Dennis Lipscomb
Born: 1942-03-01 in Westbury, New York, USA
Died: 2014-07-30
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2001
- The Guardian as Judge
- The Medicine Show as Dr. Votkiff
2000
- The Invisible Man as Dr. Mick Callahan
- Mystery Kids as Book Collector
1999
- Roswell as Congressman
1998
- Felicity as Doctor
1997
- Fired Up as Donnie Rhymer
1996
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Mirror Man
- Apollo 11: First Steps on the Moon as George Low
1995
- Automatic as Raymond Hammer
1994
- ER as Dr. Wilson
- Party of Five as Mr. Conklin
- Without Warning as Dr. Richard Pearson
- The Force as Sykes
1993
- The X-Files as Leonard Vance
- Diagnosis: Murder as IA Det. Lloyd Schroeder
- seaQuest DSV as Tucker
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as President Ulysses S. Grant
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as Stanley Gables
- Curaçao as Henry Rawlings
- Undercover Blues as Foster
1992
- Melrose Place as Court-Appointed Doctor
- Renegade
- Under Siege as Trenton
- Jack's Place
1991
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin as Max LeMar
- Rewrite for Murder as Nelson Reiderman
1990
- The First Power as Commander Perkins
- Ferris Bueller as Lou
- Cop Rock as Sidney Weitz
1989
- Prime Target as Officer Rodney
- She Knows Too Much as Ivan Fletcher
1987
- Wiseguy
- Retribution as George Miller
- Sister, Sister as Cleve Doucet
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit as Michael Light
- Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story as Lieutenant Hutchison
1986
- Matlock as Les McCall
- L.A. Law as Attorney Belknap
- Slow Burn as Ron McDonald
- Crossroads as Lloyd
1985
- Moonlighting as Simon
- Amazing Stories as Val Webster
- The Blue Yonder as Finch
1984
- Highway to Heaven as Tobias Bennett
- A Soldier's Story as Captain Taylor
- Call to Glory as Child Psychologist
1983
- The A-Team as Prince
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King as Gordon Redding
- WarGames as Watson
- The Day After as Reverend Walker
- Eyes of Fire as Rev. Will Smythe
1982
- T. J. Hooker as Rollins
- Love Child as Arthur Brady
- Penitentiary II as Announcer
- Farrell: For the People as Jed Carter
1981
- Falcon Crest as Forrest Murdy
- Hill Street Blues as Mr. Vosca
- The Greatest American Hero as Dave Tanner
1980
- Union City as Harlan
1978
- WKRP in Cincinnati as Pat Perillo
1977
- CHiPs as Wally Bartell
- Le Grand Silence as Benny Lansing
1975
- Barney Miller as Lawrence Pryne
1954
- The Wonderful World of Disney as Finch