Wayne Tippit

Known for

Acting

Born

December 19, 1932

Birthplace

Lubbock, Texas, USA

Died

August 28, 2009 (aged 76)

Biography

Wayne Tippit (December 19, 1932 – August 28, 2009) was an American television and stage character actor. He was best known to television audiences for playing Ted Adamson on the 1970s and 1980s CBS soap opera, Search for Tomorrow, for five years. He later portrayed Palmer Woodward, the father of Heather Locklear's character, Amanda Woodward, on the Fox primetime soap opera, Melrose Place, during the 1990s.

Best known work

The X-Files

1993

JFK

1991

Seinfeld

1989

Quantum Leap

1989

Baywatch

1989

Murder, She Wrote

1984

Nurse Betty

2000

Mad About You

1992

Melrose Place

1992

Rollercoaster

1977

Filmography

2007
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!TV
as Cinco Supporter (1 episode)
2000
Nurse Betty
as Doctor
1998
Two of a KindTV
as Father Conrad (1 episode)
1998
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
as Keller's Grandfather
1994
Chicago HopeTV
as Walter Emmons (1 episode)
1993
Diagnosis: MurderTV
as FBI Agent (1 episode), as Howard Mitchell (1 episode), as Elliott Whitfield (1 episode)
1993
The X-FilesTV
as Detective Thompson (1 episode)
1993
The Ernest Green Story
as Principal Matthews
1992
Mad About YouTV
as Manny Gantz (1 episode)
1992
Melrose PlaceTV
as Palmer Woodward (13 episodes)
1992
Honor Thy Mother
1991
JFK
as FBI Agent - Frank
1991
The TorkelsonsTV
as Strickland (1 episode)
1991
Running Against Time
as FBI Agent Landry
1991
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
as Tillman
1991
Dark ShadowsTV
as Dr. Hiram Fisher (2 episodes)
1990
LifeStories: Steve Burdick
as Chuck McAuliffe
1990
Follow Your Heart
as Sheriff Quinn
1990
MadHouse
as Grindle
1989
Money, Power, Murder.
as Dunphy
1989
The Final Days
as Senator Edward Gurney
1989
When We Were Young
as Sam
1989
SeinfeldTV
as Captain (1 episode)
1989
BaywatchTV
as Thomas Hastings (1 episode)
1989
Quantum LeapTV
as Henry Mackenzie (1 episode)