Dennis Lipscomb

Dennis Lipscomb

  • Birthday: 1942-03-01
  • Deathday: 2014-07-30
  • Place of birth: Westbury, New York, USA

Biography

Dennis Lipscomb 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

WarGames

1983

As Watson

The Day After

1983

As Reverend Walker

A Soldier's Story

1984

As Captain Taylor

Crossroads

1986

As Lloyd

Retribution

1987

As George Miller

Eyes of Fire

1983

As Will Smythe

Love Child

1982

As Arthur Brady

Union City

1980

As Harlan

The Force

1994

As Sykes

Sister, Sister

1987

As Cleve Doucet

The Medicine Show

2001

As Dr. Votkiff

Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story

1987

As Lieutenant Hutchison

Automatic

1995

As Raymond Hammer

The First Power

1990

As Commander Perkins

Slow Burn

1986

As Ron McDonald

Curaçao

1993

As Henry Rawlings

Farrell: For the People

1982

As Jed Carter

Penitentiary II

1982

As Announcer

Under Siege

1992

As Trenton

Prime Target

1989

As Officer Rodney

Le Grand Silence

1977

As Benny Lansing

Call to Glory

1984

As Child Psychologist

The Blue Yonder

1985

As Finch

She Knows Too Much

1989

As Ivan Fletcher

Without Warning

1994

As Dr. Richard Pearson

Undercover Blues

1993

As Foster

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