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Joe Dorsey

Joe Dorsey

Acting1932Florida, 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

Known For

Acting History

1990
Coach
TVas Opera Patron1 eps
Capital News
TVas Lt. Colonel DuBois
1988
Bat★21
as Col. Douglass
Shadows in the Storm
as Birkenstock
Simon & Simon
TVas Frank1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
TVas Bennett J. Devlin / Harry Kingman / Doc Schaeffer1 eps
1987
1986
Club Paradise
as Data Processing Supervisor
T. J. Hooker
TVas Capt. Herb1 eps
L.A. Law
TVas Al Becker1 eps
1985
Code of Vengeance
as Chief Milford Carsworth
Real Genius
as Congressman
Hunter
TVas Sgt. Louis Whitlow1 eps
Remington Steele
TVas Sheriff Dwight Clifford1 eps
Hill Street Blues
TVas Anthony Garibaldi1 eps
1983
WarGames
as Conley
Brainstorm
as Hal Abramson
1981
1980
1979
Norma Rae
as Woodrow Thompson
The Great Santini
as Coach Spinks
The Visitor
as Sheriff Paul Townsend
Wise Blood
as Stranger #4
1977
The Lincoln Conspiracy
as Lt. Edward P. Doherty
Roots
TVas Calvert1 eps
1976
Project: Kill
as Sen. Walker (uncredited)
Grizzly
as Charley Kittridge
1974
The Longest Yard
as Bartender

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1/15/1932(94 years old)
Place of Birth
Florida, USA
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