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.
Movie Appearances
Rollercoaster
as Police Captain Christie
1977
Honor Thy Mother
1992
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
as Dr. Miller
1970
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
as Bill Moon
1986
Illusions
as Cliff
1983
Money, Power, Murder.
as Dunphy
1989
Follow Your Heart
as Sheriff Quinn
1990
The Ernest Green Story
as Principal Matthews
1993
Pipe Dreams
as Mike Thompson
1976
The Black Box Murders
1975
Running Against Time
as FBI Agent Landry
1991
When We Were Young
as Sam
1989
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
as Keller's Grandfather
1998
JFK
as FBI Agent - Frank
1991
Nurse Betty
as Doctor
2000
MadHouse
as Grindle
1990
LifeStories: Steve Burdick
as Chuck McAuliffe
1990
The Final Days
as Senator Edward Gurney
1989
Noon Wine
as Mr. Burleigh
1985
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
as Tillman
1991
TV Appearances
Diagnosis: Murder
as FBI Agent
1993
Tales from the Darkside
as Magistrate Thomas Branford
1984
Diagnosis: Murder
as Howard Mitchell
1993
Diagnosis: Murder
as Elliott Whitfield
1993
Rage of Angels
as Dunninger
1983
The X-Files
as Detective Thompson
1993
Quantum Leap
as Henry Mackenzie
1989
Baywatch
as Thomas Hastings
1989
Melrose Place
as Palmer Woodward
1992
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
as Cinco Supporter
2007
Seinfeld
as Captain
1989
The Torkelsons
as Strickland
1991