Leon Rippy

Leon Rippy
Born	(1949-10-30) October 30, 1949 Rock Hill, South Carolina, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1984–present

Leon Rippy (born October 30, 1949) is an American actor.

Early life

Rippy was born in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He developed a love for theater while in high school and college.

Career

Rippy's acting career developed through appearances in regional theatrical productions. He founded and operated two theatre companies, and at one time was regarded as an accomplished ballet dancer. Rippy has appeared in more than seventy plays. His non-acting occupations have included working with a circus and as a foreman of a cattle ranch.

Rippy has worked with Roland Emmerich on seven movies including: Moon 44 (1990), Eye of the Storm (1991), Universal Soldier (1992), Stargate (1994), The Thirteenth Floor (1999), The Patriot (2000), and Eight Legged Freaks (2002). He also had roles in The Alamo (2004) and The Lone Ranger (2013).

Television appearances include a guest role on Star Trek: The Next Generation ("The Neutral Zone"), Quantum Leap, Walker, Texas Ranger, Leverage, Six Feet Under and as Tom Nuttall on the HBO series Deadwood. Rippy had a co-starring role in the TNT crime drama series, Saving Grace. He has also appeared in North and South as Sanders, and in Alcatraz as Dr. Beauregard.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Once Upon a Murder	Tommy Allen	Miniseries
1983	Hit the Road Running	Doogan
1984	Firestarter	Blinded Agent
	Hyperspace	Roy
1984	Chain Gang
1984	Tales of the Third Dimension	Freddie	Segment: "The Guardians"
1985	The Color Purple	Store Clerk
1985	Marie	Gary Gerbitz
1985	Rockin' Road Trip	Earl Reese
1986	Maximum Overdrive	Brad
	Raw Deal	Man in Tux
	King Kong Lives	Will
	No Mercy	Man #2
1986	North and South	Sanders	Book II, episode #1.2
1987	The Bedroom Window	Seedy Bartender
1987	Werewolf	Crawford	Episode: "Eye of the Storm"
1987	The Rutherford County Line		aka Damon's Law
1988	Traxx	Killer
	Star Trek TNG	L. Q. "Sonny" Clemmons	Episode: "The Neutral Zone"
1988	Jesse		TV Movie
1988	Track 29	Trucker
1988	Illegally Yours	Prosecutor
1988	Hunter	Russ Tolson	Episode: "The Fourth Man"
1988	The Tracker	Chub Dumont	TV Movie
1988	Born to Run	Joel	TV Movie
1989	Hardball (1989 TV series)		Episode: "The Cleveland Indian"
1990	Loose Cannons	Weskit
	Moon 44	Master Sergeant Sykes
	Young Guns II	Robert "Bob" Ollinger
	The Hot Spot	Deputy Tate
1990	Quantum Leap	Sheriff Taggart	Episode: "Freedom - November 22, 1970"
1991	Eye of the Storm	Sheriff
1991	Hard Time Romance	Hugh Dean Simpson
1992	Universal Soldier	Woodward
	Beyond the Law	Virgil
	Kuffs	Kane
1993	Walker, Texas Ranger	Creede / Chastain / Vince Pike / Dewey Baker	4 episodes
1993	Perry Mason	Tex	TV Movie: The Case of the Wicked Wives
1993	Diagnosis Murder	Bob Cole	2 episodes
1994	Stargate	Major General W. O. West
1996	The Arrival	DOD #1
1997	Still Movin	Mr. Jennings
1997	The Visitor	Agent Nicholas LaRue	13 episodes
1997	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Detective Boone
1997	Gun	Scooter	Episode: "The Hole"
1999	The Thirteenth Floor	Jane's Lawyer
1999	CI5: The New Professionals	Lang	Episode: "Glory Days"
2000	The Patriot	John Billings
2001	The Fugitive	Buddy LaRue	Episode: "New Orleans Saints"
2001	The Man with No Eyes	Father Patrick	Short Film
2002	Eight Legged Freaks	Wade
2003	The Life of David Gale	Braxton Belyeu
2003	Six Feet Under	Daddy	Episode: "Tears, Bones & Desire"
2004	The Alamo	Sergeant William Ward
2004	Deadwood (TV series)	Tom Nuttall	36 episodes
2006	Gridiron Gang	Paul Higa
2006	Saving Grace	Earl	46 episodes
2011	Leverage	Jack Latimer / Mysterious Man	5 episodes
2012	Alcatraz	Dr. Milton Beauregard	12 episodes
2013	Under The Dome	Ollie Dinsmore	5 episodes
	The Lone Ranger	Collins
2014	Rectify	Lezlie	2 episodes

External links

• Leon Rippy at IMDb
• Leon Rippy at HBO: Deadwood.
• About Saving Grace.