Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1932-01-15 (93 years old)

Place of Birth

Florida, USA

Joe Dorsey

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

1992

1990

Capital News as Lt. Colonel DuBois

1989

Coach as Opera Patron

1988

1987

1986

Club Paradise as Data Processing Supervisor
L.A. Law as Al Becker

1985

Code of Vengeance as Chief Milford Carsworth
Real Genius as Congressman

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Harry Kingman
Hunter as Sgt. Louis Whitlow
Murder, She Wrote as Bennett J. Devlin
Murder, She Wrote as Doc Schaeffer
Blue Thunder as Van Ark

1983

WarGames as Conley
Brainstorm as Hal Abramson

1982

Remington Steele as Sheriff Dwight Clifford
T. J. Hooker as Capt. Herb

1981

Coward of the County as Lem Gatlin
Hill Street Blues as Anthony Garibaldi
Simon & Simon as Frank

1980

Hopscotch as Security Guard
Angel City as Tom
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd as Gen. Edward Trafe

1979

The Great Santini as Coach Spinks
The Prize Fighter as Stranger
Wise Blood as Stranger #4
Norma Rae as Woodrow Thompson
The Visitor as Sheriff Paul Townsend

1978

1977

1976

Grizzly as Charley Kittridge
Project: Kill as Sen. Walker (uncredited)

1974

The Longest Yard as Bartender