Paul Dooley

Paul Dooley

1928-02-22 Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA 108 Credits

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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Boy Makes Girl

Boy Makes Girl

2023

as Ben

5.0
Acting

When his mother passes, a software programmer on the autism spectrum, Aaron, struggles to cope with the change. He builds a lifelike version of his ch...

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

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

2023

as Self – Interviewee (voice)

Acting

An in-depth oral history of the production and development history of Robert Altman's "O.C. and Stiggs," featuring commentaries from the film's cast a...

Saving Paradise

Saving Paradise

2021

as Gramps

5.9
Acting

A ruthless corporate raider is forced to return to his small town roots where he suddenly inherits his father's nearly bankrupt pencil factory, which ...

Selfie Dad

Selfie Dad

2020

as Barber

6.6
Acting

Spiraling into a mid-life crisis and feeling disconnected from his family, Ben Marcus, a reality-TV editor, thinks he can only be happy by fulfilling ...

The Gesture and The Word

The Gesture and The Word

2020

as Mr. Rostalle

7.0
Acting

A lonely postman (Gilbert) secretly recreates postcards for a woman (Aurore) on his postal route when her boyfriend's homemade postcards stop arriving...

The Great Buster: A Celebration

The Great Buster: A Celebration

2018

as Self

7.2
Acting

A celebration of the life and career of one of America's most influential and celebrated filmmakers and comedians—Buster Keaton—whose singular style a...

Cars 3

Cars 3

2017

as Sarge (voice)

6.9
Acting

Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen is suddenly pushed out of the sport he loves. To get back in th...

The Holy Man

The Holy Man

2016

as Lou 'The Bull' Devine

1.0
Acting

This is the story of a man who is fighting for more than just a world boxing championship.

Other People

Other People

2016

as Ronnie

6.3
Acting

David, a struggling comedy writer fresh off from breaking up with his boyfriend, moves from New York City to Sacramento to help his sick mother. Livin...

The Radiator Springs 500½

The Radiator Springs 500½

2014

as Sarge (voice)

6.3
Acting

A 'leisurely drive' planned in honor of Radiator Springs’ town founder, Stanley, turns precarious as Baja pros descend on the town and challenge Light...

My Santa

My Santa

2013

as Martin

5.3
Acting

A young, single mother, Jen, begins to lose her faith in the magic of Christmas. However, when she takes her son Eric to see the local mall Santa, Jen...

Turbo

Turbo

2013

as The Foreman (voice)

6.3
Acting

The tale of an ordinary garden snail who dreams of winning the Indy 500.

Hiccups

Hiccups

2013

as Sarge (voice)

6.2
Acting

When Lightning McQueen gets the hiccups, everyone in Radiator Springs thinks they have the cure.

Spinning

Spinning

2013

as Sarge (voice)

6.2
Acting

Guido discovers he has a hidden talent as a street corner sign spinner.

Cars 2

Cars 2

2011

as Sarge (voice)

6.2
Acting

Star race car Lightning McQueen and his pal Mater head overseas to compete in the World Grand Prix race. But the road to the championship becomes rock...

Thanks

Thanks

2011

as Hank

1.2
Acting

Three family Thanksgiving gatherings at a California beach house are fraught with tension due to the father's recent remarriage to a younger woman and...

Pixar Short Films

Pixar Short Films

2009

as Sarge (voice)

Acting

A collection of 20 computer-animated short films including "Rescue Squad Mater", "Jack-Jack Attack", and Oscar-winners "For The Birds", "Geri's Game",...

Horsemen

Horsemen

2009

as Father Whiteleather

5.9
Acting

A recently widowed detective still grieving over his wife's death discovers a shocking connection between himself and the suspects in a serial killing...

Bedtime Stories

Bedtime Stories

2008

as Hot Dog Vendor

6.2
Acting

Skeeter Bronson is a down-on-his-luck guy who's always telling bedtime stories to his niece and nephew. But his life is turned upside down when the fa...

Celebrating Sixteen Candles

Celebrating Sixteen Candles

2008

as Himself

Acting

A retrospective look at "Sixteen Candles" from cast and crew, as well as fellow screenwriters, directors, and critics.

