Wayne Tippit

Person

Wayne Tippit

Acting December 19, 1932

Lubbock, Texas, USA

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 1…

IMDb

Known for

Popular titles

The X-Files

The X-Files

8.4 1993 TV Show
Seinfeld

Seinfeld

8.2 1989 TV Show
JFK

JFK

7.6 1991 Movie
Quantum Leap

Quantum Leap

8.0 1989 TV Show
Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

7.5 1984 TV Show
Baywatch

Baywatch

6.0 1989 TV Show
Diagnosis: Murder

Diagnosis: Murder

7.1 1993 TV Show
Melrose Place

Melrose Place

5.8 1992 TV Show
Chicago Hope

Chicago Hope

7.2 1994 TV Show
Mad About You

Mad About You

6.8 1992 TV Show
L.A. Law

L.A. Law

7.0 1986 TV Show
The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files

7.6 1974 TV Show

Biography

A closer look

Read full 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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2007
    Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

    TV show Cinco Supporter

  2. 2000
    Nurse Betty

    Movie Doctor

  3. 1998
    Two of a Kind

    TV show Father Conrad

  4. 1998
    Dancer, Texas Pop. 81

    Movie Keller's Grandfather

  5. 1994
    Chicago Hope

    TV show Walter Emmons

  6. 1993
    Diagnosis: Murder

    TV show FBI Agent

  7. 1993
    The X-Files

    TV show Detective Thompson

  8. 1993
    The Ernest Green Story

    Movie Principal Matthews

  9. 1992
    Mad About You

    TV show Manny Gantz

  10. 1992
    Melrose Place

    TV show Palmer Woodward

  11. 1992
    Honor Thy Mother

    Movie

  12. 1991
    JFK

    Movie FBI Agent - Frank

  13. 1991
    The Torkelsons

    TV show Strickland

  14. 1991
    Running Against Time

    Movie FBI Agent Landry

  15. 1991
    Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story

    Movie Tillman

  16. 1991
    Dark Shadows

    TV show Dr. Hiram Fisher

More credits
  1. 1990
    LifeStories: Steve Burdick

    Movie Chuck McAuliffe

  2. 1990
    Follow Your Heart

    Movie Sheriff Quinn

  3. 1990
    MadHouse

    Movie Grindle

  4. 1989
    Money, Power, Murder.

    Movie Dunphy

  5. 1989
    The Final Days

    Movie Senator Edward Gurney

  6. 1989
    When We Were Young

    Movie Sam

  7. 1989
    Seinfeld

    TV show Captain

  8. 1989
    Baywatch

    TV show Thomas Hastings

  9. 1989
    Quantum Leap

    TV show Henry Mackenzie

  10. 1988
    Murphy Brown

    TV show John Q. Bryant

  11. 1988
    Dear John

    TV show Everett Sutton

  12. 1987
    Jake and the Fatman

    TV show Hugh Lawson

  13. 1986
    Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo

    Movie Bill Moon

  14. 1986
    L.A. Law

    TV show Leo Hackett

  15. 1986
    Matlock

    TV show Sen. David Hopkins

  16. 1985
    Noon Wine

    Movie Mr. Burleigh

  17. 1984
    Murder, She Wrote

    TV show Buck Wilson

  18. 1984
    Tales from the Darkside

    TV show Magistrate Thomas Branford

  19. 1984
    Hunter

    TV show Dick Frost

  20. 1983
    Rage of Angels

    TV show Dunninger

  21. 1983
    Illusions

    Movie Cliff

  22. 1982
    American Playhouse

    TV show Mr. Burleigh

  23. 1977
    Rollercoaster

    Movie Police Captain Christie

  24. 1976
    Pipe Dreams

    Movie Mike Thompson