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Biography

Paul Dooley (born February 22, 1928) is a noted character actor in film and television, familiar for his memorable performances in "Breaking Away" (1979),…more

Born

2/22/1928, Parkersburg West Virginia, USA

Birth Name

Paul Brown

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (3)

Role
- Mother of the Bride
  Richard Becker
  - S 1: Ep 1 Mother of the Bride
    2/27/93
- Coming of Age
  Dick Hale
  - S 2: Ep 8 Boy Meets Girl
    7/27/89
  - S 2: Ep 7 Pauline et Rouge
    7/20/89
  - S 2: Ep 6 A Wife in the Theatre
    7/6/89
  - S 2: Ep 5 Todd is My Co-Pilot
    6/29/89
  - S 2: Ep 4 Cindy Flies the Coop
    11/21/88
  - + 10 More Credits
- Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre
  Hansel and Gretel's Father
  - S 6: Ep 3 The Dancing Princesses
    11/14/87
  - S 6: Ep 2 The Little Mermaid
    4/6/87
  - S 6: Ep 1 Rip Van Winkle
    3/23/87
  - S 5: Ep 2 The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
    8/11/86
  - S 5: Ep 1 Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
    7/14/86
  - + 10 More Credits
Recurring Role (10)

Role
- Huge
  Joe "Salty" Sosniak
  - S 1: Ep 7 Poker Face
    8/9/10
  - S 1: Ep 6 Spirit Quest
    8/2/10
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
  Cheryl's Dad
  - S 5: Ep 3 The Christ Nail
    10/9/05
  - S 4: Ep 9 The Survivor
    3/7/04
  - S 3: Ep 10 The Grand Opening
    11/17/02
  - S 3: Ep 9 Mary, Joseph and Larry
    11/10/02
  - S 1: Ep 8 Beloved Aunt
    12/3/00
- The Practice
  Judge Philip Swackheim
  - S 7: Ep 9 The Good Fight
    12/8/02
  - S 7: Ep 4 The Cradle Will Rock
    10/20/02
  - S 4: Ep 10 Day in Court
    12/12/99
  - S 4: Ep 3 Loser's Keepers
    10/10/99
  - S 3: Ep 16 End Games
    2/28/99
- Once and Again
  Les Cresswell
  - S 3: Ep 19 Chance of a Lifetime
    4/15/02
  - S 3: Ep 17 Experience Is the Teacher
    4/1/02
  - S 3: Ep 14 The Gay-Straight Alliance
    3/11/02
  - S 3: Ep 10 Pictures
    12/14/01
  - S 3: Ep 5 Destiny Turns On The Radio
    11/2/01
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
  Cheryl's Father
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Baptism
    11/18/01
  - S 2: Ep 8 Shaq
    11/11/01
- Once and Again
  Les Creswell
  - S 3: Ep 2 The Awful Truth
    10/5/01
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  Enabran Tain
  - S 5: Ep 14 In Purgatory's Shadow (1)
    2/10/97
  - S 3: Ep 21 The Die Is Cast (2)
    5/1/95
  - S 3: Ep 19 Through the Looking Glass
    4/17/95
  - S 2: Ep 22 The Wire
    5/8/94
- Grace Under Fire
  John Shirley
  - S 4: Ep 11 Grace Tests Out
    12/4/96
  - S 4: Ep 8 Redeeming Jimmy
    11/13/96
  - S 4: Ep 5 Dating Buddies
    10/23/96
  - S 3: Ep 25 You Go, Girl
    5/15/96
  - S 3: Ep 23 Take Me to Your Breeder
    5/1/96
  - + 16 More Credits
- Dream On
  Mickey Tupper
  - S 5: Ep 13 The Courtship of Martin's Father
    9/14/94
  - S 4: Ep 14 Brother of the Bride
    1/19/94
  - S 4: Ep 4 Pop Secret
    6/23/93
  - S 3: Ep 9 May Divorce Be with You
    7/25/92
- Dream On
  Mickey
  - S 5: Ep 4 Steinway to Heaven
    7/13/94
  - S 5: Ep 1 The Taking of Pablum 5-2-3 (1)
    6/22/94
Guest Star (69)

