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
All Movies (32)
- The Medicine Show2001 · as Dr. Votkiff
- Mystery Kids2000 · as Book Collector
- Apollo 11: First Steps on the Moon1996 · as George Low
- Automatic1995 · as Raymond Hammer
- Without Warning1994 · as Dr. Richard Pearson
- The Force1994 · as Sykes
- Undercover Blues1993 · as Foster
- Curaçao1993 · as Henry Rawlings
- Under Siege1992 · as Trenton
- Rewrite for Murder1991 · as Nelson Reiderman
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin1991 · as Max LeMar
- The First Power1990 · as Commander Perkins
- Prime Target1989 · as Officer Rodney
- She Knows Too Much1989 · as Ivan Fletcher
- Retribution1987 · as George Miller
- Sister, Sister1987 · as Cleve Doucet
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit1987 · as Michael Light
- Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story1987 · as Lieutenant Hutchison
- Slow Burn1986 · as Ron McDonald
- Crossroads1986 · as Lloyd
- The Blue Yonder1985 · as Finch
- A Soldier's Story1984 · as Captain Taylor
- Call to Glory1984 · as Child Psychologist
- The Day After1983 · as Reverend Walker
- Eyes of Fire1983 · as Rev. Will Smythe
- WarGames1983 · as Watson
- Farrell: For the People1982 · as Jed Carter
- Love Child1982 · as Arthur Brady
- Penitentiary II1982 · as Announcer
- Union City1980 · as Harlan
- Wings Of Ash1978 · as Dr Renne Allen
- Le Grand Silence1977 · as Benny Lansing
All TV Shows (39)
- The Guardian2001 · as Judge
- The Invisible Man2000 · as Dr. Mick Callahan
- Roswell1999 · as Congressman
- Felicity1998 · as Doctor
- Fired Up1997 · as Donnie Rhymer
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch1996 · as Mirror Man
- ER1994 · as Dr. Wilson
- Party of Five1994 · as Mr. Conklin
- Diagnosis: Murder1993 · as IA Det. Lloyd Schroeder
- Diagnosis: Murder1993 · as Malcolm Trainor
- Diagnosis: Murder1993 · as Malcolm Trainor (uncredited)
- seaQuest DSV1993 · as Tucker
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman1993 · as Stanley Gables
- The X-Files1993 · as Leonard Vance
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman1993 · as President Ulysses S. Grant
- Renegade1992
- Melrose Place1992 · as Court-Appointed Doctor
- Jack's Place1992
- Cop Rock1990 · as Sidney Weitz
- Ferris Bueller1990 · as Lou
- Wiseguy1987
- L.A. Law1986 · as Attorney Belknap
- Matlock1986 · as Les McCall
- Amazing Stories1985 · as Val Webster
- Moonlighting1985 · as Simon
- Highway to Heaven1984 · as Tobias Bennett
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King1983 · as Gordon Redding
- The A-Team1983 · as Prince
- T. J. Hooker1982 · as Rollins
- Falcon Crest1981 · as Forrest Murdy
- The Greatest American Hero1981 · as Dave Tanner
- The Greatest American Hero1981 · as Tom Gardener
- Hill Street Blues1981 · as Mr. Vosca
- Hill Street Blues1981 · as Freddie
- WKRP in Cincinnati1978 · as Pat Perillo
- CHiPs1977 · as Wally Bartell
- Barney Miller1975 · as Lawrence Pryne
- Little House on the Prairie1974
- The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Finch