggs
2023
as Self – Interviewee (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Saving Paradise
2021
as Gramps
MOVIE★ 6.6
Selfie Dad
2020
as Barber
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Gesture and The Word
2020
as Mr. Rostalle
TV★ 6.4
Merry Happy Whatever
2019
as Grandpa Jack
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Great Buster: A Celebration
2018
as Self
TV★ 8.5
The Good Doctor
2017
as Glen
TV★ 7.0
The Guest Book
2017
MOVIE★ 6.9
Cars 3
2017
as Sarge (voice)
MOVIE★ 1.0
The Holy Man
2016
as Lou 'The Bull' Devine
MOVIE★ 6.4
Other People
2016
as Ronnie
TV★ 7.1
Life in Pieces
2015
as Mort
TV★ 6.7
Young & Hungry
2014
as Mr. Fancy
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Radiator Springs 500½
2014
as Sarge (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.2
My Santa
2013
as Martin
TV★ 5.3
Super Fun Night
2013
as The Old Man
MOVIE★ 6.3
Turbo
2013
as The Foreman (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.9
Hiccups
2013
as Sarge (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.1
Spinning
2013
as Sarge (voice)
TV★ 6.6
The Client List
2012
as Earl Hudson
MOVIE★ 6.2
Cars 2
2011
as Sarge (voice)
TV★ 7.4
Workaholics
2011
as Ralph
TV★ 8.2
Shameless
2011
as Ralph
MOVIE★ 1.2
Thanks
2011
as Hank
TV★ 5.7
Huge
2010
TV★ 7.2
Hot in Cleveland
2010
as Bearded Man aka Santa
TV★ 7.5
Parenthood
2010
as Rocky
TV★ 7.9
Modern Family
2009
as Murray
MOVIE★ 6.0
Horsemen
2009
as Father Whiteleather
MOVIE★ 6.2
Bedtime Stories
2008
as Hot Dog Vendor
TV★ 6.9
Childrens Hospital
2008
as Grandpa Ben
MOVIE
Celebrating Sixteen Candles
2008
as Himself
MOVIE★ 6.0
Chronic Town
2008
as Eleanor's Father
MOVIE★ 6.6
Sunshine Cleaning
2008
as Sherm
TV★ 7.5
Private Practice
2007
as Abe Nussbaum
MOVIE★ 6.7
Hairspray
2007
as Mr. Spritzer
TV★ 8.5
Side Order of Life
2007
MOVIE★ 6.0
Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.8
For Your Consideration
2006
as Paper Badge Sergeant
MOVIE★ 6.3
Mater and the Ghostlight
2006
as Sarge (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Cars
2006
as Sarge (voice)
TV★ 8.0
The Jake Effect
2006
as Mr. Bernthal
TV★ 6.8
Hopeless Pictures
2005
MOVIE★ 5.8
Madison
2005
as Mayor Don Vaughn
TV★ 8.2
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Dr. Walter Tapley
TV★ 7.0
American Dad!
2005
as (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Come Away Home
2005
as Grandpa Donald
TV★ 7.9
Desperate Housewives
2004
as Addison Prudy
TV★ 7.9
Boston Legal
2004
as Judge Wendel Donahue
MOVIE★ 3.6
Nobody Knows Anything!
