Paul Dooley

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Dooley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Grey's Anatomy

2005 • as Dr. Walter Tapley

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000 • as Buddy Ween

Shameless

2011 • as Ralph

American Dad!

2005 • as (voice)

The Good Doctor

2017 • as Glen

Modern Family

2009 • as Murray

Filmography

2023

The Water Is Finally Blue: The Untold Story of Robert Altman's O.C. and Stiggs

as Self – Interviewee (voice)

Movie - Released: 7/17/2023

Boy Makes Girl

as Ben

Movie - Released: 10/24/2023

2021

Saving Paradise

as Gramps

Movie - Released: 9/3/2021

2020

Selfie Dad

as Barber

Movie - Released: 6/19/2020

The Gesture and The Word

as Mr. Rostalle

Movie - Released: 5/25/2020

2019

Merry Happy Whatever

as Grandpa Jack

TV - Released: 11/28/2019

2018

The Great Buster: A Celebration

as Self

Movie - Released: 10/5/2018

2017

Cars 3

as Sarge (voice)

Movie - Released: 6/15/2017

The Guest Book

TV - Released: 8/3/2017

The Good Doctor

as Glen

TV - Released: 9/25/2017

2016

The Holy Man

as Lou 'The Bull' Devine

Movie - Released: 10/1/2016

Other People

as Ronnie

Movie - Released: 9/9/2016

2015

Life in Pieces

as Mort

TV - Released: 9/21/2015

2014

The Radiator Springs 500½

as Sarge (voice)

Movie - Released: 5/20/2014

2013

My Santa

as Martin

Movie - Released: 11/29/2013

Hiccups

as Sarge (voice)

Movie - Released: 3/22/2013

Spinning

as Sarge (voice)

Movie - Released: 3/22/2013

Turbo

as The Foreman (voice)

Movie - Released: 7/11/2013

2012

The Client List

as Earl Hudson

TV - Released: 4/8/2012

2011

Cars 2

as Sarge (voice)

Movie - Released: 6/11/2011

Thanks

as Hank

Movie - Released: 1/7/2011

Shameless

as Ralph

TV - Released: 1/9/2011

2010

Huge

TV - Released: 6/28/2010

Parenthood

as Rocky

TV - Released: 3/2/2010

Hot in Cleveland

as Bearded Man aka Santa

TV - Released: 6/16/2010

2009

Horsemen

as Father Whiteleather

Movie - Released: 2/6/2009

Modern Family

as Murray

TV - Released: 9/23/2009

2008

Bedtime Stories

as Hot Dog Vendor

Movie - Released: 12/24/2008

Chronic Town

as Eleanor's Father

Movie - Released: 4/3/2008

Sunshine Cleaning

as Sherm

Movie - Released: 1/18/2008

Celebrating Sixteen Candles

as Himself

Movie - Released: 9/16/2008

Childrens Hospital

as Grandpa Ben

TV - Released: 12/8/2008

2007

Hairspray

as Mr. Spritzer

Movie - Released: 7/19/2007

Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary

as Himself

Movie - Released: 5/20/2007

Side Order of Life

TV - Released: 7/15/2007

Private Practice

as Abe Nussbaum

TV - Released: 9/26/2007

2006

Cars

as Sarge (voice)

Movie - Released: 6/8/2006

Mater and the Ghostlight

as Sarge (voice)

Movie - Released: 7/27/2006

For Your Consideration

as Paper Badge Sergeant

Movie - Released: 11/17/2006

The Jake Effect

as Mr. Bernthal

TV - Released: 5/25/2006

2005

Come Away Home

as Grandpa Donald

Movie - Released: 1/20/2005

Madison

as Mayor Don Vaughn

Movie - Released: 4/22/2005

Hopeless Pictures

TV - Released: 8/19/2005

Grey's Anatomy

as Dr. Walter Tapley

TV - Released: 3/27/2005

American Dad!

as (voice)

TV - Released: 2/6/2005

2004

Employee of the Month

as Reverend Ben Goodwin

Movie - Released: 1/17/2004

Nobody Knows Anything!

