Wayne Tippit
Known For
Acting
Born
1932-12-19 in Lubbock, Texas, USA
Died
2009-08-28
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.
Most Known For
The X-Files
as Detective Thompson
Seinfeld
as Captain
Murder, She Wrote
as Buck Wilson
Mad About You
as Manny Gantz
Diagnosis: Murder
as FBI Agent
Diagnosis: Murder
as Howard Mitchell
Diagnosis: Murder
as Elliott Whitfield
Quantum Leap
as Henry Mackenzie
Baywatch
as Thomas Hastings
Melrose Place
as Palmer Woodward
The Rockford Files
as Agent Dan Shore
L.A. Law
as Leo Hackett
Matlock
as Sen. David Hopkins
Matlock
as Assistant D.A. Jerry Carlisle
Chicago Hope
as Walter Emmons
Hunter
as Dick Frost
Barnaby Jones
as Wade Swanson
Tales from the Darkside
as Magistrate Thomas Branford
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
as Cinco Supporter
Murphy Brown
as John Q. Bryant