7.1
Movie
Acting
Joe Dorsey
- Born
- (age 94)
- Birthplace
- Florida, USA
- Credits
- 48 titles
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
Signature work
Known For
7.1
Movie
5.4
Movie
Pet Sematary II
6.7
Movie
Real Genius
7.5
TV
Murder, She Wrote
6.1
Movie
The Philadelphia Experiment
6.7
Movie
The Longest Yard
6.2
Movie
Brainstorm
7.4
TV
Roots
6.3
Movie
Bat★21
7.2
Movie
Norma Rae
7.4
TV
Highway to Heaven
7.0
Movie
Hopscotch
5.2
Movie
Grizzly
7.1
TV
Remington Steele
7.6
TV
Hill Street Blues
5.3
Movie
The Visitor
6.9
TV
Blue Thunder
6.3
Movie
Wise Blood
Acting credits 48
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Pet Sematary II Film | Caretaker |
| 1992 | The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton Film | Sheriff |
| 1992 | Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story Film | Detective Roth |
| 1990 | Capital News TV | Lt. Colonel DuBois (1 ep) |
| 1989 | Coach TV | Opera Patron (1 ep) |
| 1988 | Bat★21 Film | Col. Douglass |
| 1988 | Frank Nitti: The Enforcer Film | |
| 1988 | Shadows in the Storm Film | Birkenstock |
| 1987 | The Oldest Rookie TV | (1 ep) |
| 1987 | Deadly Care Film | Mr. Halloran |
| 1986 | L.A. Law TV | Al Becker (1 ep) |
| 1986 | Stewardess School Film | Captain |
| 1986 | Club Paradise Film | Data Processing Supervisor |
| 1985 | Real Genius Film | Congressman |
| 1985 | Code of Vengeance Film | Chief Milford Carsworth |
| 1984 | The Philadelphia Experiment Film | Sheriff Bates |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote TV | Harry Kingman, Bennett J. Devlin, Doc Schaeffer (2 ep) |
| 1984 | Cover Up TV | (1 ep) |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven TV | Luke Morgan (1 ep) |
| 1984 | Hunter TV | Sgt. Louis Whitlow (1 ep) |
| 1984 | Blue Thunder TV | Van Ark (1 ep) |
| 1983 | Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess Film | Winfield Sheehan |
| 1983 | Brainstorm Film | Hal Abramson |
| 1983 | WarGames Film | Conley |
| 1982 | Voyagers! TV | (1 ep) |
| 1982 | Remington Steele TV | Sheriff Dwight Clifford (1 ep) |
| 1982 | T. J. Hooker TV | Capt. Herb (1 ep) |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon TV | Frank (1 ep) |
| 1981 | Coward of the County Film | Lem Gatlin |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues TV | Anthony Garibaldi (1 ep) |
| 1980 | Angel City Film | Tom |
| 1980 | Hopscotch Film | Security Guard |
| 1980 | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones TV | Jake (2 ep) |
| 1980 | The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd Film | Gen. Edward Trafe |
| 1979 | The Prize Fighter Film | Stranger |
| 1979 | The Great Santini Film | Coach Spinks |
| 1979 | Wise Blood Film | Stranger #4 |
| 1979 | The Visitor Film | Sheriff Paul Townsend |
| 1979 | Norma Rae Film | Woodrow Thompson |
| 1978 | They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way Film | Bill |
| 1978 | The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance Film | Capt. Guthrie |
| 1977 | The Lincoln Conspiracy Film | Lt. Edward P. Doherty |
| 1977 | Young Dan'l Boone TV | Jake (1 ep) |
| 1977 | Roots TV | Calvert (1 ep) |
| 1976 | Project: Kill Film | Sen. Walker (uncredited) |
| 1976 | Grizzly Film | Charley Kittridge |
| 1976 | Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys Film | Newlin Andrews |
| 1974 | The Longest Yard Film | Bartender |