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