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

as Leonard Vance

WarGames

as Watson

Under Siege

as Trenton

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

as Mirror Man

The A-Team

as Prince

Little House on the Prairie

ER

as Dr. Wilson

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

as Stanley Gables

Roswell

as Congressman

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

as President Ulysses S. Grant