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Paul Dooley
0 FOLLOWERS • 65 CREDITS • FEB 22, 1928 • 96
Biography
Paul 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.
Known For
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The Ed Sullivan Show
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7th Heaven
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Grey's Anatomy
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American Dad!
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mZqWmSq1M61Jlre3furVDSXvdrN.jpg)
Curb Your Enthusiasm
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zuXXivVEjOkMswJvNFFRmJW0bTZ.jpg)
E! True Hollywood Story
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/37gPCTyiQOLa9vJeKrpX4HqRq6P.jpg)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vac76nqALSJfy9AN0D9sSh1fQFE.jpg)
Life in Pieces
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/klL4yhwiU8aF4AuF5dCfJA9sRnS.jpg)
Modern Family
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/i5hmoRjHNWady4AtAGICTUXknKH.jpg)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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The Practice
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ER
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Tales from the Crypt
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pFqzXacKsi9or1GVdxTLutXD9zM.jpg)
The Good Doctor
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Hot in Cleveland
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L.A. Law
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Desperate Housewives
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Get Smart
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Becker
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Dream On
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Chicago Hope
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Boston Legal
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yGuzsFLr9s4kr9H7NbgrFiaIfUc.jpg)
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uycL5H5ir0ckyyt17FXZAuSQU4p.jpg)
Early Edition
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lJKAjneNGquVBmUqHY6ZFOFImfD.jpg)
The Golden Girls
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Providence
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Mad About You
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Scrubs
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/shRed7ZrCRjdIMEYNx2YBVFkkNu.jpg)
ALF
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Once and Again
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Parenthood
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The Client List
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Faerie Tale Theatre
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lBomQFW1vlm1yUYMNSbFZ45R4Ox.jpg)
Batman: The Animated Series
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/u13IRqOMXLZ4G7xrwosgUV8KJAj.jpg)
Merry Happy Whatever
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6QXirTPUQecr1BAEfgVSXPD1np0.jpg)
Cars on the Road
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Bedtime Stories
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Death Wish
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aE3A98CfBWVReurJqpOBFbzIwMf.jpg)
Turbo
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/okIz1HyxeVOMzYwwHUjH2pHi74I.jpg)
Cars 2
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fgMka3HtFvI5OgW1eYdR9XpySxH.jpg)
Hairspray
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oKuGXTnggOmut8A0ZvU1Hh2yOa8.jpg)
The Radiator Springs 500½
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Cars 3
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When He's Not a Stranger
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Cars
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Out There
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yoVQQgDDU7YknAQnTxBX61RhuyC.jpg)
The Murder of Mary Phagan
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/A3WGCAgJF33kZdlxUdyXHYdbYax.jpg)
Sixteen Candles
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/thZHluscCvT3SCzVckmFszOVVtM.jpg)
Mater and the Ghostlight
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dSeAHZYT2JLidmA9hfH15Ae3NPk.jpg)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
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Insomnia
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uel0QbbmC97y4Q1dM72GWh0OpPc.jpg)
Hiccups
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/k7b5GsVJK1hfdwoYqcczN9pBba6.jpg)
Breaking Away
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Runaway Bride
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nOs5cQFVGu3chZySyHKn1Yp9GPv.jpg)
Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ouPpysYIRgmb3i77e8eh1iB5q0w.jpg)
Paternity
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8hOVZpQkhRwk5u5MHmQryBYfB6D.jpg)
State of Emergency
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rrnf2Q6doMoFr68Ai6Y2IgF8Fel.jpg)
Spinning
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hCCp4pESgYY6uTFARYf4UYV1BdU.jpg)
Popeye
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Flashback
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Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/68MUdrxeokhmd8pvlAjkD6yIfHR.jpg)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vnFjbPnzdNAjq54WZtc8AbQPq61.jpg)
Lip Service
![](https://images.rivr.app/posters/1000/25946.jpg)
Coming of Age
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8CGoV5Lmw7Ex2jfizZTPPEZpHHo.jpg)
Angels in the Endzone
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