Dennis Lipscomb
ActingBiography
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.
Movies
(32 total)
WarGames
as Watson
Under Siege
as Trenton
Crossroads
as Lloyd
The Day After
as Reverend Walker
A Soldier's Story
as Captain Taylor
Undercover Blues
as Foster
The First Power
as Commander Perkins
Eyes of Fire
as Rev. Will Smythe
Retribution
as George Miller
Without Warning
as Dr. Richard Pearson
Sister, Sister
as Cleve Doucet
Automatic
as Raymond Hammer
Slow Burn
as Ron McDonald
Union City
as Harlan
Penitentiary II
as Announcer
The Blue Yonder
as Finch
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
as Michael Light
The Force
as Sykes
Curaçao
as Henry Rawlings
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
as Max LeMar
TV Shows
(39 total)
The X-Files
as Leonard Vance
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
as Mirror Man
The A-Team
as Prince
ER
as Dr. Wilson
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as Stanley Gables
Roswell
as Congressman
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
as President Ulysses S. Grant
Moonlighting
as Simon
Amazing Stories
as Val Webster
Highway to Heaven
as Tobias Bennett
Melrose Place
as Court-Appointed Doctor
seaQuest DSV
as Tucker
CHiPs
as Wally Bartell
Matlock
as Les McCall
Party of Five
as Mr. Conklin
Diagnosis: Murder
as IA Det. Lloyd Schroeder
Diagnosis: Murder
as Malcolm Trainor
Diagnosis: Murder
as Malcolm Trainor (uncredited)