as Warden

Movie - Released: 8/24/2004

Desperate Housewives

as Addison Prudy

TV - Released: 10/3/2004

Boston Legal

as Judge Wendel Donahue

TV - Released: 10/3/2004

2003

Movie

Touch 'Em All McCall

Movie - Released: 1/1/2003

A Mighty Wind

as George Menschell

Movie - Released: 4/16/2003

Comfort and Joy

as George

Movie - Released: 12/1/2003

Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales

as Dean Duaney

Movie - Released: 8/9/2003

2002

Insomnia

as Chief Nyback

Movie - Released: 5/24/2002

The Perfect You

as Larry

Movie - Released: 3/1/2002

2001

A Woman's a Helluva Thing

as Hank Luckinbill

Movie - Released: 6/13/2001

Rennie's Landing

as Hank

Movie - Released: 6/15/2001

Scrubs

as Paul

TV - Released: 10/2/2001

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Stan Coffman

TV - Released: 9/30/2001

2000

Altman on His Own Terms

as Self

Movie - Released: 1/1/2000

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Buddy Ween

TV - Released: 10/6/2000

Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Cheryl's Father

TV - Released: 10/15/2000

The Huntress

TV - Released: 7/26/2000

The Geena Davis Show

TV - Released: 10/10/2000

1999

Runaway Bride

as Walter Carpenter

Movie - Released: 7/30/1999

Guinevere

as Walter

Movie - Released: 9/12/1999

Happy, Texas

as The Judge

Movie - Released: 12/3/1999

Error in Judgment

as Jack Albert

Movie - Released: 5/8/1999

I'll Remember April

as Earl Schimmel

Movie - Released: 4/5/1999

Once and Again

TV - Released: 9/21/1999

Providence

as Bill Ridley

TV - Released: 1/8/1999

1998

Becker

as Mr. Lerner

TV - Released: 11/2/1998

1997

Loved

as Leo Amerson

Movie - Released: 10/31/1997

Clockwatchers

as Bud Chapman

Movie - Released: 6/12/1997

Telling Lies in America

as Father Norton

Movie - Released: 8/2/1997

Angels in the Endzone

as Coach Buck

Movie - Released: 11/9/1997

Dharma & Greg

as Judge Harper

TV - Released: 9/24/1997

The Practice

as Judge Philip Swackheim

TV - Released: 3/4/1997

Ally McBeal

as Nicholas Engblume

TV - Released: 9/8/1997

1996

God's Lonely Man

as Polo

Movie - Released: 1/18/1996

Waiting for Guffman

as UFO Abductee

Movie - Released: 8/21/1996

Early Edition

TV - Released: 9/28/1996

E! True Hollywood Story

TV - Released: 8/21/1996

Millennium

as Joe Bangs

TV - Released: 10/25/1996

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

as Ralphie

TV - Released: 9/27/1996

7th Heaven

as Red

TV - Released: 8/26/1996

1995

The Underneath

as Ed Dutton

Movie - Released: 4/28/1995

Evolver

as Jerry Briggs

Movie - Released: 2/10/1995

Out There

as Emmett Davis

Movie - Released: 11/19/1995

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

as Senator Thatch

Movie - Released: 1/18/1995

High Society

as Mel

TV - Released: 10/30/1995

1994

State of Emergency

as Jim Anderson

Movie - Released: 2/21/1994

Duckman

TV - Released: 3/5/1994

Chicago Hope

TV - Released: 9/18/1994

as Henry Lewis

TV - Released: 9/19/1994

My So-Called Life

as Chuck Wood

TV - Released: 8/25/1994

Ellen

as Thomas Kelsey

TV - Released: 3/29/1994

1993

A Dangerous Woman

as Tupperware Salesman

Movie - Released: 9/10/1993

Mother of the Bride

as Richard

Movie - Released: 2/27/1993

Movie

Cooperstown

as Sid Wiggins

Movie - Released: 1/26/1993

My Boyfriend's Back

as Big Chuck

Movie - Released: 8/6/1993

Grace Under Fire

TV - Released: 9/29/1993

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

as Enabran Tain

TV - Released: 1/3/1993

Tales of the City

as Herb Tolliver

TV - Released: 9/28/1993

1992

The Player

as Paul Dooley

Movie - Released: 5/8/1992

Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride

as Asst. Dist. Atty. Robert Norrell

Movie - Released: 10/30/1992

The Ben Stiller Show

TV - Released: 9/27/1992

Mad About You

as Gus Stemple

TV - Released: 9/23/1992

Batman: The Animated Series

as Father Michael (voice)

TV - Released: 9/5/1992

1991

Shakes the Clown

as Owen Cheese

Movie - Released: 8/28/1991

Frogs!

as Twittenham

Movie - Released: 1/1/1991

White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd

as Hal Roach

Movie - Released: 5/5/1991

1990

Flashback

as Stark

Movie - Released: 2/2/1990

Guess Who's Coming for Christmas?