2004
as Warden
MOVIE★ 5.7
Employee of the Month
2004
as Reverend Ben Goodwin
MOVIE★ 6.8
Comfort and Joy
2003
as George
MOVIE★ 7.9
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
2003
as Dean Duaney
MOVIE★ 6.8
A Mighty Wind
2003
as George Menschell
MOVIE
Touch 'Em All McCall
2003
MOVIE★ 7.0
Insomnia
2002
as Chief Nyback
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Perfect You
2002
as Larry
MOVIE★ 6.3
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
2001
as Hank the Janitor/Mall Santa
TV★ 8.2
Scrubs
2001
as Paul
TV★ 7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Stan Coffman
MOVIE★ 4.4
Rennie's Landing
2001
as Hank
MOVIE★ 4.6
A Woman's a Helluva Thing
2001
as Hank Luckinbill
TV★ 8.0
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Cheryl's Father
TV★ 7.1
The Geena Davis Show
2000
as Bill Ryan
TV★ 7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Buddy Ween
TV★ 5.6
The Huntress
2000
MOVIE★ 9.0
Altman on His Own Terms
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.7
Happy, Texas
1999
as The Judge
TV★ 7.6
Jack & Jill
1999
as Father Conlin
TV★ 6.7
Once and Again
1999
MOVIE★ 5.7
Guinevere
1999
as Walter
MOVIE★ 6.1
Runaway Bride
1999
as Walter Carpenter
MOVIE★ 4.3
Error in Judgment
1999
as Jack Albert
MOVIE★ 6.6
I'll Remember April
1999
as Earl Schimmel
TV★ 6.7
Providence
1999
as Bill Ridley
TV★ 7.2
Becker
1998
as Mr. Lerner
MOVIE★ 5.6
Angels in the Endzone
1997
as Coach Buck
MOVIE★ 4.4
Loved
1997
as Leo Amerson
TV★ 6.4
Dharma & Greg
1997
as Judge Harper
TV★ 6.5
Ally McBeal
1997
as Nicholas Engblume
MOVIE★ 5.8
Telling Lies in America
1997
as Father Norton
MOVIE★ 6.2
Clockwatchers
1997
as Bud Chapman
TV★ 7.6
The Practice
1997
as Judge Philip Swackheim
MOVIE★ 7.0
Waiting for Guffman
1997
as UFO Abductee
TV★ 7.7
Millennium
1996
as Joe Bangs
TV★ 7.4
Early Edition
1996
as McGinty
TV★ 7.8
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
as Ralphie
TV★ 6.4
7th Heaven
1996
as Red
TV★ 8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
MOVIE★ 7.0
God's Lonely Man
1996
as Polo
MOVIE★ 5.0
Out There
1995
as Emmett Davis
TV★ 8.0
High Society
1995
as Mel
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Underneath
1995
as Ed Dutton
MOVIE★ 5.2
Evolver
1995
as Jerry Briggs
MOVIE★ 4.7
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1995
as Senator Thatch
TV★ 7.8
ER
1994
as Henry Lewis
TV★ 7.2
Chicago Hope
1994
as Walter McTeague
TV★ 7.7
My So-Called Life
1994
as Chuck Wood
TV★ 6.1
Ellen
1994
as Thomas Kelsey
TV★ 7.2
Duckman
1994
as Stan (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.7
State of Emergency
1994
as Jim Anderson
TV★ 5.6
Grace Under Fire
1993
TV★ 7.7
Tales of the City
1993
as Herb Tolliver
MOVIE★ 5.5
A Dangerous Woman
1993
as Tupperware Salesman
MOVIE★ 5.7
My Boyfriend's Back
1993
as Big Chuck
MOVIE★ 6.0
Mother of the Bride
1993
as Richard
MOVIE★ 4.0
Stephen King's Golden Tales
1993
as Chester Caruso
MOVIE★ 4.5
Cooperstown
1993
as Sid Wiggins
TV★ 7.9
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
as Enabran Tain
MOVIE★ 7.8
Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride
1992
as Asst. Dist. Atty. Robert Norrell
TV★ 5.0
The Ben Stiller Show
1992
TV★ 6.8
Mad About You
1992
as Gus Stemple
TV★ 8.6
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
as Father Michael (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Player
1992
as Paul Dooley
MOVIE★ 5.4
Shakes the Clown
1991
as Owen Cheese
MOVIE★ 7.5
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
1991
as Hal Roach
MOVIE★ 3.5
Frogs!
