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 several Christopher Guest mockumentaries. He co-created the PBS show The Electric Company.

Born

Feb 22, 1928

Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA

Known For

Acting

Movies

112 acting

1 crew

Popularity

2.1

movie

Known For

Cars 2

2011

as Sarge (voice)

Cars 3

2017

as Sarge (voice)

Cars

2006

as Sarge (voice)

Insomnia

2002

as Chief Nyback

Turbo

2013

as The Foreman (voice)

Popeye

1980

as Wimpy

Little Shop of Horrors

1986

as Patrick Martin (Director's Cut)

Bedtime Stories

2008

as Hot Dog Vendor

The Player

1992

as Paul Dooley

Runaway Bride

1999

as Walter

Cars 2

2011 • as Sarge (voice)

★ 6.2

Cars 3

2017 • as Sarge (voice)

★ 6.9

Cars

2006 • as Sarge (voice)

★ 7.1

Insomnia

2002 • as Chief Nyback

★ 7.0

Turbo

2013 • as The Foreman (voice)

★ 6.3

Popeye

1980 • as Wimpy

★ 5.6

Little Shop of Horrors

1986 • as Patrick Martin (Director's Cut)

★ 7.0

Bedtime Stories

2008 • as Hot Dog Vendor

★ 6.2

Golden Tales

1993 • as Chester Caruso

★ 4.0

The Player

1992 • as Paul Dooley

★ 7.2

Runaway Bride

1999 • as Walter

★ 6.1

Hairspray

2007 • as Mr. Spritzer

★ 6.7

Other People

2016 • as Ronnie

★ 6.4

Sixteen Candles

1984 • as Jim Baker

★ 6.7

Cooperstown

1993 • as Sid Wiggins

★ 4.5

Death Wish

1974 • as Cop at Hospital (uncredited)

★ 6.9

UFO Cafe

1990 • as Doc

★ 7.0

Mater and the Ghostlight

2006 • as Sarge (voice)

★ 6.3

Spinning

2013 • as Sarge (voice)

★ 6.1

For Your Consideration

2006 • as Paper Badge Sergeant

★ 5.8

Endangered Species

1982 • as Joe Hiatt

★ 4.9

Slap Shot

1977 • as Hyannisport Announcer

★ 6.8

Paternity

1981 • as Kurt

★ 5.2

Mother of the Bride

1993 • as Richard

★ 6.0

Horsemen

2009 • as Father Whiteleather

★ 6.0

Kiss Me Goodbye

1982 • as Kendall

★ 5.9

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

1995 • as Senator Thatch

★ 4.6

Sunshine Cleaning

2009 • as Sherm

★ 6.6

Breaking Away

1979 • as Ray Stoller

★ 7.2

Employee of the Month

2004 • as Ben Goodwin

★ 5.7

movie

Qiana

• as Norman Pasco

A Dangerous Woman

1993 • as Tupperware Salesman

★ 5.5

Flashback

1990 • as Stark

★ 6.3

My Boyfriend's Back

1993 • as Big Chuck

★ 5.7

The Radiator Springs 500½

2014 • as Sarge (voice)

★ 6.2

A Mighty Wind

2003 • as George Menschell

★ 6.8

The Out-of-Towners

1970 • as Day Desk Clerk at Hotel

★ 6.8

Thanks

2011 • as Hank

★ 1.2

Simple Gifts

1977 • as (segment "Lost & Found") (voice)

★ 10.0

Monster in the Closet

1986 • as Roy Crane

★ 4.9

Fore Play

1975 • as Salesman

★ 3.8

Boy Makes Girl

2023 • as Ben

★ 5.0

Clockwatchers

1997 • as Bud Chapman

★ 6.2

The Underneath

1995 • as Ed Dutton

★ 5.7

Waiting for Guffman

1997 • as UFO Abductee

★ 7.0

The Great Buster: A Celebration

2018 • as Self

★ 7.2

movie

The Wilder Summer

1983 • as Grubbins

Last Rites

1988 • as Father Freddie

★ 4.7

Strange Brew

1983 • as Claude Elsinore

★ 6.0

Telling Lies in America

1997 • as Father Norton

★ 5.9

Guinevere

1999 • as Walter

★ 5.7

Going Berserk

1983 • as Dr. Ted

★ 5.1

Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street

Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street

2001 • as Hank the Janitor/Mall Santa

★ 6.3

Shakes the Clown

1991 • as Owen Cheese

★ 5.3

Hiccups

2013 • as Sarge (voice)

