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

Seinfeld

The X-Files

Murder, She Wrote

Diagnosis: Murder

Quantum Leap

Melrose Place

All Movies (20)

Nurse Betty2000 · as Doctor
Dancer, Texas Pop. 811998 · as Keller's Grandfather
The Ernest Green Story1993 · as Principal Matthews
Honor Thy Mother1992
JFK1991 · as FBI Agent - Frank
Running Against Time1991 · as FBI Agent Landry
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story1991 · as Tillman
LifeStories: Steve Burdick1990 · as Chuck McAuliffe
Follow Your Heart1990 · as Sheriff Quinn
MadHouse1990 · as Grindle
Money, Power, Murder.1989 · as Dunphy
The Final Days1989 · as Senator Edward Gurney
When We Were Young1989 · as Sam
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo1986 · as Bill Moon
Noon Wine1985 · as Mr. Burleigh
Illusions1983 · as Cliff
Rollercoaster1977 · as Police Captain Christie
Pipe Dreams1976 · as Mike Thompson
The Black Box Murders1975
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon1970 · as Dr. Miller

All TV Shows (27)

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!2007 · as Cinco Supporter
Two of a Kind1998 · as Father Conrad
Chicago Hope1994 · as Walter Emmons
Diagnosis: Murder1993 · as FBI Agent
Diagnosis: Murder1993 · as Howard Mitchell
Diagnosis: Murder1993 · as Elliott Whitfield
The X-Files1993 · as Detective Thompson
Mad About You1992 · as Manny Gantz
Melrose Place1992 · as Palmer Woodward
The Torkelsons1991 · as Strickland
Dark Shadows1991 · as Dr. Hiram Fisher
Seinfeld1989 · as Captain
Baywatch1989 · as Thomas Hastings
Quantum Leap1989 · as Henry Mackenzie
Murphy Brown1988 · as John Q. Bryant
Dear John1988 · as Everett Sutton
Jake and the Fatman1987 · as Hugh Lawson
L.A. Law1986 · as Leo Hackett
Matlock1986 · as Sen. David Hopkins
Matlock1986 · as Assistant D.A. Jerry Carlisle
Tales from the Darkside1984 · as Magistrate Thomas Branford
Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Buck Wilson
Hunter1984 · as Dick Frost
Rage of Angels1983 · as Dunninger
Kate McShane1975 · as Federal agent
The Rockford Files1974 · as Agent Dan Shore
Barnaby Jones1973 · as Wade Swanson