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Paul Dooley
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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.
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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
The Ed Sullivan Show
7th Heaven
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Grey's Anatomy
American Dad!
Ally McBeal
E! True Hollywood Story
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Childrens Hospital
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Life in Pieces
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Modern Family
The Golden Girls
The Practice
ER
Tales from the Crypt
The Good Doctor
Hot in Cleveland
L.A. Law
Desperate Housewives
Get Smart
Becker
Chicago Hope
Dream On
Faerie Tale Theatre
Boston Legal
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Early Edition
Mad About You
Providence
Scrubs
ALF
Once and Again
Parenthood
The Client List
Batman: The Animated Series
Merry Happy Whatever
Cars on the Road
Cars 2
Bedtime Stories
Death Wish
Turbo
Hairspray
The Radiator Springs 500½
Cars 3
When He's Not a Stranger
My Boyfriend's Back
Out There
Cars
The Murder of Mary Phagan
Sixteen Candles
Mater and the Ghostlight
Insomnia
Hiccups
Breaking Away
Runaway Bride
Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North
State of Emergency
Flashback
Spinning
Popeye
Paternity
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Lip Service
Angels in the Endzone
Thanks
Coming of Age
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