‘Sixteen Candles’ actor Paul Dooley reveals real-life family trauma

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‘Sixteen Candles’ actor Paul Dooley reveals real-life family trauma
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The “Runaway Bride” actor wrote that after a “great summer” with his kids, he went to pick them up only to find that they had all disappeared.

Despite playing lovable dads on-screen in films like “Sixteen Candles” and “Runaway Bride,” Paul Dooley recently revealed he spent years estranged from his real-life children.the actor, 94, claims he suddenly lost contact with his daughter Robin and son Adam.

Paul Dooley’s memoir “Movie Dad: Finding Myself and My Family, On Screen and Off,” talks about how his two children were taken away from him by his ex-wife.“I was devastated,” he tells Page Six in an exclusive interview. “Naturally, I was in shock and I couldn’t believe my ears and I kind of was in denial and I thought, surely this won’t continue.”

The “Popeye” star tells us he hired private detectives to find his children but called off the search after a year. He also writes in his book, which came out in December that he tried to sue in court to no avail. Dooley explains in his memoir that his son reached out to him after finding his number in the New York phone book and the two arranged to meet in a hotel room.

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