Dennis Lipscomb

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.

Cast

WarGames

(Watson)

Le Grand Silence

(Benny Lansing)

The Day After

(Reverend Walker)

A Soldier's Story

(Captain Taylor)

Without Warning

(Dr. Richard Pearson)

Crossroads

(Lloyd)

Call to Glory

(Child Psychologist)

Retribution

(George Miller)

Eyes of Fire

(Rev. Will Smythe)

Love Child

(Arthur Brady)

Union City

(Harlan)

The Force

(Sykes)

Sister, Sister

(Cleve Doucet)

Undercover Blues

(Foster)

The Medicine Show

(Dr. Votkiff)

Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story

(Lieutenant Hutchison)

Automatic

(Raymond Hammer)

The First Power

(Commander Perkins)

The Blue Yonder

(Finch)

Apollo 11: First Steps on the Moon

(George Low)

She Knows Too Much

(Ivan Fletcher)

Slow Burn

(Ron McDonald)

Curaçao

(Henry Rawlings)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit

(Michael Light)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin

(Max LeMar)

Farrell: For the People

(Jed Carter)

Penitentiary II

(Announcer)

Under Siege

(Trenton)

Prime Target

(Officer Rodney)

Rewrite for Murder

(Nelson Reiderman)

L.A. Law

(Attorney Belknap)

CHiPs

Amazing Stories

(Val Webster)

T. J. Hooker

(Rollins)

The A-Team

(Prince)

Little House on the Prairie

seaQuest DSV

(Tucker)

Moonlighting

(Simon)

Highway to Heaven

Hill Street Blues

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Diagnosis: Murder

(IA Det. Lloyd Schroeder)

The X-Files

(Leonard Vance)

Party of Five

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Melrose Place

(Court-Appointed Doctor)

Roswell

(Congressman)

The Invisible Man

(Dr. Mick Callahan)

Wiseguy

Diagnosis: Murder

(Malcolm Trainor)

WKRP in Cincinnati

Jack's Place

Renegade

Felicity

(Doctor)

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

(Mirror Man)

Matlock

(Les McCall)

Ferris Bueller

(Lou)

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Fired Up

(Donnie Rhymer)

Barney Miller

(Lawrence Pryne)

Cop Rock

(Sidney Weitz)

ER

(Dr. Wilson)

Falcon Crest

(Forrest Murdy)