Chronic Town

Chronic Town

2008

as Eleanor's Father

6.0
Acting

Truman Korovin is a lonely, sharp-witted cab driver in Fairbanks, Alaska, 1980. The usual routine of picking up fares and spending his nights at his f...

Sunshine Cleaning

Sunshine Cleaning

2008

as Sherm

6.6
Acting

A single mother and her slacker sister find an unexpected way to turn their lives around in this off-beat dramatic comedy. In order to raise the tuiti...

Hairspray

Hairspray

2007

as Mr. Spritzer

6.7
Acting

Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - The Corny Collins Show - and lands a prime spot. Thr...

Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary

Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary

2007

as Himself

6.0
Acting

In 1980, the SCTV crew had a request from their broadcaster, the CBC, for distinctively Canadian content. What players Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas cr...

For Your Consideration

For Your Consideration

2006

as Paper Badge Sergeant

5.8
Acting

The possibility of Oscar gold holds the cast and crew of an independent film in its grip after the performance of its virtually unknown, veteran star ...

Mater and the Ghostlight

Mater and the Ghostlight

2006

as Sarge (voice)

6.2
Acting

Mater, the rusty but trusty tow truck from Cars, spends a day in Radiator Springs playing scary pranks on his fellow townsfolk. That night at Flo's V8...

Cars

Cars

2006

as Sarge (voice)

7.0
Acting

Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself u...

Madison

Madison

2005

as Mayor Don Vaughn

5.7
Acting

In 1971, air-conditioner repairman and boat enthusiast Jim McCormick entertains his desire to 'go down' as a legend in the record books when the Gold ...

Come Away Home

Come Away Home

2005

as Grandpa Donald

6.6
Acting

Twelve-year-old Annie Lamm's first day of summer break quickly turns into a disaster. She realizes that her parents have not only decided to fly her t...

Nobody Knows Anything!

Nobody Knows Anything!

2004

as Warden

3.0
Acting

Sarah thinks making a movie is easy. With the guidance of her screenwriter uncle, she goes on a wild journey into the world of Hollywood where she mee...

Employee of the Month

Employee of the Month

2004

as Reverend Ben Goodwin

5.7
Acting

"Employee of the Month" is about a guy whose day spirals from bad to worse when he gets fired from his dream job at the bank and is dumped by his fian...

Comfort and Joy

Comfort and Joy

2003

as George

6.8
Acting

High-powered single-woman Jane Berry is focused on the important things in life, such as advancing her career and spending a bundle on fashionable sho...

Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales

Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales

2003

as Dean Duaney

7.8
Acting

Comedy special spotlighting Tracey Ullman’s larger than life character Ruby Romaine from HBO's “Tracey Takes On”. After an illustrious career, vetera...

A Mighty Wind

A Mighty Wind

2003

as George Menschell

6.7
Acting

Three eclectic, never-quite-famous folk bands come together for the first time in decades following the death of their manager to put on an reunion co...

Touch 'Em All McCall

2003

Acting

A one-time baseball player returns to his hometown and winds up coaching a farm team.

Insomnia

Insomnia

2002

as Chief Nyback

6.9
Acting

Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.

The Perfect You

The Perfect You

2002

as Larry

5.3
Acting

A waiter/writer living with his dad and a neat freak who's just landed a job as a reporter in New York, meet by colliding on the Brooklyn Bridge, and ...

Rennie's Landing

Rennie's Landing

2001

as Hank

3.4
Acting

Life is hard. You can't always get what you want. but Alec Nichols has a plan to change all that. It involves his three friends, a bank and five milli...

A Woman's a Helluva Thing

A Woman's a Helluva Thing

2001

as Hank Luckinbill

4.0
Acting

After the death of his estranged mother, a misogynistic womanizer returns home to find that his ex-girlfriend had been his mother's secret lesbian lov...

Altman on His Own Terms

Altman on His Own Terms

2000

as Self

Acting

A look at the life and career of acclaimed independent filmmaker Robert Altman...on his own words. The genius director who shook the cinema industry w...

Happy, Texas

Happy, Texas

1999

as The Judge

5.7
Acting

Two escaped convicts roll into the village of Happy, Texas, where they're mistaken for a gay couple who work as beauty pageant consultants. They go al...

Guinevere

Guinevere

1999

as Walter

5.9
Acting

A young girl from an affluent family rebels and becomes involved with a much older photographer.

