Dennis Lipscomb

Dennis Lipscomb

Nascimento : 1942-03-01, Westbury, New York, USA

Morte : 2014-07-30

História

Dennis Lipscomb 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.

Perfil

Dennis Lipscomb
Dennis Lipscomb

Filmes

The Medicine Show
Dr. Votkiff
A cynical young man, diagnosed with cancer, meets a brash young leukemia patient in the hospital who more than matches his distaste for IV drips and weepy sentimentality.
Apollo 11: First Steps on the Moon
George Low
Fearful that the Russians would continue their lead in the space race and be the first to put a man on the moon, NASA felt an enormous pressure to push the Apollo Program forward as quickly as possible, though they knew that pushing too hard could lead to the ultimate disaster. This film recreates the tensions that were felt not only by the three astronauts, Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins, but also by their families and by the teams of technicians training to deal with anything that could go wrong.
Automatic
Raymond Hammer
Robgen industries newest security system is "The J Series Automatic", an android model designed and programmed to protect humans from violent attacks. But one night, an Automatic named J269 discovers a Robgen executive trying to rape a female employee named Nora Rochester. While trying to stop the crime, he inadvertently kills the executive. At this point, J269 then calls Goddard Marx (his creator and a Robgen chairman) to inform him of the incident. Marx tells the android to stay there with Rochester until help arrives, but Marx is intent on sweeping the fiasco under the rug by sending mercenaries to eliminate both J269 and Rochester. Now the two are fugitives on the run from a para-military hit squad.
The Force
Sykes
When a police officer is killed in the line of duty, his soul enters into the body of a young officer to seek revenge for his murder. However, when the spirit takes over, the officer is unaware of what is going on and most think he is in need of a psychiatrist, including the wife of the fallen cop.
Curacao
Henry Rawlings
George C. Scott and William Petersen are expatriates living in Curaçao. They're bound together by an understanding that each is hiding from a dangerous past.
A Força em Alerta
Trenton
Um poderoso navio de guerra que está sendo desativado é vítima de terroristas, que planejam assumir o controle da embarcação. Porém, eles não contavam com a presença de um super agente que está a bordo, disfarçado de cozinheiro.
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
Max LeMar
David Katz is a world famous magician and he comes to Denver with his group to perform for a charity gala for disabled children. Also there is Perry and Della as all three are supporters of the charity. Kate Ford, an assistant with an arrogant attitude, tells David that she is, from now on, going to do an illusion in which an assistant is raised in a glass coffin only to disappear when the coffin is opened up in the air (while the assistant climbs out before the coffin is raised.) After a one night stand with David, Kate is pregnant and she blackmails David with this. David and his wife Judy can't have children so that comes as a double blow to them. However Kate, with her attitude, creates much hatred at her from the rest of the group. At the gala, the glass coffin is raised but when it opens Kate's dead body falls to the ground - strangled.
The First Power
Commander Perkins
A dedicated L.A. police detective and a female psychic must stop a demonic serial killer who was given the powers of resurrection, teleportation and possession.
Prime Target
An inspector is researching a number of murders on police officers in New York. During his research he starts suspecting that the serial killer is a police officer as well.
She Knows Too Much
Ivan Fletcher
In this comedy-drama set in Washington, D.C., an ex-burglar and a dumbbell detective must team up to solve several puzzling murders.
Retribution
George Miller
After a depressed artist miraculously survives a suicide attempt, a series of horrific murders leads him to realize he may have been possessed by the vengeful spirit of a murdered gangster.
Segredo em Família
Cleve Doucet
A congressional aide (Eric Stoltz) explores an old Louisiana mansion two kooky sisters (Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judith Ivey) run as a guest house.
