JD

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

50

Gender

Male

Birthday

1932-01-15 (93 years old)

Place of Birth

Florida, USA

Also Known As

  • Jack Dorsey

Joe Dorsey

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
7.1%

WarGames

Jun 3, 1983

Pet Sematary II
5.4%

Pet Sematary II

Aug 28, 1992

Real Genius
6.7%

Real Genius

Aug 7, 1985

Murder, She Wrote
7.5%

Murder, She Wrote

Sep 30, 1984

Murder, She Wrote
7.5%

Murder, She Wrote

Sep 30, 1984

Murder, She Wrote
7.5%

Murder, She Wrote

Sep 30, 1984

The Longest Yard
6.7%

The Longest Yard

Aug 21, 1974

Brainstorm
6.2%

Brainstorm

Sep 30, 1983

Bat★21
6.3%

Bat★21

Jul 21, 1988

Norma Rae
7.2%

Norma Rae

Mar 2, 1979

Highway to Heaven
7.3%

Highway to Heaven

Sep 19, 1984

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Acting

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
1990
Capital News as Lt. Colonel DuBois
1989
Coach as Opera Patron
1988
Bat★21 as Col. Douglass
1988
Frank Nitti: The Enforcer
1988
Shadows in the Storm as Birkenstock
1987
The Oldest Rookie
1987
Deadly Care as Mr. Halloran
1986
L.A. Law as Al Becker
1986
Stewardess School as Captain
1986
Club Paradise as Data Processing Supervisor
1985
Real Genius as Congressman
1985
Code of Vengeance as Chief Milford Carsworth
1984
The Philadelphia Experiment as Sheriff Bates
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Harry Kingman
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Bennett J. Devlin
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Doc Schaeffer
1984
Cover Up
1984
Highway to Heaven
1984
Hunter as Sgt. Louis Whitlow
1984
Blue Thunder as Van Ark
1983
Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess as Winfield Sheehan
1983
Brainstorm as Hal Abramson
1983
WarGames as Conley
1982
Voyagers!
1982
Remington Steele as Sheriff Dwight Clifford
1982
T. J. Hooker as Capt. Herb
1981
Simon & Simon
1981
Simon & Simon as Frank
1981
Coward of the County as Lem Gatlin
1981
Hill Street Blues as Anthony Garibaldi
1980
Angel City as Tom
1980
Hopscotch as Security Guard
1980
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones as Jake
1980
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd as Gen. Edward Trafe
1979
The Prize Fighter as Stranger
1979
The Great Santini as Coach Spinks
1979
Wise Blood as Stranger #4
1979
The Visitor as Sheriff Paul Townsend
1979
Norma Rae as Woodrow Thompson
1978
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way as Bill
1978
The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance as Capt. Guthrie
1977
The Lincoln Conspiracy as Lt. Edward P. Doherty
1977
Young Dan'l Boone
1976
Project: Kill as Sen. Walker (uncredited)
1976
Grizzly as Charley Kittridge
1976
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys as Newlin Andrews
1974
The Longest Yard as Bartender
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