Joe Dorsey: movies and TV shows
Joe Dorsey has 52 credits in the archive: 31 films and 21 TV series, from 1974 to 1992. Highest rated: Hill Street Blues (7.6/10).
Career timeline
1974 – 1992 · busiest year: 1984 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Pet Sematary II | Caretaker | Film | 5.5 | 60 |
| 1992 | The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton | Sheriff | Film | 6.6 | 60 |
| 1992 | Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story | Detective Roth | Film | 8.0 | 60 |
| 1990 | Capital News | Lt. Colonel DuBois | TV | 6.5 | 58 |
| 1989 | Coach | Opera Patron | TV | 6.6 | 57 |
| 1988 | Bat★21 | Col. Douglass | Film | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1988 | Frank Nitti: The Enforcer | Film | 5.8 | 56 | |
| 1988 | Shadows in the Storm | Birkenstock | Film | 4.6 | 56 |
| 1987 | The Oldest Rookie | TV | 7.0 | 55 | |
| 1987 | Deadly Care | Mr. Halloran | Film | 6.7 | 55 |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Al Becker | TV | 7.1 | 54 |
| 1986 | Club Paradise | Data Processing Supervisor | Film | 5.2 | 54 |
| 1986 | Stewardess School | Captain | Film | 4.9 | 54 |
| 1985 | Real Genius | Congressman | Film | 6.7 | 53 |
| 1985 | Code of Vengeance | Chief Milford Carsworth | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1984 | Hunter | Sgt. Louis Whitlow | TV | 7.1 | 52 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Harry Kingman | TV | 7.5 | 52 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Bennett J. Devlin | TV | 7.5 | 52 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Doc Schaeffer | TV | 7.5 | 52 |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven | TV | 7.4 | 52 | |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven | Luke Morgan | TV | 7.4 | 52 |
| 1984 | Cover Up | TV | 6.9 | 52 | |
| 1984 | Blue Thunder | Van Ark | TV | 6.9 | 52 |
| 1984 | The Philadelphia Experiment | Sheriff Bates | Film | 6.1 | 52 |
| 1983 | WarGames | Conley | Film | 7.1 | 51 |
| 1983 | Brainstorm | Hal Abramson | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1983 | Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess | Winfield Sheehan | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1982 | T. J. Hooker | Capt. Herb | TV | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1982 | Remington Steele | Sheriff Dwight Clifford | TV | 7.1 | 50 |
| 1982 | Voyagers! | TV | 7.5 | 50 | |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | Anthony Garibaldi | TV | 7.6 | 49 |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon | TV | 6.7 | 49 | |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon | Frank | TV | 6.7 | 49 |
| 1981 | Coward of the County | Lem Gatlin | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1980 | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones | Jake | TV | 7.3 | 48 |
| 1980 | Hopscotch | Security Guard | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1980 | The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd | Gen. Edward Trafe | Film | 5.0 | 48 |
| 1980 | Angel City | Tom | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1979 | Norma Rae | Woodrow Thompson | Film | 7.2 | 47 |
| 1979 | Wise Blood | Stranger #4 | Film | 6.4 | 47 |
| 1979 | The Visitor | Sheriff Paul Townsend | Film | 5.3 | 47 |
| 1979 | The Prize Fighter | Stranger | Film | 4.8 | 47 |
| 1979 | The Great Santini | Coach Spinks | Film | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1978 | They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way | Bill | Film | 4.4 | 46 |
| 1978 | The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance | Capt. Guthrie | Film | — | 46 |
| 1977 | Roots | Calvert | TV | 7.4 | 45 |
| 1977 | Young Dan'l Boone | TV | 7.0 | 45 | |
| 1977 | The Lincoln Conspiracy | Lt. Edward P. Doherty | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1976 | Grizzly | Charley Kittridge | Film | 5.2 | 44 |
| 1976 | Project: Kill | Sen. Walker (uncredited) | Film | 5.1 | 44 |
| 1976 | Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys | Newlin Andrews | Film | 7.5 | 44 |
| 1974 | The Longest Yard | Bartender | Film | 6.8 | 42 |