Joe Dorsey

Joe Dorsey

  • Birthday: 1932-01-15
  • Place of birth: Florida, USA

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

Filmography

WarGames

1983

As Conley

The Great Santini

1979

As Coach Spinks

The Prize Fighter

1979

As Stranger

Grizzly

1976

As Charley Kittridge

The Philadelphia Experiment

1984

As Sheriff Bates

Bat★21

1988

As Col. Douglass

The Visitor

1979

As Sheriff Paul Townsend

Real Genius

1985

As Congressman

Brainstorm

1983

As Hal Abramson

Pet Sematary II

1992

As Caretaker

Deadly Care

1987

As Mr. Halloran

Coward of the County

1981

As Lem Gatlin

Angel City

1980

As Tom

Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess

1983

As Winfield Sheehan

Code of Vengeance

1985

As Chief Milford Carsworth

The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd

1980

As Gen. Edward Trafe

Hopscotch

1980

As Security Guard

The Lincoln Conspiracy

1977

As Lt. Edward P. Doherty

Wise Blood

1979

As Stranger #4

Shadows in the Storm

1988

As Birkenstock

Norma Rae

1979

As Woodrow Thompson

The Longest Yard

1974

As Bartender

Stewardess School

1986

As Captain

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