Wayne Tippit
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Acting Credits
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
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
as Cinco Supporter
Nurse Betty
2000
as Doctor
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
1998
as Keller's Grandfather
Two of a Kind
1998
as Father Conrad
Chicago Hope
1994
as Walter Emmons
The Ernest Green Story
1993
as Principal Matthews
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as FBI Agent
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Howard Mitchell
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Elliott Whitfield
The X-Files
1993
as Detective Thompson
Honor Thy Mother
1992
Melrose Place
1992
as Palmer Woodward
Mad About You
1992
as Manny Gantz
Running Against Time
1991
as FBI Agent Landry
JFK
1991
as FBI Agent - Frank
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
1991
as Tillman
The Torkelsons
1991
as Strickland
Dark Shadows
1991
as Dr. Hiram Fisher
Follow Your Heart
1990
as Sheriff Quinn
MadHouse
1990
as Grindle
LifeStories: Steve Burdick
1990
as Chuck McAuliffe
Money, Power, Murder.
1989
as Dunphy
When We Were Young
1989
as Sam
The Final Days
1989
as Senator Edward Gurney
Quantum Leap
1989
as Henry Mackenzie
Baywatch
1989
as Thomas Hastings
Seinfeld
1989
as Captain
Dear John
1988
as Everett Sutton
Murphy Brown
1988
as John Q. Bryant
Jake and the Fatman
1987
as Hugh Lawson
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
1986
as Bill Moon
L.A. Law
1986
as Leo Hackett
Matlock
1986
as Sen. David Hopkins
Matlock
1986
as Assistant D.A. Jerry Carlisle
Noon Wine
1985
as Mr. Burleigh
Tales from the Darkside
1984
as Magistrate Thomas Branford
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Buck Wilson
Hunter
1984
as Dick Frost
Illusions
1983
as Cliff
Rage of Angels
1983
as Dunninger
American Playhouse
1982
as Mr. Burleigh
Rollercoaster
1977
as Police Captain Christie
Pipe Dreams
1976
as Mike Thompson
The Black Box Murders
1975
Kate McShane
1975
as Federal agent
The Rockford Files
1974
as Agent Dan Shore
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Wade Swanson
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
as Pilot
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
1970
as Dr. Miller