Portrait of Dennis Lipscomb

Dennis Lipscomb

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.

Born: March 1, 1942

Place of Birth: Westbury, New York, USA

Filmography

2001
The Medicine Show

as Dr. Votkiff

2001
The Guardian

as Judge

2000
The Invisible Man

as Dr. Mick Callahan

2000
Mystery Kids

as Book Collector

1999
Roswell

as Congressman

1998
Felicity

as Doctor

1997
Fired Up

as Donnie Rhymer

1995
Automatic

as Raymond Hammer

1994
Without Warning

as Dr. Richard Pearson

1994
ER

as Dr. Wilson

1994
The Force

as Sykes

1993
Diagnosis: Murder

as IA Det. Lloyd Schroeder

1993
Diagnosis: Murder

as Malcolm Trainor

1993
Diagnosis: Murder

as Malcolm Trainor (uncredited)

1993
seaQuest DSV

as Tucker

1993
The X-Files

as Leonard Vance

1993
1993
Curaçao

as Henry Rawlings

1993
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

as President Ulysses S. Grant

1992
Under Siege

as Trenton

1992
Melrose Place

as Court-Appointed Doctor

1991
Rewrite for Murder

as Nelson Reiderman

1990
Cop Rock

as Sidney Weitz

1990
1990
The First Power

as Commander Perkins

1989
Prime Target

as Officer Rodney

1989
She Knows Too Much

as Ivan Fletcher

1987
Retribution

as George Miller

1987
Sister, Sister

as Cleve Doucet

1986
L.A. Law

as Attorney Belknap

1986
Slow Burn

as Ron McDonald

1986
Crossroads

as Lloyd

1986
Matlock

as Les McCall

1985
1985
Amazing Stories

as Val Webster

1985
Moonlighting

as Simon

1984
Highway to Heaven

as Tobias Bennett

1984
A Soldier's Story

as Captain Taylor

1984
Call to Glory

as Child Psychologist

1983
The Day After

as Reverend Walker

1983
Eyes of Fire

as Rev. Will Smythe

1983
Scarecrow and Mrs. King

as Gordon Redding

1983
WarGames

as Watson

1983
The A-Team

as Prince

1982
1982
Love Child

as Arthur Brady

1982
Penitentiary II

as Announcer

1982
T. J. Hooker

as Rollins

1981
Falcon Crest

as Forrest Murdy

1981
1981
1981
Hill Street Blues

as Mr. Vosca

1981
1980
Union City

as Harlan

1978
WKRP in Cincinnati

as Pat Perillo

1977
CHiPs

as Wally Bartell

1977
Le Grand Silence

as Benny Lansing

1975
Barney Miller

as Lawrence Pryne