★ 5.9

Angels in the Endzone

1997 • as Coach Buck

★ 5.6

Evolver

1995 • as Jerry Briggs

★ 5.2

Happy, Texas

1999 • as The Judge

★ 5.7

O.C. and Stiggs

1987 • as Randall Schwab

★ 4.6

Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure

1977 • as Gazooks (voice)

★ 7.1

My Santa

2013 • as Martin

★ 5.2

White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd

White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd

1991 • as Hal Roach

★ 7.5

A Wedding

1978 • as Snooks Brenner

★ 6.3

Big Trouble

1986 • as George Noozel

★ 5.4

Up the Sandbox

1972 • as Statue of Liberty Guard

★ 5.9

Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales

2003 • as Dean Duaney

★ 7.9

When He's Not a Stranger

1989 • as Ben McKenna

★ 4.6

Frogs!

1991 • as Twittenham

★ 3.5

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

1990

★ 7.2

Nobody Knows Anything!

2004 • as Warden

★ 3.5

What's So Bad About Feeling Good?

1968 • as Vic

★ 6.7

Saving Paradise

2021 • as Gramps

★ 6.0

Madison

2005 • as Mayor Don Vaughn

★ 5.8

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

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

1983 • as Museum Security Guard

★ 6.6

The Shady Hill Kidnapping

1982 • as Detective

★ 8.0

Selfie Dad

2020 • as Barber

★ 6.6

Error in Judgment

1999 • as Jack Albert

★ 4.2

Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride

Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride

1992 • as Asst. Dist. Atty. Robert Norrell

★ 7.8

Altman on His Own Terms

2000 • as Self

★ 9.0

Come Away Home

2005 • as Grandpa Donald

★ 6.7

Out There

1995 • as Emmett Davis

★ 5.0

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

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

1988 • as John Buxton

★ 8.0

HealtH

1980 • as Dr. Gil Gainey

★ 5.4

Loved

1997 • as Leo Amerson

★ 4.4

Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North

Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North

1989 • as Robert McFarlane

The Steel Collar Man

1985 • as Don Liddle

★ 8.0

The Night the Animals Talked

1970 • as (voice)

★ 6.5

Comfort and Joy

2003 • as George

★ 6.8

movie

Man in the Square Suit

1966

Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary

Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary

2007 • as Self

★ 6.0

The Perfect You

2002 • as Larry

★ 5.2

The Holy Man

2016 • as Lou 'The Bull' Devine

★ 1.0

Rennie's Landing

2001 • as Hank

★ 4.4

See China and Die

1981 • as Ames Prescott

★ 8.0

A Perfect Couple

1979 • as Alex Theodopoulos

★ 5.1

I'll Remember April

1999 • as Earl Schimmel

★ 6.6

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

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

2023 • as Self – Interviewee (voice)

A Woman's a Helluva Thing

2001 • as Hank Luckinbill

★ 4.6

The Dion Brothers

1974 • as Doctor

★ 5.5

Hansel and Gretel

1983 • as Father

★ 7.1

God's Lonely Man

1996 • as Polo

★ 7.0

State of Emergency

1994 • as Jim Anderson

★ 5.7

Rich Kids

1979 • as Simon Peterfreund

★ 4.9

Chronic Town

2008 • as Eleanor's Father

★ 6.0

Rumpelstiltskin

1982 • as The Miller

★ 5.9

movie

Touch 'Em All McCall

2003

Lip Service

1988 • as Gil Hutchinson

★ 4.3

The Gesture and The Word

2020 • as Mr. Rostalle

★ 7.0

Celebrating Sixteen Candles

2008 • as Himself

movie

The Parisienne and the Prudes

1964 • as Ted K. Worrie

★ 4.3

movie

Capture the Flag

• as Burgess

movie

Howard, Howard and Howard

1965