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Wayne Tippit

Wayne Tippit

Born: 1932-12-19 • 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.

Filmography
Nurse Betty poster
Nurse Betty
2000 • Doctor
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 poster
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
1998 • Keller's Grandfather
The Ernest Green Story poster
The Ernest Green Story
1993 • Principal Matthews
Honor Thy Mother poster
Honor Thy Mother
1992
JFK poster
JFK
1991 • FBI Agent - Frank
Running Against Time poster
Running Against Time
1991 • FBI Agent Landry
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story poster
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
1991 • Tillman
No Image
LifeStories: Steve Burdick
1990 • Chuck McAuliffe
Follow Your Heart poster
Follow Your Heart
1990 • Sheriff Quinn
MadHouse poster
MadHouse
1990 • Grindle
Money, Power, Murder. poster
Money, Power, Murder.
1989 • Dunphy
The Final Days poster
The Final Days
1989 • Senator Edward Gurney
When We Were Young poster
When We Were Young
1989 • Sam
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo poster
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
1986 • Bill Moon
Noon Wine poster
Noon Wine
1985 • Mr. Burleigh
Illusions poster
Illusions
1983 • Cliff
Rollercoaster poster
Rollercoaster
1977 • Police Captain Christie
Pipe Dreams poster
Pipe Dreams
1976 • Mike Thompson
The Black Box Murders poster
The Black Box Murders
1975
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon poster
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
1970 • Dr. Miller