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Paul Dooley

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American actor, writer, and comedian

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Vinony's link graph records 323 inbound references to Paul Dooley, and connects out to Little Shop of Horrors, Thirtysomething and The Electric Company.

It sits within the topics 1928 births, 20th-century American male actors and 21st-century American male actors.

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Person · Open Library

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6

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  • Surrogate Earth
  • Application Programming Language Guide
  • Nostradamus
  • Movie Dad
  • Assisted Living

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Paul Dooley is one of the very few Irish people who play the Irish harp in its historical form and style - using a metal-strung harp, playing with the fingernails and damping unwanted string resonance with the fingertips. Paul studied the construction of medieval Irish harps in Dublin during the early 1980s and has built several harps. He started his performing career on the metal-strung harp in 1986 and has appeared on numerous CD recordings and television soundtracks. <a href="https://www.l

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Key facts

Born
Paul Brown , ( 1928-02-22 ) February 22, 1928 (age 98) , Parkersburg, West Virginia , U.S.
Alma mater
West Virginia State University
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1954–present
Spouses
Donna Lee Wasser (m. 1958–1983; divorced) Winnie Holzman ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1984 ) ​
Children
4, including Savannah Dooley
Website
pauldooleyactor.com

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Official website
www.pauldooleyactor.com
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Commons category
Paul Dooley
date of birth
1928-02-22
start of work period
1964-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Paul Dooley (born Paul Brown; February 22, 1928) is an American character actor. He is known for his roles in Breaking Away, Popeye, Strange Brew, Sixteen Candles and various Christopher Guest mockumentaries. He co-created the PBS children's show The Electric Company.

Early life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paul Dooley” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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