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Wayne Tippit

Acting · Born 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 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.

Wayne Tippit movies and shows

  • Seinfeld1989
  • The X-Files1993
  • Murder, She Wrote1984
  • Baywatch1989
  • Melrose Place1992
  • Diagnosis: Murder1993
  • Chicago Hope1994
  • Quantum Leap1989
  • Mad About You1992
  • L.A. Law1986
  • The Rockford Files1974
  • American Playhouse1982
  • Matlock1986
  • Murphy Brown1988
  • Hunter1984
  • Barnaby Jones1973
  • The Bob Newhart Show1972
  • Tales from the Darkside1984
  • Jake and the Fatman1987
  • Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!2007
  • Dear John1988
  • The Torkelsons1991
  • Two of a Kind1998
  • JFK1991