Joe Dorsey

Joe Dorsey

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

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TV Series

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

7.5
Remington Steele

Remington Steele

7.093
T. J. Hooker

T. J. Hooker

6.394
L.A. Law

L.A. Law

7.1
Simon & Simon

Simon & Simon

6.685
Highway to Heaven

Highway to Heaven

7.357
Voyagers!

Voyagers!

7.506
Cover Up

Cover Up

6.6
Hunter

Hunter

7.2
Young Dan'l Boone

Young Dan'l Boone

5
Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

7.5
The Oldest Rookie

The Oldest Rookie

5.5
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

7.2
Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

7.5
Coach

Coach

6.714
Capital News

Capital News

6
Hill Street Blues

Hill Street Blues

7.6
Simon & Simon

Simon & Simon

6.685
Blue Thunder

Blue Thunder

6.9

Movies

WarGames

WarGames

7.077
Hopscotch

Hopscotch

6.985
The Great Santini

The Great Santini

6.7
Deadly Care

Deadly Care

6
The Prize Fighter

The Prize Fighter

4.8
Coward of the County

Coward of the County

6.2
Angel City

Angel City

5.75
The Lincoln Conspiracy

The Lincoln Conspiracy

5.6
Grizzly

Grizzly

5
Frank Nitti: The Enforcer

Frank Nitti: The Enforcer

5.545
Wise Blood

Wise Blood

6.286
Shadows in the Storm

Shadows in the Storm

4.2
Norma Rae

Norma Rae

7.19
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way

They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way

4
The Longest Yard

The Longest Yard

6.7
The Philadelphia Experiment

The Philadelphia Experiment

6.114
Stewardess School

Stewardess School

4.8
Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess

Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess

6.3
Code of Vengeance

Code of Vengeance

5.5
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd

The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd

4
The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton

The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton

6.5
Bat★21

Bat★21

6.333
The Visitor

The Visitor

5.252
The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance

The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance

0
Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story

Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story

7.333
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys

6
Real Genius

Real Genius

6.67
Brainstorm

Brainstorm

6.251
Pet Sematary II

Pet Sematary II

5.453
Project: Kill

Project: Kill

4.636
Club Paradise

Club Paradise

5.136