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Joe Dorsey is a Actor American born on 15 january 1932
Joe Dorsey (born 1925) is an American character actor.
Dorsey is perhaps best known for such films as Grizzly, as Coach Spinks, alongside Robert Duvall in The Great Santini, as well as co-starring with Christopher Walken in Brainstorm.
Dorsey has also been seen in many shows and films from the 1970s into the 1990s that also included Norma Rae, WarGames, Real Genius and Code of Vengeance.
He made his final film appearance in the 1997 independent film Killing Midnight which was directed by his son Alexander.
^ "Joe Dorsey". The New York Times.
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Joe Dorsey
Dorsey is perhaps best known for such films as Grizzly, as Coach Spinks, alongside Robert Duvall in The Great Santini, as well as co-starring with Christopher Walken in Brainstorm.
Dorsey has also been seen in many shows and films from the 1970s into the 1990s that also included Norma Rae, WarGames, Real Genius and Code of Vengeance.
He made his final film appearance in the 1997 independent film Killing Midnight which was directed by his son Alexander.
^ "Joe Dorsey". The New York Times.
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Pet Sematary II (1992)
, 1h40Directed by Mary Lambert
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes L'adolescence, Films about animals, Films about education, Films about children, Medical-themed films, Films about dogs, Zombie films, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about viral outbreaks, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Films about school violence, Disaster films
Actors Edward Furlong, Anthony Edwards, Clancy Brown, Jared Rushton, Darlanne Fluegel, Lisa Waltz
Roles Caretaker
Rating49%
Following the accidental death of his mother, Renee, during production of her latest film, thirteen-year-old Jeff Matthews and his father, Chase, a veterinarian, move to Ludlow, Maine. Jeff learns about the Creed family and the cursed Indian burial ground. His friend Drew's dog, Zowie, is shot by Drew's stepfather, Gus Gilbert, the town sheriff. Jeff and Drew bury Zowie at the burial ground in an attempt to bring him back to life. The dog returns from the dead, but is unusually fierce, and his eyes have an unnatural glow to them even in daylight. Gus grounds Drew because he thinks he was lying when he said he only missed school because he was burying Zowie. Zowie is treated for his gunshot wound by Chase, who finds that the wound is not healing and Zowie has no heartbeat. Chase sends a blood sample to a lab and learns that Zowie's cells have completely deteriorated and are no different from those of a dead canine.
Bat★21 (1988)
, 1h45Directed by Peter Markle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Politique, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Gene Hackman, Danny Glover, Clayton Rohner, Jerry Reed (Hubbard), David Marshall Grant, Joe Dorsey
Roles Col. Douglass
Rating64%
During the last days of the Vietnam War, USAF Lieutenant Colonel Iceal E. "Gene" Hambleton (Gene Hackman) call sign BAT-21 Bravo, is flying on board a EB-66C electronic warfare aircraft, engaged in electronic countermeasures preparatory to a major bombing strike. Without warning, a number of SA-2 Guideline surface to air missiles are launched from South Vietnam, targeting their aircraft. A massive SAM explosion tears off the tail and Hambleton, in the navigator's position, ejects as the sole survivor of the six-man crew.
Shadows in the Storm (1988)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Mia Sara, Ned Beatty, Michael Madsen, Troy Evans, James Widdoes, Joe Dorsey
Roles Birkenstock
Rating39%
Thelonious Pitt (Ned Beatty), a daydreaming businessman, goes to the Redwood Forests of California. There, he meets a beautiful woman, Melanie (Mia Sara). She looks like the woman he has been seeing in his dreams.
Stewardess School (1986)
, 1h29Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Brett Cullen, Don Most, Judy Landers, Mary Cadorette-Harris, Wendie Jo Sperber, Julia Montgomery
Roles Captain
Rating42%
When frat boys Philo (Cullen) and George (Most) fail at becoming pilots, the duo decides to join Weidermeyer Academy, one of the top stewardess schools in the country. During training, the guys encounter a group of misfits who run the gamut of quirkiness. The group end up bonding and they're all sent to the seedy Stromboli Airlines for their final test.
Real Genius (1985)
, 1h42Directed by Martha Coolidge
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films
Actors Val Kilmer, Gabriel Jarret, Jon Gries, Michelle Meyrink, William Atherton, Ed Lauter
Roles Congressman
Rating68%
A group of CIA officers watch a video presentation of a top-secret project called "Crossbow": a space shuttle mounted with a computer-guided laser weapon incinerates a man on the ground with pinpoint accuracy. Researchers on the project have yet to devise a system to generate enough power to operate it. When it becomes clear that this weapon has no wartime applications and is intended solely for illegal assassinations, one agent decries the project as immoral. He is subsequently eliminated.
The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)
, 1h42Directed by Stewart Raffill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Time travel films
Actors Michael Paré, Nancy Allen, Eric Christmas, Bobby Di Cicco, Louise Latham, Ralph Manza
Roles Sheriff Bates
Rating60%
In 1943 United States Navy sailors David Herdeg and Jim Parker are assigned to the destroyer escort USS Eldridge during a project to make it invisible to radar. The ship is in Philadelphia harbor, filled with equipment from a team led by Dr. James Longstreet. During the experiment the equipment begins malfunctioning. Observers simply see the ship disappear. David and Jim try to shut down the generator but receive severe electric shocks when they touch anything. The two men jump overboard to escape.
Brainstorm (1983)
, 1h46Directed by Douglas Trumbull
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic
Actors Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood, Louise Fletcher, Cliff Robertson, Alan Fudge, Joe Dorsey
Roles Hal Abramson
Rating63%
A team of scientists invents a brain/computer interface that allows sensations to be recorded from a person's brain and converted to tape so that others may experience them. The team includes estranged husband and wife Michael and Karen Brace, as well as Michael's colleague Lillian Reynolds. At CEO Alex Terson's instruction, the team demonstrates the device to investors in order to gain financing.
