Paul Dooley

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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.

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Known For

Cars

Sarge (voice)

The Good Doctor

Glen

Grey's Anatomy

Dr. Walter Tapley

Cars 2

Sarge (voice)

Cars 3

Sarge (voice)

Insomnia

Chief Nyback

Turbo

The Foreman (voice)

Modern Family

Murray

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2023	Boy Makes Girl MOVIE	Ben
2023	The Water Is Finally Blue: The Untold Story of Robert Altman's O.C. and Stiggs MOVIE	Self – Interviewee (voice)
2021	Saving Paradise MOVIE	Gramps
2020	Selfie Dad MOVIE	Barber
2020	The Gesture and The Word MOVIE	Mr. Rostalle
2019	Merry Happy Whatever TV	Grandpa Jack
2018	The Great Buster: A Celebration MOVIE	Self
2017	The Good Doctor TV	Glen
2017	The Guest Book TV	Self
2017	Cars 3 MOVIE	Sarge (voice)
2016	The Holy Man MOVIE	Lou 'The Bull' Devine
2016	Other People MOVIE	Ronnie
2015	Life in Pieces TV	Mort
2014	Young & Hungry TV	Mr. Fancy
2014	The Radiator Springs 500½ MOVIE	Sarge (voice)
2013	My Santa MOVIE	Martin
2013	Super Fun Night TV	The Old Man
2013	Turbo MOVIE	The Foreman (voice)
2013	Hiccups MOVIE	Sarge (voice)
2013	Spinning MOVIE	Sarge (voice)
2012	The Client List TV	Earl Hudson
2011	Cars 2 MOVIE	Sarge (voice)
2011	Workaholics TV	Ralph
2011	Shameless TV	Ralph
2011	Thanks MOVIE	Hank
2010	Huge TV	Self
2010	Hot in Cleveland TV	Bearded Man aka Santa
2010	Parenthood TV	Rocky
2009	Modern Family TV	Murray
2009	Horsemen MOVIE	Father Whiteleather
2008	Bedtime Stories MOVIE	Hot Dog Vendor
2008	Childrens Hospital TV	Grandpa Ben
2008	Celebrating Sixteen Candles MOVIE	Himself
2008	Chronic Town MOVIE	Eleanor's Father
2008	Sunshine Cleaning MOVIE	Sherm
2007	Private Practice TV	Abe Nussbaum
2007	Hairspray MOVIE	Mr. Spritzer
2007	Side Order of Life TV	Self
2007	Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary MOVIE	Self
2006	For Your Consideration MOVIE	Paper Badge Sergeant
2006	Mater and the Ghostlight MOVIE	Sarge (voice)
2006	Cars MOVIE	Sarge (voice)
2006	The Jake Effect TV	Mr. Bernthal
2005	Hopeless Pictures TV	Self
2005	Madison MOVIE	Mayor Don Vaughn
2005	Grey's Anatomy TV	Dr. Walter Tapley
2005	American Dad! TV	(voice)
2005	Come Away Home MOVIE	Grandpa Donald
2004	Desperate Housewives TV	Addison Prudy
2004	Boston Legal TV	Judge Wendel Donahue
2004	Nobody Knows Anything! MOVIE	Warden
2004	Employee of the Month MOVIE	Reverend Ben Goodwin
2003	Comfort and Joy MOVIE	George
2003	Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales MOVIE	Dean Duaney
2003	A Mighty Wind MOVIE	George Menschell
2003	Touch 'Em All McCall MOVIE	Self
2002	Insomnia MOVIE	Chief Nyback
2002	The Perfect You MOVIE	Larry
2001	Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street MOVIE	Hank the Janitor/Mall Santa
2001	Scrubs TV	Paul
2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent TV	Stan Coffman
2001	Rennie's Landing MOVIE	Hank
2001	A Woman's a Helluva Thing MOVIE	Hank Luckinbill
2000	Curb Your Enthusiasm TV	Cheryl's Father
2000	The Geena Davis Show TV	Self
2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation TV	Buddy Ween
2000	The Huntress TV	Self
2000	Altman on His Own Terms MOVIE	Self
1999	Happy, Texas MOVIE	The Judge
1999	Once and Again TV	Self
1999	Guinevere MOVIE	Walter
1999	Runaway Bride MOVIE	Walter Carpenter
1999	Error in Judgment MOVIE	Jack Albert
1999	I'll Remember April MOVIE	Earl Schimmel
1999	Providence TV	Bill Ridley
1998	Becker TV	Mr. Lerner
1997	Angels in the Endzone MOVIE	Coach Buck
1997	Loved MOVIE	Leo Amerson
1997	Dharma & Greg TV	Judge Harper
1997	Ally McBeal TV	Nicholas Engblume
1997	Telling Lies in America MOVIE	Father Norton
1997	Clockwatchers MOVIE	Bud Chapman
1997	The Practice TV	Judge Philip Swackheim
1997	Waiting for Guffman MOVIE	UFO Abductee
1996	Millennium TV	Joe Bangs
1996	Early Edition TV	McGinty
1996	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch TV	Ralphie
1996	7th Heaven TV	Red
1996	E! True Hollywood Story TV	Self
