Paul Dooley
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| Paul Dooley | |
| Born | February 22, 1928 Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA  |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse | Winnie Holzman |
| Children | Daughter (Savannah) b.1985 |
Paul Dooley (born February 22, 1928) is an American character actor.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Personal life
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.[1] 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 (born 1985).
[edit] Career
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, 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 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 primetime 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.
His most famous role was in 1984's Sixteen Candles in which he played the understanding father of the character played by Molly Ringwald, Samantha Baker. Recently, he played the main sponsor of The Corny Collins Show, Mr. Harriman F. Spritzer in Hairspray.
[edit] Filmography
- Hairspray (2007)
- Cars (2006)
- Come Away Home (2005)
- Madison (2005)
- Crazy Little Thing (2003)
- A Mighty Wind (2003)
- Insomnia (2002)
- A Woman's a Helluva Thing (2001)
- Happy, Texas (1999)
- Guinevere (1999)
- Runaway Bride (1999)
- Clockwatchers (1998)
- Angels in the Endzone (1997)
- Telling Lies in America (1997)
- Waiting for Guffman (1997)
- God's Lonely Man (1996)
- Out There (1995)
- Evolver (1994)
- The Underneath (1994)
- State of Emergency (1993)
- A Dangerous Woman (1993)
- My Boyfriend's Back (1993)
- The Player (1992)
- Shakes the Clown (1992)
- White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd (1991)
- Flashback (1990)
- When He's Not a Stranger (1989) (TV)
- Lip Service (1988)
- Last Rites (1988)
- O.C. & Stiggs (1987)
- Monster in the Closet (1986)
- Sixteen Candles (1984)
- Strange Brew (1983)
- Endangered Species (1982)
- Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)
- Popeye (1980)
- A Perfect Couple (1979)
- Breaking Away (1979)
- Rich Kids (1979)
- A Wedding (1978)
- Slap Shot (1977)
- Foreplay (1975)
[edit] Deep Space Nine appearances
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Paul Dooley at the Internet Movie Database
- Paul Dooley at Yahoo! Movies
- Paul Dooley article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
