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Richard Lineback

Actor

Richard Lineback

Born February 4, 1952 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, West Germany31 films

Richard D. Lineback (born February 4, 1952) is an American actor. He has performed in character roles in the films Speed, Twister and Varsity Blues. He played Deputy Dodd in Friday the 13th: A New Beginning.

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Lineback has appeared in many roles on the stage, with leads that include Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath, C.C. Showers in The Diviners, for which he won the Drama-Logue Award for Outstanding Actor, and the title role in Mister Roberts.

He has also made numerous guest appearances for television, including Romas in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Selin Peers in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Kessick in Star Trek: Enterprise. He also appeared as the Rev. Vernon Canty in two episodes of JAG.[3] He also appeared in two episodes of M*A*S*H, playing different characters.

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Speed posterFirst watchSpeed19947.2as NorwoodTensions run high when a crazed bomber rigs a Los Angeles bus with a device that will kill everyone on board if the vehicle's speed dips below fifty miles per hour.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Ring poster6.7The Ring2002Natural Born Killers poster7.1Natural Born Killers1994Twister poster6.6Twister1996The Jackal poster6.4The Jackal1997Sommersby poster6.4Sommersby1993Tin Cup poster6.1Tin Cup1996Varsity Blues poster6.2Varsity Blues1999Friday the 13th: A New Beginning poster5.3Friday the 13th: A New Beginning1985

Filmography

31 films as actor
  1. 2002The RingInnkeeper
  2. 2002King of TexasWarnell
  3. 2000Ready to RumbleMr. Boggs
  4. 1999Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson StoryPaul Jackson
  5. 1999Varsity BluesJoe Harbor
  6. 1998The Baby DanceAl LeFauve
  7. 1998Meet the DeedlesCrabbe
  8. 1998HushHal Bentall
  9. 1997The JackalFBI Agent McMurphy
  10. 1997The Last HandSlim
  11. 1996Tin CupCurt
  12. 1996TwisterFather
  13. 1995Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna BuchananBilly Coleman
  14. 1994Natural Born KillersSonny
  15. 1994SpeedNorwood
  16. 1993SommersbyTimothy Fry
  17. 1992Somebody's DaughterFielder
  18. 1992Woman With a PastWayne
  19. 1990Blind VengeanceEdwin 'Ed' Rentzell
  20. 1988Inherit the WindSillers
  21. 1987Celebration Family
  22. 1986Stewardess SchoolSgt. Striker
  23. 1986Return to MayberryWally Butler
  24. 1985Friday the 13th: A New BeginningDeputy Dodd
  25. 1983Ghost DancingBrian
  26. 1982Johnny BelindaDan
  27. 1981Hard CountryLarry
  28. 1981Beyond the Next Mountain
  29. 1981Death Ray 2000U.S. Army Enlisted Man
  30. 1980Gideon's TrumpetLester Wade
  31. 1979JoniSteve Estes