1996	God's Lonely Man MOVIE	Polo
1995	Out There MOVIE	Emmett Davis
1995	High Society TV	Mel
1995	The Underneath MOVIE	Ed Dutton
1995	Evolver MOVIE	Jerry Briggs
1995	The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes MOVIE	Senator Thatch
1994	ER TV	Henry Lewis
1994	Chicago Hope TV	Walter McTeague
1994	My So-Called Life TV	Chuck Wood
1994	Ellen TV	Thomas Kelsey
1994	Duckman TV	Stan (voice)
1994	State of Emergency MOVIE	Jim Anderson
1993	Grace Under Fire TV	Self
1993	Grace Under Fire TV	John Shirley
1993	Tales of the City TV	Herb Tolliver
1993	A Dangerous Woman MOVIE	Tupperware Salesman
1993	My Boyfriend's Back MOVIE	Big Chuck
1993	Mother of the Bride MOVIE	Richard
1993	Stephen King's Golden Tales MOVIE	Chester Caruso
1993	Cooperstown MOVIE	Sid Wiggins
1993	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine TV	Enabran Tain
1992	Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride MOVIE	Asst. Dist. Atty. Robert Norrell
1992	The Ben Stiller Show TV	Self
1992	Mad About You TV	Gus Stemple
1992	Batman: The Animated Series TV	Father Michael (voice)
1992	The Player MOVIE	Paul Dooley
1991	Shakes the Clown MOVIE	Owen Cheese
1991	White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd MOVIE	Hal Roach
1991	Frogs! MOVIE	Twittenham
1990	UFO Cafe MOVIE	Doc
1990	The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson MOVIE	Self
1990	Dream On TV	Mickey Tupper
1990	Flashback MOVIE	Stark
1989	When He's Not a Stranger MOVIE	Ben McKenna
1989	Tales from the Crypt TV	Randolph (segment "Forever Ambergris")
1989	Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North MOVIE	Robert McFarlane
1989	Coach TV	Horace Van Dam
1988	Last Rites MOVIE	Father Freddie
1988	Lip Service MOVIE	Gil Hutchinson
1988	Coming of Age TV	Self
1988	Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel MOVIE	John Buxton
1988	The Wonder Years TV	Pops
1988	The Murder of Mary Phagan TV	William Burns
1987	thirtysomething TV	Self
1987	O.C. and Stiggs MOVIE	Randall Schwab
1986	ALF TV	Whizzer
1986	L.A. Law TV	Karl Bullen
1986	Big Trouble MOVIE	George Noozel
1986	Monster in the Closet MOVIE	Roy Crane
1985	The Golden Girls TV	Isaac Q. Newton
1985	The Golden Girls TV	George Corliss
1985	The Steel Collar Man MOVIE	Don Liddle
1984	Tales from the Darkside TV	Chester Caruso
1984	Sixteen Candles MOVIE	Jim Baker
1983	Hansel and Gretel MOVIE	Father
1983	Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art MOVIE	Museum Security Guard
1983	Going Berserk MOVIE	Dr. Ted
1983	Strange Brew MOVIE	Claude Elsinore
1983	The Wilder Summer MOVIE	Grubbins
1982	Kiss Me Goodbye MOVIE	Kendall
1982	Rumpelstiltskin MOVIE	The Miller
1982	Faerie Tale Theatre TV	Father
1982	Faerie Tale Theatre TV	The Miller
1982	Endangered Species MOVIE	Joe Hiatt
1982	The Shady Hill Kidnapping MOVIE	Detective
1982	American Playhouse TV	Detective
1981	Paternity MOVIE	Kurt
1981	See China and Die MOVIE	Ames Prescott
1980	Popeye MOVIE	Wimpy
1980	HealtH MOVIE	Dr. Gil Gainey
1979	Rich Kids MOVIE	Simon Peterfreund
1979	Breaking Away MOVIE	Ray Stoller
1979	A Perfect Couple MOVIE	Alex Theodopoulos
1978	A Wedding MOVIE	Snooks Brenner
1977	Simple Gifts MOVIE	(segment "Lost & Found") (voice)
1977	Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure! MOVIE	Gazooks (voice)
1977	Slap Shot MOVIE	Hyannisport Announcer
1975	Fore Play MOVIE	Salesman
1974	Death Wish MOVIE	Cop at Hospital (uncredited)
1974	The Dion Brothers MOVIE	Doctor
1972	Up the Sandbox MOVIE	Statue of Liberty Guard
1970	The Night the Animals Talked MOVIE	(voice)
1970	The Out-of-Towners MOVIE	Day Desk Clerk at Hotel
1968	What's So Bad About Feeling Good? MOVIE	Vic
1966	Man in the Square Suit MOVIE	Self
1965	Get Smart TV	Hanlon
1965	Howard, Howard and Howard MOVIE	Self
1964	Bewitched TV	Self
1964	The Parisienne and the Prudes MOVIE	Ted K. Worrie
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame TV	Photographer
1948	The Ed Sullivan Show TV	Self
	Qiana MOVIE	Norman Pasco
	Capture the Flag MOVIE	Burgess

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