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
Rollercoaster
Police Captain Christie
Honor Thy Mother
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
Dr. Miller
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
Bill Moon
Illusions
Cliff
Money, Power, Murder.
Dunphy
Follow Your Heart
Sheriff Quinn
The Ernest Green Story
Principal Matthews
Pipe Dreams
Mike Thompson
The Black Box Murders
Running Against Time
FBI Agent Landry
When We Were Young
Sam
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
Keller's Grandfather
JFK
FBI Agent - Frank
Nurse Betty
Doctor
MadHouse
Grindle
LifeStories: Steve Burdick
Chuck McAuliffe
The Final Days
Senator Edward Gurney
Noon Wine
Mr. Burleigh
Shows
Diagnosis: Murder
FBI Agent
Tales from the Darkside
Magistrate Thomas Branford
Diagnosis: Murder
Howard Mitchell
Diagnosis: Murder
Elliott Whitfield
Rage of Angels
Dunninger
The X-Files
Detective Thompson
Quantum Leap
Henry Mackenzie
Baywatch
Thomas Hastings
Melrose Place
Palmer Woodward
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Cinco Supporter
Seinfeld
Captain
The Torkelsons
Strickland
The Rockford Files
Agent Dan Shore
Dear John
Everett Sutton
Murphy Brown
John Q. Bryant
L.A. Law
Leo Hackett
Murder, She Wrote
Buck Wilson
Hunter
Dick Frost
Mad About You
Manny Gantz
Two of a Kind
Father Conrad
Kate McShane
Federal agent
Jake and the Fatman
Hugh Lawson