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Joe Dorsey
Actor, Director, Producer, Writer
Born January 15, 1932 (90 years)
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
Filmography
| 1992 | Pet Sematary II · as Caretaker |
| 1992 | The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton · as Sheriff |
| 1992 | Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story · as Detective Roth |
| 1989 | Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North · as Gen. Secord |
| 1989 | Hardball (1989) (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1989 | Father Dowling Mysteries (TV Series) · as Doctor Pryor |
| 1989 | Coach (TV Series) · as Opera Patron |
| 1988 | Bat*21 · as Col. Douglass |
| 1988 | Frank Nitti: The Enforcer · as Unknown |
| 1988 | Shadows in the Storm · as Birkenstock |
| 1988 | In the Heat of the Night (TV Series) · as Ace McCabe |
| 1986 | Club Paradise · as Data Processing Supervisor |
| 1986 | Stewardess School · as Captain |
| 1986 | The Wizard (TV Series) · as Trammer |
| 1986 | L.A. Law (TV Series) · as Al Becker |
| 1985 | Real Genius · as Congressman Dougton |
| 1985 | Misfits of Science (TV Series) · as Matt Jasper |
| 1984 | The Philadelphia Experiment · as Sheriff Bates |
| 1984 | Blue Thunder (TV Series) · as Van Ark |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Harry Kingman |
| 1984 | Riptide (1984) (TV Series) · as Dr. Clemson |
| 1984 | Hunter (TV Series) · as Sgt. Louis Whitlow |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1984 | Cover Up (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1983 | WarGames · as Conley |
| 1983 | Brainstorm · as Hal Abramson |
| 1983 | Hardcastle and McCormick (TV Series) · as Calvin Moreland |
| 1983 | War Games · as Colonel Joe Conley |
| 1982 | Remington Steele (TV Series) · as Sheriff Dwight Clifford |
| 1982 | T.J. Hooker (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1982 | Voyagers! (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1981 | Coward of the County · as Lem Gatlin |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1980 | Hopscotch · as Security Guard |
| 1980 | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones · as Jakes |
| 1979 | The Great Santini · as Coach Spinks |
| 1979 | Norma Rae · as Woodrow Thompson |
| 1979 | Wise Blood · as Stranger #4 |
| 1979 | The Visitor · as Sheriff Paul Townsend (as Jack Dorsey) |
| 1979 | The Prize Fighter · as Stranger |
| 1979 | The Dukes of Hazzard (TV Series) · as Mr. Hooper |
| 1978 | The Manitou · as Dr. Snaith |
| 1978 | Our Winning Season · as Officer McNally |
| 1978 | They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way · as Bill |
| 1978 | Dallas (TV Series) · as Ben Kesey |
| 1977 | The Lincoln Conspiracy · as Lt. Edward P. Doherty |
| 1977 | The Incredible Hulk (TV Series) · as Al |
| 1977 | Roots (TV Series) · as Calvert |
| 1976 | Grizzly · as Charley Kittridge |
| 1976 | Project: Kill · as Sen. Walker |
| 1974 | Movin' On (TV Series) · as Head Thief |
| 1974 | The Longest Yard · as Bartender |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Capt. Guthrie |