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Joe Dorsey

Joe Dorsey

Known For Acting
Birthday Jan 15, 1932 (93)
Birthplace Florida, USA
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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). D ... orsey 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

Filmography

Pet Sematary II

Pet Sematary II

1992

as Caretaker

Shadows in the Storm

Shadows in the Storm

1988

as Birkenstock

Bat★21

Bat★21

1988

as Col. Douglass

Deadly Care

Deadly Care

1987

as Mr. Halloran

Stewardess School

Stewardess School

1986

as Captain

Code of Vengeance

Code of Vengeance

1985

as Chief Milford Carsworth

Real Genius

Real Genius

1985

as Congressman

The Philadelphia Experiment

The Philadelphia Experiment

1984

as Sheriff Bates

Brainstorm

Brainstorm

1983

as Hal Abramson

WarGames

WarGames

1983

as Conley

Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess

Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess

1983

as Winfield Sheehan

Coward of the County

Coward of the County

1981

as Lem Gatlin

Angel City

Angel City

1980

as Tom

The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd

The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd

1980

as Gen. Edward Trafe

Hopscotch

Hopscotch

1980

as Security Guard

The Visitor

The Visitor

1979

as Sheriff Paul Townsend

The Prize Fighter

The Prize Fighter

1979

as Stranger

The Great Santini

The Great Santini

1979

as Coach Spinks

Wise Blood

Wise Blood

1979

as Stranger #4

Norma Rae

Norma Rae

1979

as Woodrow Thompson

The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance

The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance

1978

as Capt. Guthrie

The Lincoln Conspiracy

The Lincoln Conspiracy

1977

as Lt. Edward P. Doherty

Grizzly

Grizzly

1976

as Charley Kittridge

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys

1976

as Newlin Andrews

The Longest Yard

The Longest Yard

1974

as Bartender

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Murder, She Wrote

as Bennett J. Devlin

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Murder, She Wrote

as Harry Kingman

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

as Jake

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 15, 1980

Remington Steele

as Sheriff Dwight Clifford

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1982

L.A. Law

as Al Becker

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1986

Hunter

as Sgt. Louis Whitlow

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1984

Murder, She Wrote

as Doc Schaeffer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Coach

as Opera Patron

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 28, 1989

Capital News

as Lt. Colonel DuBois

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 09, 1990

Hill Street Blues

as Anthony Garibaldi

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 15, 1981

Simon & Simon

as Frank

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 24, 1981

T. J. Hooker

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 13, 1982

Simon & Simon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 24, 1981

Highway to Heaven

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1984

Voyagers!

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1982

Cover Up

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1984

Young Dan'l Boone

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1977

The Oldest Rookie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1987

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