Dennis Lipscomb

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

70

Gender

Male

Birthday

1942-03-01

Day of death

2014-07-30 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Westbury, New York, USA

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.

Known For

  • The X-Files

    The X-Files

  • The A-Team

    The A-Team

  • Little House on the Prairie

    Little House on the Prairie

  • ER

    ER

  • Diagnosis: Murder

    Diagnosis: Murder

  • Diagnosis: Murder

    Diagnosis: Murder

  • Diagnosis: Murder

    Diagnosis: Murder

  • Melrose Place

    Melrose Place

  • Falcon Crest

    Falcon Crest

  • Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

    Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

  • Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

    Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

  • seaQuest DSV

    seaQuest DSV

  • Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

    Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

  • Matlock

    Matlock

  • Renegade

    Renegade

  • L.A. Law

    L.A. Law

  • Hill Street Blues

    Hill Street Blues

  • Hill Street Blues

    Hill Street Blues

  • Party of Five

    Party of Five

  • The Guardian

    The Guardian

  • Moonlighting

    Moonlighting

  • Highway to Heaven

    Highway to Heaven

  • T. J. Hooker

    T. J. Hooker

  • Barney Miller

    Barney Miller

  • Felicity

    Felicity

  • Roswell

    Roswell

  • Wiseguy

    Wiseguy

  • Amazing Stories

    Amazing Stories

  • Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit

    Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit

  • WarGames

    WarGames

  • Scarecrow and Mrs. King

    Scarecrow and Mrs. King

  • Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin

    Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin

  • WKRP in Cincinnati

    WKRP in Cincinnati

  • CHiPs

    CHiPs

  • Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story

    Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story

  • Curaçao

    Curaçao

  • The Greatest American Hero

    The Greatest American Hero

  • The Greatest American Hero

    The Greatest American Hero

  • The Invisible Man

    The Invisible Man

  • Retribution

    Retribution

  • Union City

    Union City

  • Crossroads

    Crossroads

  • Slow Burn

    Slow Burn

  • Under Siege

    Under Siege

  • Penitentiary II

    Penitentiary II

  • Automatic

    Automatic

  • The Day After

    The Day After

  • Love Child

    Love Child

  • The Force

    The Force

  • Without Warning

    Without Warning

  • A Soldier's Story

    A Soldier's Story

  • Prime Target

    Prime Target

  • Fired Up

    Fired Up

  • Jack's Place

    Jack's Place

  • Mystery Kids

    Mystery Kids

  • Undercover Blues

    Undercover Blues

  • Apollo 11: First Steps on the Moon

    Apollo 11: First Steps on the Moon

  • Ferris Bueller

    Ferris Bueller

  • The Wonderful World of Disney

    The Wonderful World of Disney

  • Sister, Sister

    Sister, Sister

  • Cop Rock

    Cop Rock

  • She Knows Too Much

    She Knows Too Much

  • The Blue Yonder

    The Blue Yonder

  • The Medicine Show

    The Medicine Show

  • The First Power

    The First Power

  • Call to Glory

    Call to Glory

  • Farrell: For the People

    Farrell: For the People

  • Eyes of Fire

    Eyes of Fire

  • Rewrite for Murder

    Rewrite for Murder

  • Le Grand Silence

    Le Grand Silence