Paul Dooley: movies and TV shows
Paul Dooley has 184 credits in the archive: 112 films and 72 TV series, from 1948 to 2023. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1948 – 2023 · busiest year: 1993 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Boy Makes Girl | Ben | Film | 5.0 | 95 |
| 2023 | The Water Is Finally Blue: The Untold Story of Robert Altman's O.C. and Stiggs | Self – Interviewee (voice) | Film | — | 95 |
| 2021 | Saving Paradise | Gramps | Film | 6.0 | 93 |
| 2020 | Selfie Dad | Barber | Film | 6.6 | 92 |
| 2020 | The Gesture and The Word | Mr. Rostalle | Film | 7.0 | 92 |
| 2019 | Merry Happy Whatever | Grandpa Jack | TV | 6.4 | 91 |
| 2018 | The Great Buster: A Celebration | Self | Film | 7.2 | 90 |
| 2017 | The Good Doctor | Glen | TV | 8.5 | 89 |
| 2017 | Cars 3 | Sarge (voice) | Film | 6.9 | 89 |
| 2017 | The Guest Book | TV | 7.0 | 89 | |
| 2016 | Other People | Ronnie | Film | 6.4 | 88 |
| 2016 | The Holy Man | Lou 'The Bull' Devine | Film | 1.0 | 88 |
| 2015 | Life in Pieces | Mort | TV | 7.1 | 87 |
| 2014 | Young & Hungry | Mr. Fancy | TV | 6.7 | 86 |
| 2014 | The Radiator Springs 500½ | Sarge (voice) | Film | 6.3 | 86 |
| 2013 | Turbo | The Foreman (voice) | Film | 6.3 | 85 |
| 2013 | Super Fun Night | The Old Man | TV | 5.3 | 85 |
| 2013 | Spinning | Sarge (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 85 |
| 2013 | Hiccups | Sarge (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 85 |
| 2013 | My Santa | Martin | Film | 5.2 | 85 |
| 2012 | The Client List | Earl Hudson | TV | 6.6 | 84 |
| 2011 | Shameless | Ralph | TV | 8.2 | 83 |
| 2011 | Workaholics | Ralph | TV | 7.4 | 83 |
| 2011 | Cars 2 | Sarge (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 83 |
| 2011 | Thanks | Hank | Film | 1.2 | 83 |
| 2010 | Hot in Cleveland | Bearded Man aka Santa | TV | 7.2 | 82 |
| 2010 | Parenthood | Rocky | TV | 7.5 | 82 |
| 2010 | Huge | TV | 5.7 | 82 | |
| 2009 | Modern Family | Murray | TV | 7.9 | 81 |
| 2009 | Horsemen | Father Whiteleather | Film | 6.0 | 81 |
| 2008 | Childrens Hospital | Grandpa Ben | TV | 6.9 | 80 |
| 2008 | Bedtime Stories | Hot Dog Vendor | Film | 6.2 | 80 |
| 2008 | Sunshine Cleaning | Sherm | Film | 6.6 | 80 |
| 2008 | Celebrating Sixteen Candles | Himself | Film | — | 80 |
| 2008 | Chronic Town | Eleanor's Father | Film | 6.0 | 80 |
| 2007 | Private Practice | Abe Nussbaum | TV | 7.5 | 79 |
| 2007 | Hairspray | Mr. Spritzer | Film | 6.7 | 79 |
| 2007 | Side Order of Life | TV | 8.5 | 79 | |
| 2007 | Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary | Self | Film | 6.0 | 79 |
| 2006 | Cars | Sarge (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 78 |
| 2006 | Mater and the Ghostlight | Sarge (voice) | Film | 6.3 | 78 |
| 2006 | The Jake Effect | Mr. Bernthal | TV | 8.0 | 78 |
| 2006 | For Your Consideration | Paper Badge Sergeant | Film | 5.8 | 78 |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Dr. Walter Tapley | TV | 8.2 | 77 |
| 2005 | American Dad! | (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 77 |
| 2005 | Hopeless Pictures | TV | 6.8 | 77 | |
| 2005 | Madison | Mayor Don Vaughn | Film | 5.8 | 77 |
| 2005 | Come Away Home | Grandpa Donald | Film | 6.8 | 77 |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives | Addison Prudy | TV | 7.9 | 76 |
| 2004 | Boston Legal | Judge Wendel Donahue | TV | 7.9 | 76 |
| 2004 | Employee of the Month | Reverend Ben Goodwin | Film | 5.7 | 76 |
| 2004 | Nobody Knows Anything! | Warden | Film | 3.7 | 76 |
| 2003 | A Mighty Wind | George Menschell | Film | 6.8 | 75 |
| 2003 | Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales | Dean Duaney | Film | 7.9 | 75 |
| 2003 | Comfort and Joy | George | Film | 6.8 | 75 |
| 2003 | Touch 'Em All McCall | Film | — | 75 | |
| 2002 | Insomnia | Chief Nyback | Film | 7.0 | 74 |
| 2002 | The Perfect You | Larry | Film | 5.3 | 74 |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Stan Coffman | TV | 7.6 | 73 |
| 2001 | Scrubs | Paul | TV | 8.1 | 73 |
