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Paul Dooley
Birthday: February 22, 1928

Birth Place: Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA
Height: 5' 1"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for Paul Dooley. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

 

Biography

Paul Dooley is fondly remembered by fans of '80s cinema as the forgetful but well-intending father of a disgruntled Molly Ringwald in the John Hughes teen classic Sixteen Candles (1984). The longtime character actor's droopy, distinctive features and endearing onscreen warmth have kept him a familiar figure in both film and television. A Parkersurg, WV, native who originally aspired to become a cartoonist, Dooley drew comic strips for a local newspaper before entering the navy. Upon discharge, the future actor entered college, where he discovered his passion for the stage. A move to New York found the aspiring actor landing frequent stage work, and after discovering a previously untapped ability for comedy, Dooley tried his hand at standup for about five years. Always looking to expand his skills, he made his film debut in the 1970 comedy The Out-of-Towners. From 1971 to 1972, Dooley was also head writer for the popular children's television series The Electric Company. After showing promise in such late-'70s efforts as Slap Shot (1977) and A Wedding (1978), Dooley made a big impression with his supporting role as the lead character's worrisome father in Breaking Away (1979). Though he was overlooked at Oscar time, he was nominated for a New York Film Critics Circle award and won the National Board of Review award for Best Supporting Actor. He kicked off the most successful decade of his film career with a performance as Wimpy in the much-maligned Robert Altman musical comedy Popeye (1980). Besides his memorable turn in Sixteen Candles, Dooley also delivered hilarious performances in the 1980s films Strange Brew (1983) and John Cassavetes' Big Trouble (1985). Fans of the extraterrestrial comedy series ALF will also remember him as the curiously named Whizzer Deaver.Though his feature roles through the 1990s largely consisted of such B-grade fare as My Boyfriend's Back (1993) and Error in Judgment (1998), Dooley managed to stay on top thanks to parts in such popular television series as Mad About You, Dream On, Grace Under Fire, and The Practice. He also took on occasional roles in more notable films, including Waiting for Guffman (1996), Clockwatchers (1997), Happy, Texas (1999), and Runaway Bride (also 1999), which served to remind movie buffs just how funny the talented comic actor could be when given the opportunity. Dooley's performances in such later efforts as Insomnia (2002) hinted at a darker side rarely explored by the usually jovial actor. In 2003, after re-teaming with Waiting for Guffman cohort Christopher Guest to blow A Mighty Wind, he took a supporting role in former MTV beauty queen Jenny McCarthy's comedy Dirty Love.