Runaway Bride

Runaway Bride

1999

as Walter Carpenter

6.1
Acting

Having already left three grooms at the altar, Maggie Carpenter is branded "the runaway bride" by jaded New York journalist Ike Graham. But, after his...

Error in Judgment

Error in Judgment

1999

as Jack Albert

3.0
Acting

Eric's art gallery is losing money, and even though his psychiatrist wife wants to help, she can't do much to cheer him up. When a young, sexy woman n...

I'll Remember April

I'll Remember April

1999

as Earl Schimmel

6.3
Acting

Four young boys find a shipwrecked Japanese sailor during World War II and struggle with the decision to save him.

Angels in the Endzone

Angels in the Endzone

1997

as Coach Buck

5.7
Acting

The football team Jesse is on is terrible, and after the death of his father Jesse quits the team. Then angels come to help the team get better and no...

Loved

Loved

1997

as Leo Amerson

4.2
Acting

After a man is accused of driving his third wife to suicide, his first wife Hedda, a troubled woman who can't hate or hurt others even if they had wro...

Telling Lies in America

Telling Lies in America

1997

as Father Norton

5.8
Acting

A 17-year-old boy becomes friends with Billy Magic, the radio DJ he idolizes, and eventually slips into the payola and corruption of the entertainment...

Clockwatchers

Clockwatchers

1997

as Bud Chapman

6.1
Acting

The relationship between four female temps all working for the same credit company is threatened with the arrival of a new hire, who lands a permanent...

Waiting for Guffman

Waiting for Guffman

1996

as UFO Abductee

7.0
Acting

Aspiring director Corky St. Clair and the marginally talented amateur cast of his hokey small-town musical production go overboard when they learn tha...

God's Lonely Man

God's Lonely Man

1996

as Polo

7.0
Acting

As each relentless night turns towards day, Ernest Rackman turns towards violence to escape thoughts of loneliness and suicide. Then he poses as a pol...

Out There

Out There

1995

as Emmett Davis

4.8
Acting

A Pulitzer Prize winning photographer is fired from his job for not being sensationalistic enough. After he purchases an old camera at a yard sale, he...

The Underneath

The Underneath

1995

as Ed Dutton

5.6
Acting

A recovering gambling addict attempts to reconcile with his family and friends but finds trouble and temptation when caught between feelings for his e...

Evolver

Evolver

1995

as Jerry Briggs

5.3
Acting

A teenage boy gets a robotic opponent after winning a laser tag contest; however the robot is not what it seems!

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

1995

as Senator Thatch

4.5
Acting

By accident, the content of a computer encyclopedia is transferred into the brain of Dexter Riley, a less than average college boy. Because of his new...

State of Emergency

State of Emergency

1994

as Jim Anderson

4.0
Acting

Medical drama about a major hospital whose emergency room regularly faces an overload of patients. One of the doctors finds it necessary to adopt an u...

A Dangerous Woman

A Dangerous Woman

1993

as Tupperware Salesman

5.3
Acting

Martha Horgan is a withdrawn, mentally disabled woman who lives with her aunt, Frances. One of Martha's unusual traits is that she doesn't lie, a qual...

My Boyfriend's Back

My Boyfriend's Back

1993

as Big Chuck

5.7
Acting

Missy McCloud is the most beautiful girl in school and Johnny Dingle has been in love with her for years. One night, Johnny is killed trying to win he...

Mother of the Bride

Mother of the Bride

1993

as Richard

6.4
Acting

A mother's plans for her daughter's wedding are complicated when her ex-husband, who abandoned the family more than 20 years earlier, shows up.

Cooperstown

1993

as Sid Wiggins

2.7
Acting

A retired baseball player reflects on the mistakes and problems of the past 35 years when he is overlooked for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fam...

Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride

Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride

1992

as Asst. Dist. Atty. Robert Norrell

7.9
Acting

Perry Mason is invited to the marriage of the daughter of an old friend of his. But after the ceremony the uncle of the bride is dead. Certainly this ...

The Player

The Player

1992

as Paul Dooley

7.2
Acting

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

Shakes the Clown

Shakes the Clown

1991

as Owen Cheese

5.4
Acting

Shakes plods about his duties as party clown, and uses all of his free time getting seriously drunk. Binky, another clown, wins the spot on a local ki...

