Wayne Tippit

Wayne Tippit

Known for
Acting
Born
December 19, 1932
Died
August 28, 2009 (aged 76)
Birthplace
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.

Known For

Filmography

2007
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Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

TV · as Cinco Supporter · 1 ep

2000
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Nurse Betty

Movie · as Doctor

1998
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Dancer, Texas Pop. 81

Movie · as Keller's Grandfather

1998
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Two of a Kind

TV · as Father Conrad · 1 ep

1994
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Chicago Hope

TV · as Walter Emmons · 1 ep

1993
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The Ernest Green Story

Movie · as Principal Matthews

1993
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Diagnosis: Murder

TV · as FBI Agent, Howard Mitchell, Elliott Whitfield · 1 ep

1993
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The X-Files

TV · as Detective Thompson · 1 ep

1992
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Honor Thy Mother

Movie

1992
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Melrose Place

TV · as Palmer Woodward · 13 eps

1992
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Mad About You

TV · as Manny Gantz · 1 ep

1991
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Running Against Time

Movie · as FBI Agent Landry

1991
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JFK

Movie · as FBI Agent - Frank

1991
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Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story

Movie · as Tillman

1991
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The Torkelsons

TV · as Strickland · 1 ep

1991
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Dark Shadows

TV · as Dr. Hiram Fisher · 2 eps

1990
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Follow Your Heart

Movie · as Sheriff Quinn

1990
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MadHouse

Movie · as Grindle

1990
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LifeStories: Steve Burdick

Movie · as Chuck McAuliffe

1989
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Money, Power, Murder.

Movie · as Dunphy

1989
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When We Were Young

Movie · as Sam

1989
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The Final Days

Movie · as Senator Edward Gurney

1989
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Quantum Leap

TV · as Henry Mackenzie · 1 ep

1989
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Baywatch

TV · as Thomas Hastings · 1 ep

1989
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Seinfeld

TV · as Captain · 1 ep

1988
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Dear John

TV · as Everett Sutton · 1 ep

1988
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Murphy Brown

TV · as John Q. Bryant · 1 ep

1987
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Jake and the Fatman

TV · as Hugh Lawson · 1 ep

1986
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Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo

Movie · as Bill Moon

1986
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L.A. Law

TV · as Leo Hackett · 3 eps

1986
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Matlock

TV · as Sen. David Hopkins, Assistant D.A. Jerry Carlisle · 1 ep

1985
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Noon Wine

Movie · as Mr. Burleigh

1984
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Tales from the Darkside

TV · as Magistrate Thomas Branford · 1 ep

1984
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Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Buck Wilson · 1 ep

1984
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Hunter

TV · as Dick Frost · 1 ep

1983
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Illusions

Movie · as Cliff

1983
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Rage of Angels

TV · as Dunninger · 2 eps

1982
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American Playhouse

TV · as Mr. Burleigh · 1 ep

1977
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Rollercoaster

Movie · as Police Captain Christie

1976
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Pipe Dreams

Movie · as Mike Thompson

1975
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The Black Box Murders

Movie

1975
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Kate McShane

TV · as Federal agent · 1 ep

1974
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The Rockford Files

TV · as Agent Dan Shore · 3 eps

1973
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Barnaby Jones

TV · as Wade Swanson · 1 ep

1972
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The Bob Newhart Show

TV · as Pilot · 1 ep

1970
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Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon

Movie · as Dr. Miller