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.
The lung transplant he received in 2000 was a single lung. He was being treated for emphysema.
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Received a lung transplant in 2000.
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Studied speech and drama at what is now Texas Tech Unversity. Later transferred to the University of Iowa and received his bachelor's degree in fine arts in 1953.
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Produced radio shows while serving in the Army.
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He was nominated for a 1974 Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Actor in a Principal Role for his performance in William Inge's play, "The Dark At The Top of the Stairs" at the Ivanhoe Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2009
TV Series
Cinco Supporter
The Lyon's Den
2003
TV Series
Nurse Betty
2000
Doctor
A Journey in Faith
1999
Video
Narrator
Two of a Kind
1998
TV Series
Father Conrad
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
1998
Keller's Grandfather
Chicago Hope
1998
TV Series
Walter Emmons
Diagnosis Murder
1993-1997
TV Series
Elliott Whitfield / Howard Mitchell / FBI Agent
Dark Skies
1996-1997
TV Series
J. Edgar Hoover
Something So Right
1996
TV Series
Iverson
Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man
1994-1996
TV Series
Seinfeld
1995
TV Series
Captain
The Client
1995
TV Series
Maurice Duffin
New York Daze
1995
TV Series
Howard Miller
Melrose Place
1993-1994
TV Series
Palmer Woodward
The Byrds of Paradise
1994
TV Series
Matlock
1990-1994
TV Series
Assistant D.A. Jerry Carlisle / Sen. David Hopkins
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
1994
TV Movie
Dan Donaldson
The X-Files
1993
TV Series
Detective Thompson
The Ernest Green Story
1993
TV Movie
Mad About You
1992
TV Series
Manny Gantz
Civil Wars
1992
TV Series
Murder, She Wrote
1992
TV Series
Buck Wilson
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
1992
TV Movie
Love & War
1992
TV Series
Bub
Homefront
1992
TV Series
Walter Lemo
The Round Table
1992
TV Series
The Torkelsons
1992
TV Series
Strickland
Honor Thy Mother
1992
TV Movie
JFK
1991
FBI Agent - Frank
Dear John
1991
TV Series
Mary Beth's father
Equal Justice
1991
TV Series
Paul Hauge
Jake and the Fatman
1991
TV Series
Hugh Lawson
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
1991
TV Movie
Tillman
Dark Shadows
1991
TV Series
Dr. Hiram Fisher
Lifestories
1990
TV Series
Chuck McAuliffe
Running Against Time
1990
TV Movie
FBI Agent Landry
L.A. Law
1989-1990
TV Series
Leo Hackett
Follow Your Heart
1990
TV Movie
Murphy Brown
1990
TV Series
John Q. Bryant
Madhouse
1990
Grindle
Wiseguy
1990
TV Series
Flanagan
Mancuso, FBI
1989
TV Series
Tarnworth
Money, Power, Murder.
1989
TV Movie
Dunphy
Baywatch
1989
TV Series
Senator Thomas Hastings
The Final Days
1989
TV Movie
Senator Edward Gurney
Quantum Leap
1989
TV Series
Henry Mackenzie
Hardball
1989
TV Series
When We Were Young
1989
TV Movie
The Dream Team
1989
Captain Lewitt
Hunter
1988
TV Series
Dick Frost
Crime Story
1988
TV Series
Ambassador Morgan
Tales from the Darkside
1988
TV Series
Magistrate Thomas Branford
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
1986
TV Movie
Bill Moon
Brass
1985
TV Movie
Police Commissioner Haines
American Playhouse
1984-1985
TV Series
Mr. Burleigh / Robert Stripling
Rage of Angels
1983
TV Movie
Dunninger
Illusions
1983
TV Movie
Cliff
Taps
1981/I
Master Sergeant Kevin Moreland
Search for Tomorrow
1980
TV Series
Ted Adamson
Rollercoaster
1977
Police Captain Christie
Pipe Dreams
1976
Mike Thompson
Petrocelli
1976
TV Series
Det. Will Lewis
The Rockford Files
1975-1976
TV Series
Agent Dan Shore
Kate McShane
1975
TV Series
Barnaby Jones
1975
TV Series
Wade Swanson
The Bob Newhart Show
1975
TV Series
Pilot
The Wide World of Mystery
1975
TV Series
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
1970
Dr. Miller
The Horror of Party Beach
1964
Drunk Killed by Monster (uncredited)
The Secret Storm
1954
TV Series
Jerry Ames (1959-1965)
Guiding Light
1952
TV Series
Dr. Carl Richards (1974) / Alan Spaulding (1982)(temporary replacement)