White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd

White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd

1991

as Hal Roach

6.0
Acting

When '30s film star Thelma Todd dies mysteriously, her relationship with New York mobster Lucky Luciano is investigated.

Frogs!

Frogs!

1991

as Twittenham

2.5
Acting

Gus, a former frog prince turned lounge singer, shows up on his friend's doorstep just when Arlo has little time to help him. But when Gus tangles wit...

Guess Who's Coming for Christmas?

Guess Who's Coming for Christmas?

1990

as Doc

Acting

The visitor that you might expect for Christmas is not who shows up in this film. Instead, a mysterious stranger (Bridges) befriends a small-town ecce...

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

1990

7.0
Acting

A film about the early life of the baseball star in the army, particulary his court-martial for insubordination regarding segragation.

Flashback

Flashback

1990

as Stark

6.3
Acting

A hippie radical, Huey Walker has been a fugitive for decades, accused of a crime that he may not have committed. Finally apprehended, Walker is escor...

When He's Not a Stranger

When He's Not a Stranger

1989

as Ben McKenna

4.0
Acting

At a California university, Lyn goes to meet her best friend Melanie in the dorm room of Melanie's boyfriend Ron, a football star. When Lyn arrives, M...

Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North

Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North

1989

as Robert McFarlane

Acting

Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North follows the military career of Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North, beginning with his Naval Academy days t...

Last Rites

Last Rites

1988

as Father Freddie

4.6
Acting

After witnessing her lover being murdered by his jealous wife, Angela seeks refuge in a church where she encounters a young priest named Michael, who ...

Lip Service

Lip Service

1988

as Gil Hutchinson

3.0
Acting

A young news reporter schemes to take over the job of a veteran news anchor whose ratings he's been hired to promote.

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

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

1988

as John Buxton

8.5
Acting

A humourous telling of the history of the comic book superhero.

O.C. and Stiggs

O.C. and Stiggs

1987

as Randall Schwab

4.5
Acting

O.C. and Stiggs aren't your average unhappy teenagers. They not only despise their suburban surroundings, but they also plot against it. They seek rev...

Big Trouble

Big Trouble

1986

as George Noozel

5.3
Acting

Leonard Hoffman is an insurance salesman struggling to make ends meet. The fact that he has triplet sons who all want to go to Yale isn't making thing...

Monster in the Closet

Monster in the Closet

1986

as Roy Crane

5.0
Acting

After several people and a dog are found dead in their closets a "mild-mannered" reporter, a college professor, her son and a befuddled professor band...

Stephen King's Golden Tales

Stephen King's Golden Tales

1985

as Chester Caruso

4.4
Acting

A collection of horror stories taking the viewer into the dark world of Stephen King, featuring vampires, strange objects and sinister humor. The five...

The Steel Collar Man

The Steel Collar Man

1985

as Don Liddle

Acting

An android soldier and its creator are on the run from the government (which it was created for and wants to destroy it), and find help from a truck d...

Sixteen Candles

Sixteen Candles

1984

as Jim Baker

6.8
Acting

With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread. ...

Hansel and Gretel

Hansel and Gretel

1983

as Father

6.9
Acting

Abandoned by their parents, a young brother and sister try to find their way home. On the way, they find themselves trapped in the plot of a nasty wit...

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

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

1983

as Museum Security Guard

6.5
Acting

As the Metropolitan Museum of Art closes, Big Bird decides to leave his Sesame Street friends behind in search of Snuffy. Once locked inside for the n...

Going Berserk

Going Berserk

1983

as Dr. Ted

5.0
Acting

John Bourgignon, a drummer-chauffeur engaged to the daughter of a United States senator, encounters a sleazy film director, the leader of an aerobics ...

Strange Brew

Strange Brew

1983

as Claude Elsinore

6.1
Acting

Something is rotten at the Elsinore Brewery. Bob and Doug McKenzie (as seen on SCTV) help the orphan Pam regain the brewery founded by her recently-de...

Kiss Me Goodbye

Kiss Me Goodbye

1982

as Kendall

5.7
Acting

Not until three years after the death of her husband Jolly, Kay dares to move back into their former home, persuaded by her new fiancée Rupert. But so...

