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Home/People/Richard Lineback
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Born
Feb 4, 1952
Age 74
Place of Birth
Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, West Germany
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

31
Movies
22
TV Shows
IMDb Profile

Richard Lineback

Acting

Biography
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. 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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ring poster

The Ring

as Innkeeper
2002
King of Texas poster

King of Texas

as Warnell
2002
Ready to Rumble poster

Ready to Rumble

as Mr. Boggs
2000
Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story poster

Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story

as Paul Jackson
1999
Varsity Blues poster

Varsity Blues

as Joe Harbor
1999
The Baby Dance poster

The Baby Dance

as Al LeFauve
1998
Meet the Deedles poster

Meet the Deedles

as Crabbe
1998
Hush poster

Hush

as Hal Bentall
1998
The Jackal poster

The Jackal

as FBI Agent McMurphy
1997
The Last Hand poster

The Last Hand

as Slim
1997
Tin Cup poster

Tin Cup

as Curt
1996
Twister poster

Twister

as Father
1996
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan poster

Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan

as Billy Coleman
1995
Natural Born Killers poster

Natural Born Killers

as Sonny
1994
Speed poster

Speed

as Norwood
1994
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Sommersby

as Timothy Fry
1993
Somebody's Daughter poster

Somebody's Daughter

as Fielder
1992
Woman With a Past poster

Woman With a Past

as Wayne
1992
Blind Vengeance poster

Blind Vengeance

as Edwin 'Ed' Rentzell
1990
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Inherit the Wind

as Sillers
1988