Paul Dooley

ActorWriter Feb 22 (age 98) Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA 1948–2023 (75 year career)

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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

Film

Cars

Sarge (voice)

Film

Cars 3

Sarge (voice)

Film

Insomnia

Chief Nyback

Film

Cars 2

Sarge (voice)

Film

Hairspray

Mr. Spritzer

Film

Sixteen Candles

Jim Baker

Film

Turbo

The Foreman (voice)

Film

The Player

Paul Dooley

Filmography

Acting (179)

Movies (111)

The Water Is Finally Blue: The Untold Story of Robert Altman's O.C. and Stiggs

2023

as Self – Interviewee (voice)

Boy Makes Girl

as Ben

Saving Paradise

as Gramps

The Gesture and The Word

as Mr. Rostalle

Selfie Dad

as Barber

The Great Buster: A Celebration

as Self

Cars 3

as Sarge (voice)

Other People

as Ronnie

The Holy Man

as Lou 'The Bull' Devine

1.0

The Radiator Springs 500½

2014

as Sarge (voice)

6.3

Turbo

2013

as The Foreman (voice)

Hiccups

as Sarge (voice)

Spinning

as Sarge (voice)

My Santa

as Martin

Cars 2

as Sarge (voice)

Thanks

as Hank

Horsemen

as Father Whiteleather

5.9

Bedtime Stories

2008

as Hot Dog Vendor

6.2

Celebrating Sixteen Candles

2008

as Himself

Sunshine Cleaning

as Sherm

Chronic Town

as Eleanor's Father

Hairspray

as Mr. Spritzer

Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary

as Self

Cars

as Sarge (voice)

For Your Consideration

2006

as Paper Badge Sergeant

5.8

Mater and the Ghostlight

as Sarge (voice)

Come Away Home

as Grandpa Donald

Madison

as Mayor Don Vaughn

Employee of the Month

2004

as Reverend Ben Goodwin

5.7

Nobody Knows Anything!

as Warden

A Mighty Wind

as George Menschell

Comfort and Joy

as George

Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales

as Dean Duaney

Touch 'Em All McCall

Insomnia

as Chief Nyback

The Perfect You

as Larry

A Woman's a Helluva Thing

as Hank Luckinbill

Rennie's Landing

as Hank

Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street

2001

as Hank the Janitor/Mall Santa

6.3

Altman on His Own Terms

2000

as Self

Runaway Bride

as Walter Carpenter

Guinevere

as Walter

Happy, Texas

as The Judge

I'll Remember April

as Earl Schimmel

Error in Judgment

as Jack Albert

Loved

as Leo Amerson

Clockwatchers

as Bud Chapman

Waiting for Guffman

as UFO Abductee

Angels in the Endzone

1997

as Coach Buck

5.5

Telling Lies in America

as Father Norton

God's Lonely Man

as Polo

The Underneath

as Ed Dutton

Out There

as Emmett Davis

Evolver

as Jerry Briggs

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

as Senator Thatch

State of Emergency

as Jim Anderson

Cooperstown

as Sid Wiggins

My Boyfriend's Back

as Big Chuck

A Dangerous Woman

as Tupperware Salesman

5.5

Mother of the Bride

1993

as Richard

5.8

Stephen King's Golden Tales

as Chester Caruso

The Player

as Paul Dooley

Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride

1992

as Asst. Dist. Atty. Robert Norrell

Frogs!

