8.4
TV
Acting
Wayne Tippit
- Born
- Died
- (aged 76)
- Birthplace
- Lubbock, Texas, USA
- Credits
- 46 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
8.4
TV
7.6
Movie
JFK
8.2
TV
Seinfeld
8.0
TV
Quantum Leap
6.0
TV
Baywatch
7.5
TV
Murder, She Wrote
6.1
Movie
Nurse Betty
6.8
TV
Mad About You
5.9
TV
Melrose Place
6.0
Movie
Rollercoaster
7.0
TV
Matlock
7.6
TV
The Rockford Files
7.1
TV
Diagnosis: Murder
7.2
TV
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
7.1
TV
Hunter
7.2
TV
Tales from the Darkside
6.5
TV
Murphy Brown
5.3
Movie
MadHouse
Acting credits 46
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! TV | Cinco Supporter (1 ep) |
| 2000 | Nurse Betty Film | Doctor |
| 1998 | Two of a Kind TV | Father Conrad (1 ep) |
| 1998 | Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 Film | Keller's Grandfather |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope TV | Walter Emmons (1 ep) |
| 1993 | Diagnosis: Murder TV | FBI Agent, Howard Mitchell, Elliott Whitfield (1 ep) |
| 1993 | The X-Files TV | Detective Thompson (1 ep) |
| 1993 | The Ernest Green Story Film | Principal Matthews |
| 1992 | Mad About You TV | Manny Gantz (1 ep) |
| 1992 | Melrose Place TV | Palmer Woodward (13 ep) |
| 1992 | Honor Thy Mother Film | |
| 1991 | JFK Film | FBI Agent - Frank |
| 1991 | The Torkelsons TV | Strickland (1 ep) |
| 1991 | Running Against Time Film | FBI Agent Landry |
| 1991 | Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story Film | Tillman |
| 1991 | Dark Shadows TV | Dr. Hiram Fisher (2 ep) |
| 1990 | LifeStories: Steve Burdick Film | Chuck McAuliffe |
| 1990 | Follow Your Heart Film | Sheriff Quinn |
| 1990 | MadHouse Film | Grindle |
| 1989 | Money, Power, Murder. Film | Dunphy |
| 1989 | The Final Days Film | Senator Edward Gurney |
| 1989 | When We Were Young Film | Sam |
| 1989 | Seinfeld TV | Captain (1 ep) |
| 1989 | Baywatch TV | Thomas Hastings (1 ep) |
| 1989 | Quantum Leap TV | Henry Mackenzie (1 ep) |
| 1988 | Murphy Brown TV | John Q. Bryant (1 ep) |
| 1988 | Dear John TV | Everett Sutton (1 ep) |
| 1987 | Jake and the Fatman TV | Hugh Lawson (1 ep) |
| 1986 | Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo Film | Bill Moon |
| 1986 | L.A. Law TV | Leo Hackett (3 ep) |
| 1986 | Matlock TV | Sen. David Hopkins, Assistant D.A. Jerry Carlisle (1 ep) |
| 1985 | Noon Wine Film | Mr. Burleigh |
| 1984 | Tales from the Darkside TV | Magistrate Thomas Branford (1 ep) |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote TV | Buck Wilson (1 ep) |
| 1984 | Hunter TV | Dick Frost (1 ep) |
| 1983 | Rage of Angels TV | Dunninger (2 ep) |
| 1983 | Illusions Film | Cliff |
| 1982 | American Playhouse TV | Mr. Burleigh (1 ep) |
| 1977 | Rollercoaster Film | Police Captain Christie |
| 1976 | Pipe Dreams Film | Mike Thompson |
| 1975 | Kate McShane TV | Federal agent (1 ep) |
| 1975 | The Black Box Murders Film | |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files TV | Agent Dan Shore (3 ep) |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones TV | Wade Swanson (1 ep) |
| 1972 | The Bob Newhart Show TV | Pilot (1 ep) |
| 1970 | Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon Film | Dr. Miller |