Wayne Tippit
Acting
Born: 1932-12-19 · Lubbock, Texas, USA
Died: 2009-08-28
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.
🎬 Movies (20)
Nurse Betty
2000
Doctor
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
1998
Keller's Grandfather
The Ernest Green Story
1993
Principal Matthews
Honor Thy Mother
1992
Running Against Time
1991
FBI Agent Landry
JFK
1991
FBI Agent - Frank
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
1991
Tillman
Follow Your Heart
1990
Sheriff Quinn
MadHouse
1990
Grindle
LifeStories: Steve Burdick
1990
Chuck McAuliffe
Money, Power, Murder.
1989
Dunphy
When We Were Young
1989
Sam
The Final Days
1989
Senator Edward Gurney
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
1986
Bill Moon
Noon Wine
1985
Mr. Burleigh
Illusions
1983
Cliff
Rollercoaster
1977
Police Captain Christie
Pipe Dreams
1976
Mike Thompson
The Black Box Murders
1975
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
1970
Dr. Miller
📺 TV Shows (24)
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
Cinco Supporter
Two of a Kind
1998
Father Conrad
Chicago Hope
1994
Walter Emmons
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
Elliott Whitfield
The X-Files
1993
Detective Thompson
Melrose Place
1992
Palmer Woodward
Mad About You
1992
Manny Gantz
The Torkelsons
1991
Strickland
Dark Shadows
1991
Dr. Hiram Fisher
Quantum Leap
1989
Henry Mackenzie
Baywatch
1989
Thomas Hastings
Seinfeld
1989
Captain
Dear John
1988
Everett Sutton
Murphy Brown
1988
John Q. Bryant
Jake and the Fatman
1987
Hugh Lawson
L.A. Law
1986
Leo Hackett
Matlock
1986
Assistant D.A. Jerry Carlisle
Tales from the Darkside
1984
Magistrate Thomas Branford
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Buck Wilson
Hunter
1984
Dick Frost
Rage of Angels
1983
Dunninger
Kate McShane
1975
Federal agent
The Rockford Files
1974
Agent Dan Shore
Barnaby Jones
1973
Wade Swanson