Acting credits
42
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Wayne Tippit
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 19Series: 23
TMDB ID: 141195
IMDb ID: nm0864133
Known for: Acting
Born: December 19, 1932
Died: August 28, 2009
Age: 76
Place of birth: Lubbock, Texas, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1970 - 2007
Years active: 38
Average TMDB rating: 6.95
Wikidata: Q7976675
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Wayne Tippit.
6.1
Nurse Betty
as Doctor
2000 Movie
7.0
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
as Keller's Grandfather
1998 Movie
6.9
The Ernest Green Story
as Principal Matthews
1993 Movie
6.0
Honor Thy Mother
1992 Movie
7.6
JFK
as FBI Agent - Frank
1991 Movie
5.9
Running Against Time
as FBI Agent Landry
1991 Movie
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
as Tillman
1991 Movie
Follow Your Heart
as Sheriff Quinn
1990 Movie
5.3
MadHouse
as Grindle
1990 Movie
3.8
Money, Power, Murder.
as Dunphy
1989 Movie
6.8
The Final Days
as Senator Edward Gurney
1989 Movie
When We Were Young
as Sam
1989 Movie
6.0
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
as Bill Moon
1986 Movie
Noon Wine
as Mr. Burleigh
1985 Movie
5.5
Illusions
as Cliff
1983 Movie
6.0
Rollercoaster
as Police Captain Christie
1977 Movie
Pipe Dreams
as Mike Thompson
1976 Movie
The Black Box Murders
1975 Movie
5.2
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
as Dr. Miller
1970 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Wayne Tippit.
7.3
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
as Cinco Supporter • 1 eps
2007 Series
7.1
Two of a Kind
as Father Conrad • 1 eps
1998 Series
7.2
Chicago Hope
as Walter Emmons • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.1
Diagnosis: Murder
as FBI Agent • 1 eps
1993 Series
8.4
The X-Files
as Detective Thompson • 1 eps
1993 Series
6.7
Mad About You
as Manny Gantz • 1 eps
1992 Series
5.9
Melrose Place
as Palmer Woodward • 13 eps
1992 Series
7.8
The Torkelsons
as Strickland • 1 eps
1991 Series
8.3
Seinfeld
as Captain • 1 eps
1989 Series
6.0
Baywatch
as Thomas Hastings • 1 eps
1989 Series
8.0
Quantum Leap
as Henry Mackenzie • 1 eps
1989 Series
6.4
Murphy Brown
as John Q. Bryant • 1 eps
1988 Series
5.5
Dear John
as Everett Sutton • 1 eps
1988 Series
6.2
Jake and the Fatman
as Hugh Lawson • 1 eps
1987 Series
7.0
L.A. Law
as Leo Hackett • 3 eps
1986 Series
7.1
Matlock
as Sen. David Hopkins • 1 eps
1986 Series
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Buck Wilson • 1 eps
1984 Series
7.2
Tales from the Darkside
as Magistrate Thomas Branford • 1 eps
1984 Series
7.1
Hunter
as Dick Frost • 1 eps
1984 Series
5.5
Rage of Angels
as Dunninger • 2 eps
1983 Series
5.0
Kate McShane
as Federal agent • 1 eps
1975 Series
7.6
The Rockford Files
as Agent Dan Shore • 3 eps
1974 Series
6.9
Barnaby Jones
as Wade Swanson • 1 eps
1973 Series