Dennis Lipscomb
- Acting
- March 1, 1942 · Westbury, New York, USA
- July 30, 2014
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
- The Medicine Show · Dr. Votkiff
- The Guardian · Judge
- The Invisible Man · Dr. Mick Callahan
- Mystery Kids · Book Collector
- Roswell · Congressman
- Felicity · Doctor
- Fired Up · Donnie Rhymer
- Apollo 11: First Steps on the Moon · George Low
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch · Mirror Man
- Automatic · Raymond Hammer
- Without Warning · Dr. Richard Pearson
- ER · Dr. Wilson
- Party of Five · Mr. Conklin
- The Force · Sykes
- Diagnosis: Murder · IA Det. Lloyd Schroeder, Malcolm Trainor
- seaQuest DSV · Tucker
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman · Stanley Gables
- Undercover Blues · Foster
- The X-Files · Leonard Vance
- Curaçao · Henry Rawlings
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman · President Ulysses S. Grant
- Under Siege · Trenton
- Renegade
- Melrose Place · Court-Appointed Doctor
- Death Ring · Jessup
- Jack's Place
- Rewrite for Murder · Nelson Reiderman
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin · Max LeMar
- Cop Rock · Sidney Weitz
- Ferris Bueller · Lou
- The First Power · Commander Perkins
- Prime Target · Officer Rodney
- She Knows Too Much · Ivan Fletcher
- Retribution · George Miller
- Wiseguy
- Sister, Sister · Cleve Doucet
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit · Michael Light
- Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story · Lieutenant Hutchison
- L.A. Law · Attorney Belknap
- Slow Burn · Ron McDonald
- Crossroads · Lloyd
- Matlock · Les McCall
- The Blue Yonder · Finch
- Amazing Stories · Val Webster
- Moonlighting · Simon
- Highway to Heaven · Tobias Bennett
- A Soldier's Story · Captain Taylor
- Call to Glory · Child Psychologist
- The Day After · Reverend Walker
- Eyes of Fire · Rev. Will Smythe
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King · Gordon Redding
- WarGames · Watson
- The A-Team · Prince
- Farrell: For the People · Jed Carter
- Love Child · Arthur Brady
- Penitentiary II · Announcer
- T. J. Hooker · Rollins
- Falcon Crest · Forrest Murdy
- The Greatest American Hero · Dave Tanner, Tom Gardener
- Hill Street Blues · Mr. Vosca, Freddie
- Union City · Harlan
- WKRP in Cincinnati · Pat Perillo
- Wings Of Ash · Dr Renne Allen
- CHiPs · Wally Bartell
- Le Grand Silence · Benny Lansing
- Barney Miller · Lawrence Pryne
- Little House on the Prairie
- The Wonderful World of Disney · Finch