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Leon Rippy
Leon Rippy
Born	October 30, 1949 (age 75); Rock Hill, South Carolina, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1983–present

Leon Rippy (born October 30, 1949) is an American actor. Active on screen since 1983, Rippy has appeared in numerous films and recurring roles on television. He is best known for his roles as Earl the Angel on the series Saving Grace, saloon owner Tom Nuttall on the series Deadwood and militiaman John Billings in The Patriot (2000).

Career

Rippy's acting career developed through appearances in regional theatrical productions. He founded and operated two theatre companies.^[1] 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.^[2] At one time he was regarded as an accomplished ballet dancer.^[1]

Rippy has worked with Roland Emmerich on seven movies: 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).

His television appearances include a guest role on Star Trek: The Next Generation ("The Neutral Zone"), Quantum Leap, Walker, Texas Ranger, Werewolf, Leverage, Six Feet Under, and Deadwood, a HBO series in which he played Tom Nuttall. Rippy co-starred in the TNT crime drama series Saving Grace.^[3] He also appeared in North and South as Sanders, and in Alcatraz as Dr. Beauregard.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Chiefs	Tommy Allen	Miniseries
1984	Firestarter	Blinded Agent
	Hyperspace	Roy
	Chain Gang
	Tales of the Third Dimension	Freddie	Segment: "The Guardians"
1985	The Color Purple	Store Clerk
	Marie	Gary Gerbitz
	Rockin' Road Trip	Earl Reese
1986	Maximum Overdrive	Brad
	Raw Deal	Man in Tux
	King Kong Lives	Will
	No Mercy	Man #2
	North and South	Sanders	Book II, episode #1.2
1987	The Bedroom Window	Seedy Bartender
	Hit the Road Running	Doogan
	Werewolf	Crawford	Episode: "Eye of the Storm"
	The Rutherford County Line		aka Damon's Law
1988	Traxx	Killer
	Star Trek: The Next Generation	L. Q. "Sonny" Clemmons	Episode: "The Neutral Zone"
	Jesse		TV movie
	Track 29	Trucker
	Illegally Yours	Prosecutor
	Hunter	Russ Tolson	Episode: "The Fourth Man"
	The Tracker	Chub Dumont	TV movie
	Born to Run	Joel	TV movie
1989	Hardball		Episode: "The Cleveland Indian"
1990	Loose Cannons	Weskit
	Moon 44	Master Sergeant Sykes
	Young Guns II	Bob Olinger
	The Hot Spot	Deputy Tate
	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	Perry Mason	Tex	TV movie: The Case of the Wicked Wives
1993	Diagnosis Murder	Bob Cole	Episodes: "Vanishing Act pt. 1 & 2"
1993–2001	Walker, Texas Ranger	Creede / Robert Chastain / Vince Pike / Dewey Baker	4 episodes
1994	Stargate	Major General W. O. West
1996	The Arrival	DOD #1
1997	Still Movin	Mr. Jennings
	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Detective Boone
	Gun	Scooter	Episode: "The Hole"
1997–1998	The Visitor	Agent Nicholas LaRue	13 episodes
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
2004–2006	Deadwood	Tom Nuttall	29 episodes
2006	Gridiron Gang	Paul Higa
2007–2010	Saving Grace	Earl	46 episodes
2011–2012	Leverage	Jack Latimer / Mysterious Man	5 episodes
2012	Alcatraz	Dr. Milton Beauregard	12 episodes
2013	Under The Dome	Ollie Dinsmore	5 episodes
2013	The Lone Ranger	Collins
2014	Rectify	Lezlie	2 episodes
2016	11.22.63	Harry Dunning	2 episodes
2016–2017	The Blacklist	Hunter	4 episodes
2019	Deadwood: The Movie	Tom Nuttall	TV movie