About

Known credits:
30
Birthday:
1932-01-15
Place of birth:
Florida, USA
Website:
N/A

Joe Dorsey

Overview

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

Acting

1992 Pet Sematary II Actor Caretaker 56
Average
1992 The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton Actor Sheriff 59
Average
1992 Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story Actor Detective Roth 59
Average
1988 Bat★21 Actor Col. Douglass 60
Fair
1988 Frank Nitti: The Enforcer Actor 59
Average
1988 Shadows in the Storm Actor Birkenstock 58
Average
1987 Deadly Care Actor Mr. Halloran 59
Average
1986 Stewardess School Actor Captain 58
Average
1985 Real Genius Actor Congressman 62
Fair
1985 Code of Vengeance Actor Chief Milford Carsworth N/A
N/A
1984 The Philadelphia Experiment Actor Sheriff Bates 59
Average
1983 Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess Actor Winfield Sheehan 58
Average
1983 Brainstorm Actor Hal Abramson 59
Average
1983 WarGames Actor Conley 68
Fair
1981 Coward of the County Actor Lem Gatlin 59
Average
1980 Angel City Actor Tom 59
Average
1980 Hopscotch Actor Security Guard 61
Fair
1980 Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones Actor Jake 70
Good
1980 The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd Actor Gen. Edward Trafe 59
Average
1979 The Prize Fighter Actor Stranger 58
Average
1979 The Great Santini Actor Coach Spinks 59
Average
1979 Wise Blood Actor Stranger #4 59
Average
1979 The Visitor Actor Sheriff Paul Townsend 57
Average
1979 Norma Rae Actor Woodrow Thompson 61
Fair
1978 They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way Actor Bill 58
Average
1978 The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance Actor Capt. Guthrie N/A
N/A
1977 The Lincoln Conspiracy Actor Lt. Edward P. Doherty 58
Average
1976 Grizzly Actor Charley Kittridge 57
Average
1976 Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys Actor Newlin Andrews 59
Average
1974 The Longest Yard Actor Bartender 61
Fair