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David Lipman
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David Lipman

1938 – 2024 · Brooklyn, New York, USA · Active 1977–2017

David Lipman, an actor known for his roles in cult cinema, brings a unique flair to the genre. He appears in Frankenhooker (1990), where he embodies the eccentricity of 90s exploitation films. Lipman also showcases his talents in The Exterminator (1980), a gritty action film that has garnered a dedicated following. His work in Hot Resort (1985) and Weekend at Bernie's II (1993) further cements his presence in the cult film landscape, making him a notable figure in the realm of offbeat cinema.

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Frankenhooker

Frankenhooker

1990 ★ 6.0
as Frankenhooker's Trick

Jeffrey, a young man who lives in New Jersey, is a former med student but dropped out due to absurd and unethical experiments with bringing body parts to life using a formula he invented in combination with electricity. He is later heartbroken after his fiancée Elizabeth is killed by a lawnmower during a family cookout. He decides that the only way to confront her loss is to use his science skills to bring her back to life. As her body has been cut into pieces save for one of her hands and her head, Jeffrey must take new parts from other women in order to create a new body for Elizabeth.  He ultimately chooses to harvest them from the bodies of New York City prostitutes, as no one would notice if they went missing. He feels guilty about the idea of killing them, and performs a surgical method using a drill to his brain to calm himself and go through with the plan. He lures them back into a hotel under the guise of a party but begins to back out of the decision to kill them with large exploding crack rocks. The hookers find the bag of drugs and begin using them much to Jeffrey's dismay. Seconds later they explode with Jeffrey having to rush to run away with the parts and escape the wrath of their pimp, Zorro. He uses the body parts to bring Elizabeth back to life, however her mind isn't fully restored and she speaks and acts like a prostitute.  The newly revived creation escapes and begins looking for customers, who end up exploding after encountering her. Jeffrey goes looking for her and finds her at a bar. Unfortunately Zorro is there too, and upon hearing her mention his name and seeing his tattoo design on her arm he angrily strikes Elizabeth nearly knocking her head off. Jeffrey takes Elizabeth home to revive her with electricity, causing her to regain her memory and become furious about what she's become. Zorro has tracked them down and decapitates Jeffrey in an attempt to take Elizabeth back. However, the spare hooker parts were reanimated from the first experiment into a many limbed monster, which drags Zorro away. Wanting her lover back, Elizabeth decides to revive Jeffrey via the same procedure he used on her. When Jeffrey wakes up, Elizabeth tells him what happened, but since the process only works on female bodies, Elizabeth had to use the hookers' body parts to bring him back. Elizabeth happily says they'll be together now forever, with Jeffrey groaning in the same manner as the traditional Frankenstein's monster in horror at his new female body.  A medical school dropout loses his fiancée in a tragic lawnmower incident and decides to bring her back to life. Unfortunately, he was only able to save her head, so he goes to the red light district in the city and lures prostitutes into a hotel room so he can collect body parts to reassemble her.

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Filmography

32 credits
2010s 4 credits
2017
The Wizard of Lies as Martin Flumenbaum
Movie ★ 6.6
2014
Movie ★ 4.3
2012
Smash as Judge Davenport
TV ★ 6.4
2010
True Grit as First Lawyer
Movie ★ 7.3
2000s 3 credits
2009
Smash Cut as Walter (uncredited)
Movie ★ 3.8
2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Morris Torledsky
TV ★ 8.1
2004
Marmalade as Lenny
Movie ★ 9.0
1990s 11 credits
1999
TV ★ 7.9
1998
The Impostors as Baker in Kramer's Pastries
Movie ★ 5.9
1996
Movie ★ 5.0
1996
Mrs. Winterbourne as Conductor
Movie ★ 7.2
1996
Remember WENN as Tyler Prescott
TV ★ 7.8
1993
For Love or Money as Man in Elevator
Movie ★ 6.2
1993
Movie ★ 5.1
1990
Frankenhooker as Frankenhooker's Trick
Movie ★ 6.3
1990
Movie ★ 5.6
1990
Law & Order as Morris Torledsky
TV ★ 7.3
1990
Law & Order as Judge Moodie
TV ★ 7.3
1980s 11 credits
1989
Movie ★ 8.0
1987
Sweet Lorraine as Mr. Lerner
Movie ★ 10.0
1987
TV ★ 7.0
1986
Playing for Keeps as Bank Buddy
Movie ★ 4.0
1985
Hot Resort as Mr. Bray Junior
Movie ★ 3.0
1985
Beer as Ernie
Movie ★ 4.4
1984
Splitz as Mac Mogul Sr.
Movie ★ 4.6
1984
TV ★ 7.2
1982
The Soldier as Israeli Defense Secretary
Movie ★ 5.3
1980
Stardust Memories as George, Sandy's Chauffeur
Movie ★ 6.9
1980
The Exterminator as The State Senator from New Jersey
Movie ★ 5.5
1970s 3 credits
1978
Maraschino Cherry as Sneezing Guy (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.6
1977
Big Thumbs as Judge Harold B. Stevens
Movie ★ 8.0
1977
Movie ★ 6.2