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  1. Dec 8, 2020 · Legendary character actor Paul Dooley talked to The A.V. Club about life on set with Robin Williams and the scene that John Hughes wrote just for him.

  2. Dec 14, 2022 · How Paul Dooley became a beloved movie dad. The character actor’s memoir looks back at his memorable turns in ‘Sixteen Candles,’ ‘Runaway Bride’ and many other movies. Review by Donald...

  3. Dec 1, 2020 · The iconic comic strip character has been brought to life many times over several decades, but perhaps no one has quite captured him like actor Paul Dooley, who played the hungry schemer in...

  4. 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...

  5. www.wikiwand.com › en › Paul_DooleyPaul Dooley - Wikiwand

    Paul Dooley 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.

  6. Dec 15, 2022 · While he has appeared in dozens of films and played everything from an alien abductee (“Waiting for Guffman”) to a judge (“ Happy, Texas ”) to a hamburger-loving comic strip character (“ Popeye ”), he is best remembered as father to a generation of young characters played by performers including Molly Ringwald (“ Sixteen Candles ”), Dennis Chris...

  7. The comedian and character actor is best known for portraying the patriarch inBreaking Away” (1979) and “Sixteen Candles” (1984), but was also in director’s Robert Altman’s...

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