Dooley was born Paul Brown in Parkersburg, West Virginia, the son of Ruth Irene (née Barringer), a homemaker, and Peter James Brown, a factory worker. Dooley was a keen cartoonist as a youth and drew a strip for a local paper in Parkersburg. He joined the Navy before discovering acting while at college. He is married to writer Winnie Holzman, with whom he has one daughter, Savannah Dooley (born 1985). Moving to New York, he soon found success as a regular on the stage. Also having an interest in comedy, Dooley was a standup comedian for five years, and a member of the Compass Players and The Second City troupe in NYC, as well as having brief stints as a magician and as a clown. Not afraid of trying different areas of entertainment, he also worked as a writer. He was one of the writers on The Electric Company and appeared in commercials. Besides appearing in many movies, including most notably Popeye, Sixteen Candles, and Breaking Away, Dooley has also appeared as a variety of recurrent characters on numerous television shows, including My So-Called Life, Dream On, Grace Under Fire, Curb Your Enthusiasm, ALF (playing Whizzer Deaver) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine where he played the recurring role of Enabran Tain. He guest starred in other prime time shows like Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, The Golden Girls, and Desperate Housewives. In 2000, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for his role as an eccentric judge on The Practice. He was also in the infamous alternate ending to Little Shop of Horrors, but was replaced by Jim Belushi in the final cut. In 2010, Dooley played the part of the head chef at Camp Victory, a fictional fat camp, on the short-lived ABC Family original series Huge.
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Series | Huge | 2010-06-28 | |
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Movie | Bedtime Stories | Hot Dog Vendor | 2008-12-24 |
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Series | Boston Legal | Unknown | 2004-10-03 |
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Movie | Comfort and Joy | George | 2003-12-01 |
Movie | Madison | Mayor Don Vaughn | 2001-01-23 |
Movie | A Woman's a Helluva Thing | Hank Luckinbill | 2001-06-13 |
Series | Scrubs | Unknown | 2001-10-02 |
Movie | Rennie's Landing | Hank | 2001-06-15 |
Series | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
Series | The Huntress | Unknown | 2000-07-26 |
Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown | 2000-10-06 |
Series | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Unknown | 2000-10-15 |
Series | Providence | Unknown | 1999-01-08 |
Movie | Runaway Bride | Walter Carpenter | 1999-07-30 |
Movie | Happy, Texas | The Judge | 1999-12-03 |
Movie | Guinevere | Walter | 1999-09-12 |
Movie | Telling Lies in America | Father Norton | 1997-08-02 |
Series | The Practice | Unknown | 1997-03-04 |
Movie | Clockwatchers | Bud Chapman | 1997-06-12 |
Series | Dharma & Greg | Unknown | 1997-09-24 |
Movie | Angels in the Endzone | Coach Buck | 1997-11-09 |
Movie | Loved | Leo Amerson | 1997-10-31 |
Series | Ally McBeal | Unknown | 1997-09-08 |
Movie | God's Lonely Man | Polo | 1996-01-18 |
Movie | Waiting for Guffman | UFO Abductee | 1996-08-21 |
Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
Series | Millennium | Unknown | 1996-10-25 |
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Movie | Evolver | Jerry Briggs | 1995-02-10 |
Movie | Out There | Emmett Davis | 1995-11-19 |
Movie | The Underneath | Ed Dutton | 1995-04-28 |
Movie | State of Emergency | Jim Anderson | 1994-02-21 |
Series | Chicago Hope | Unknown | 1994-09-18 |
Movie | Cooperstown | Sid Wiggins | 1993-01-26 |
Movie | Mother of the Bride | Richard | 1993-02-27 |
Movie | My Boyfriend's Back | Big Chuck | 1993-08-06 |
Series | Grace Under Fire | Unknown | 1993-09-29 |
Movie | A Dangerous Woman | Tupperware Salesman | 1993-09-10 |
Movie | The Player | Paul Dooley | 1992-04-03 |
Series | The Ben Stiller Show | Unknown | 1992-09-27 |
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Movie | When He's Not a Stranger | Ben McKenna | 1989-11-06 |
Movie | Last Rites | Father Freddie | 1988-11-18 |
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Movie | Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel | John Buxton | 1988-02-29 |
Movie | O.C. and Stiggs | Randall Schwab | 1987-07-10 |
Movie | Big Trouble | George Noozel | 1986-05-30 |
Movie | Monster in the Closet | Roy Crane | 1986-05-15 |
Series | L.A. Law | Unknown | 1986-09-15 |
Movie | Little Shop of Horrors | Patrick Martin | 1986-12-19 |
Series | ALF | Whizzer | 1986-09-22 |
Movie | Stephen King's Golden Tales | Chester Caruso | 1985-10-19 |
Movie | Sixteen Candles | Jim Baker | 1984-05-04 |
Movie | Strange Brew | Claude Elsinore | 1983-08-26 |
Movie | Going Berserk | Dr. Ted | 1983-09-30 |
Movie | Hansel and Gretel | Father | 1983-12-05 |
Movie | Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art | Museum Security Guard | 1983-11-16 |
Movie | Endangered Species | Joe Hiatt | 1982-09-10 |
Series | Faerie Tale Theatre | Unknown | 1982-09-11 |
Movie | Rumpelstiltskin | The Miller | 1982-10-16 |
Movie | Kiss Me Goodbye | Kendall | 1982-12-22 |
Movie | Paternity | Kurt | 1981-10-02 |
Movie | See China and Die | Ames Prescott | 1981-12-09 |
Movie | HealtH | Dr. Gil Gainey | 1980-09-12 |
Movie | A Perfect Couple | Alex Theodopoulos | 1979-04-06 |
Movie | Breaking Away | Ray Stoller | 1979-05-24 |
Movie | Rich Kids | Simon Peterfreund | 1979-08-17 |
Movie | A Wedding | Snooks Brenner | 1978-08-29 |
Movie | Slap Shot | Hyannisport Announcer | 1977-02-25 |
Movie | Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure | Gazooks (voice) | 1977-04-01 |
Movie | Fore Play | Salesman | 1975-03-01 |
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Movie | Death Wish | Cop at Hospital (uncredited) | 1974-07-24 |
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Movie | Man in the Square Suit | 1966-04-15 | |
Movie | The Parisienne and the Prudes | Ted K. Worrie | 1964-04-29 |
Series | Bewitched | Unknown | 1964-09-17 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
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