Acting credits
67
Established
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: 6.85
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.
as Dr. Votkiff
The Medicine Show
2001 • Movie
as Book Collector
Mystery Kids
2000 • Movie
as George Low
Apollo 11: First Steps on the Moon
1996 • Movie
as Raymond Hammer
Automatic
1995 • Movie
as Dr. Richard Pearson
Without Warning
1994 • Movie
as Sykes
The Force
1994 • Movie
as Foster
Undercover Blues
1993 • Movie
as Henry Rawlings
Curaçao
1993 • Movie
as Trenton
Under Siege
1992 • Movie
as Nelson Reiderman
Rewrite for Murder
1991 • Movie
as Max LeMar
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
1991 • Movie
as Commander Perkins
The First Power
1990 • Movie
as Officer Rodney
Prime Target
1989 • Movie
as Ivan Fletcher
She Knows Too Much
1989 • Movie
as George Miller
Retribution
1987 • Movie
as Cleve Doucet
Sister, Sister
1987 • Movie
as Michael Light
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
1987 • Movie
as Lieutenant Hutchison
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
1987 • Movie
as Ron McDonald
Slow Burn
1986 • Movie
as Lloyd
Crossroads
1986 • Movie
as Finch
The Blue Yonder
1985 • Movie
as Captain Taylor
A Soldier's Story
1984 • Movie
as Child Psychologist
Call to Glory
1984 • Movie
as Reverend Walker
The Day After
1983 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Dennis Lipscomb.
as Judge • 1 eps
The Guardian
2001 • Series
as Dr. Mick Callahan • 1 eps
The Invisible Man
2000 • Series
as Congressman • 1 eps
Roswell
1999 • Series
as Doctor • 1 eps
Felicity
1998 • Series
as Donnie Rhymer • 1 eps
Fired Up
1997 • Series
as Mirror Man • 1 eps
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996 • Series
as Dr. Wilson • 1 eps
ER
1994 • Series
as Mr. Conklin • 1 eps
Party of Five
1994 • Series
as IA Det. Lloyd Schroeder • 1 eps
Diagnosis: Murder
1993 • Series
as Stanley Gables • 1 eps
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993 • Series
as Tucker • 1 eps
seaQuest DSV
1993 • Series
as Leonard Vance • 1 eps
The X-Files
1993 • Series
as President Ulysses S. Grant • 2 eps
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993 • Series
1 eps
Renegade
1992 • Series
as Court-Appointed Doctor • 1 eps
Melrose Place
1992 • Series
1 eps
Jack's Place
1992 • Series
as Sidney Weitz • 8 eps
Cop Rock
1990 • Series
as Lou • 1 eps
Ferris Bueller
1990 • Series
3 eps
Wiseguy
1987 • Series
as Attorney Belknap • 1 eps
L.A. Law
1986 • Series
as Les McCall • 1 eps
Matlock
1986 • Series
as Val Webster • 1 eps
Amazing Stories
1985 • Series
as Simon • 1 eps
Moonlighting
1985 • Series
as Tobias Bennett • 1 eps
Highway to Heaven
1984 • Series