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Portrait of Joe Dorsey

Acting

Joe Dorsey

Career

Active from 1976 to 1988, busiest in 1978 and 1988 with 2 main titles each.

Leading roles
1
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score44/100
Highest rated
Poster for Bat★21
Bat★21
GoodWatch score67/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 33 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Joe Dorsey Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Melancholy
    3.6, average 4.7
  • Eroticism
    1.0, average 1.8
  • Cringe Humor
    1.4, average 2.2
  • Showbiz
    0.5, average 1.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    47
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    1990s

    4 titles · average score 35
    Pet Sematary II
    Pet Sematary II (1992)
    GoodWatch score 35

    as Caretaker

    The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton
    The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton (1992)

    as Sheriff

    Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story
    Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story (1992)

    as Detective Roth

    Capital News
    Capital News (1990)

    TV show · as Lt. Colonel DuBois

    1980s

    29 titles · average score 62
    Coach
    Coach (1989)
    GoodWatch score 56

    TV show · as Opera Patron

    Bat★21
    Bat★21 (1988)
    GoodWatch score 67

    as Col. Douglass

    L.A. Law
    L.A. Law (1986)
    GoodWatch score 77

    TV show · as Al Becker

    The Philadelphia Experiment
    The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)
    GoodWatch score 52

    as Sheriff Bates

    Murder, She Wrote
    Murder, She Wrote (1984)
    GoodWatch score 74

    TV show · as Bennett J. Devlin / Doc Schaeffer

    Highway to Heaven
    Highway to Heaven (1984)
    GoodWatch score 77

    TV show · as Luke Morgan

    Hunter
    Hunter (1984)
    GoodWatch score 70

    TV show · as Sgt. Louis Whitlow

    WarGames
    WarGames (1983)
    GoodWatch score 74

    as Conley

    Remington Steele
    Remington Steele (1982)
    GoodWatch score 79

    TV show · as Sheriff Dwight Clifford

    T. J. Hooker
    T. J. Hooker (1982)
    GoodWatch score 42

    TV show · as Capt. Herb

    Hill Street Blues
    Hill Street Blues (1981)
    GoodWatch score 90

    TV show · as Anthony Garibaldi

    Simon & Simon
    Simon & Simon (1981)
    GoodWatch score 46

    TV show · as Frank

    1970s

    14 titles · average score 60
    Norma Rae
    Norma Rae (1979)
    GoodWatch score 75

    as Woodrow Thompson

    The Visitor
    The Visitor (1979)
    GoodWatch score 65

    as Sheriff Paul Townsend

    Wise Blood
    Wise Blood (1979)
    GoodWatch score 77

    as Stranger #4

    The Great Santini
    The Great Santini (1979)
    GoodWatch score 75

    as Coach Spinks

    The Prize Fighter
    The Prize Fighter (1979)
    GoodWatch score 58

    as Stranger

    They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
    They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way (1978)
    GoodWatch score 31

    as Bill

    The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance
    The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance (1978)

    as Capt. Guthrie

    Roots
    Roots (1977)
    GoodWatch score 76

    TV show · as Calvert

    Young Dan'l Boone
    Young Dan'l Boone (1977)

    TV show · as Jake

    Grizzly
    Grizzly (1976)
    GoodWatch score 41

    as Charley Kittridge

    Project: Kill
    Project: Kill (1976)
    GoodWatch score 39

    as Sen. Walker (uncredited)

    The Longest Yard
    The Longest Yard (1974)
    GoodWatch score 68

    as Bartender