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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.
As actor
The Medicine Show
Mystery Kids
Apollo 11: First Steps on the Moon
Automatic
Without Warning
The Force
Undercover Blues
Curaçao
Under Siege
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
Rewrite for Murder
The First Power
She Knows Too Much
Prime Target
Retribution
Sister, Sister
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
Crossroads
Slow Burn
The Blue Yonder
A Soldier's Story
Call to Glory
WarGames
The Day After
Eyes of Fire
Love Child
Farrell: For the People
Penitentiary II
Union City