Movie Credits
Cars (2006)
[ Owen Wilson ][ Paul Newman ][ Michael Keaton ][ Jeremy Piven ][ Tony Shalhoub ]
That's Good, That's Bad (2005)
[ Roger Bart ]
The Sun Won't Set (2005)
[ Roger Bart ]
Come Away Home (2005)
[ Thomas Gibson ][ Martin Mull ]
The Survivor (2004)
Adventures in Homeschooling (2004)
[ Dan Castellaneta ][ Brian Posehn ]
Employee of the Month (2004)
[ Matt Dillon ][ Steve Zahn ][ Dave Foley ][ Scott Foley ]
A Mighty Wind (2003)
[ Christopher Guest ][ Eugene Levy ][ Harry Shearer ][ Michael McKean ][ Fred Willard ]
Comfort and Joy (2003)
[ Mike Farrell ]
Touch 'Em All McCall (2003)
[ Tom Selleck ]
Nobody Knows Anything! (2003)
[ Ben Stiller ][ Mike Myers ][ Robert Englund ][ Fred Willard ][ Ryan Stiles ]
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales (2003)
[ Cheech Marin ][ M. Emmet Walsh ][ Gary Anthony Williams ]
Small Sacrifices (2002)
[ Anton Yelchin ]
The Cradle Will Rock (2002)
The Grand Opening (2002)
Mary, Joseph and Larry (2002)
Insomnia (2002)
[ Al Pacino ][ Robin Williams ][ Steven Soderbergh ][ Christopher Nolan ][ Jonathan Jackson ]
Experience Is the Teacher (2002)
[ Bill Campbell ]
The Gay-Straight Alliance (2002)
[ Eric Stoltz ]
The Perfect You (2002)
[ Chris Eigeman ]
The Baptism (2001)
Pictures (2001)
[ Jacob Smith ]
Destiny Turns on the Radio (2001)
[ Eric Stoltz ][ James Lafferty ]
Rennie's Landing (2001)
[ Ethan Embry ][ Peter Facinelli ][ Jeff Anderson ][ Shane Brolly ][ Gabriel Olds ]
A Woman's a Helluva Thing (2001)
[ Angus MacFadyen ]
Madison (2001)
[ James Caviezel ][ Jake Lloyd ][ Bruce Dern ][ Chris Young ]
Runaway Bride (1999)
[ Richard Gere ][ Christopher Meloni ][ Hector Elizondo ][ Garry Marshall ][ Larry Miller ]
Happy, Texas (1999)
[ Ron Perlman ][ William H Macy ][ William H. Macy ][ Steve Zahn ][ Jeremy Northam ]
I'll Remember April (1999)
[ Haley Joel Osment ][ Mark Harmon ][ Pat Morita ][ Trevor Morgan ][ Eugene Osment ]
Guinevere (1999)
[ Stephen Rea ][ Gedde Watanabe ][ Carlton Wilborn ]
Day in Court (1999)
Loser's Keepers (1999)
[ James Pickens Jr. ]
Marriage (1998)
Error in Judgment (1998)
[ Joe Mantegna ][ David Millbern ]
Angels in the Endzone (1997)
[ Christopher Lloyd ][ Matthew Lawrence ][ David Gallagher ]
Telling Lies in America (1997)
[ Kevin Bacon ][ Luke Wilson ][ Jonathan Rhys Meyers ][ Michael O'Keefe ][ Brad Renfro ]
Clockwatchers (1997)
[ Jamie Kennedy ][ David James Elliott ][ Bob Balaban ][ Joshua Malina ]
Loved (1997)
[ Sean Penn ][ William Hurt ][ Richard Schiff ]
Traveler's Rest (1996)
Fire in the Belly (1996)
[ Ron Eldard ][ J.P. Manoux ]
Waiting for Guffman (1996)
[ Christopher Guest ][ Eugene Levy ][ David Cross ][ Fred Willard ][ Bob Balaban ]
God's Lonely Man (1996)
[ Jamie Walters ]
Qiana (1996)
Out There (1995)
[ Billy Bob Thornton ][ Bill Campbell ][ Bob Goldthwait ][ Rod Steiger ][ Abraham Benrubi ]
Underneath (1995)
[ William Fichtner ][ Peter Gallagher ][ Joe Don Baker ]
Evolver (1995)
[ William H Macy ][ William H. Macy ][ Ethan Embry ]
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1995)
[ Dan Castellaneta ][ Kirk Cameron ][ Larry Miller ][ Eddie Deezen ][ Jeff Garlin ]
The Die Is Cast (1995)
The Secret Sharer (1995)
Improbable Cause (1995)
And Baby Makes Two (1995)
Father Figures (1994)
Brother of the Bride (1994)
State of Emergency (1994)
[ Joe Mantegna ][ Robert Beltran ][ Jay O. Sanders ]
The Wire (1994)
Pop Secret (1993)
A Dangerous Woman (1993)
[ Jake Gyllenhaal ][ Gabriel Byrne ][ David Strathairn ][ Richard Riehle ][ Stephen Gyllenhaal ]
My Boyfriend's Back (1993)
[ Matthew McConaughey ][ Philip Seymour Hoffman ][ Matthew Fox ][ Edward Herrmann ][ Austin Pendleton ]
Mother of the Bride (1993)
Cooperstown (1993)
