Paul Dooley
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 ...
The Shady Hill Kidnapping (1982)
John Cheever's wry comedy of errors comes to the screen in this filmed presentation from the Broadway Theatre Archive. An upper-middle-class suburb is turned upside-down by the apparent kidnapping of Toby Wooster (Garrett Hanf). Unaware that the whole thing is a ... (more)
John Cheever's wry comedy of errors comes to the screen in this filmed presentation from the Broadway Theatre Archive. An upper-middle-class suburb is turned upside-down by the apparent kidnapping of Toby Wooster (Garrett Hanf). Unaware that the whole thing is a ... (more)
Rumpelstiltskin (1982)
Desperate to save her life, a miller's daughter makes a bargain with a strange character - After which, she must find a way to get out of this dangerous bargain. (more)
Desperate to save her life, a miller's daughter makes a bargain with a strange character - After which, she must find a way to get out of this dangerous bargain. (more)
Hansel and Gretel (1983)
Abandoned by their parents, a young brother and sister try to find their way home. On the way, they find themselves trapped in the plot of a nasty witch. (more)
Abandoned by their parents, a young brother and sister try to find their way home. On the way, they find themselves trapped in the plot of a nasty witch. (more)
Stephen King's Golden Tales (1985)
A collection of horror stories taking the viewer into the dark world of Stephen King, featuring vampires, strange objects and sinister humor. The five 20-minutes tales were all taken from the Tales from the Darkside TV series and strung together as a video feature. (more)
A collection of horror stories taking the viewer into the dark world of Stephen King, featuring vampires, strange objects and sinister humor. The five 20-minutes tales were all taken from the Tales from the Darkside TV series and strung together as a video feature. (more)
Monster in the Closet
(1986)
After several people and a dog are found dead in their closets a "mild-mannered" reporter, a college professor, her son and a befuddled professor band together to uncover the mystery but not without involving the U.S. Army and mass panic. (more)
After several people and a dog are found dead in their closets a "mild-mannered" reporter, a college professor, her son and a befuddled professor band together to uncover the mystery but not without involving the U.S. Army and mass panic. (more)
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel (1988)
A humourous telling of the history of the comic book superhero. (more)
A humourous telling of the history of the comic book superhero. (more)
Lip Service (1988)
A young news reporter schemes to take over the job of a veteran news anchor whose ratings he's been hired to promote. (more)
A young news reporter schemes to take over the job of a veteran news anchor whose ratings he's been hired to promote. (more)
Guess Who's Coming for Christmas? (1990)
The visitor that you might expect for Christmas is not who shows up in this film. Instead, a mysterious stranger (Bridges) befriends a small-town eccentric (Mulligan) and confides in him that he is from another planet. (more)
The visitor that you might expect for Christmas is not who shows up in this film. Instead, a mysterious stranger (Bridges) befriends a small-town eccentric (Mulligan) and confides in him that he is from another planet. (more)
Frogs! (1991)
They're back! Arlo and Gus return in the rollicking, "ribeting" sequel to the award-winning WonderWorks family movie FROG. Gus, a former frog prince turned lounge singer, shows up on his friend's doorstep just when Arlo has little time to help him. But when Gus ... (more)
They're back! Arlo and Gus return in the rollicking, "ribeting" sequel to the award-winning WonderWorks family movie FROG. Gus, a former frog prince turned lounge singer, shows up on his friend's doorstep just when Arlo has little time to help him. But when Gus ... (more)
Out There (1995)
Comedy TV Film (more)
What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968)
A new infection that simply makes people feel happy is treated as a threat by the authorities while its "victims" work to spread it to others. (more)
A new infection that simply makes people feel happy is treated as a threat by the authorities while its "victims" work to spread it to others. (more)
A three-part omnibus centered around sex and its discontents. (more)
The Steel Collar Man (1985)
An android soldier and its creator are on the run from the government (which it was created for and wants to destroy it), and find help from a truck driver with whom they help people. (more)
An android soldier and its creator are on the run from the government (which it was created for and wants to destroy it), and find help from a truck driver with whom they help people. (more)
Celebrating Sixteen Candles (2008)
A retrospective look at "Sixteen Candles" from cast and crew, as well as fellow screenwriters, directors, and critics. (more)
A retrospective look at "Sixteen Candles" from cast and crew, as well as fellow screenwriters, directors, and critics. (more)
The Gesture and The Word (2020)
A lonely postman (Gilbert) secretly recreates postcards for a woman (Aurore) on his postal route when her boyfriend's homemade postcards stop arriving from his travels around the world. With the help of his friend Mr. Rostalle, (Paul Dooley) a blind widower and ... (more)
A lonely postman (Gilbert) secretly recreates postcards for a woman (Aurore) on his postal route when her boyfriend's homemade postcards stop arriving from his travels around the world. With the help of his friend Mr. Rostalle, (Paul Dooley) a blind widower and ... (more)
Capture the Flag
Two U.S. Korean War Veterans hilariously recreate their wartime experiences - and ultimately vanquish a painful shared battlefield memory -- by challenging one another to a spirited game of paintball 'capture the flag' for the right to raise the American flag each ... (more)
Two U.S. Korean War Veterans hilariously recreate their wartime experiences - and ultimately vanquish a painful shared battlefield memory -- by challenging one another to a spirited game of paintball 'capture the flag' for the right to raise the American flag each ... (more)
Saving Paradise (2021)
A ruthless corporate raider is forced to return to his small town roots where he suddenly inherits his father's nearly bankrupt pencil factory, which is the heart and soul of the depressed community. With the foreclosure deadline looming, he must decide to either ... (more)
A ruthless corporate raider is forced to return to his small town roots where he suddenly inherits his father's nearly bankrupt pencil factory, which is the heart and soul of the depressed community. With the foreclosure deadline looming, he must decide to either ... (more)
Touch 'Em All McCall (2003)
A one-time baseball player returns to his hometown and winds up coaching a farm team. (more)
A one-time baseball player returns to his hometown and winds up coaching a farm team. (more)
The Holy Man (2016)
This is the story of a man who is fighting for more than just a world boxing championship. (more)
This is the story of a man who is fighting for more than just a world boxing championship. (more)