Dennis Lipscomb

Acting

Born March 1, 1942, Westbury, New York, USA

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

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