[ Alan Arkin ][ Josh Charles ][ Graham Greene ][ Ed Begley Jr. ]
The Traveling Poet (1993)
[ Chris Elliott ]
Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride (1992)
[ Raymond Burr ]
Shakes the Clown (1992)
[ Robin Williams ][ Adam Sandler ][ Bob Goldthwait ][ Joel Murray ][ Tom Kenny ]
May Divorce Be with You (1992)
Episode #1.5 (1992)
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd (1991)
Frogs! (1991)
[ Elliott Gould ][ Scott Grimes ]
Guess Who's Coming for Christmas? (1990)
[ Beau Bridges ][ Lloyd Bridges ][ Richard Mulligan ]
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990)
[ Daniel Stern ][ Bruce Dern ][ Andre Braugher ][ Dale Dye ][ Noble Willingham ]
The Go Between (1990)
Flashback (1990)
[ Kiefer Sutherland ][ Dennis Hopper ][ Michael McKean ]
When He's Not a Stranger (1989)
[ Kevin Dillon ][ John Terlesky ][ John M Jackson ][ John M. Jackson ]
Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North (1989)
[ Terry O'Quinn ][ Miguel Ferrer ][ Peter Boyle ]
Last Rites (1988)
[ Tom Berenger ]
The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988)
[ Kevin Spacey ][ William H Macy ][ William H. Macy ][ Jack Lemmon ][ Peter Gallagher ]
Lip Service (1988)
[ William H Macy ][ William H. Macy ][ Griffin Dunne ][ Clark Gregg ]
Monster in the Closet (1987)
[ Paul Walker ][ Kevin Peter Hall ][ Henry Gibson ][ Claude Akins ]
Something's Wrong with Me (1987)
I've Got a New Attitude (1987)
O.C. and Stiggs (1987)
[ Dennis Hopper ][ Robert Altman ][ Jon Cryer ][ Ray Walston ][ Martin Mull ]
Love, Rose (1986)
Big Trouble (1986)
[ Alan Arkin ][ Charles Durning ][ Robert Stack ]
The Day the Senior Class Got Married (1985)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
[ John Cusack ][ Anthony Michael Hall ][ Michael C. Hall ][ David Bowie ][ Robert Davi ]
Going Berserk (1983)
[ John Candy ][ Eugene Levy ][ Kurtwood Smith ][ Ernie Hudson ][ Pat Hingle ]
The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew (1983)
[ Rick Moranis ][ Max von Sydow ][ Mel Blanc ][ Dave Thomas ]
Rumpelstiltskin (1982)
[ Bud Cort ]
Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)
[ Jeff Bridges ][ James Caan ][ Barret Oliver ]
Endangered Species (1982)
[ Dan Hedaya ][ Peter Coyote ][ William Moseley ][ Bill Moseley ][ Harry Carey Jr. ]
The Shady Hill Kidnapping (1982)
See China and Die (1981)
Paternity (1981)
[ Burt Reynolds ][ Peter Billingsley ][ Norman Fell ]
Popeye (1980)
[ Robin Williams ][ Robert Altman ][ Ray Walston ][ Dennis Franz ]
HealtH (1980)
[ James Garner ][ Robert Altman ][ Henry Gibson ]
Breaking Away (1979)
[ Dennis Quaid ][ Daniel Stern ][ Jackie Earle Haley ][ John Ashton ]
A Perfect Couple (1979)
[ Robert Altman ][ Dennis Franz ][ Henry Gibson ][ Ted Neeley ]
Rich Kids (1979)
[ John Lithgow ]
A Wedding (1978)
[ Robert Altman ][ Dennis Franz ][ Desi Arnaz Jr. ]
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1977)
Slap Shot (1977)
[ Paul Newman ][ M. Emmet Walsh ][ Strother Martin ][ Michael Ontkean ][ Boy George ]
Fore Play (1975)
[ Jerry Orbach ]
Death Wish (1974)
[ Jeff Goldblum ][ Christopher Guest ][ Charles Bronson ]
The Gravy Train (1974)
[ Terrence Malick ][ Stacy Keach ][ Frederic Forrest ]
Up the Sandbox (1972)
The Out-of-Towners (1970)
[ Jack Lemmon ][ Billy Dee Williams ]
The Parisienne and the Prudes (1964)

Trivia

  • Has four children
  • Dooley and Dennis Christopher have played father and son twice in movies: Liam and Hughie Brenner in "A Wedding" (1978) , and Raymond and Dave Stoller in Breaking Away (1979). They later played father and son (Stan and Roger Coffman) in the "Cherry Red" episode of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2001).

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