Paul Dooley

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Acting

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

• Boy Makes Girl (2023)
• The Water Is Finally Blue: The Untold Story of Robert Altman's O.C. and Stiggs (2023)
• Saving Paradise (2021)
• Selfie Dad (2020)
• The Gesture and The Word (2020)
• The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018)
• Cars 3 (2017)
• The Holy Man (2016)
• Other People (2016)
• The Radiator Springs 500½ (2014)
• My Santa (2013)
• Turbo (2013)
• Hiccups (2013)
• Spinning (2013)
• Cars 2 (2011)
• Thanks (2011)
• Sunshine Cleaning (2009)
• Horsemen (2009)
• Bedtime Stories (2008)
• Celebrating Sixteen Candles (2008)
• Chronic Town (2008)
• Hairspray (2007)
• Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary (2007)
• For Your Consideration (2006)
• Mater and the Ghostlight (2006)
• Cars (2006)
• Madison (2005)
• Come Away Home (2005)
• Nobody Knows Anything! (2004)
• Employee of the Month (2004)
• Comfort and Joy (2003)
• Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales (2003)
• A Mighty Wind (2003)
• Touch 'Em All McCall (2003)
• Insomnia (2002)
• The Perfect You (2002)
• Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street (2001)
• Rennie's Landing (2001)
• A Woman's a Helluva Thing (2001)
• Altman on His Own Terms (2000)
• Happy, Texas (1999)
• Guinevere (1999)
• Runaway Bride (1999)
• Error in Judgment (1999)
• I'll Remember April (1999)
• Angels in the Endzone (1997)
• Loved (1997)
• Telling Lies in America (1997)
• Clockwatchers (1997)
• Waiting for Guffman (1997)
• God's Lonely Man (1996)
• Out There (1995)
• The Underneath (1995)
• Evolver (1995)
• The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1995)
• State of Emergency (1994)
• A Dangerous Woman (1993)
• My Boyfriend's Back (1993)
• Mother of the Bride (1993)
• Stephen King's Golden Tales (1993)
• Cooperstown (1993)
• Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride (1992)
• The Player (1992)
• Shakes the Clown (1991)
• White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd (1991)
• Frogs! (1991)
• UFO Cafe (1990)
• The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990)
• Flashback (1990)
• When He's Not a Stranger (1989)
• Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North (1989)
• Last Rites (1988)
• Lip Service (1988)
• Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel (1988)
• O.C. and Stiggs (1987)
• Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
• Big Trouble (1986)
• Monster in the Closet (1986)
• The Steel Collar Man (1985)
• Sixteen Candles (1984)
• Hansel and Gretel (1983)
• Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1983)
• Going Berserk (1983)
• Strange Brew (1983)
• The Wilder Summer (1983)
• Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)
• Rumpelstiltskin (1982)
• Endangered Species (1982)
• The Shady Hill Kidnapping (1982)
• Paternity (1981)
• See China and Die (1981)
• Popeye (1980)
• HealtH (1980)
• Rich Kids (1979)
• Breaking Away (1979)
• A Perfect Couple (1979)
• A Wedding (1978)
• Simple Gifts (1977)
• Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1977)
• Slap Shot (1977)
• Fore Play (1975)
• Death Wish (1974)
• The Dion Brothers (1974)
• Up the Sandbox (1972)
• The Night the Animals Talked (1970)
• The Out-of-Towners (1970)
• What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968)
• Man in the Square Suit (1966)
• Howard, Howard and Howard (1965)
• The Parisienne and the Prudes (1964)
• Qiana
• Capture the Flag