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Dennis Lipscomb

Actor
Died July 30, 2014 (72 years)
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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • The Greatest American Hero
  • Highway to Heaven
  • Renegade
  • Falcon Crest
  • Wiseguy
  • CIA: Exiled
Known For
  • WarGames
  • Eyes of Fire
  • Crossroads
  • A Soldier's Story
  • Retribution
  • The First Power
  • Sister, Sister
  • Union City
  • Automatic
  • Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
  • The Blue Yonder
  • Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
  • The Force
  • CIA: Exiled
  • Love Child
  • The Medicine Show
  • Prime Target
  • She Knows Too Much
  • Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
  • The Famous Teddy Z
  • Wings of Ash: A Dramatization of the Life of Antonin Artaud

Filmography

2001
The Medicine Show · as Dr. Votkiff
2001
The Guardian (TV Series) · as Judge
2001
Firetrap · as Mr. Reed
2000
The Invisible Man (TV Series) · as Dr. Mick Callahan
2000
Finding Kelly · as Book Collector
1999
Roswell (TV Series) · as Congressman
1998
Felicity (TV Series) · as Doctor
1997
Fired Up (TV Series) · as Donnie Rhymer
1996
Apollo 11 · as George Low
1996
Sabrina, The Teenage Witch (TV Series) · as Mirror Man
1995
Automatic · as Raymond Hammer
1994
Without Warning · as Dr. Richard Pearson
1994
ER (TV Series) · as Dr. Wilson
1994
Party of Five (TV Series)
1994
The Force · as Sykes
1993
Diagnosis Murder (TV Series) · as Ia Det. Lloyd Schroeder
1993
1993
seaQuest DSV (TV Series) · as Tucker
1993
The X-Files (TV Series) · as Leonard Vance
1993
Undercover Blues · as Foster
1993
CIA: Exiled · as Henry Rawlings
1993
1992
Under Siege · as Trenton
1992
Renegade (TV Series)
1992
Melrose Place (TV Series) · as Court-Appointed Doctor
1992
Death Ring · as Jessup
1992
Jack's Place (TV Series)
1991
Rewrite for Murder · as Nelson Reiderman
1991
1990
Cop Rock (TV Series) · as Sidney Weitz
1990
Anna · as Al Lubinski
1990
Ferris Bueller (TV Series) · as Lou
1990
The First Power · as Commander Perkins
1989
Prime Target · as Officer Rodney
1989
The Famous Teddy Z (TV Series) · as Harland Keyvo
1989
She Knows Too Much · as Ivan Fletcher
1988
Midnight Caller (TV Series) · as Nick Clemente
1988
In the Heat of the Night (TV Series) · as Mayor Jim Findlay
1987
Retribution · as George Miller
1987
Amazing Grace and Chuck · as Johnny B. Goode
1987
Wiseguy (TV Series)
1987
Sister, Sister · as Cleve Doucet
1987
1987
1986
L.A. Law (TV Series) · as Attorney Belknap
1986
Slow Burn · as Ron Mcdonald
1986
Crossroads · as Lloyd
1986
Matlock (TV Series) · as Les Mccall
1985
The Blue Yonder · as Finch
1985
Amazing Stories (1985) (TV Series) · as Val Webster
1985
Moonlighting (TV Series) · as Simon
1984
A Soldier's Story · as Captain Taylor
1984
1984
Jessie (TV Series) · as Calvin Tanner
1984
Call to Glory (TV Series) · as Child Psychologist
1983
Eyes of Fire · as Rev. Will Smythe
1983
The Day After · as Reverend Walker
1983
1983
WarGames · as Watson
1983
The A-Team (TV Series) · as Prince
1982
Farrell for the People · as Jed Carter
1982
Love Child · as Arthur Brady
1982
The Powers of Matthew Star (TV Series) · as Deke Griffin
1982
Penitentiary II · as Announcer
1982
T.J. Hooker (TV Series) · as Rollins
1981
McClain's Law (TV Series) · as Chick Calamus
1981
Falcon Crest (TV Series) · as Forrest Murdy
1981
The Greatest American Hero (TV Series) · as Dave Tanner
1981
Hill Street Blues (TV Series)
1980
Union City · as Harlan
1979
Benson (TV Series) · as Tom Mcmullen
1978
WKRP in Cincinnati (TV Series)
1978
Dallas (TV Series) · as Nelson Harding
1978
1977
CHiPs (TV Series)
1975
Barney Miller (TV Series) · as Lawrence Pryne
1974
1954
Disneyland (TV Series) · as Finch

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