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Joe Dorsey

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birth DateJan 15, 1932 (94 years old)
Zodiac Sign♑Capricorn
Place of BirthFlorida, USA
Career Span1974 – 1992
Known Credits48 Titles
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ActingPopularity Score 1

Joe Dorsey

Also known as:Jack Dorsey
Total Works

48

31 movies • 17 shows

Avg Rating

6.6 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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

Signature Roles & Milestones

WarGames
7.1
WarGames
1983•movie
as Conley
Real Genius
6.7
Real Genius
1985•movie
as Congressman
The Philadelphia Experiment
6.1
as Sheriff Bates
Murder, She Wrote
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984•series
as Harry Kingman

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 48 titles featuring Joe Dorsey

WarGames
7.1
WarGames
1983•movie

as Conley

Pet Sematary II
5.5
Pet Sematary II
1992•movie

as Caretaker

Real Genius
6.7
Real Genius
1985•movie

as Congressman

The Philadelphia Experiment
6.1

as Sheriff Bates

Murder, She Wrote
7.5
2 eps
Murder, She Wrote
1984•series

as Harry Kingman

The Longest Yard
6.7
The Longest Yard
1974•movie

as Bartender

Brainstorm
6.2
Brainstorm
1983•movie

as Hal Abramson

Roots
7.4
1 eps
Roots
1977•series

as Calvert

Bat★21
6.3
Bat★21
1988•movie

as Col. Douglass

Norma Rae
7.2
Norma Rae
1979•movie

as Woodrow Thompson

Highway to Heaven
7.4
1 eps
Highway to Heaven
1984•series
Hopscotch
7.0
Hopscotch
1980•movie

as Security Guard

Grizzly
5.2
Grizzly
1976•movie

as Charley Kittridge

Remington Steele
7.1
1 eps
Remington Steele
1982•series

as Sheriff Dwight Clifford

The Visitor
5.3
The Visitor
1979•movie

as Sheriff Paul Townsend

Hill Street Blues
7.6
1 eps
Hill Street Blues
1981•series

as Anthony Garibaldi

Blue Thunder
6.9
1 eps
Blue Thunder
1984•series

as Van Ark

Wise Blood
6.4
Wise Blood
1979•movie

as Stranger #4

Club Paradise
5.2
Club Paradise
1986•movie

as Data Processing Supervisor

Hunter
7.1
1 eps
Hunter
1984•series

as Sgt. Louis Whitlow

T. J. Hooker
6.5
1 eps
T. J. Hooker
1982•series

as Capt. Herb

Simon & Simon
6.7
1 eps
Simon & Simon
1981•series
Voyagers!
7.6
1 eps
Voyagers!
1982•series
L.A. Law
7.0
1 eps
L.A. Law
1986•series

as Al Becker

The Great Santini
6.8
The Great Santini
1979•movie

as Coach Spinks

Coach
6.7
1 eps
Coach
1989•series

as Opera Patron

Stewardess School
5.0
Stewardess School
1986•movie

as Captain

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
7.3
2 eps
Cover Up
6.9
1 eps
Cover Up
1984•series
Coward of the County
6.5

as Lem Gatlin

The Lincoln Conspiracy
6.0

as Lt. Edward P. Doherty

Project: Kill
5.1
Project: Kill
1976•movie

as Sen. Walker (uncredited)

They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
4.4
Shadows in the Storm
4.6

as Birkenstock

The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
5.3

as Gen. Edward Trafe

The Prize Fighter
5.3
The Prize Fighter
1979•movie

as Stranger

Angel City
6.0
Angel City
1980•movie

as Tom

Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess
7.0

as Winfield Sheehan

The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton
6.6
Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story
8.0
Deadly Care
6.7
Deadly Care
1987•movie

as Mr. Halloran

Code of Vengeance
7.0
Code of Vengeance
1985•movie

as Chief Milford Carsworth

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
7.0

as Newlin Andrews

The Oldest Rookie
7.0
1 eps
The Oldest Rookie
1987•series
Young Dan'l Boone
7.0
1 eps
Young Dan'l Boone
1977•series
Capital News
6.5
1 eps
Capital News
1990•series

as Lt. Colonel DuBois

The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance

as Capt. Guthrie