WarGames (1983)
, 1h54Directed by John Badham
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about computing, Jeu, Politique, Sécurité informatique, Films about video games, Political films, Arme nucléaire
Actors Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Ally Sheedy, Barry Corbin, Michael Madsen
Roles Conley
Rating70%
During a surprise drill of a nuclear attack, many United States Air Force Strategic Missile Wing missileers prove unwilling to turn a required key to launch a missile strike. Such refusals convince John McKittrick (Dabney Coleman) and other systems engineers at NORAD that missile launch control centers must be automated, without human intervention. Control is given to a NORAD supercomputer, WOPR (War Operation Plan Response), programmed to continuously run military simulations and learn over time.
Directed by James Goldstone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Actors Lynda Carter, Michael Lerner, Julian Fellowes, Rance Howard, Leonard Mann, Alejandro Rey
Roles Winfield Sheehan
Rating64%
The Great Santini (1980)
, 1h55Directed by Lewis John Carlino
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Robert Duvall, Blythe Danner, Michael O'Keefe, Lisa Jane Persky, Stan Shaw, Julie Anne Haddock
Roles Coach Spinks
Rating71%
A warrior without a war, Lt. Col. "Bull" Meechum, a pilot also known as "The Great Santini" to his fellow Marines, moves his family to the military-base town of Beaufort, South Carolina in peacetime 1962. His wife Lillian is loyal and docile, tolerant of Meechum's temper and drinking. Their teenaged kids, Ben and Mary Anne, are accustomed to his stern discipline and behave accordingly, while adapting to their new town and school.
, 3h12Directed by William A. Graham
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about religion
Actors Powers Boothe, Ned Beatty, Brad Dourif, LeVar Burton, Colleen Dewhurst, Irene Cara
Roles Jake
Rating74%
The film draws on Guyana Massacre: The Eyewitness Account and reports from The Washington Post at the time, to describe the life of Jim Jones from a 1960s idealist to the November 1978 mass murder/suicide of members of Peoples Temple in Jonestown, Guyana. In the beginning of the film, Jim Jones is seen helping minorities and working against racism. Later, after a move to San Francisco and increased power and attention, Jones becomes focused on his belief in nuclear holocaust, and moves hundreds of his followers to Guyana. Congressman Leo J. Ryan is notified that some individuals are being held against their will, and after going to investigate, the Guyana tragedy itself is depicted.
Hopscotch (1980)
, 1h46Directed by Ronald Neame
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Political films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Sam Waterston, Ned Beatty, Herbert Lom, George Baker
Roles Security Guard
Rating70%
The movie opens at Munich's Oktoberfest. Kendig and his team foil a microfilm transfer to an East German spy. However, they purposely do not apprehend Yaskov. Kendig is summoned to Washington, where his supervisor, Myerson (Beatty), is forcing Kendig into semi-retirement and a desk job because Kendig didn't arrest the Russian. Kendig resists, claiming to be "a field man", and, on his own initiative, takes leave, shredding his file en route. It is days before that is discovered. He goes to Salzburg, Austria to "hear some Mozart" and visit an old friend, Isobel Von Schoenenberg (Jackson). It is here that he seizes on the idea of writing a book exposing all the 'dirty tricks' of the CIA, KGB and other 'spy agencies'. Isobel is horrified to read the first chapter and tells Kendig that they'll all come after him to kill him. Nevertheless, he mails copies of the chapters to the various spy chiefs in the US, Russia, China, France and Great Britain. Soon enough, Myerson and Yaskov are after him, just as he wanted.
Wise Blood (1979)
, 1h46Directed by John Huston
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about religion
Actors Brad Dourif, John Huston, Dan Shor, Harry Dean Stanton, Amy Wright, Ned Beatty
Roles Stranger #4
Rating68%
Wise Blood follows the troubled life of Hazel "Haze" Motes, a 22-year-old veteran of an unspecified war and a preacher of the Church of Truth Without Christ. The Church – a "religious" organization of Haze's own creation – serves to further his bitter, passion-fueled and often spiteful words against anyone or anything representing a belief in God, an afterlife, judgement, sin or evil.
The Prize Fighter (1979)
, 1h39Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Buddy films
Actors Don Knotts, Tim Conway, David Wayne, Cisse Cameron, Joe Dorsey, J. Don Ferguson
Roles Stranger
Rating56%
Set in the 1930s, Tim Conway is Bags, an underdog boxer and Don Knotts as his dim-witted sidekick/manager Shake are out to save a gym and become stooges for a gangster (Robin Clarke) who decides to take advantage of the two losers: he sets Bags up for a big championship match against a bruiser nicknamed "The Butcher" (Michael LaGuardia). At stake is more than the one-sided match, the duo's friend Pop Morgan (David Wayne) has bet all he has on Bags; he needs money to save his gym from the clutches of the gangster.
Norma Rae (1979)
, 1h50Directed by Martin Ritt
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Feminist films, Films about the labor movement, Political films, Children's films
Actors Sally Field, Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Pat Hingle, Morgan Paull, Barbara Baxley
Roles Woodrow Thompson
Rating72%
Norma Rae Webster is a minimum-wage worker in a cotton mill that has taken too much of a toll on the health of her family for her to ignore their poor working conditions. After hearing a speech by a New York union organizer, Reuben Warshowsky, Norma Rae decides to join the effort to unionize her shop. This causes conflict at home when Norma Rae's husband, Sonny, says she's not spending enough time in the home.