Rumpelstiltskin

Rumpelstiltskin

1982

as The Miller

5.8
Acting

Desperate to save her own life, a miller's daughter makes a bargain with a strange elf-like character. When she cannot cover her debt she is faced wit...

Endangered Species

Endangered Species

1982

as Joe Hiatt

4.9
Acting

A retired New York cop on vacation in America's West is drawn into a sheriff's investigation of a mysterious series of cattle killings.

The Shady Hill Kidnapping

The Shady Hill Kidnapping

1982

as Detective

Acting

John Cheever's wry comedy of errors comes to the screen in this filmed presentation from the Broadway Theatre Archive. An upper-middle-class suburb is...

See China and Die

See China and Die

1981

as Ames Prescott

Acting

A maid who reads detective stories finds herself embroiled in a real life mystery involving her dead boss and a mysterious statue he brought back from...

Paternity

Paternity

1981

as Kurt

4.8
Acting

Buddy Evans manages events at Madison Square Garden in New York City. He is a confirmed bachelor who lives with his housekeeper Celia. After coming in...

Popeye

Popeye

1980

as Wimpy

5.5
Acting

Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and wi...

HealtH

HealtH

1980

as Dr. Gil Gainey

5.2
Acting

At a luxury Florida resort, health food lobbyists choose their new president at their annual convention. As the conference progresses, underhanded tri...

HealtH

HealtH

1980

Writer

5.2
Writing

At a luxury Florida resort, health food lobbyists choose their new president at their annual convention. As the conference progresses, underhanded tri...

Rich Kids

Rich Kids

1979

as Simon Peterfreund

5.0
Acting

Two 12-year-olds, the products of Upper West Side broken homes, struggle to make sense of their parents lives and their own adolescent feelings.

Breaking Away

Breaking Away

1979

as Ray Stoller

7.1
Acting

Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his three friends: the comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athlet...

A Perfect Couple

A Perfect Couple

1979

as Alex Theodopoulos

5.2
Acting

An uptight bachelor tries his luck with a computer dating service and gets matched up with his polar opposite.

A Wedding

A Wedding

1978

as Snooks Brenner

6.3
Acting

Muffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the ageing priest isn't too sure of the ceremony, only the families actually turn up as...

Simple Gifts

Simple Gifts

1977

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

Acting

A collection of animated Christmas shorts: An original Maurice Sendak piece about a boy with nothing to give for Christmas -- An excerpt from the earl...

Slap Shot

Slap Shot

1977

as Hyannisport Announcer

6.8
Acting

To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging playe...

Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure

Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure

1976

as Gazooks (voice)

6.8
Acting

Raggedy Ann and Andy, along with other toys, reside in the nursery of a little girl named Marcella. During Marcella's seventh birthday, Babette, from ...

Fore Play

Fore Play

1975

as Salesman

2.5
Acting

A three-part omnibus centered around sex and its discontents.

Death Wish

Death Wish

1974

as Cop at Hospital (uncredited)

6.9
Acting

After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad, prowling the streets for would-be ...

The Dion Brothers

The Dion Brothers

1974

as Doctor

5.6
Acting

Two rural West Virginia brothers leave home, rob an armored car and become fugitives.

Up the Sandbox

Up the Sandbox

1972

as Statue of Liberty Guard

5.8
Acting

Bored with day-to-day life in New York City and neglected by her husband, a young wife and mother slips into increasingly outrageous fantasies: her mo...

The Out-of-Towners

The Out-of-Towners

1970

as Day Desk Clerk at Hotel

6.7
Acting

George & Gwen Kellerman make a trip to New York, where George is going to start a new job, it turns out to be a trip to hell.

What's So Bad About Feeling Good?

What's So Bad About Feeling Good?

1968

as Vic

6.6
Acting

A new infection that simply makes people feel happy is treated as a threat by the authorities while its "victims" work to spread it to others.

Man in the Square Suit

1966

Acting

Comedy TV Film

Howard, Howard and Howard

1965

Acting

Three men, all named Howard cope with living in an otherwise humanness world.

The Parisienne and the Prudes

1964

as Ted K. Worrie

2.0
Acting

A married couple from New York City escape the blistering summer heat by visiting a New Jersey nudist colony. When the husbands' boss finds out, he tr...