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Movie dad : finding myself and my family, on screen and off / Paul Dooley.
Van Pelt Library PN2287.D5243 A3 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dooley, Paul, 1928- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dooley, Paul, 1928-.
- Dooley, Paul.
- Actors--United States--Biography.
- Actors.
- Fathers in motion pictures.
- Fathers on television.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 283 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, portraits (some color) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Essex, Connecticut : Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, [2023]
- Summary:
- "Paul Dooley has been an actor for sixty-five years on film, TV, and the stage and has appeared in hundreds of movies, shows, and plays. He is best known for his roles as the father in Breaking Away, Sixteen Candles, and Run Away Bride. Other films include Hairspray, Insomnia, Strange Brew, and Wating for Guffman. His TV roles include The Good Doctor, Modern Family, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Grey's Anatomy, thirtysomething, My So-Called Life, and Star Trek"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. The founding Father... and Mother
- 2. Gold Nuggets
- 3. Forty Feet Up
- 4. Living on the River Bank
- 5. The Great Stone Face
- 6. Funny Faces
- 7. Chipping Rust
- 8. Don't Call it Theater
- 9. Tastes Like Chicken
- 10. Loretta
- 11. The Lost Private
- 12. Second Acting
- 13. Off-Broadway
- 14. He Put Words in My Mouth
- 15. Second Banana
- 16. Timberland
- 17. The Vanguard
- 18. Stand Up and Be Counted
- 19. Fabulous
- 20. Brooklyn
- 21. Having fun with Commercials
- 22. Listen and Agree
- 23. Sixty-Second Stories
- 24. A Dream Come True
- 25. Oscar and Felix and Mike
- 26. Breaking the Fourth Wall
- 27. A New Voice
- 28. Elaine
- 29. Marriage at a Crossroad
- 30. See Spot See Spot Run, Run Spot Run
- 31. The Letter
- 32. Robert Altman
- 33. The Big Bike Race
- 34. I would Gladly Pay You Tuesday
- 35. Molly and Me
- 36. Blue-Green Eyes
- 37. The Phone Call
- 38. A New Like
- 39. TV and Me... and Winnie, as Well
- 40. Ed and Marshall
- 41. Claire
- 42. Wicked
- 43. Keeping up with Broadway
- 44. Comedians... Old and New
- 45. Getting Back to Buster
- 46. Covid-19! Coronavirus! Quarantined!
- 47. Reflections.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781493063079
- 1493063073
- OCLC:
- 1337564631
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