Roger Dooley

Roger Dooley was the Chief of one the Strategic Scientific Reserve's offices in New York City, and Peggy Carter's boss.

Early Life
By 1946, Dooley became the Chief of the New York Bell Company Office, a covert Strategic Scientific Reserve facility in New York City.

Finding Howard Stark
Howard Stark disappeared and did not go to a Congressional hearing about how his technology was stolen but appeared overseas in enemy hands. This brought Stark to the attention of the SSR and Roger Dooley.

During the meeting, Dooley told Peggy Carter to man the phones, but she gave that job to Rose. Dooley assigned Jack Thompson as lead investigator, but when Carter objected to Thompson's directives, Dooley reprimanded her.

Thompson sought Dooley's approval to infiltrate La Martinique with an SSR team. When he caught Carter eavesdropping on the "need-to-know" mission, he asked her what she wanted; ultimately, he complied to Carter's request for time-off.

Thompson reported to Dooley that he might have a lead as to who killed Spider Raymond.

Field Assignment
Dooley decided to go to the Roxxon Refinery with Agents Jack Thompson and Ray Krzeminski when it was reported that the building disappeared after an explosion. He told Krzeminski to take the imploded mass apart to see if any clues could be found as to how it happened.

He went with Thompson to see Hugh Jones at the Roxxon Oil Corporation Headquarters to learn what he knew. When Jones offered Dooley an alcoholic beverage, even giving ice, Dooley would not drink it; instead he stayed on duty, wanting permission to scan all the employees for Vita Radiation. He called Peggy Carter to bring the Vita-Ray Detector and to scan the females. Miles Van Ert was caught and Dooley offered him a deal to turn over a superior to be let go. When Van Ert refused the deal, Dooley gave Thompson the authority to interrogate the prisoner. He asked Carter to leave with the interrogation became intense.

Thompson learned where McFee lived and Dooley rode with him. En route, they saw him tied to a chair, wandering the road. Eventually, he found the body of Leet Brannis.

Hard Day
"Stay vigilant; I'm not losing any more of you."

- Roger Dooley

Dooley and Ray Krzeminski went to Hotel Cosmopolitan and retrieved the Remote Typewriter and fake passports from the room of the Man in the Green Suit. He then sent Jack Thompson to research the man's background since he had contacts in Moscow.

Edwin Jarvis was brought in for questioning as to why the bumper and license plate of the car he drove was at the Roxxon Refinery. Fearing that he would telling her connection to the investigation when Anna Jarvis was threatened with deportation, Peggy Carter disturbed the interrogation. Dooley was clearly angered and made Carter apologize to Agent Thompson.

He assigned Daniel Sousa and Krzeminski to night shift duty; they called him when they eventually found a boat with the inventions of Howard Stark inside. Dooley warned the agents not to sink Manhattan through carelessly handling the items.

The next morning, Chief Dooley was saddened by the murder of Krzeminski and felt that the blame was on Howard Stark. He promised his agents that he will get the killer and no more of them would die.

Trip to Germany
As part of his investigation into who Leet Brannis and Sasha was, Chief Dooley decided to go to Nuremberg Prison to see Colonel Ernst Mueller, the Nazi war criminal connected with the Battle of Finow. Dooley left Jack Thompson in charge of the New York Bell Company Office while he was overseas.

In Nuremberg Prison, Dooley saw Colonel Mueller being fitted for a noose. He told Mueller that he would give him a cyanide pill to defy his jailers and die on his own terms, if Mueller told him what truly happened in the Battle of Finow. Mueller told Dooley that it was not his regiment that killed the Soviets; they were already massacred when his people arrived. Dooley went into his watch and gave Mueller a pill.

Upon leaving, Dooley went into his watch and offered the prison escort a pill also, a breath mint.

Dooley returned to the Office and relieved Thompson of command. As he was there late reviewing paperwork, he heard the keys of the Remote Typewriter typing a message.

Personality
As one of the leaders of Strategic Scientific Reserve, Roger Dooley is observant, hardworking and principled, but, unfortunately, he is also filled with sexism and stereotypes. When he saw Peggy Carter eavesdropping on a meeting, he quickly asked her to leave; when that did not happen, he wanted to know her real purpose there. Carter was able to fool him by playing his stereotypes to her advantage.

Dooley does not judge his co-workers, but, with a look, he shows his disapproval. He gazed at Jack Thompson when he took a drink while on duty; when a prostitute spoke familiarly with Ray Krzeminski, he looked at the agent.

Dooley was bothered by ongoing problems in his personal life as well as the challenges of his day job.

Family

 * Emmett Dooley - Son

Allies

 * Strategic Scientific Reserve
 * Peggy Carter - Subordinate
 * Jack Thompson - Subordinate
 * Daniel Sousa - Subordinate
 * Ray Krzeminski † - Subordinate
 * Butch Wallace - Subordinate
 * Yauch - Subordinate
 * Roxxon Oil Corporation
 * Hugh Jones

Enemies

 * Howard Stark
 * Edwin Jarvis
 * Miles Van Ert
 * Leet Brannis †
 * Sasha Demidov †
 * Ernst Mueller †

Appearances

 * Agent Carter
 * Season One
 * Now is Not the End
 * Bridge and Tunnel
 * Time and Tide
 * The Blitzkrieg Button
 * The Iron Ceiling
 * A Sin to Err
 * SNAFU
 * Valediction

Trivia

 * In the comics, Roger Dooley is a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.