Perry Mason: O Caso do Espírito Sinistro
Michael Light
O brilhante advogado Perry Mason, volta neste filme dirigido por Richard Lang, para decifrar, talvez, o mistério mais difícil de sua carreira. O escritor David Hall, vai com um grupo de pessoas para um velho hotel mal-assombrado. Depois de uma noite de acontecimentos misteriosos Hall é atirado da torre do sino e Jordan White, seu editor que estava no local na hora do crime, é acusado pelo assassinato. Perry Mason é chamado para defender o caso e investigar os estranhos e sinistros acontecimentos do Hotel.
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
Lieutenant Hutchison
This is the story of Lenell Geter, an engineer who was accused and convicted of armed robbery. Because he had such faith in the system, he thought that he would eventually be released. But he was in jail for 18 months until a lawyer from the NAACP was brought to assist in his case.
Slow Burn
Ron McDonald
Jacob Asch is hired by Gerald McMurty to find his ex-wife Laine and their son in Palm Springs. Jacob finds Laine and a teenager named Donnie who may or may not be Gerald's son. He also finds an intricate web of deceit and betrayal that begin to lead to death. He takes it upon himself to unravel the mystery and find out who is killing people and why.
A Encruzilhada
Lloyd
Eugene Martone (Ralph Macchio) é um jovem e talentoso guitarrista que está buscando uma canção de sucesso para alcançar o estrelato. Ele pede ajuda a Willie Brown, um veterano músico de blues, e o segue até sua cidade de origem. Aprendendo a arte do blues, o jovem não sabe que está a caminho de uma encruzilhada, onde um dia o velho negociou com o demônio sua alma em troca de fama.
Além do Céu Azul
Finch
Apaixonado pelo avô, morto em tentativa de atravessar o Atlântico Norte, num biplano no início do século XX, garoto resolve mudar a história, usando máquina do tempo.
A História de um Soldado
Captain Taylor
Um advogado negro, oficial do Exército, vai a uma base militar remota no interior da Louisiana para conduzir o inquérito sobre o brutal assassinato de um sargento negro. Ele desconfia de crime racial, mas enfrenta a resistência de oficiais brancos para identificar os culpados.
Call to Glory
Child Psychologist
Colonel Raynor Sarnac has to balance his family and his duty as head of a flight group facing the political tensions of the early 60's. Actual historical events are part of various stories as are the activities of three active children.
O Dia Seguinte
Reverend Walker
O filme retrata uma guerra fictícia entre as forças da OTAN e o Pacto de Varsóvia que rapidamente se transforma em uma troca em grande escala de mísseis nucleares entre os Estados Unidos e a União Soviética. A maior parte da atividade se concentra nos moradores de Lawrence - Kansas e Kansas City, Missouri, bem como vários fazendas situadas ao lado de silos de míssil nuclear.
Eyes of Fire
Will Smythe
A preacher is accused of adultery and he and his followers are chased out of town and become stranded in an isolated forest which is haunted by the spirits of long dead Native Americans.
Jogos de Guerra
Watson
Um jovem (Matthew Broderick) aficcionado por informática conecta seu micro acidentalmente ao sistema de defesa americano, controlado por um computador ultrasofisticado. O acidente provoca um estado de alerta, que pode acabar causando a Terceira Guerra Mundial.
Farrell: For the People
Jed Carter
Adventures of the DA's new lady assistant.
Criança Amada: Uma História Real (Liberdade para Amar: Uma História Real)
Arthur Brady
It's an extraordinarily touching true-story about Terry Jean Moore, the determined, independent and young woman who is imprisoned for 7 years on account of a "five dollar" robbery. In the prison she will be pregnant by a jailer and she has to fight for bear and keep her child.
Penitentiary II
Announcer
An ex-con, on parole and trying to straighten his life out, decides to resume his boxing career when one of his prison enemies escapes and kills his girlfriend.
Union City
Harlan
A 1950s accountant with a restless wife grows paranoid after hiding a milk thief's corpse next door.
Le Grand Silence
Benny Lansing
Preparing for an evening out, the sexual tension between Armande and Benny turns sour, Benny's ulterior motives for their union subtley apparent.