Wayne Tippit

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

43

Gender

Male

Birthday

1932-12-19

Deathday

2009-08-28 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Lubbock, Texas, USA

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

The X-Files
8.4%

The X-Files

Sep 10, 1993

JFK
7.6%

JFK

Dec 20, 1991

Seinfeld
8.3%

Seinfeld

Jul 5, 1989

Quantum Leap
8.0%

Quantum Leap

Mar 26, 1989

Baywatch
5.9%

Baywatch

Apr 23, 1989

Nurse Betty
6.0%

Nurse Betty

Aug 30, 2000

Murder, She Wrote
7.5%

Murder, She Wrote

Sep 30, 1984

Mad About You
6.7%

Mad About You

Sep 23, 1992

Melrose Place
5.9%

Melrose Place

Jul 8, 1992

Rollercoaster
6.0%

Rollercoaster

Jun 10, 1977

Matlock
7.1%

Matlock

Mar 3, 1986

Diagnosis: Murder
7.1%

Diagnosis: Murder

Oct 29, 1993

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Acting

2007
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! as Cinco Supporter
2000
Nurse Betty as Doctor
1998
Two of a Kind as Father Conrad
1998
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 as Keller's Grandfather
1993
Diagnosis: Murder as FBI Agent
1993
Diagnosis: Murder as Howard Mitchell
1993
Diagnosis: Murder as Elliott Whitfield
1993
The X-Files as Detective Thompson
1993
The Ernest Green Story as Principal Matthews
1992
Mad About You as Manny Gantz
1992
Melrose Place as Palmer Woodward
1992
Honor Thy Mother
1991
JFK as FBI Agent - Frank
1991
The Torkelsons as Strickland
1991
Running Against Time as FBI Agent Landry
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
Seinfeld as Captain
1989
Baywatch as Thomas Hastings
1989
Quantum Leap as Henry Mackenzie
1988
Murphy Brown as John Q. Bryant
1988
Dear John as Everett Sutton
1987
Jake and the Fatman as Hugh Lawson
1986
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo as Bill Moon
1986
L.A. Law as Leo Hackett
1986
Matlock
1985
Noon Wine as Mr. Burleigh
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Buck Wilson
1984
Tales from the Darkside as Magistrate Thomas Branford
1984
Hunter as Dick Frost
1983
Rage of Angels as Dunninger
1983
Illusions as Cliff
1977
Rollercoaster as Police Captain Christie
1976
Pipe Dreams as Mike Thompson
1975
Kate McShane as Federal agent
1975
The Black Box Murders
1974
The Rockford Files as Agent Dan Shore
1973
Barnaby Jones as Wade Swanson
1970
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon as Dr. Miller
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