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Joe Dorsey

Born: 1932-01-15 • 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

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