Paul Dooley

Paul Dooley

February 22, 1928 · 98 years old

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. Description above from…

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44 titles
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Cars

Cars

2006 · 1h 56m · Movie

On the way to the biggest race of his life, a hotshot rookie race car gets stranded in a rundown town and learns that winning isn't everything in life.

7.3
2
Insomnia

Insomnia

2002 · 1h 58m · Movie

A Los Angeles detective chases a murder suspect in a remote Alaskan town.

7.2
3
Hairspray

Hairspray

2007 · 1h 57m · Movie

Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.

6.7
4
Sixteen Candles

Sixteen Candles

1984 · 1h 33m · Movie

A high school girl's sixteenth birthday is anything but special, her family forgets about it while preparing for her older sister's wedding, the boy she has a crush on has a girlfriend, and she suffers from multitude of embarrassm...

7.0
5
Runaway Bride

Runaway Bride

1999 · 1h 56m · Movie

For his latest column in USA Today, Ike Graham writes about Maggie, who always leaves all her fiances standing at the altar. He is fired as she complains to the newspaper for inaccuracies in her story.

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Sunshine Cleaning

Sunshine Cleaning

2008 · 1h 31m · Movie

In order to raise the tuition to send her young son to private school, a mom starts an unusual business -- a biohazard removal/crime scene clean-up service -- with her unreliable sister.

6.8
7
Popeye

Popeye

1980 · 1h 54m · Movie

The adventures of the famous sailor man and his friends in the seaside town of Sweethaven.

5.4
8
Other People

Other People

2016 · 1h 37m · Movie

A struggling comedy writer, fresh off a breakup and in the midst of the worst year of his life, returns to Sacramento to care for his dying mother.

7.1
9
Waiting for Guffman

Waiting for Guffman

1997 · 1h 24m · Movie

An aspiring director and the marginally talented amateur cast of a hokey small-town Missouri musical production go overboard when they learn that someone from Broadway will be in attendance.

7.4
10
A Mighty Wind

A Mighty Wind

2003 · 1h 31m · Movie

Mockumentary captures the reunion of 1960s folk trio the Folksmen as they prepare for a show at The Town Hall to memorialize a recently deceased concert promoter.

7.2
11
Breaking Away

Breaking Away

1979 · 1h 41m · Movie

A working-class Indiana teen obsessed with the Italian cycling team vies for the affections of a college girl while searching for life goals with his friends.

7.7
12
Horsemen

Horsemen

2009 · 1h 30m · Movie

A detective investigates a series of killings linked to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

5.5
13
Strange Brew

Strange Brew

1983 · 1h 30m · Movie

Canada's most famous hosers, Bob and Doug McKenzie, get jobs at the Elsinore Brewery, only to learn that something is rotten with the state of it.

6.6
14
Employee of the Month

Employee of the Month

2004 · 1h 37m · Movie

It just isn't David's day. First he gets fired at the bank, then his fiancee breaks up and throws him out of the house. The bank gets robbed and he gets shot. Twists follow.

6.1
15
Happy, Texas

Happy, Texas

1999 · 1h 38m · Movie

3 prisoners escape. 2 end up in Happy, Texas, where they're mistaken for a gay couple expected there to help with the small girls beauty pageant. As the 2 are paid $1000, they decide to stay until the heat is gone.

6.3
16
Mater and the Ghostlight

Mater and the Ghostlight

2006 · 7m · Movie

In this short featuring the characters of the movie Cars, Mater is told the story of a Ghostlight, which causes him to be scared.

6.6
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Clockwatchers

Clockwatchers

1997 · 1h 36m · Movie

The relationship between four female temps all working for the same credit company is threatened with the arrival of a new hire, who lands a permanent position one of the women was vying for.

6.6
18
Shakes the Clown

Shakes the Clown

1991 · 1h 27m · Movie

Shakes is good at his job as party clown - when he's sober and shows up. Five druggy clowns frame him for the murder of his boss.

5.6
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Flashback

Flashback

1990 · 1h 48m · Movie

At last the Feds have caught him! Infamous 60's radical Huey Walker is heading for jail. So how come it's Huey's yuptight FBI escort who ends up behind bars?

6.2
20
My Boyfriend's Back

My Boyfriend's Back

1993 · 1h 25m · Movie

A teenage boy comes back from the dead because he is determined to win the most beautiful girl in school.

5.5
21
The Underneath

The Underneath

1995 · 1h 39m · Movie

A recovering gambling addict attempts to reconcile with his family and friends but finds trouble and temptation when caught between feelings for his ex-wife and her dangerous hoodlum boyfriend.

6.1
22
A Wedding

A Wedding

1978 · 2h 5m · Movie

The daughter of a Louisville truck driver marries the scion of a very wealthy family, but the reception at the family estate is boycotted by the invited guests.

7.0
23
Monster in the Closet

Monster in the Closet

1986 · 1h 30m · Movie

Paul Dooley, Paul Walker, John Carradine and Henry Gibson head up an all-star cast in this horror-comedy about a murderous but misunderstood monster!

4.9
24
The Great Buster

The Great Buster

2018 · 1h 42m · Movie

Documentary on the life and works of comic genius Buster Keaton, directed by Peter Bogdanovich.

7.5
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Guinevere

Guinevere

1999 · 1h 44m · Movie

A young girl from an affluent family rebels and becomes involved with a much older photographer.

5.9
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Telling Lies in America

Telling Lies in America

1997 · 1h 41m · Movie

A loner befriends a local celebrity, Billy Magic, but he soon begins to tell lies in order to maintain the friendship and the newfound status.

6.2
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Kiss Me Goodbye

Kiss Me Goodbye

1982 · 1h 41m · Movie

The ghost of a dead husband haunts his wife as she moves back to their house in NYC. She's about to marry an egyptologist there.

5.9
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Going Berserk

Going Berserk

1983 · 1h 25m · Movie

A clumsy chauffeur is hypnotized by a cult to kill the father of his fiancée, a congressman who's suing the cult for fraud, and encounters several weird characters during the days leading up to his wedding.

5.1
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A Dangerous Woman

A Dangerous Woman

1993 · 1h 42m · Movie

Martha Horgan, a naive woman with an intellectual impairment who lives with her aunt Frances in a small town, is known for always telling the truth.

5.7
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Big Trouble

Big Trouble

1986 · 1h 33m · Movie

Insurance agent plots with client to kill her nutty husband.

5.2
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Evolver

Evolver

1995 · 1h 31m · Movie

A teenage boy gets a robotic opponent after winning a laser tag contest, but the robot is not what it seems.

5.4
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Last Rites

Last Rites

1988 · 1h 43m · Movie

Angela, the beautiful Mexican mistress of a NY mobster, asks virginal Father Michael for protection after Zena, the mobster's wife, kills her cheating husband. Michael becomes torn between his vows, Angela and his sister - Zena.

5.1
33
Endangered Species

Endangered Species

1982 · 1h 37m · Movie

A former New York City cop relocates to rural Colorado, where he teams with a sheriff investigating a series of bizarre cattle mutilations occurring in the region.

5.8
34
My Santa

My Santa

2013 · 1h 24m · Movie

Single mother Jen starts to rediscover the magic of Christmas after meeting a mall Santa, Chris, not knowing he is the son of the real Santa.

5.5
35
Paternity

Paternity

1981 · 1h 34m · Movie

A single man searches for a woman who will bear his baby with no strings attached.

4.9
36
Come Away Home

Come Away Home

2005 · 1h 42m · Movie

A friendship develops when 12-year-old Annie is coerced to stay with her Grandpa Donald.

6.6