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Paul Dooley

Highest Rated:: 100% Comfort and Joy (1984)
Lowest Rated:: 10% My Boyfriend's Back (1993)

Birthday:: Feb 22, 1928
Birthplace:: Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA
Bio:: 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…

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 10% - 100%

Number of Movies: 66

Box Office Since 2001: $754.9M

Year	Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office
2012		Mapping Errors	Actor	--
2011	38%	Cars 2	Sarge	$191.5M
2009		When the World Breaks	Actor	--
2008	25%	Bedtime Stories	Hot Dog Vendor	$110.0M
2008		Chronic Town	Actor	--
2007	91%	Hairspray	Mr. Spritzer	$118.8M
2006	74%	Cars	Sarge	$244.1M
2006	51%	For Your Consideration	Paper Badge Sergeant	$5.5M
2005		Come Away Home	Actor	--
2003	11%	Employee of the Month	Actor	--
2003		Stealing Time	Hank	--
2003		Comfort & Joy	Actor	--
2003	88%	A Mighty Wind	George Menschell	$17.5M
2002	29%	Madison	Mayor Don Vaughn	$0.5M
2002	93%	Insomnia	Chief Charles Nyback	$67.2M
2001		A Woman's a Helluva Thing	Hank	--
2001		Crazy Little Thing (The Perfect You)	Actor	--
2000		I'll Remember April	Director Actor	--
1999	86%	Guinevere	Walter Director	--
1999	81%	Happy, Texas	Judge	--
1999	46%	Runaway Bride	Walter Carpenter	--
1997	83%	Clockwatchers	Bud Chapman	--
1997		Angels in the Endzone	Actor	--
1997	91%	Waiting for Guffman	UFO Abductee	--
1997	60%	Telling Lies In America	Father Norton	--
1997		Loved	Leo	--
1996		God's Lonely Man	Polo	--
1995	57%	The Underneath	Ed Dutton	--
1995		Evolver	Jerry Briggs	--
1995		The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes	Actor	--
1995		Out There	Actor	--
1994		State of Emergency	John Anderson	--
1993	10%	My Boyfriend's Back	Big Chuck	--
1993		Mother of the Bride	Actor	--
1993	67%	A Dangerous Woman	Tupperware Salesman	--
1992	37%	Shakes the Clown	Owen Cheese	--
1992	98%	The Player	Himself	--
1992		Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride	Actor	--
1991		White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd	Actor	--
1990	38%	Flashback	Donald R. Stark FBI Director	--
1990		The Court Martial Of Jackie Robinson	Actor	--
1988	70%	The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew	Claude Elsinore	--
1988		Lip Service	Actor	--
1988		Last Rites	Father Freddie	--
1987		The Murder of Mary Phagan	William Burns	--
1986		Monster in the Closet	Roy Crane	--
1986	90%	Little Shop of Horrors	Actor	--
1985		O.C. & Stiggs	Randall Schwab	--
1985		Big Trouble	Noozel	--
1984	86%	Sixteen Candles	Jim Baker	--
1984	100%	Comfort and Joy	Actor	--
1983		Going Berserk	Dr. Ted	--
1982		Kiss Me Goodbye	Kendall	--
1982		Endangered Species	Joe Hiatt	--
1982		Faerie Tale Theatre - Hansel and Gretel	Actor	--
1981		Paternity	Kurt	--
1980	57%	Popeye	Wimpy	--
1980	88%	Slap Shot	Hyannisport Announcer	--
1979		Rich Kids	Simon Peterfreund	--
1979	94%	Breaking Away	Mr. Stohler	--
1979		A Perfect Couple	Alex Theodopoulos	--
1979		HealtH (H.E.A.L.T.H.)	Dr. Gil Gainey	--
1978	78%	A Wedding	Snooks Brenner	--
1977		Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure	Gazooks [Vocies]	--
1972		Up the Sandbox	Statue of Liberty Guard	--
1969	50%	The Out-of-Towners	Day Porter	--

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Quotes from Paul Dooley's Characters

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1. Mr. Stohler: I don't care if the second coming's coming!
From Breaking Away. Submitted by G Thomas B (41 days ago)

1. Mr. Stohler: He's never tired. He's never miserable.
2. Mrs. Stohler: He's young.
3. Mr. Stohler: When I was young, I was tired and miserable.
From Breaking Away. Submitted by G Thomas B (41 days ago)