Wayne Tippit

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: Acting

Born: Lubbock, Texas, USA, 1932-12-19

Died: 2009-08-28

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1970	Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon	Dr. Miller	54
2	1975	The Black Box Murders		0
3	1976	Pipe Dreams	Mike Thompson	0
4	1977	Rollercoaster	Police Captain Christie	60
5	1983	Illusions	Cliff	55
6	1985	Noon Wine	Mr. Burleigh	0
7	1986	Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo	Bill Moon	58
8	1989	When We Were Young	Sam	0
9	1989	The Final Days	Senator Edward Gurney	72
10	1989	Money, Power, Murder.	Dunphy	52
11	1990	MadHouse	Grindle	53
12	1990	Follow Your Heart	Sheriff Quinn	0
13	1990	LifeStories: Steve Burdick	Chuck McAuliffe	10
14	1991	Running Against Time	FBI Agent Landry	58
15	1991	JFK	FBI Agent - Frank	76
16	1992	Honor Thy Mother		20
17	1993	The Ernest Green Story	Principal Matthews	69
18	1998	Dancer, Texas Pop. 81	Keller's Grandfather	68
19	2000	Nurse Betty	Doctor	60

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1974	The Rockford Files	Agent Dan Shore	75
2	1975	Kate McShane	Federal agent	50
3	1983	Rage of Angels	Dunninger	56
4	1984	Hunter	Dick Frost	72
5	1984	Tales from the Darkside	Magistrate Thomas Branford	72
6	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Buck Wilson	75
7	1986	Matlock		71
8	1986	L.A. Law	Leo Hackett	71
9	1987	Jake and the Fatman	Hugh Lawson	60
10	1988	Dear John	Everett Sutton	57
11	1988	Murphy Brown	John Q. Bryant	64
12	1989	Quantum Leap	Henry Mackenzie	80
13	1989	Baywatch	Thomas Hastings	59
14	1989	Seinfeld	Captain	83
15	1991	The Torkelsons	Strickland	78
16	1992	Melrose Place	Palmer Woodward	59
17	1992	Mad About You	Manny Gantz	67
18	1993	The X-Files	Detective Thompson	84
19	1993	Diagnosis: Murder	FBI Agent	71
20	1993	Diagnosis: Murder	Howard Mitchell	71
21	1993	Diagnosis: Murder	Elliott Whitfield	71
22	1998	Two of a Kind	Father Conrad	71
23	2007	Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!	Cinco Supporter	75