Role
- The Client List
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 10 Past Is Prologue
    6/17/12
- Scrubs
  Paul
  - S 9: Ep 4 Our Histories
    12/15/09
- Grey's Anatomy
  Dr. Walter Tapley
  - S 4: Ep 15 Losing My Mind
    5/15/08
- Boston Legal
  Judge Wendel Donahue
  - S 4: Ep 5 Hope and Gory
    10/30/07
- The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman
  Major
  - S 2: Ep 8 Good Times and Great Oldies
    9/23/07
- The States
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 California, North Carolina, Kansas, New Hampshire, West Virginia
    4/21/07
- 7th Heaven
  Red
  - S 11: Ep 17 Small Miracles
    4/8/07
- Desperate Housewives
  Addison Prudy
  - S 2: Ep 10 Coming Home
    12/4/05
  - S 2: Ep 9 That's Good, That's Bad
    11/27/05
  - S 2: Ep 8 The Sun Won't Set
    11/20/05
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  Buddy Ween
  - S 4: Ep 16 Getting Off
    2/26/04
- ER
  Henry Lewis
  - S 10: Ep 15 Blood Relations
    2/19/04
  - S 2: Ep 19 Fire in the Belly
    4/25/96
  - S 2: Ep 8 The Secret Sharer
    11/16/95
  - S 2: Ep 5 And Baby Makes Two
    10/19/95
- Becker
  Mr Lerner
  - S 6: Ep 1 What's Love Got To Do With It?
    10/8/03
- Tracey Takes On...
  Dean Duaney
  - — Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
    8/9/03
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent
  Stan Coffman
  - S 2: Ep 19 Cherry Red
    4/27/03
- The Practice
  Judge Swackheim
  - S 7: Ep 7 Small Sacrifices
    11/17/02
- The Huntress
  Dante Cicollo
  - S 1: Ep 18 Undercover
    6/10/01
- The Geena Davis Show
  Bill
  - S 1: Ep 15 Photo Finish
    2/6/01
- Providence
  Bill Ridley
  - S 3: Ep 11 Saved by the Bell
    2/2/01
- Ally McBeal
  Nicholas Engblom
  - S 4: Ep 9 Reasons to Believe
    1/8/01
- The Practice
  Judge Philip Swackheimer
  - S 3: Ep 21 Infected
    4/25/99
- The Practice
  Judge Phillip Swackheim
  - S 3: Ep 18 Crossfire
    3/14/99
- Tracey Takes On...
  Cop
  - S 4: Ep 5 Lies
    1/27/99
- Dharma & Greg
  Judge Harper
  - S 2: Ep 14 Dharma and Greg on a Hot Tin Roof
    1/20/99
- Tracey Takes On...
  Agent Ivan Hamel
  - S 3: Ep 1 Marriage
    1/4/98
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
  Ralphie
  - S 2: Ep 5 A Doll's Story
    10/17/97
- Early Edition
  McGinty
  - S 2: Ep 1 Home
    9/27/97
- Duckman
  Voice of Unknown
  - S 4: Ep 1 Dammit, Hollywood
    1/4/97
- Millennium
  Joe Bangs
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Well-Worn Lock
    12/20/96
- Ellen
  Thomas Kelsey
  - S 3: Ep 18 Lobster Diary
    2/21/96
- High Society (1986)
  Mel
  - S 1: Ep 11 Touching up Your Roots
    2/5/96
- My So-Called Life
  Chuck Wood
  - S 1: Ep 12 Self-Esteem
    11/17/94
  - S 1: Ep 4 Father Figures
    9/15/94
- Sisters
  Erin Baron
  - S 5: Ep 1 Bombshell
    9/24/94
- Chicago Hope
  Walter McTeague
  - S 1: Ep 2 Over the Rainbow
    9/22/94
- The Mommies
  Paul's Father
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Old Man Cometh
    1/29/94
- Tales Of The City
  Herb Tolliver
  - S 1: Ep 5 Tales of the City (5)
    1/12/94
  - S 1: Ep 4 Tales of the City (4)
    1/11/94
- L.A. Law
  Karl Bullen
  - S 8: Ep 6 Safe Sex
    11/11/93
- Tales from the Crypt
  Randolph
  - S 5: Ep 3 Forever Ambergris
