Joe Dorsey
Born
January 15, 1932 (93 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Florida, USA
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
Pet Sematary II
Caretaker
1992
The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton
Sheriff
1992
Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story
Detective Roth
1992
Capital News
Lt. Colonel DuBois · (1 episode)
1990
Coach
Opera Patron · (1 episode)
1989
Bat★21
Col. Douglass
1988
Frank Nitti: The Enforcer
1988
Shadows in the Storm
Birkenstock
1988
The Oldest Rookie
(1 episode)
1987
Deadly Care
Mr. Halloran
1987
L.A. Law
Al Becker · (1 episode)
1986
Stewardess School
Captain
1986
Club Paradise
Data Processing Supervisor
1986
Real Genius
Congressman
1985
Code of Vengeance
Chief Milford Carsworth
1985
The Philadelphia Experiment
Sheriff Bates
1984
Murder, She Wrote
Harry Kingman · (2 episodes)
1984
Murder, She Wrote
Bennett J. Devlin · (3 episodes)
1984
Murder, She Wrote
Doc Schaeffer · (1 episode)
1984
Cover Up
(1 episode)
1984
Highway to Heaven
(1 episode)
1984
Hunter
Sgt. Louis Whitlow · (1 episode)
1984
Blue Thunder
Van Ark · (1 episode)
1984
Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess
Winfield Sheehan
1983
Brainstorm
Hal Abramson
1983
WarGames
Conley
1983
Voyagers!
(1 episode)
1982
Remington Steele
Sheriff Dwight Clifford · (1 episode)
1982
T. J. Hooker
Capt. Herb · (1 episode)
1982
Simon & Simon
(1 episode)
1981
Simon & Simon
Frank · (1 episode)
1981
Coward of the County
Lem Gatlin
1981
Hill Street Blues
Anthony Garibaldi · (1 episode)
1981
Angel City
Tom
1980
Hopscotch
Security Guard
1980
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Jake · (2 episodes)
1980
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
Gen. Edward Trafe
1980
The Prize Fighter
Stranger
1979
The Great Santini
Coach Spinks
1979
Wise Blood
Stranger #4
1979
The Visitor
Sheriff Paul Townsend
1979
Norma Rae
Woodrow Thompson
1979
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
Bill
1978
The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance
Capt. Guthrie
1978
The Lincoln Conspiracy
Lt. Edward P. Doherty
1977
Young Dan'l Boone
(1 episode)
1977
Project: Kill
Sen. Walker (uncredited)
1976
Grizzly
Charley Kittridge
1976
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
Newlin Andrews
1976
The Longest Yard
Bartender
1974