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

• 2023Boy Makes Girl — Ben
• 2021Saving Paradise — Gramps
• 2020Selfie Dad — Barber
• 2020The Gesture and The Word — Mr. Rostalle
• Merry Happy Whatever — Grandpa Jack
• 2017Cars 3 — Sarge (voice)
• The Good Doctor — Glen
• The Guest Book
• 2016Other People — Ronnie
• 2016The Holy Man — Lou 'The Bull' Devine
• Life in Pieces — Mort
• 2014The Radiator Springs 500½ — Sarge (voice)
• Young & Hungry — Mr. Fancy
• 2013Hiccups — Sarge (voice)
• 2013My Santa — Martin
• 2013Spinning — Sarge (voice)
• Super Fun Night — The Old Man
• 2013Turbo — The Foreman (voice)
• The Client List — Earl Hudson
• 2011Cars 2 — Sarge (voice)
• Shameless — Ralph
• 2011Thanks — Hank
• Workaholics — Ralph
• Hot in Cleveland — Bearded Man aka Santa
• Huge
• Parenthood — Rocky
• 2009Horsemen — Father Whiteleather
• Modern Family — Murray
• 2008Bedtime Stories — Hot Dog Vendor
• Childrens Hospital — Grandpa Ben
• 2008Chronic Town — Eleanor's Father
• 2008Sunshine Cleaning — Sherm
• 2007Hairspray — Mr. Spritzer
• Private Practice — Abe Nussbaum
• Side Order of Life
• 2006Cars — Sarge (voice)
• 2006For Your Consideration — Paper Badge Sergeant
• 2006Mater and the Ghostlight — Sarge (voice)
• The Jake Effect — Mr. Bernthal
• American Dad! — (voice)
• 2005Come Away Home — Grandpa Donald
• Grey's Anatomy — Dr. Walter Tapley
• Hopeless Pictures
• 2005Madison — Mayor Don Vaughn
• Boston Legal — Judge Wendel Donahue
• Desperate Housewives — Addison Prudy
• 2004Employee of the Month — Ben Goodwin
• 2004Nobody Knows Anything! — Warden
• 2003A Mighty Wind — George Menschell
• 2003Comfort and Joy — George
• 2003Touch 'Em All McCall
• 2003Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales — Dean Duaney
• 2002Insomnia — Chief Nyback
• 2002The Perfect You — Larry
• 2001A Woman's a Helluva Thing — Hank Luckinbill
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Stan Coffman
• 2001Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street — Hank the Janitor/Mall Santa
• 2001Rennie's Landing — Hank
• Scrubs — Paul
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Buddy Ween
• Curb Your Enthusiasm — Cheryl's Father
• The Geena Davis Show — Bill Ryan
• The Huntress
• 1999Error in Judgment — Jack Albert
• 1999Guinevere — Walter
• 1999Happy, Texas — The Judge
• 1999I'll Remember April — Earl Schimmel
• Jack & Jill — Father Conlin
• Once and Again
• Providence — Bill Ridley
• 1999Runaway Bride — Walter
• Becker — Mr. Lerner
• Ally McBeal — Nicholas Engblume
• 1997Angels in the Endzone — Coach Buck
• 1997Clockwatchers — Bud Chapman
• Dharma & Greg — Judge Harper
• 1997Loved — Leo Amerson
• 1997Telling Lies in America — Father Norton
• The Practice — Judge Philip Swackheim
• 1997Waiting for Guffman — UFO Abductee
• 7th Heaven — Red
• E! True Hollywood Story
• Early Edition — McGinty
• 1996God's Lonely Man — Polo
• Millennium — Joe Bangs
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch — Ralphie
• 1995Evolver — Jerry Briggs
• High Society — Mel
• 1995Out There — Emmett Davis
• 1995The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes — Senator Thatch
• 1995The Underneath — Ed Dutton
• Chicago Hope — Walter McTeague
• Duckman — Stan (voice)
• ER — Henry Lewis
• Ellen — Thomas Kelsey
• My So-Called Life — Chuck Wood
• 1994State of Emergency — Jim Anderson
• 1993A Dangerous Woman — Tupperware Salesman
• 1993Cooperstown — Sid Wiggins
• Grace Under Fire — John Shirley
