JOE DORSEY

Joe Dorsey
Joe Dorsey
Gender: Male
Known for: Acting
Birthday: January 15, 1932
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

Starring

Caretaker
Lt. Colonel DuBois
1989·
Coach
Opera Patron
1988·
Bat★21
Col. Douglass
Birkenstock
Mr. Halloran
1986·
L.A. Law
Al Becker
Data Processing Supervisor
Captain
Congressman
Chief Milford Carsworth
Van Ark
Doc Schaeffer, Bennett J. Devlin, Harry Kingman
1984·
Hunter
Sgt. Louis Whitlow
1984·
Cover Up
Sheriff Bates
Hal Abramson
Winfield Sheehan
1983·
WarGames
Conley
1982·
Voyagers!
Capt. Herb
Sheriff Dwight Clifford
Frank
Anthony Garibaldi
Lem Gatlin
Gen. Edward Trafe
Tom
1980·
Hopscotch
Security Guard
Sheriff Paul Townsend
1979·
Norma Rae
Woodrow Thompson
Stranger #4
Stranger
Coach Spinks
Lt. Edward P. Doherty
Sen. Walker (uncredited)
1976·
Grizzly
Charley Kittridge
Bartender