Dennis Lipscomb
Acting • Born 1942-03-01 – Died 2014-07-30
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
71 credits
WarGames
Movie • 1983
Watson
Le Grand Silence
Movie • 1977
Benny Lansing
The Day After
Movie • 1983
Reverend Walker
A Soldier's Story
Movie • 1984
Captain Taylor
Without Warning
Movie • 1994
Dr. Richard Pearson
Crossroads
Movie • 1986
Lloyd
Call to Glory
Movie • 1984
Child Psychologist
Retribution
Movie • 1987
George Miller
Eyes of Fire
Movie • 1983
Rev. Will Smythe
Love Child
Movie • 1982
Arthur Brady
Union City
Movie • 1980
Harlan
The Force
Movie • 1994
Sykes
Sister, Sister
Movie • 1987
Cleve Doucet
Undercover Blues
Movie • 1993
Foster
The Medicine Show
Movie • 2001
Dr. Votkiff
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
Movie • 1987
Lieutenant Hutchison
Automatic
Movie • 1995
Raymond Hammer
The First Power
Movie • 1990
Commander Perkins
The Blue Yonder
Movie • 1985
Finch
Apollo 11: First Steps on the Moon
Movie • 1996
George Low
She Knows Too Much
Movie • 1989
Ivan Fletcher
Slow Burn
Movie • 1986
Ron McDonald
Curaçao
Movie • 1993
Henry Rawlings
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
Movie • 1987
Michael Light
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
Movie • 1991
Max LeMar
Farrell: For the People
Movie • 1982
Jed Carter
Penitentiary II
Movie • 1982
Announcer
Under Siege
Movie • 1992
Trenton
Prime Target
Movie • 1989
Officer Rodney
Rewrite for Murder
Movie • 1991
Nelson Reiderman
Mystery Kids
Movie • 2000
Book Collector
Wings Of Ash
Movie • 1978
Dr Renne Allen
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Attorney Belknap
Amazing Stories
TV • 1985
Val Webster
T. J. Hooker
TV • 1982
Rollins
The A-Team
TV • 1983
Prince
Little House on the Prairie
TV • 1974
seaQuest DSV
TV • 1993
Tucker
Moonlighting
TV • 1985
Simon
Diagnosis: Murder
TV • 1993
IA Det. Lloyd Schroeder
The X-Files
TV • 1993
Leonard Vance
Party of Five
TV • 1994
Mr. Conklin
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
TV • 1993
President Ulysses S. Grant
Melrose Place
TV • 1992
Court-Appointed Doctor
Roswell
TV • 1999
Congressman
The Invisible Man
TV • 2000
Dr. Mick Callahan
Wiseguy
TV • 1987
Diagnosis: Murder
TV • 1993
Malcolm Trainor
WKRP in Cincinnati
TV • 1978
Pat Perillo
Jack's Place
TV • 1992
Renegade
TV • 1992
Felicity
TV • 1998
Doctor
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
TV • 1996
Mirror Man
Matlock
TV • 1986
Les McCall
Ferris Bueller
TV • 1990
Lou
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
TV • 1993
Stanley Gables
Fired Up
TV • 1997
Donnie Rhymer
Barney Miller
TV • 1975
Lawrence Pryne
Cop Rock
TV • 1990
Sidney Weitz
ER
TV • 1994
Dr. Wilson
Falcon Crest
TV • 1981
Forrest Murdy
The Guardian
TV • 2001
Judge
Diagnosis: Murder
TV • 1993
Malcolm Trainor (uncredited)
Highway to Heaven
TV • 1984
Tobias Bennett
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
TV • 1983
Gordon Redding
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
Mr. Vosca
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
Freddie
The Greatest American Hero
TV • 1981
Dave Tanner
The Greatest American Hero
TV • 1981
Tom Gardener
CHiPs
TV • 1977
Wally Bartell
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Finch