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Richard Lineback

Highest Rated: 95% Speed (1994)

Lowest Rated: 10% Meet the Deedles (1998)

Birthday: Feb 4, 1952

Birthplace: Frankfurt, Germany

A supporting player who has met a foul fate in more than one film, actor Richard Lineback has acted extensively in screen and stage productions. Born in Germany, he moved with his family to Austin as a teen. Moving to Los Angeles after college, he joined the Colony Theatre Company in Burbank, performing in numerous productions, including "The Grapes of Wrath," in which he played the lead. In the late '70s, he began making his way into TV series, and followed with a feature debut in 1980's "Joni," about a girl's spiritual struggle with paralysis. He made frequent guest appearances in a variety of popular shows including the quirky "Max Headroom" and the cop drama "Hunter." In the '90s, an increasing number of film parts came his way, some more memorable for the characters' causes of death than for the roles themselves: he was a victim of Woody Harrelson's murderous rampage in "Natural Born Killers" and was wiped out by a tornado in "Twister." Lineback found greater recognition for his stage work, including a critically praised turn in "Baby Dance," a play about infertility and adoption, for which he reprised his role in a TV movie adaptation.

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Highest rated movies

95% 77% Speed Watchlist
74% 65% Tin Cup
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63% 59% Sommersby
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50% 41% King of Texas
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45% 76% Varsity Blues Watchlist
24% 51% The Jackal
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23% 52% Ready to Rumble
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18% 26% Friday the 13th -- A New Beginning Watchlist
10% 38% Meet the Deedles
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After the Game
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Filmography

Movies

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No Score Yet No Score Yet McBride: Dogged Frank Sinclair (Character) - 2007
50% 41% King of Texas Warnell (Character) - 2002
23% 52% Ready to Rumble Mr. Boggs (Character) $12.4M 2000
No Score Yet 50% Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story Paul Jackson (Character) - 1999
45% 76% Varsity Blues Joe Harbour (Character) $52.9M 1999
No Score Yet 33% The Baby Dance Al LeFauve (Character) - 1998
10% 38% Meet the Deedles Crabbe (Character) $4.4M 1998
24% 51% The Jackal McMurphy (Character) $54.9M 1997
74% 65% Tin Cup Curt (Character) $53.9M 1996
No Score Yet 79% Josh Kirby... Time Warrior! The Human Pets Willie the Pooch (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan Billy Coleman (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet After the Game Slim (Character) - 1994
95% 77% Speed Norwood (Character) $121.2M 1994
63% 59% Sommersby Timothy Fry (Character) $46.4M 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Somebody's Daughter Fielder (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Woman With a Past Wayne (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blind Vengeance Edwin "Ed" Rentzell (Character) - 1990
18% 26% Friday the 13th -- A New Beginning Deputy Dodd (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet 55% Gideon's Trumpet Lester Wade (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 70% Joni Steve Estes (Character) - 1979

TV

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97% 95% Justified Unknown (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet 84% NCIS Chuck Winslow (Guest Star) 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet JAG Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
56% 79% Star Trek: Enterprise Kessick (Guest Star) 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Touched by an Angel Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
83% 95% NYPD Blue Ernie Dowd (Guest Star) 1994
91% 89% Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Selin Peers (Guest Star) 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dallas Unknown (Guest Star) 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hunter Billy the Junkie (Guest Star) 1986 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Guns of Paradise Unknown (Guest Star) 1989
92% 90% Star Trek: The Next Generation Romas (Guest Star) 1988
No Score Yet 70% MacGyver Unknown (Guest Star) 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Presents Unknown (Character) 1985
No Score Yet 87% M*A*S*H Private Scala (Guest Star) 1979 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fantasy Island Unknown (Guest Star) 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Waltons Unknown (Guest Star) 1980