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

    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)
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