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Dooley is a versatile character actor whose extensive resume would give him
two degrees of separation from virtually the entire entertainment industry. He
played a chief of police to Al Pacino in “Insomnia,” Julia Roberts’ father in
“Runaway Bride” and Burt Reynolds attorney in “Paternity.”
He is best remembered for his comic portrayal of the long suffering dad in the
critically acclaimed “Breaking Away.” Another cult film has him as the
understanding father to Molly Ringwald in “Sixteen Candles”.
The actor has spent the last few years as a regular in director Christopher
Guest’s comedic stable, playing a UFO abductee in “Waiting For Guffman,” the
patriarch of The New Main Street Singers in “A Mighty Wind,” and will be seen
in the upcoming “For Your Consideration.” Prior to that he was a regular with
director Robert Altman and had featured roles in “A Wedding,” “A Perfect
Couple,” “Health” and “Popeye,” in which he portrayed the hamburger loving
Wimpy. (A role, Dooley adds, he played with relish.)
His more than forty feature films also include “Kiss Me Goodbye,”
“Flashback,” “Happy Texas,” “Strange Brew,” “Shakes The Clown” and “My
Boyfriend’s Back.”
On the small screen Dooley has appeared on “Dharma And Greg,” “Mad
About You,” “The Golden Girls,” “Coach,” “Ellen,” “thirtysomething” and “The
Wonder Years.” Recurring roles on TV include “Desperate Housewives,” “Curb
Your Enthusiasm,” “E.R.,” “The Practice,” “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” Dream
On,” “Alf” and ”My So-Called Life.”
A dedicated cartoonist who had his own strip in his local West Virginia paper
as a young man, he joined the Navy and then discovered acting while at college.
A veteran of Second City and the New York stage, Dooley was in the original
American production of “The Three Penny Opera” and the original Broadway
show “The Odd Couple.” Also a writer, he was co-creator of the award-winning
TV series “The Electric Company.”
Paul lives in Los Angeles with one of his favorite writers, Winnie
Holzman (also his wife.) She is the creator of the highly acclaimed television
series “My So-Called Life” and co-author of the hit Broadway musical “Wicked.”
MICHAEL WALLIS (The Sheriff) is a true “road warrior” and is
considered by most to be the authority on Route 66. He knows every nook and
cranny of the old highway from Chicago to Los Angeles. His newly expanded
75 th anniversary edition of the critically-acclaimed Route 66: The Mother Road
was published in Spring 2001 and, like its predecessor with the same title from
1990, it became an instant hit. In reference to the book, the New York Times said
“Like others before him, from John Steinbeck to Charles Kuralt, Michael went on
the road in search of America. The result is…a colorful rejoicing to a most
romantic byway.”
Wallis is a historian and biographer of the American West. His
bibliography includes the books The Real Wild West: The 101 Ranch and the
Creation of the American West, a non-fiction account of the history of the
legendary 101 Ranch; Oklahoma Crossroads; Beyond the Hills: The Journey of
Waite Phillips; En Divina Luz: The Penitente Moradas of New Mexico; Mankiller:
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