Wayne Tippit

Wayne Tippit

Acting
December 19, 1932August 28, 2009 (age 76)
Lubbock, Texas, USA

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 total)

TV Shows

(26 total)
The X-Files

The X-Files

19938.4

as Detective Thompson

Seinfeld

Seinfeld

19898.3

as Captain

Quantum Leap

Quantum Leap

19898.0

as Henry Mackenzie

Baywatch

Baywatch

19896.0

as Thomas Hastings

Mad About You

Mad About You

19926.7

as Manny Gantz

Melrose Place

Melrose Place

19925.9

as Palmer Woodward

Matlock

Matlock

19867.1

as Sen. David Hopkins

Matlock

Matlock

19867.1

as Assistant D.A. Jerry Carlisle

The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files

19747.6

as Agent Dan Shore

Diagnosis: Murder

Diagnosis: Murder

19937.1

as Howard Mitchell

Diagnosis: Murder

Diagnosis: Murder

19937.1

as Elliott Whitfield

Hunter

Hunter

19847.1

as Dick Frost

Tales from the Darkside

Tales from the Darkside

19847.2

as Magistrate Thomas Branford

Murphy Brown

Murphy Brown

19886.4

as John Q. Bryant

Chicago Hope

Chicago Hope

19947.2

as Walter Emmons

L.A. Law

L.A. Law

19867.0

as Leo Hackett