• 1993Mother of the Bride — Richard
• 1993My Boyfriend's Back — Big Chuck
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Enabran Tain
• 1993Stephen King's Golden Tales — Chester Caruso
• Tales of the City — Herb Tolliver
• Batman: The Animated Series — Father Michael (voice)
• Mad About You — Gus Stemple
• 1992Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride — Asst. Dist. Atty. Robert Norrell
• The Ben Stiller Show
• 1992The Player — Paul Dooley
• 1991Frogs! — Twittenham
• 1991Shakes the Clown — Owen Cheese
• 1991White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd — Hal Roach
• Dream On — Mickey Tupper
• 1990Flashback — Stark
• 1990The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
• 1990UFO Cafe — Doc
• Coach — Horace Van Dam
• 1989Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North — Robert McFarlane
• Tales from the Crypt — Randolph (segment "Forever Ambergris")
• 1989When He's Not a Stranger — Ben McKenna
• Coming of Age
• 1988Last Rites — Father Freddie
• 1988Lip Service — Gil Hutchinson
• 1988Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel — John Buxton
• The Murder of Mary Phagan — William Burns
• The Wonder Years — Pops
• 1987O.C. and Stiggs — Randall Schwab
• thirtysomething
• ALF — Whizzer
• 1986Big Trouble — George Noozel
• L.A. Law — Karl Bullen
• 1986Little Shop of Horrors — Patrick Martin (Director's Cut)
• 1986Monster in the Closet — Roy Crane
• The Golden Girls — Isaac Q. Newton, George Corliss
• 1985The Steel Collar Man — Don Liddle
• 1984Sixteen Candles — Jim Baker
• Tales from the Darkside — Chester Caruso
• 1983Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art — Museum Security Guard
• 1983Going Berserk — Dr. Ted
• 1983Hansel and Gretel — Father
• 1983Strange Brew — Claude Elsinore
• 1983The Wilder Summer — Grubbins
• American Playhouse — Detective
• 1982Endangered Species — Joe Hiatt
• Faerie Tale Theatre — Father, The Miller
• 1982Kiss Me Goodbye — Kendall
• 1982Rumpelstiltskin — The Miller
• 1982The Shady Hill Kidnapping — Detective
• 1981Paternity — Kurt
• 1981See China and Die — Ames Prescott
• 1980HealtH — Dr. Gil Gainey, Writer
• 1980Popeye — Wimpy
• 1979A Perfect Couple — Alex Theodopoulos
• 1979Breaking Away — Ray Stoller
• 1979Rich Kids — Simon Peterfreund
• 1978A Wedding — Snooks Brenner
• 1977Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure — Gazooks (voice)
• 1977Simple Gifts — (segment "Lost & Found") (voice)
• 1977Slap Shot — Hyannisport Announcer
• 1975Fore Play — Salesman
• 1974Death Wish — Cop at Hospital (uncredited)
• 1974The Dion Brothers — Doctor
• 1972Up the Sandbox — Statue of Liberty Guard
• 1970The Night the Animals Talked — (voice)
• 1970The Out-of-Towners — Day Desk Clerk at Hotel
• 1968What's So Bad About Feeling Good? — Vic
• 1966Man in the Square Suit
• Get Smart — Hanlon
• 1965Howard, Howard and Howard
• Bewitched
• 1964The Parisienne and the Prudes — Ted K. Worrie
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Photographer
• Capture the Flag — Burgess
• Qiana — Norman Pasco

Appearances as themselves (6)

• 2023The Water Is Finally Blue: The Untold Story of Robert Altman's O.C. and Stiggs — Self – Interviewee (voice)
• 2018The Great Buster: A Celebration — Self
• 2008Celebrating Sixteen Candles — Himself
• 2007Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary — Self
• 2000Altman on His Own Terms — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self