| 2001 | Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street | Hank the Janitor/Mall Santa | Film | 6.3 | 73 |
| 2001 | Rennie's Landing | Hank | Film | 4.4 | 73 |
| 2001 | A Woman's a Helluva Thing | Hank Luckinbill | Film | 4.6 | 73 |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Buddy Ween | TV | 7.6 | 72 |
| 2000 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Cheryl's Father | TV | 8.0 | 72 |
| 2000 | The Huntress | TV | 5.6 | 72 | |
| 2000 | The Geena Davis Show | Bill Ryan | TV | 7.4 | 72 |
| 2000 | Altman on His Own Terms | Self | Film | 9.0 | 72 |
| 1999 | Providence | Bill Ridley | TV | 6.7 | 71 |
| 1999 | Once and Again | TV | 6.7 | 71 | |
| 1999 | Jack & Jill | Father Conlin | TV | 7.6 | 71 |
| 1999 | Runaway Bride | Walter Carpenter | Film | 6.1 | 71 |
| 1999 | Guinevere | Walter | Film | 5.7 | 71 |
| 1999 | Happy, Texas | The Judge | Film | 5.7 | 71 |
| 1999 | I'll Remember April | Earl Schimmel | Film | 6.6 | 71 |
| 1999 | Error in Judgment | Jack Albert | Film | 4.3 | 71 |
| 1998 | Becker | Mr. Lerner | TV | 7.2 | 70 |
| 1997 | The Practice | Judge Philip Swackheim | TV | 7.7 | 69 |
| 1997 | Dharma & Greg | Judge Harper | TV | 6.4 | 69 |
| 1997 | Ally McBeal | Nicholas Engblume | TV | 6.5 | 69 |
| 1997 | Waiting for Guffman | UFO Abductee | Film | 7.0 | 69 |
| 1997 | Telling Lies in America | Father Norton | Film | 5.8 | 69 |
| 1997 | Clockwatchers | Bud Chapman | Film | 6.2 | 69 |
| 1997 | Angels in the Endzone | Coach Buck | Film | 5.6 | 69 |
| 1997 | Loved | Leo Amerson | Film | 4.4 | 69 |
| 1996 | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Ralphie | TV | 7.8 | 68 |
| 1996 | Millennium | Joe Bangs | TV | 7.7 | 68 |
| 1996 | Early Edition | McGinty | TV | 7.3 | 68 |
| 1996 | 7th Heaven | Red | TV | 6.5 | 68 |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | TV | 8.2 | 68 | |
| 1996 | God's Lonely Man | Polo | Film | 7.0 | 68 |
| 1995 | High Society | Mel | TV | 8.0 | 67 |
| 1995 | The Underneath | Ed Dutton | Film | 5.7 | 67 |
| 1995 | Out There | Emmett Davis | Film | 4.9 | 67 |
| 1995 | Evolver | Jerry Briggs | Film | 5.2 | 67 |
| 1995 | The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes | Senator Thatch | Film | 4.7 | 67 |
| 1994 | ER | Henry Lewis | TV | 7.8 | 66 |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope | Walter McTeague | TV | 7.2 | 66 |
| 1994 | Ellen | Thomas Kelsey | TV | 6.1 | 66 |
| 1994 | Duckman | Stan (voice) | TV | 7.2 | 66 |
| 1994 | My So-Called Life | Chuck Wood | TV | 7.7 | 66 |
| 1994 | State of Emergency | Jim Anderson | Film | 5.7 | 66 |
| 1993 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Enabran Tain | TV | 7.9 | 65 |
| 1993 | Grace Under Fire | TV | 5.6 | 65 | |
| 1993 | Grace Under Fire | John Shirley | TV | 5.6 | 65 |
| 1993 | Tales of the City | Herb Tolliver | TV | 7.6 | 65 |
| 1993 | A Dangerous Woman | Tupperware Salesman | Film | 5.5 | 65 |
| 1993 | Mother of the Bride | Richard | Film | 6.2 | 65 |
| 1993 | Cooperstown | Sid Wiggins | Film | 4.5 | 65 |
| 1993 | My Boyfriend's Back | Big Chuck | Film | 5.7 | 65 |
| 1993 | Stephen King's Golden Tales | Chester Caruso | Film | 4.0 | 65 |
| 1992 | Batman: The Animated Series | Father Michael (voice) | TV | 8.6 | 64 |
| 1992 | Mad About You | Gus Stemple | TV | 6.7 | 64 |
| 1992 | The Ben Stiller Show | TV | 5.0 | 64 | |
| 1992 | The Player | Paul Dooley | Film | 7.2 | 64 |
| 1992 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride | Asst. Dist. Atty. Robert Norrell | Film | 7.8 | 64 |
| 1991 | Shakes the Clown | Owen Cheese | Film | 5.4 | 63 |
| 1991 | Frogs! | Twittenham | Film | 3.5 | 63 |
| 1991 | White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd | Hal Roach | Film | 7.5 | 63 |
| 1990 | Dream On | Mickey Tupper | TV | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1990 | UFO Cafe | Doc | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1990 | Flashback | Stark | Film | 6.4 | 62 |
| 1990 | The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson | Film | 7.2 | 62 | |
