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...

Known For

Career Timeline

1974197619781980198219841986198819901992
  1. 1992
    Pet Sematary II

    Caretaker • Acting

  2. 1992
  3. 1992
  4. 1988
    Bat★21

    Col. Douglass • Acting

  5. 1988
  6. 1988
    Shadows in the Storm

    Birkenstock • Acting

  7. 1987
    Deadly Care

    Mr. Halloran • Acting

  8. 1986
    Club Paradise

    Data Processing Supervisor • Acting

Joe Dorsey - Aperture