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 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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Known For

Speed
Speed
Meet the Deedles
Meet the Deedles
Varsity Blues
Varsity Blues
King of Texas
King of Texas
Woman With a Past
Woman With a Past
Hush
Hush

Filmography

2021 A Captain's Log
as Self
2010 Justified
as Delmer Coates
2003 NCIS
as Chuck Winslow
2002 The Ring
as Innkeeper
2002 King of Texas
as Warnell
2001 Star Trek: Enterprise
as Kessick
2000 Ready to Rumble
as Mr. Boggs
1999 Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story
as Paul Jackson
1999 Varsity Blues
as Joe Harbor
1998 The Baby Dance
as Al LeFauve
1998 Meet the Deedles
as Crabbe
1998 Hush
as Hal Bentall
1997 The Jackal
as FBI Agent McMurphy
1997 The Last Hand
as Slim
1996 Tin Cup
as Curt
1996 Twister
as Father
1995 Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
as Billy Coleman
1994 Touched by an Angel
as Joe Benson
1994 Natural Born Killers
as Sonny
1994 Speed
as Norwood