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Home/People/Joe Dorsey
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Born
Jan 15, 1932
Age 94
Place of Birth
Florida, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

31
Movies
20
TV Shows
Also Known As
Jack Dorsey
IMDb Profile

Joe Dorsey

Acting

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
Pet Sematary II poster

Pet Sematary II

as Caretaker
1992
The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton poster

The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton

as Sheriff
1992
Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story poster

Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story

as Detective Roth
1992
Bat★21 poster

Bat★21

as Col. Douglass
1988
Frank Nitti: The Enforcer poster

Frank Nitti: The Enforcer

Cast
1988
Shadows in the Storm poster

Shadows in the Storm

as Birkenstock
1988
Deadly Care poster

Deadly Care

as Mr. Halloran
1987
Stewardess School poster

Stewardess School

as Captain
1986
Club Paradise poster

Club Paradise

as Data Processing Supervisor
1986
Real Genius poster

Real Genius

as Congressman
1985
Code of Vengeance poster

Code of Vengeance

as Chief Milford Carsworth
1985
The Philadelphia Experiment poster

The Philadelphia Experiment

as Sheriff Bates
1984
Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess poster

Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess

as Winfield Sheehan
1983
Brainstorm poster

Brainstorm

as Hal Abramson
1983
WarGames poster

WarGames

as Conley
1983
Coward of the County poster

Coward of the County

as Lem Gatlin
1981
Angel City poster

Angel City

as Tom
1980
Hopscotch poster

Hopscotch

as Security Guard
1980
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd poster

The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd

as Gen. Edward Trafe
1980
The Prize Fighter poster

The Prize Fighter

as Stranger
1979