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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.
Paul Dooley. Actor: Breaking Away. Dooley was a keen cartoonist as a youth and drew a strip for a local paper in Parkersburg, West Virginia. He joined the Navy before discovering acting while at college. Moving to New York, he soon found success as a regular on the stage.
Paul Dooley. Actor: Breaking Away. Dooley was a keen cartoonist as a youth and drew a strip for a local paper in Parkersburg, West Virginia. He joined the Navy before discovering acting while at college.
Dec 8, 2020 · Dooley is ultimately best-known as the ideal movie dad, from the cranky used-car salesman father of the bicycling-obsessed hero of Breaking Away to Molly Ringwald’s sympathetic dad...
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.
Dec 15, 2022 · Veteran character actor Paul Dooley talks about playing 25 movie dads, commercials for every letter in the alphabet, and why he loves Buster Keaton.
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.
In a 66 year career, character actor Paul Dooley has appeared in films television and on the Broadway stage. Follow his journey here!
Jan 9, 2024 · Paul Dooley is a legend of showbiz. He's played some iconic dads in films like Sixteen Candles, Runaway Bride and Breaking Away. His book Movie Dad: Finding Myself and My Family, On-Screen and...
Dec 3, 2020 · The great comedic actor Paul Dooley played the slow-moving, smiling, conniving hamburger lover Wimpy in the picture. Just as Shelley Duvall was an incredible physical match for Olive Oyl, so too did Dooley seem to exemplify Wimpy—despite his misgivings about his potential appearance in the movie, as we’ll see below.