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name: "Leon Rippy"
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born: "30 October 1949"
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updated: "2026-09-17T02:19:14.295875+00:00"
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# Leon Rippy

Actor. Born 30 October 1949 in Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 October 1949, Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA
- **Active:** 2004–2013
- **Also known as:** لئون ریپی

## Biography

Leon Rippy is an American actor born on 30 October 1949 in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He began his career in regional theatre, founding and operating two theatre companies and appearing in more than seventy plays.

Rippy has worked with director Roland Emmerich on seven films, including *Stargate* (1994) and *The Patriot* (2000), in which he played John Billings. He is known for his recurring television roles as saloon owner Tom Nuttall on the HBO series *Deadwood* (2004–2006) and as Earl on *Saving Grace* (2007–2010). Other credits include *The Lone Ranger* (2013), *Under the Dome* (2013) and *11.22.63* (2016). He received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for ensemble performance in *Deadwood*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Rectify* (2013), Fi1m 87, as Lezley — [page](https://film.one/tv/rectify.md)
- *The Lone Ranger* (2013), Fi1m 55, as Collins — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lone-ranger.md)
- *Deadwood* (2004), Fi1m 91, as Tom Nuttall — [page](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md)

## Also known for

- *The Patriot* (2000), John Billings
- *Stargate* (1994), General W.O. West
- *Under the Dome* (2013), Ollie Dinsmore
- *The Blacklist* (2013), Hunter
- *The Life of David Gale* (2003), Braxton Belyeu
- *The Color Purple* (1985), Store Clerk
- *Universal Soldier* (1992), Woodward
- *11.22.63* (2016), Harry Dunning

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