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.
Personal Details
Movies (20)
Nurse Betty
as Doctor
2000
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
as Keller's Grandfather
1998
The Ernest Green Story
as Principal Matthews
1993
Honor Thy Mother
1992
JFK
as FBI Agent - Frank
1991
Running Against Time
as FBI Agent Landry
1991
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
as Tillman
1991
LifeStories: Steve Burdick
as Chuck McAuliffe
1990
Follow Your Heart
as Sheriff Quinn
1990
MadHouse
as Grindle
1990
Money, Power, Murder.
as Dunphy
1989
The Final Days
as Senator Edward Gurney
1989
When We Were Young
as Sam
1989
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
as Bill Moon
1986
Noon Wine
as Mr. Burleigh
1985
Illusions
as Cliff
1983
Rollercoaster
as Police Captain Christie
1977
Pipe Dreams
as Mike Thompson
1976
The Black Box Murders
1975
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
as Dr. Miller
1970
TV Shows (23)
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
as Cinco Supporter
2007
Two of a Kind
as Father Conrad
1998
Chicago Hope
as Walter Emmons
1994
Diagnosis: Murder
as FBI Agent
1993
The X-Files
as Detective Thompson
1993
Mad About You
as Manny Gantz
1992
Melrose Place
as Palmer Woodward
1992
The Torkelsons
as Strickland
1991
Seinfeld
as Captain
1989
Baywatch
as Thomas Hastings
1989
Quantum Leap
as Henry Mackenzie
1989
Murphy Brown
as John Q. Bryant
1988
Dear John
as Everett Sutton
1988
Jake and the Fatman
as Hugh Lawson
1987
L.A. Law
as Leo Hackett
1986
Matlock
as Sen. David Hopkins
1986
Tales from the Darkside
as Magistrate Thomas Branford
1984
Murder, She Wrote
as Buck Wilson
1984
Hunter
as Dick Frost
1984
Rage of Angels
as Dunninger
1983
Kate McShane
as Federal agent
1975
The Rockford Files
as Agent Dan Shore
1974
Barnaby Jones
as Wade Swanson
1973