Joe Dorsey
1/15/1932
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
Joe Dorsey
Appeared In:
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WarGames
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Hopscotch
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The Great Santini
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Deadly Care
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The Prize Fighter
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Coward of the County
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Angel City
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The Lincoln Conspiracy
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Grizzly
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Frank Nitti: The Enforcer
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Wise Blood
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Shadows in the Storm
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Norma Rae
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They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
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The Longest Yard
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The Philadelphia Experiment
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Stewardess School
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Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess
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Code of Vengeance
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The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
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The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton
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Bat★21
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The Visitor
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The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance
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Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story
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Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
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Brainstorm
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Real Genius
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Pet Sematary II