1991
as Twittenham
MOVIE★ 7.0
UFO Cafe
1990
as Doc
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990
TV★ 6.9
Dream On
1990
as Mickey Tupper
MOVIE★ 6.4
Flashback
1990
as Stark
MOVIE★ 4.6
When He's Not a Stranger
1989
as Ben McKenna
TV★ 8.0
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Randolph (segment "Forever Ambergris")
MOVIE
Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North
1989
as Robert McFarlane
TV★ 6.7
Coach
1989
as Horace Van Dam
MOVIE★ 4.7
Last Rites
1988
as Father Freddie
MOVIE★ 4.3
Lip Service
1988
as Gil Hutchinson
TV★ 7.0
Coming of Age
1988
MOVIE★ 8.0
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
1988
as John Buxton
TV★ 8.3
The Wonder Years
1988
as Pops
TV★ 6.2
The Murder of Mary Phagan
1988
as William Burns
TV★ 6.3
thirtysomething
1987
MOVIE★ 4.5
O.C. and Stiggs
1987
as Randall Schwab
TV★ 7.7
ALF
1986
as Whizzer
TV★ 7.1
L.A. Law
1986
as Karl Bullen
MOVIE★ 5.4
Big Trouble
1986
as George Noozel
MOVIE★ 5.0
Monster in the Closet
1986
as Roy Crane
TV★ 7.6
The Golden Girls
1985
as Isaac Q. Newton
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Steel Collar Man
1985
as Don Liddle
TV★ 7.2
Tales from the Darkside
1984
as Chester Caruso
MOVIE★ 6.7
Sixteen Candles
1984
as Jim Baker
MOVIE★ 7.1
Hansel and Gretel
1983
as Father
MOVIE★ 6.6
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1983
as Museum Security Guard
MOVIE★ 5.1
Going Berserk
1983
as Dr. Ted
MOVIE★ 6.0
Strange Brew
1983
as Claude Elsinore
MOVIE
The Wilder Summer
1983
as Grubbins
MOVIE★ 5.9
Kiss Me Goodbye
1982
as Kendall
MOVIE★ 5.9
Rumpelstiltskin
1982
as The Miller
TV★ 8.1
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Father
MOVIE★ 4.9
Endangered Species
1982
as Joe Hiatt
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Shady Hill Kidnapping
1982
as Detective
TV★ 6.6
American Playhouse
1982
as Detective
MOVIE★ 5.2
Paternity
1981
as Kurt
MOVIE★ 8.0
See China and Die
1981
as Ames Prescott
MOVIE★ 5.6
Popeye
1980
as Wimpy
MOVIE★ 5.4
HealtH
1980
as Dr. Gil Gainey
MOVIE★ 4.9
Rich Kids
1979
as Simon Peterfreund
MOVIE★ 7.1
Breaking Away
1979
as Ray Stoller
MOVIE★ 5.1
A Perfect Couple
1979
as Alex Theodopoulos
MOVIE★ 6.3
A Wedding
1978
as Snooks Brenner
MOVIE★ 10.0
Simple Gifts
1977
as (segment "Lost & Found") (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
1977
as Gazooks (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Slap Shot
1977
as Hyannisport Announcer
MOVIE★ 3.8
Fore Play
1975
as Salesman
MOVIE★ 6.9
Death Wish
1974
as Cop at Hospital (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Dion Brothers
1974
as Doctor
MOVIE★ 5.9
Up the Sandbox
1972
as Statue of Liberty Guard
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Night the Animals Talked
1970
as (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Out-of-Towners
1970
as Day Desk Clerk at Hotel
MOVIE★ 6.7
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
1968
as Vic
MOVIE
Man in the Square Suit
1966
TV★ 8.0
Get Smart
1965
as Hanlon
MOVIE
Howard, Howard and Howard
1965
TV★ 7.9
Bewitched
1964
MOVIE★ 4.3
The Parisienne and the Prudes
1964
as Ted K. Worrie
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Photographer
TV★ 6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MOVIE
Qiana
—
as Norman Pasco
MOVIE
Capture the Flag
—
as Burgess