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Wayne Tippit

Wayne Tippit

Known For Acting
Birthday Dec 19, 1932
Died Aug 28, 2009 (76)
Birthplace Lubbock, Texas, USA
Popularity 0.4 (history)
Updated Aug 04, 2024
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 Hea ... ther Locklear's character, Amanda Woodward, on the Fox primetime soap opera, Melrose Place, during the 1990s.

Known For

Filmography

Nurse Betty

Nurse Betty

2000

as Doctor

Dancer, Texas Pop. 81

Dancer, Texas Pop. 81

1998

as Keller's Grandfather

The Ernest Green Story

The Ernest Green Story

1993

as Principal Matthews

Running Against Time

Running Against Time

1991

as FBI Agent Landry

JFK

JFK

1991

as FBI Agent - Frank

LifeStories: Steve Burdick

LifeStories: Steve Burdick

1990

as Chuck McAuliffe

MadHouse

MadHouse

1990

as Grindle

Follow Your Heart

Follow Your Heart

1990

as Sheriff Quinn

Money, Power, Murder.

Money, Power, Murder.

1989

as Dunphy

When We Were Young

When We Were Young

1989

as Sam

The Final Days

The Final Days

1989

as Senator Edward Gurney

Illusions

Illusions

1983

as Cliff

Rollercoaster

Rollercoaster

1977

as Police Captain Christie

Pipe Dreams

Pipe Dreams

1976

as Mike Thompson

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Melrose Place

as Palmer Woodward

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Jul 08, 1992

The Rockford Files

as Agent Dan Shore

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 13, 1974

L.A. Law

as Leo Hackett

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 15, 1986

Rage of Angels

as Dunninger

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 20, 1983

Diagnosis: Murder

as FBI Agent

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 29, 1993

Tales from the Darkside

as Magistrate Thomas Branford

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Diagnosis: Murder

as Howard Mitchell

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 29, 1993

Diagnosis: Murder

as Elliott Whitfield

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 29, 1993

The X-Files

as Detective Thompson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1993

Quantum Leap

as Henry Mackenzie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 26, 1989

Baywatch

as Thomas Hastings

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 23, 1989

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

as Cinco Supporter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 11, 2007

Seinfeld

as Captain

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 05, 1989

The Torkelsons

as Strickland

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1991

Dear John

as Everett Sutton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 06, 1988

Murphy Brown

as John Q. Bryant

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 14, 1988

Murder, She Wrote

as Buck Wilson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Hunter

as Dick Frost

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1984

Mad About You

as Manny Gantz

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 1992

Two of a Kind

as Father Conrad

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 1998

Kate McShane

as Federal agent

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1975

Jake and the Fatman

as Hugh Lawson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 1987

Matlock

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 03, 1986

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