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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

46

Gender

Male

Birthday

1932-12-19

Day of Death

2009-08-28 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Lubbock, Texas, USA

Also Known As

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.

Known For

Acting

Rollercoaster

1977

Rollercoaster

as

Police Captain Christie

Illusions

1983

Illusions

as

Cliff

Follow Your Heart

1990

Follow Your Heart

as

Sheriff Quinn

The Ernest Green Story

1993

The Ernest Green Story

as

Principal Matthews

Pipe Dreams

1976

Pipe Dreams

as

Mike Thompson

Running Against Time

1991

Running Against Time

as

FBI Agent Landry

Dancer, Texas Pop. 81

1998

Dancer, Texas Pop. 81

as

Keller's Grandfather

JFK

1991

JFK

as

FBI Agent - Frank

Nurse Betty

2000

Nurse Betty

as

Doctor

MadHouse

1990

MadHouse

as

Grindle

LifeStories: Steve Burdick

1990

LifeStories: Steve Burdick

as

Chuck McAuliffe

The Final Days

1989

The Final Days

as

Senator Edward Gurney

Noon Wine

1985

Noon Wine

as

Mr. Burleigh

Tales from the Darkside

Tales from the Darkside

as

Magistrate Thomas Branford

Diagnosis: Murder

Diagnosis: Murder

as

Howard Mitchell

Diagnosis: Murder

Diagnosis: Murder

as

Elliott Whitfield

Rage of Angels

Rage of Angels

as

Dunninger

The X-Files

The X-Files

as

Detective Thompson

Quantum Leap

Quantum Leap

as

Henry Mackenzie

Baywatch

Baywatch

as

Thomas Hastings

Melrose Place

Melrose Place

as

Palmer Woodward

Seinfeld

Seinfeld

as

Captain

The Torkelsons

The Torkelsons

as

Strickland

The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files

as

Agent Dan Shore

Dear John

Dear John

as

Everett Sutton

Murphy Brown

Murphy Brown

as

John Q. Bryant

L.A. Law

L.A. Law

as

Leo Hackett

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

as

Buck Wilson

Hunter

Hunter

as

Dick Frost

Mad About You

Mad About You

as

Manny Gantz

Two of a Kind

Two of a Kind

as

Father Conrad

Kate McShane

Kate McShane

as

Federal agent

Jake and the Fatman

Jake and the Fatman

as

Hugh Lawson

Matlock

Matlock

as

Sen. David Hopkins

Barnaby Jones

Barnaby Jones

as

Wade Swanson

Matlock

Matlock

as

Assistant D.A. Jerry Carlisle

Chicago Hope

Chicago Hope

as

Walter Emmons

Production

Crew

Directing