Dennis Lipscomb
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.
Filmography
The Medicine Show
2001
as Dr. Votkiff
Mystery Kids
2000
as Book Collector
Apollo 11: First Steps on the Moon
1996
as George Low
Automatic
1995
as Raymond Hammer
Without Warning
1994
as Dr. Richard Pearson
The Force
1994
as Sykes
Undercover Blues
1993
as Foster
Curaçao
1993
as Henry Rawlings
Under Siege
1992
as Trenton
Death Ring
1992
as Jessup
Rewrite for Murder
1991
as Nelson Reiderman
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
1991
as Max LeMar
The First Power
1990
as Commander Perkins
Prime Target
1989
as Officer Rodney
She Knows Too Much
1989
as Ivan Fletcher
Retribution
1987
as George Miller
Sister, Sister
1987
as Cleve Doucet
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
1987
as Michael Light
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
1987
as Lieutenant Hutchison
Slow Burn
1986
as Ron McDonald
Crossroads
1986
as Lloyd
The Blue Yonder
1985
as Finch
A Soldier's Story
1984
as Captain Taylor
Call to Glory
1984
as Child Psychologist