- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 15, 1932
- Place of Birth
- Florida, USA
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 Br…
Filmography
moviePet Sematary II
1992 · Caretaker
movieThe Secret Passion of Robert Clayton
1992 · Sheriff
movieTaking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story
1992 · Detective Roth
tvCapital News
1990 · Lt. Colonel DuBois
tvCoach
1989 · Opera Patron
movieBat★21
1988 · Col. Douglass
movieFrank Nitti: The Enforcer
1988
movieShadows in the Storm
1988 · Birkenstock
tvThe Oldest Rookie
1987
movieDeadly Care
1987 · Mr. Halloran
tvL.A. Law
1986 · Al Becker
movieStewardess School
1986 · Captain
movieClub Paradise
1986 · Data Processing Supervisor
movieReal Genius
1985 · Congressman
movieCode of Vengeance
1985 · Chief Milford Carsworth
movieThe Philadelphia Experiment
1984 · Sheriff Bates
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984 · Harry Kingman, Bennett J. Devlin, Doc Schaeffer
tvCover Up
1984
tvHighway to Heaven
1984 · , Luke Morgan
tvHunter
1984 · Sgt. Louis Whitlow
tvBlue Thunder
1984 · Van Ark
movieRita Hayworth: The Love Goddess
1983 · Winfield Sheehan
movieBrainstorm
1983 · Hal Abramson
movieWarGames
1983 · Conley
tvVoyagers!
1982
tvRemington Steele
1982 · Sheriff Dwight Clifford
tvT. J. Hooker
1982 · Capt. Herb
tvSimon & Simon
1981 · , Frank
movieCoward of the County
1981 · Lem Gatlin
tvHill Street Blues
1981 · Anthony Garibaldi
movieAngel City
1980 · Tom
movieHopscotch
1980 · Security Guard
tvGuyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980 · Jake
movieThe Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
1980 · Gen. Edward Trafe
movieThe Prize Fighter
1979 · Stranger
movieThe Great Santini
1979 · Coach Spinks
movieWise Blood
1979 · Stranger #4
movieThe Visitor
1979 · Sheriff Paul Townsend
movieNorma Rae
1979 · Woodrow Thompson
movieThey Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
1978 · Bill
movieThe Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance
1978 · Capt. Guthrie
movieThe Lincoln Conspiracy
1977 · Lt. Edward P. Doherty
tvYoung Dan'l Boone
1977
tvRoots
1977 · Calvert
movieProject: Kill
1976 · Sen. Walker (uncredited)
movieGrizzly
1976 · Charley Kittridge
movieJudge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
1976 · Newlin Andrews
movieThe Longest Yard
1974 · Bartender