as Doc

Movie - Released: 12/23/1990

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

Movie - Released: 10/15/1990

Dream On

as Mickey Tupper

TV - Released: 7/8/1990

1989

When He's Not a Stranger

as Ben McKenna

Movie - Released: 11/6/1989

Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North

as Robert McFarlane

Movie - Released: 4/30/1989

Tales from the Crypt

as Randolph (segment "Forever Ambergris")

TV - Released: 6/10/1989

Coach

as Horace Van Dam

TV - Released: 2/28/1989

1988

Last Rites

as Father Freddie

Movie - Released: 11/18/1988

Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel

as John Buxton

Movie - Released: 2/29/1988

Lip Service

as Gil Hutchinson

Movie - Released: 10/17/1988

The Wonder Years

as Pops

TV - Released: 1/31/1988

Coming of Age

TV - Released: 3/15/1988

The Murder of Mary Phagan

as William Burns

TV - Released: 1/24/1988

1987

O.C. and Stiggs

as Randall Schwab

Movie - Released: 7/10/1987

thirtysomething

TV - Released: 9/29/1987

1986

Monster in the Closet

as Roy Crane

Movie - Released: 5/15/1986

Big Trouble

as George Noozel

Movie - Released: 5/30/1986

L.A. Law

as Karl Bullen

TV - Released: 9/15/1986

ALF

as Whizzer

TV - Released: 9/22/1986

1985

Stephen King's Golden Tales

as Chester Caruso

Movie - Released: 10/19/1985

The Steel Collar Man

as Don Liddle

Movie - Released: 8/7/1985

The Golden Girls

as Isaac Q. Newton

TV - Released: 9/14/1985

The Golden Girls

as George Corliss

TV - Released: 9/14/1985

1984

Sixteen Candles

as Jim Baker

Movie - Released: 5/4/1984

Tales from the Darkside

as Chester Caruso

TV - Released: 9/30/1984

1983

Going Berserk

as Dr. Ted

Movie - Released: 9/30/1983

Strange Brew

as Claude Elsinore

Movie - Released: 8/26/1983

Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

as Museum Security Guard

Movie - Released: 11/16/1983

Hansel and Gretel

as Father

Movie - Released: 12/5/1983

1982

Endangered Species

as Joe Hiatt

Movie - Released: 9/10/1982

Kiss Me Goodbye

as Kendall

Movie - Released: 12/22/1982

Rumpelstiltskin

as The Miller

Movie - Released: 10/16/1982

The Shady Hill Kidnapping

as Detective

Movie - Released: 1/12/1982

Faerie Tale Theatre

as Father

TV - Released: 9/11/1982

Faerie Tale Theatre

as The Miller

TV - Released: 9/11/1982

1981

Paternity

as Kurt

Movie - Released: 10/2/1981

See China and Die

as Ames Prescott

Movie - Released: 12/9/1981

1980

Popeye

as Wimpy

Movie - Released: 12/12/1980

HealtH

as Dr. Gil Gainey

Movie - Released: 9/12/1980

1979

Breaking Away

as Ray Stoller

Movie - Released: 5/24/1979

Rich Kids

as Simon Peterfreund

Movie - Released: 8/17/1979

A Perfect Couple

as Alex Theodopoulos

Movie - Released: 4/6/1979

1978

A Wedding

as Snooks Brenner

Movie - Released: 8/29/1978

1977

Simple Gifts

as (segment "Lost & Found") (voice)

Movie - Released: 12/3/1977

Slap Shot

as Hyannisport Announcer

Movie - Released: 2/25/1977

1976

Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure

as Gazooks (voice)

Movie - Released: 12/25/1976

1975

Fore Play

as Salesman

Movie - Released: 3/1/1975

1974

Death Wish

as Cop at Hospital (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 7/24/1974

The Dion Brothers

as Doctor

Movie - Released: 6/16/1974

1972

Up the Sandbox

as Statue of Liberty Guard

Movie - Released: 12/21/1972

1970

The Out-of-Towners

as Day Desk Clerk at Hotel

Movie - Released: 5/28/1970

1968

What's So Bad About Feeling Good?

as Vic

Movie - Released: 5/24/1968

1966

Movie

Man in the Square Suit

Movie - Released: 4/15/1966

1965

Movie

Howard, Howard and Howard

Movie - Released: 1/1/1965

Get Smart

TV - Released: 9/18/1965

1964

Movie

The Parisienne and the Prudes

as Ted K. Worrie

Movie - Released: 4/29/1964

Bewitched

TV - Released: 9/17/1964

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Photographer

TV - Released: 12/24/1951

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

TV - Released: 6/20/1948