Paul Dooley, the father from Sixteen Candles, reveals heartbreaking disappearance of kids

Despite being identified to thousands and thousands of folks as the on-screen Dad in Sixteen Candles and Runaway Bride, Paul Dooley has heartbreakingly revealed his real-life estrangement from his personal youngsters.

In his lately launched memoir, Movie Dad: Finding Myself and My Family, On Screen and Off, the actor, 94, writes that he fairly abruptly misplaced contact along with his daughter Robin and son Adam after the divorce of their mom, his second spouse.

Soon after the divorce, Dooley would see his kids on a “regular basis” together with for one month a summer season.

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Paul Dooley played Molly Ringwald's dad in Sixteen Candles amid his own personal turmoil. — Paul Dooley performed Molly Ringwald’s dad in Sixteen Candles amid his personal private turmoil. (YouTube)

However, Dooley then claims the youngsters disappeared after a “great summer” collectively. The actor alleges that he discovered a letter in his mailbox from his ex-wife that stated: “I’m leaving. I’m taking the kids. We’re not coming back.”

Speaking to Page Six, Dooley stated, “I was devastated… 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.”

Ironically, it was throughout this tough time that Dooley started to be solid in additional fatherly roles in Breaking Away, Sixteen Candles and Runaway Bride.

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Dooley says his wife simply took his kids one day and he did not see them again for ten years. Sixteen Candles Paul Dooley — Dooley says his spouse merely took his kids in the future and he didn’t see them once more for 10 years. (YouTube)

“I ask myself, what is it about me that makes me seem so fatherly? And I thought, having lost my children and having missed them, the yearning for them becomes so much a part of me that it could actually be felt by an audience.”

Dooley employed personal investigators and even took his case to the courts however to no avail. However, about 10 years later when his kids had been about 18, they reached out to him by wanting him up in the phone guide.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 05: Winnie Holzman and Paul Dooley attend the opening night of "Assisted Living" at The Odyssey Theatre on April 5, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Araya Diaz/Getty Images) — Paul Dooley and his spouse Winnie Holzman, finest identified for creating My So-Called Life and co-writing the long-running and massively profitable Broadway musical, Wicked. (Getty)

Eventually, Dooley first reunited along with his son who quickly after moved in with him into his house. These days each Robin and Adam each be in contact with their dad and make a number of visits a yr.

Dooley was additionally fortunate in love following the disappearance of his youngsters. In 1984, he married screenwriter Winnie Holzman who’s finest identified for creating My So-Called Life and co-writing the long-running and massively profitable Broadway musical, Wicked.

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