| 1989 | Coach | Horace Van Dam | TV | 6.6 | 61 |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Randolph (segment "Forever Ambergris") | TV | 8.0 | 61 |
| 1989 | When He's Not a Stranger | Ben McKenna | Film | 4.6 | 61 |
| 1989 | Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North | Robert McFarlane | Film | — | 61 |
| 1988 | The Wonder Years | Pops | TV | 8.3 | 60 |
| 1988 | The Murder of Mary Phagan | William Burns | TV | 6.2 | 60 |
| 1988 | Coming of Age | TV | 7.0 | 60 | |
| 1988 | Last Rites | Father Freddie | Film | 4.7 | 60 |
| 1988 | Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel | John Buxton | Film | 8.0 | 60 |
| 1988 | Lip Service | Gil Hutchinson | Film | 4.3 | 60 |
| 1987 | thirtysomething | TV | 6.3 | 59 | |
| 1987 | O.C. and Stiggs | Randall Schwab | Film | 4.5 | 59 |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Karl Bullen | TV | 7.1 | 58 |
| 1986 | ALF | Whizzer | TV | 7.6 | 58 |
| 1986 | Monster in the Closet | Roy Crane | Film | 4.9 | 58 |
| 1986 | Big Trouble | George Noozel | Film | 5.4 | 58 |
| 1985 | The Golden Girls | Isaac Q. Newton | TV | 7.6 | 57 |
| 1985 | The Golden Girls | George Corliss | TV | 7.6 | 57 |
| 1985 | The Steel Collar Man | Don Liddle | Film | 8.0 | 57 |
| 1984 | Tales from the Darkside | Chester Caruso | TV | 7.2 | 56 |
| 1984 | Sixteen Candles | Jim Baker | Film | 6.8 | 56 |
| 1983 | Strange Brew | Claude Elsinore | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1983 | Going Berserk | Dr. Ted | Film | 5.1 | 55 |
| 1983 | The Wilder Summer | Grubbins | Film | — | 55 |
| 1983 | Hansel and Gretel | Father | Film | 7.1 | 55 |
| 1983 | Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art | Museum Security Guard | Film | 6.6 | 55 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Detective | TV | 6.6 | 54 |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Father | TV | 8.1 | 54 |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre | The Miller | TV | 8.1 | 54 |
| 1982 | Endangered Species | Joe Hiatt | Film | 4.9 | 54 |
| 1982 | Kiss Me Goodbye | Kendall | Film | 5.9 | 54 |
| 1982 | The Shady Hill Kidnapping | Detective | Film | 8.0 | 54 |
| 1982 | Rumpelstiltskin | The Miller | Film | 5.9 | 54 |
| 1981 | Paternity | Kurt | Film | 5.1 | 53 |
| 1981 | See China and Die | Ames Prescott | Film | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1980 | Popeye | Wimpy | Film | 5.6 | 52 |
| 1980 | HealtH | Dr. Gil Gainey | Film | 5.4 | 52 |
| 1980 | HealtH | Film | 5.4 | 52 | |
| 1979 | Breaking Away | Ray Stoller | Film | 7.1 | 51 |
| 1979 | Rich Kids | Simon Peterfreund | Film | 4.9 | 51 |
| 1979 | A Perfect Couple | Alex Theodopoulos | Film | 5.1 | 51 |
| 1978 | A Wedding | Snooks Brenner | Film | 6.3 | 50 |
| 1977 | Slap Shot | Hyannisport Announcer | Film | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1977 | Simple Gifts | (segment "Lost & Found") (voice) | Film | 10.0 | 49 |
| 1977 | Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure | Gazooks (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1975 | Fore Play | Salesman | Film | 3.8 | 47 |
| 1974 | Death Wish | Cop at Hospital (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 46 |
| 1974 | The Dion Brothers | Doctor | Film | 5.5 | 46 |
| 1972 | Up the Sandbox | Statue of Liberty Guard | Film | 5.9 | 44 |
| 1970 | The Out-of-Towners | Day Desk Clerk at Hotel | Film | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1970 | The Night the Animals Talked | (voice) | Film | 6.5 | 42 |
| 1968 | What's So Bad About Feeling Good? | Vic | Film | 6.7 | 40 |
| 1966 | Man in the Square Suit | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1965 | Get Smart | Hanlon | TV | 7.9 | 37 |
| 1965 | Howard, Howard and Howard | Film | — | 37 | |
| 1964 | Bewitched | TV | 7.9 | 36 | |
| 1964 | The Parisienne and the Prudes | Ted K. Worrie | Film | 4.3 | 36 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Photographer | TV | 8.8 | 23 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 20 |
| Qiana | Norman Pasco | Film | — | — | |
| Capture the Flag | Burgess | Film | — | — |