Richard Lineback

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1952-02-04 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, West Germany

Richard Lineback

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 appe...

Acting

2002

The Ring

as Innkeeper

1994

Speed

as Norwood

1997

The Jackal

as FBI Agent McMurphy

2000

Ready to Rumble

as Mr. Boggs

1998

1999

Varsity Blues

as Joe Harbor

2002

King of Texas

as Warnell

1992

1998

Hush

as Hal Bentall

1983

1990

Blind Vengeance

as Edwin 'Ed' Rentzell

1980

Gideon's Trumpet

as Lester Wade

1986

Stewardess School

as Sgt. Striker

1979

Joni

as Steve Estes

1981

Death Ray 2000

as U.S. Army Enlisted Man

1996

Tin Cup

as Curt

1998

The Baby Dance

as Al LeFauve

1981

Hard Country

as Larry

1992

1988

1986

Return to Mayberry

as Wally Butler

1996

Twister

as Father

1993

Sommersby

as Timothy Fry

1997

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