    10/2/93
- The Boys (1993)
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 6 Ninety-Five in the Shade
    9/17/93
- Room for Two
  Wally Anderson
  - S 2: Ep 8 Dog Day Afternoons
    11/26/92
- The Ben Stiller Show
  Mr. Adult
  - S 1: Ep 7 Episode 7: With Rob Morrow
    11/15/92
- Perry Mason
  D. A. Norrell
  - S 11: Ep 14 The Case of the Heartbroken Bride
    10/30/92
- Mad About You
  Gus Stemple
  - S 1: Ep 5 Paul in the Family
    10/21/92
- Batman: The Animated Series
  Father Michael
  - S 1: Ep 6 It's Never Too Late
    9/10/92
- The Wonder Years
  Pops
  - S 5: Ep 7 Soccer
    11/20/91
- Square One TV
  Casey Bengal
  - S 4: Ep 2 Episode 402
    10/1/91
- Sunday Dinner
  Jack
  - S 1: Ep 4 My Dinner with Jack and Delores
    6/23/91
- My Life and Times
  Jack Miller, Ben's father
  - S 1: Ep 3 Our Wedding
    5/23/91
- Coach
  Horace Van Dam
  - S 3: Ep 21 A Father and Son Reunion
    4/2/91
- thirtysomething
  Bob Spano
  - S 3: Ep 24 Towers of Zenith Part 2: Samurai Adman
    5/22/90
  - S 3: Ep 23 Towers of Zenith Part 1: The Go-Between
    5/15/90
- ALF
  Whizzer
  - S 4: Ep 10 Break Up to Make Up
    11/20/89
- ALF
  Whizzer Deaver
  - S 2: Ep 8 Something's Wrong With Me
    11/9/87
  - S 1: Ep 15 I've Got a New Attitude
    2/2/87
- The Golden Girls
  George Corliss
  - S 2: Ep 26 Empty Nests
    5/16/87
- Empty Nest
  Dr. George Corliss
  - — Empty Nests
    5/16/87
- The Golden Girls
  Isaac Q. Newton
  - S 2: Ep 10 Love, Rose
    12/13/86
- Tales from the Darkside
  Chester Caruso
  - S 2: Ep 18 The Old Soft Shoe
    2/16/86
- CBS Schoolbreak Special
  Dr. Wormer
  - S 2: Ep 3 The Day the Senior Class Got Married
    3/5/85
- Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre
  Father
  - S 2: Ep 6 Hansel and Gretel
    12/5/83
- Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre
  Miller
  - S 1: Ep 2 Rumpelstiltskin
    10/16/82
- American Playhouse
  Detective
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Shady Hill Kidnapping
    1/12/82
- Film '72
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 15 Film 79 Episode 15
    10/22/79
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 170 May 22, 1979
    5/22/79
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Photographer
  - S 18: Ep 1 A Punt, A Pass, and A Prayer
    11/20/68
- Bewitched
  TV Man
  - S 3: Ep 11 Oedipus Hex
    11/24/66
- Get Smart
  Hanlon
  - S 2: Ep 10 The Greatest Spy on Earth
    11/19/66
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 104 January 27, 1966
    1/27/66
  - S 7: Ep 261 August 17, 1970
    8/17/70
  - S 7: Ep 259 August 13, 1970
    8/13/70
  - S 7: Ep 246 July 27, 1970
    7/27/70
- The Defenders (1961)
  R.W. Wheeler
  - S 4: Ep 5 Conflict of Interests
    10/22/64
- The Jack Paar Program
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 22 February 21, 1964
    2/21/64
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  scheduled guest
  - S 17: Ep 12 December 22, 1963: Buster Keaton, Tessie O'Shea, Frank Ifield, George Kirby
    12/22/63
- East Side/West Side
  Welty
  - S 1: Ep 10 No Hiding Place
    12/2/63
- The Phil Silvers Show
  New Recruit
  - S 1: Ep 25 The Court Martial
    3/6/56

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