as Twittenham

Shakes the Clown

as Owen Cheese

White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd

as Hal Roach

Flashback

as Stark

UFO Cafe

as Doc

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

1990

7.0

When He's Not a Stranger

1989

as Ben McKenna

4.0

Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North

1989

as Robert McFarlane

Last Rites

1988

as Father Freddie

4.5

Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel

as John Buxton

Lip Service

as Gil Hutchinson

O.C. and Stiggs

as Randall Schwab

Monster in the Closet

as Roy Crane

Big Trouble

as George Noozel

The Steel Collar Man

as Don Liddle

Sixteen Candles

as Jim Baker

Strange Brew

as Claude Elsinore

Going Berserk

as Dr. Ted

Hansel and Gretel

as Father

Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

1983

as Museum Security Guard

6.5

The Wilder Summer

1983

as Grubbins

Rumpelstiltskin

as The Miller

Endangered Species

as Joe Hiatt

Kiss Me Goodbye

as Kendall

The Shady Hill Kidnapping

1982

as Detective

Paternity

as Kurt

See China and Die

as Ames Prescott

Popeye

as Wimpy

HealtH

as Dr. Gil Gainey

Breaking Away

as Ray Stoller

A Perfect Couple

as Alex Theodopoulos

Rich Kids

as Simon Peterfreund

A Wedding

as Snooks Brenner

Slap Shot

as Hyannisport Announcer

6.8

Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure!

1977

as Gazooks (voice)

6.8

Simple Gifts

1977

as (segment "Lost & Found") (voice)

Fore Play

1975

as Salesman

3.0

Death Wish

1974

as Cop at Hospital (uncredited)

The Dion Brothers

as Doctor

Up the Sandbox

as Statue of Liberty Guard

5.8

The Out-of-Towners

1970

as Day Desk Clerk at Hotel

6.7

The Night the Animals Talked

1970

as (voice)

6.0

What's So Bad About Feeling Good?

1968

as Vic

6.6

Man in the Square Suit

1966

Howard, Howard and Howard

1965

The Parisienne and the Prudes

1964

as Ted K. Worrie

2.0

Qiana

as Norman Pasco

Capture the Flag

as Burgess

Television (68)

Merry Happy Whatever

as Grandpa Jack

The Good Doctor

as Glen

The Guest Book

Life in Pieces

as Mort

Young & Hungry

as Mr. Fancy

Super Fun Night

as The Old Man

The Client List

as Earl Hudson

Shameless

as Ralph

Workaholics

as Ralph

Parenthood

as Rocky

Hot in Cleveland

as Bearded Man aka Santa

Huge

Modern Family

as Murray

Childrens Hospital

as Grandpa Ben

Private Practice

as Abe Nussbaum

Side Order of Life

The Jake Effect

as Mr. Bernthal

Grey's Anatomy

as Dr. Walter Tapley

American Dad!

as (voice)

Hopeless Pictures

Desperate Housewives

as Addison Prudy

Boston Legal

as Judge Wendel Donahue

7.9

Scrubs

2001

as Paul

7.9

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

as Stan Coffman

7.6

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Buddy Ween

Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Cheryl's Father

The Huntress

The Geena Davis Show

Once and Again

Providence

as Bill Ridley

Becker

as Mr. Lerner

The Practice

as Judge Philip Swackheim

Ally McBeal

as Nicholas Engblume

Dharma & Greg

as Judge Harper

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

as Ralphie

7th Heaven

as Red

Early Edition

as McGinty

Millennium

as Joe Bangs

E! True Hollywood Story

High Society

as Mel

as Henry Lewis

Chicago Hope

as Walter McTeague

Duckman

as Stan (voice)

Ellen

as Thomas Kelsey

My So-Called Life

as Chuck Wood

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

as Enabran Tain

Grace Under Fire

Tales of the City

as Herb Tolliver

Mad About You

as Gus Stemple

Batman: The Animated Series

1992

as Father Michael (voice)

The Ben Stiller Show

Dream On

as Mickey Tupper

Coach

as Horace Van Dam

Tales from the Crypt

as Randolph (segment "Forever Ambergris")

The Wonder Years

as Pops

Coming of Age

The Murder of Mary Phagan

as William Burns

thirtysomething

L.A. Law

as Karl Bullen

ALF

as Whizzer

The Golden Girls

as Isaac Q. Newton

Tales from the Darkside

as Chester Caruso

American Playhouse

as Detective

Faerie Tale Theatre

as The Miller

Get Smart

Bewitched

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Photographer

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

HealtH

1980

Writer

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