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

  • Diagnosis: Murder

    Diagnosis: Murder

  • Diagnosis: Murder

    Diagnosis: Murder

  • Diagnosis: Murder

    Diagnosis: Murder

  • The A-Team

    The A-Team

  • ER

    ER

  • Little House on the Prairie

    Little House on the Prairie

  • Melrose Place

    Melrose Place

  • Falcon Crest

    Falcon Crest

  • Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

    Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

  • T. J. Hooker

    T. J. Hooker

  • Hill Street Blues

    Hill Street Blues

  • Hill Street Blues

    Hill Street Blues

  • Amazing Stories

    Amazing Stories

  • Matlock

    Matlock

  • Barney Miller

    Barney Miller

  • Moonlighting

    Moonlighting

  • Highway to Heaven

    Highway to Heaven

  • The Guardian

    The Guardian

  • Renegade

    Renegade

  • Felicity

    Felicity

  • seaQuest DSV

    seaQuest DSV

  • Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

    Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

  • Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

    Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

  • L.A. Law

    L.A. Law

  • Roswell

    Roswell

  • Party of Five

    Party of Five

  • Scarecrow and Mrs. King

    Scarecrow and Mrs. King

  • Wiseguy

    Wiseguy

  • WKRP in Cincinnati

    WKRP in Cincinnati

  • Fired Up

    Fired Up

  • The Greatest American Hero

    The Greatest American Hero

  • The Greatest American Hero

    The Greatest American Hero

  • CHiPs

    CHiPs

  • WarGames

    WarGames

  • Cop Rock

    Cop Rock

  • A Soldier's Story

    A Soldier's Story

  • Under Siege

    Under Siege

  • The Invisible Man

    The Invisible Man

  • Ferris Bueller

    Ferris Bueller

  • Retribution

    Retribution

  • The Day After

    The Day After

  • Love Child

    Love Child

  • Jack's Place

    Jack's Place

  • Apollo 11: First Steps on the Moon

    Apollo 11: First Steps on the Moon

  • Automatic

    Automatic

  • She Knows Too Much

    She Knows Too Much

  • Prime Target

    Prime Target

  • The First Power

    The First Power

  • Curaçao

    Curaçao

  • Undercover Blues

    Undercover Blues

  • Without Warning

    Without Warning

  • Union City

    Union City

  • Crossroads

    Crossroads

  • Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story

    Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story

  • The Blue Yonder

    The Blue Yonder

  • The Wonderful World of Disney

    The Wonderful World of Disney

  • Slow Burn

    Slow Burn

  • Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin

    Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin

  • The Force

    The Force

  • The Medicine Show

    The Medicine Show

  • Sister, Sister

    Sister, Sister

  • Call to Glory

    Call to Glory

  • Penitentiary II

    Penitentiary II

  • Mystery Kids

    Mystery Kids

  • Rewrite for Murder

    Rewrite for Murder

  • Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit

    Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit

  • Eyes of Fire

    Eyes of Fire

  • Le Grand Silence

    Le Grand Silence

  • Farrell: For the People

    Farrell: For the People