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Joe Dorsey

Born 1932-01-15 (age 94) Florida, USA
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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

WarGames
WarGames

1983

as Conley

Pet Sematary II
Pet Sematary II

1992

as Caretaker

The Philadelphia Experiment
The Philadelphia Experiment

1984

as Sheriff Bates

Norma Rae
Norma Rae

1979

as Woodrow Thompson

The Longest Yard
The Longest Yard

1974

as Bartender

Real Genius
Real Genius

1985

as Congressman

Brainstorm
Brainstorm

1983

as Hal Abramson

Club Paradise
Club Paradise

1986

as Data Processing Supervisor

Batβ˜…21
Batβ˜…21

1988

as Col. Douglass

Grizzly
Grizzly

1976

as Charley Kittridge

Hopscotch
Hopscotch

1980

as Security Guard

The Visitor
The Visitor

1979

as Sheriff Paul Townsend

The Great Santini
The Great Santini

1979

as Coach Spinks

Stewardess School
Stewardess School

1986

as Captain

Wise Blood
Wise Blood

1979

as Stranger #4

Coward of the County
Coward of the County

1981

as Lem Gatlin

Project: Kill
Project: Kill

1976

as Sen. Walker (uncredited)

Code of Vengeance
Code of Vengeance

1985

as Chief Milford Carsworth