Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 1, 1942
Place of Birth:
Westbury, New York, USA
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Dennis Lipscomb
Biography
Dennis Lipscomb (March 1, 1942 - July 30, 2014) was an American actor.
Lipscomb's first feature film was Union City (1980). From the early 1980s to the 1990s, Lipscomb appeared in key roles in various motion pictures including Love Child (1982), WarGames (1983), Eyes of Fire (1983), The Day After (1983), A Soldier's Story (1984), Crossroads (1986), Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987), Retribution (1987), Sister, Sister (1987), The First Power (1990) and Under Siege (1992). Lipscomb also had a recurring role as mayor of the fictitious town of Sparta, Mississippi in the first season of In the Heat of the Night (1988). In more recent years, Lipscomb has guest starred on television commercials and shows, including WKRP In Cincinnati, T.J. Hooker, and Wiseguy (1987; CBS) as Sid Royce/Elvis Prim. To a younger audience he is perhaps best known as DCI Peter Sterling in Spycraft: The Great Game.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | The Medicine Show | Dr. Votkiff |
| 2000 | Mystery Kids | Book Collector |
| 1996 | Apollo 11: First Steps on the Moon | George Low |
| 1995 | Automatic | Raymond Hammer |
| 1994 | Without Warning | Dr. Richard Pearson |
| 1994 | The Force | Sykes |
| 1993 | Undercover Blues | Foster |
| 1993 | Curaçao | Henry Rawlings |
| 1992 | Under Siege | Trenton |
| 1991 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin | Max LeMar |
| 1991 | Rewrite for Murder | Nelson Reiderman |
| 1990 | The First Power | Commander Perkins |
| 1989 | She Knows Too Much | Ivan Fletcher |
| 1989 | Prime Target | Officer Rodney |
| 1987 | Retribution | George Miller |
| 1987 | Sister, Sister | Cleve Doucet |
| 1987 | Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story | Lieutenant Hutchison |
| 1987 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit | Michael Light |
| 1986 | Crossroads | Lloyd |
| 1986 | Slow Burn | Ron McDonald |
| 1985 | The Blue Yonder | Finch |
| 1984 | A Soldier's Story | Captain Taylor |
| 1984 | Call to Glory | Child Psychologist |
| 1983 | WarGames | Watson |
| 1983 | The Day After | Reverend Walker |
| 1983 | Eyes of Fire | Rev. Will Smythe |
| 1982 | Love Child | Arthur Brady |
| 1982 | Farrell: For the People | Jed Carter |
| 1982 | Penitentiary II | Announcer |
| 1980 | Union City | Harlan |
| 1977 | Le Grand Silence | Benny Lansing |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | The Invisible Man | Dr. Mick Callahan |
| 1999 | Roswell | Congressman |
| 1998 | Felicity | Doctor |
| 1997 | Fired Up | Donnie Rhymer |
| 1996 | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Mirror Man |
| 1994 | Party of Five | |
| 1994 | ER | Dr. Wilson |
| 1993 | seaQuest DSV | Tucker |
| 1993 | Diagnosis: Murder | IA Det. Lloyd Schroeder |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Leonard Vance |
| 1993 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | President Ulysses S. Grant |
| 1993 | Diagnosis: Murder | Malcolm Trainor |
| 1993 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | |
| 1992 | Melrose Place | Court-Appointed Doctor |
| 1992 | Jack's Place | |
| 1992 | Renegade | |
| 1990 | Ferris Bueller | Lou |
| 1990 | Cop Rock | Sidney Weitz |
| 1987 | Wiseguy | |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Attorney Belknap |
| 1986 | Matlock | Les McCall |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories | Val Webster |
| 1985 | Moonlighting | Simon |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven | |
| 1983 | The A-Team | Prince |
| 1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | |
| 1982 | T. J. Hooker | Rollins |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | |
| 1981 | Falcon Crest | Forrest Murdy |
| 1978 | WKRP in Cincinnati | |
| 1977 | CHiPs | |
| 1975 | Barney Miller | Lawrence Pryne |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairie |