Paul Dooley

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Known For

Acting

Born

1928-02-22

Place of Birth

Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA

Paul Dooley

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.

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Known For

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

Shameless

Shameless

American Dad!

American Dad!

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

The Good Doctor

The Good Doctor

Modern Family

Modern Family

Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Scrubs

Scrubs

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Acting History

Boy Makes Girl as Ben

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

Saving Paradise as Gramps

Selfie Dad as Barber

The Gesture and The Word as Mr. Rostalle

Merry Happy Whatever as Grandpa Jack

The Great Buster: A Celebration as Self

The Good Doctor as Glen

Cars 3 as Sarge (voice)

The Holy Man as Lou 'The Bull' Devine

Other People as Ronnie

Life in Pieces as Mort

Young & Hungry as Mr. Fancy

The Radiator Springs 500½ as Sarge (voice)

My Santa as Martin

Super Fun Night as The Old Man

Turbo as The Foreman (voice)

Hiccups as Sarge (voice)

Spinning as Sarge (voice)

The Client List as Earl Hudson

Cars 2 as Sarge (voice)

Workaholics as Ralph

Shameless as Ralph

Hot in Cleveland as Bearded Man aka Santa

Parenthood as Rocky

Modern Family as Murray

Horsemen as Father Whiteleather

Bedtime Stories as Hot Dog Vendor

Childrens Hospital as Grandpa Ben

Celebrating Sixteen Candles as Himself

Chronic Town as Eleanor's Father

Sunshine Cleaning as Sherm

Private Practice as Abe Nussbaum

Hairspray as Mr. Spritzer

Side Order of Life

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

For Your Consideration as Paper Badge Sergeant

Mater and the Ghostlight as Sarge (voice)

Cars as Sarge (voice)

The Jake Effect as Mr. Bernthal

Hopeless Pictures

Madison as Mayor Don Vaughn

Grey's Anatomy as Dr. Walter Tapley

American Dad! as (voice)

Come Away Home as Grandpa Donald

Desperate Housewives as Addison Prudy

Boston Legal as Judge Wendel Donahue

Nobody Knows Anything! as Warden

Employee of the Month as Reverend Ben Goodwin

Comfort and Joy as George

Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales as Dean Duaney

A Mighty Wind as George Menschell

Touch 'Em All McCall

Insomnia as Chief Nyback

The Perfect You as Larry

Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Stan Coffman

Rennie's Landing as Hank

A Woman's a Helluva Thing as Hank Luckinbill

Curb Your Enthusiasm as Cheryl's Father

The Geena Davis Show

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Buddy Ween

Altman on His Own Terms as Self

Happy, Texas as The Judge

Guinevere as Walter

Runaway Bride as Walter Carpenter

Error in Judgment as Jack Albert

I'll Remember April as Earl Schimmel

Providence as Bill Ridley

Becker as Mr. Lerner

Angels in the Endzone as Coach Buck

Loved as Leo Amerson

Dharma & Greg as Judge Harper

Ally McBeal as Nicholas Engblume

Telling Lies in America as Father Norton

Clockwatchers as Bud Chapman

The Practice as Judge Philip Swackheim

Millennium as Joe Bangs

Early Edition as McGinty

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Ralphie

7th Heaven as Red

Waiting for Guffman as UFO Abductee

E! True Hollywood Story

God's Lonely Man as Polo

Out There as Emmett Davis

High Society as Mel

The Underneath as Ed Dutton

Evolver as Jerry Briggs

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes as Senator Thatch

ER as Henry Lewis

Chicago Hope as Walter McTeague

My So-Called Life as Chuck Wood

Ellen as Thomas Kelsey

Duckman as Stan (voice)

State of Emergency as Jim Anderson

Grace Under Fire

Tales of the City as Herb Tolliver

A Dangerous Woman as Tupperware Salesman

My Boyfriend's Back as Big Chuck

Mother of the Bride as Richard

Stephen King's Golden Tales as Chester Caruso

Cooperstown as Sid Wiggins

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Enabran Tain

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

The Ben Stiller Show

Mad About You as Gus Stemple

Batman: The Animated Series as Father Michael (voice)

The Player as Paul Dooley

Shakes the Clown as Owen Cheese

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

Frogs! as Twittenham

Guess Who's Coming for Christmas? as Doc

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

Dream On as Mickey Tupper

Flashback as Stark

When He's Not a Stranger as Ben McKenna

Tales from the Crypt as Randolph (segment "Forever Ambergris")

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

Coach as Horace Van Dam

Last Rites as Father Freddie

Lip Service as Gil Hutchinson

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

The Wonder Years as Pops

The Murder of Mary Phagan as William Burns

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O.C. and Stiggs as Randall Schwab

L.A. Law as Karl Bullen

Big Trouble as George Noozel

Monster in the Closet as Roy Crane

The Golden Girls as Isaac Q. Newton

The Golden Girls as George Corliss

The Steel Collar Man as Don Liddle

Tales from the Darkside as Chester Caruso

Sixteen Candles as Jim Baker

Hansel and Gretel as Father

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

Going Berserk as Dr. Ted

Strange Brew as Claude Elsinore

Kiss Me Goodbye as Kendall

Rumpelstiltskin as The Miller

Faerie Tale Theatre as Father

Faerie Tale Theatre as The Miller

Endangered Species as Joe Hiatt

American Playhouse as Detective

The Shady Hill Kidnapping as Detective

Paternity as Kurt

See China and Die as Ames Prescott

Popeye as Wimpy

HealtH as Dr. Gil Gainey

Rich Kids as Simon Peterfreund

Breaking Away as Ray Stoller

A Perfect Couple as Alex Theodopoulos

A Wedding as Snooks Brenner

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

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

Slap Shot as Hyannisport Announcer

Fore Play as Salesman

Death Wish as Cop at Hospital (uncredited)

The Dion Brothers as Doctor

Up the Sandbox as Statue of Liberty Guard

The Night the Animals Talked as (voice)

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

What's So Bad About Feeling Good? as Vic

Man in the Square Suit

Howard, Howard and Howard

The Parisienne and the Prudes as Ted K. Worrie

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Photographer

The Ed Sullivan Show as Self

Capture the Flag as Burgess

Qiana as Norman Pasco