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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 4, 1952
Place of Birth:
Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, West Germany
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Richard Lineback
Biography
Richard D. Lineback (born February 4, 1952) is an American actor. He has performed in character roles in the films Speed, Twister and Varsity Blues. He played Deputy Dodd in Friday the 13th: A New Beginning.
Lineback has appeared in many roles on the stage, with leads that include Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath, C.C. Showers in The Diviners, for which he won the Drama-Logue Award for Outstanding Actor, and the title role in Mister Roberts.
He has also made numerous guest appearances for television, including Romas in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Selin Peers in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Kessick in Star Trek: Enterprise. He also appeared as the Rev. Vernon Canty in two episodes of JAG.[3] He also appeared in two episodes of M*A*S*H, playing different characters.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | The Ring | Innkeeper |
| 2002 | King of Texas | Warnell |
| 2000 | Ready to Rumble | Mr. Boggs |
| 1999 | Varsity Blues | Joe Harbor |
| 1999 | Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story | Paul Jackson |
| 1998 | Meet the Deedles | Crabbe |
| 1998 | Hush | Hal Bentall |
| 1998 | The Baby Dance | Al LeFauve |
| 1997 | The Jackal | FBI Agent McMurphy |
| 1997 | The Last Hand | Slim |
| 1996 | Tin Cup | Curt |
| 1996 | Twister | Father |
| 1995 | Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan | Billy Coleman |
| 1994 | Speed | Norwood |
| 1994 | Natural Born Killers | Sonny |
| 1993 | Sommersby | Timothy Fry |
| 1992 | Woman With a Past | Wayne |
| 1992 | Somebody's Daughter | Fielder |
| 1990 | Blind Vengeance | Edwin 'Ed' Rentzell |
| 1988 | Inherit the Wind | Sillers |
| 1986 | Stewardess School | Sgt. Striker |
| 1986 | Return to Mayberry | Wally Butler |
| 1985 | Friday the 13th: A New Beginning | Deputy Dodd |
| 1983 | Ghost Dancing | Brian |
| 1981 | Beyond the Next Mountain | |
| 1981 | Death Ray 2000 | U.S. Army Enlisted Man |
| 1981 | Hard Country | Larry |
| 1980 | Gideon's Trumpet | Lester Wade |
| 1979 | Joni | Steve Estes |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | A Captain's Log | Self |
| 2010 | Justified | Delmer Coates |
| 2003 | NCIS | Chuck Winslow |
| 2001 | Star Trek: Enterprise | Kessick |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Joe Benson |
| 1994 | The Stand | Poke |
| 1993 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Selin Peers |
| 1988 | China Beach | |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Romas |
| 1986 | Matlock | |
| 1985 | MacGyver | Phillips |
| 1984 | Hunter | Billy the Junkie |
| 1984 | Crazy like a Fox | |
| 1984 | Hunter | Rudy Lassiter |
| 1982 | T. J. Hooker | Kenny |
| 1982 | Knight Rider | Sheriff Lance Barton |
| 1980 | When the Whistle Blows | |
| 1977 | Lou Grant | |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Steward |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H | Pvt. Scala |
| 1972 | The Waltons | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Lester Wade |