Cast & creator
Wayne Tippit
Best known for Seinfeld, The X-Files, Diagnosis: Murder
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.
20
film credits
29
television credits
49
1970–2007 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (49)
Showing 49 of 49 credits
Seinfeld
Captain
1989
The X-Files
Detective Thompson
1993
Diagnosis: Murder
FBI Agent
1993Diagnosis: Murder
Howard Mitchell
1993Diagnosis: Murder
Elliott Whitfield
1993
Chicago Hope
Walter Emmons
1994
Murder, She Wrote
Buck Wilson
1984
Melrose Place
Palmer Woodward
1992
Quantum Leap
Henry Mackenzie
1989
L.A. Law
Leo Hackett
1986
American Playhouse
Mr. Burleigh
1982
Mad About You
Manny Gantz
1992
The Rockford Files
Agent Dan Shore
1974
Baywatch
Thomas Hastings
1989
Matlock
Sen. David Hopkins
1986Matlock
Assistant D.A. Jerry Carlisle
1986
Murphy Brown
John Q. Bryant
1988
Jake and the Fatman
Hugh Lawson
1987
Tales from the Darkside
Magistrate Thomas Branford
1984
Hunter
Dick Frost
1984
Barnaby Jones
Wade Swanson
1973
The Bob Newhart Show
Pilot
1972
Dear John
Everett Sutton
1988
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Cinco Supporter
2007
The Torkelsons
Strickland
1991
Dark Shadows
Dr. Hiram Fisher
1991
Two of a Kind
Father Conrad
1998
JFK
FBI Agent - Frank
1991
Kate McShane
Federal agent
1975
Nurse Betty
Doctor
2000
Rage of Angels
Dunninger
1983
Rollercoaster
Police Captain Christie
1977
The Ernest Green Story
Principal Matthews
1993
MadHouse
Grindle
1990
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
Dr. Miller
1970
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
Keller's Grandfather
1998
Illusions
Cliff
1983
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
Bill Moon
1986
When We Were Young
Sam
1989
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
Tillman
1991
The Final Days
Senator Edward Gurney
1989
Honor Thy Mother
1992
The Black Box Murders
1975
Follow Your Heart
Sheriff Quinn
1990
Money, Power, Murder.
Dunphy
1989
Noon Wine
Mr. Burleigh
1985
Running Against Time
FBI Agent Landry
1991
Pipe Dreams
Mike Thompson
1976LifeStories: Steve Burdick
Chuck McAuliffe
1990