Wayne Tippit

Biography

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

The X-Files

as Detective Thompson

JFK

as FBI Agent - Frank

Seinfeld

as Captain

Quantum Leap

as Henry Mackenzie

Baywatch

as Thomas Hastings

Nurse Betty

as Doctor

Murder, She Wrote

as Buck Wilson

Mad About You

as Manny Gantz

Melrose Place

as Palmer Woodward

Rollercoaster

as Police Captain Christie