Acting credits
67
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Dennis Lipscomb
Acting
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Movies: 32Series: 35
TMDB ID: 12855
IMDb ID: nm0513731
Known for: Acting
Born: March 1, 1942
Died: July 30, 2014
Age: 72
Place of birth: Westbury, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1954 - 2001
Years active: 48
Average TMDB rating: 6.82
Wikidata: Q1189312
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Dennis Lipscomb.
4.0
The Medicine Show
as Dr. Votkiff
2001 Movie
5.0
Mystery Kids
as Book Collector
2000 Movie
6.4
Apollo 11: First Steps on the Moon
as George Low
1996 Movie
4.8
Automatic
as Raymond Hammer
1995 Movie
6.7
Without Warning
as Dr. Richard Pearson
1994 Movie
4.3
The Force
as Sykes
1994 Movie
6.1
Undercover Blues
as Foster
1993 Movie
6.1
Curaçao
as Henry Rawlings
1993 Movie
6.3
Under Siege
as Trenton
1992 Movie
Rewrite for Murder
as Nelson Reiderman
1991 Movie
7.3
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
as Max LeMar
1991 Movie
5.6
The First Power
as Commander Perkins
1990 Movie
5.0
Prime Target
as Officer Rodney
1989 Movie
7.8
She Knows Too Much
as Ivan Fletcher
1989 Movie
5.9
Retribution
as George Miller
1987 Movie
4.5
Sister, Sister
as Cleve Doucet
1987 Movie
7.7
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
as Michael Light
1987 Movie
6.0
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
as Lieutenant Hutchison
1987 Movie
4.8
Slow Burn
as Ron McDonald
1986 Movie
7.4
Crossroads
as Lloyd
1986 Movie
6.0
The Blue Yonder
as Finch
1985 Movie
6.8
A Soldier's Story
as Captain Taylor
1984 Movie
7.0
Call to Glory
as Child Psychologist
1984 Movie
6.8
The Day After
as Reverend Walker
1983 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Dennis Lipscomb.
7.0
The Guardian
as Judge • 1 eps
2001 Series
7.1
The Invisible Man
as Dr. Mick Callahan • 1 eps
2000 Series
7.7
Roswell
as Congressman • 1 eps
1999 Series
6.6
Felicity
as Doctor • 1 eps
1998 Series
8.0
Fired Up
as Donnie Rhymer • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.8
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
as Mirror Man • 1 eps
1996 Series
7.8
ER
as Dr. Wilson • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.0
Party of Five
as Mr. Conklin • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.1
Diagnosis: Murder
as IA Det. Lloyd Schroeder • 1 eps
1993 Series
6.9
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as Stanley Gables • 1 eps
1993 Series
7.1
seaQuest DSV
as Tucker • 1 eps
1993 Series
8.4
The X-Files
as Leonard Vance • 1 eps
1993 Series
7.6
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
as President Ulysses S. Grant • 2 eps
1993 Series
6.7
Renegade
1 eps
1992 Series
5.9
Melrose Place
as Court-Appointed Doctor • 1 eps
1992 Series
8.0
Jack's Place
1 eps
1992 Series
4.0
Cop Rock
as Sidney Weitz • 8 eps
1990 Series
6.0
Ferris Bueller
as Lou • 1 eps
1990 Series
6.5
Wiseguy
3 eps
1987 Series
7.0
L.A. Law
as Attorney Belknap • 1 eps
1986 Series
7.1
Matlock
as Les McCall • 1 eps
1986 Series
7.5
Amazing Stories
as Val Webster • 1 eps
1985 Series
7.5
Moonlighting
as Simon • 1 eps
1985 Series
7.4
Highway to Heaven
as Tobias Bennett • 1 eps
1984 Series