Joe Dorsey
Joe Dorsey
Biography
Well-known and supported actor Joe Dorsey started acting in the early 70s, with The Mean Machine (1974). Though his acting career had just started, he got a great role which would also be his most remembered role as the greedy "Parks Supervisor Kittridge" in the 1976 box office hit Grizzly (1976). Dorsey got a great amount of profits with his second film. He then went on to supporting roles throughout the seventies in films like The Lincoln Conspiracy (1977), Wise Blood (1979) and The Prize Fighter (1979). His next remembered role was as "Coach Spinks" in The Great Santini (1979) and, by 1980, Dorsey was just getting better in Hopscotch (1980) and WarGames (1983). Dorsey occasionally took breaks from acting for golfing, going on a vacation and visiting family, until he was offered a role as a scientist in the science fiction box office smash with Christopher Walken and Natalie Wood in Brainstorm (1983). Dorsey was shocked when his new best friend (Wood) died during filming. Brainstorm (1983) and Grizzly (1976) were both Dorsey's greatest so far. He later did other films like Real Genius (1985), Club Paradise (1986), Stewardess School (1986), and the epic war drama Bat*21 (1988). As the 90s rolled, Dorsey was in Pet Sematary II (1992) and appeared uncredited in To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995). He then worked with his relative Alexander Dorsey in Killing Midnight (1997) as "Anthony Cambers". Dorsey also has other relatives in films like actress Sandra Dorsey and his other relatives owned a music industry in the 50s. Dorsey also does Broadway plays. Actually lives in the coast of Colon, Republic of Panama
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
50
Gender
Male
Birthday
1932-01-15 (93 years old)
Place of Birth
Florida, USA
Acting

1992

Pet Sematary II as Caretaker

1990

Capital News as Lt. Colonel DuBois

1989

Coach as Opera Patron

1988

Frank Nitti: The Enforcer as Not available

1988

Bat★21 as Col. Douglass

1988

Shadows in the Storm as Birkenstock

1987

The Oldest Rookie as Not available

1987

Deadly Care as Mr. Halloran

1986

L.A. Law as Al Becker

1986

Stewardess School as Captain

1986

Club Paradise as Data Processing Supervisor

1985

Real Genius as Congressman

1985

Code of Vengeance as Chief Milford Carsworth

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Harry Kingman

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Bennett J. Devlin

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Doc Schaeffer

1984

Hunter as Sgt. Louis Whitlow

1984

Highway to Heaven as Not available

1984

Cover Up as Not available

1984

Blue Thunder as Van Ark

1984

The Philadelphia Experiment as Sheriff Bates

1983

WarGames as Conley

1983

Brainstorm as Hal Abramson

1983

Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess as Winfield Sheehan

1982

T. J. Hooker as Capt. Herb

1982

Remington Steele as Sheriff Dwight Clifford

1982

Voyagers! as Not available

1981

Hill Street Blues as Anthony Garibaldi

1981

Simon & Simon as Not available

1981

Simon & Simon as Frank

1981

Coward of the County as Lem Gatlin

1980

Hopscotch as Security Guard

1980

The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd as Gen. Edward Trafe

1980

Angel City as Tom

1979

Norma Rae as Woodrow Thompson

1979

The Visitor as Sheriff Paul Townsend

1979

Wise Blood as Stranger #4

1979

The Great Santini as Coach Spinks

1979

The Prize Fighter as Stranger

1977

Young Dan'l Boone as Not available

1977

The Lincoln Conspiracy as Lt. Edward P. Doherty

1976

Grizzly as Charley Kittridge

1976

Project: Kill as Sen. Walker (uncredited)

1974

The Longest Yard as Bartender