Wayne Tippit

Wayne Tippit
Born
Gerald Wayne Tippit

(1932-12-19)December 19, 1932
Lubbock, Texas
DiedAugust 28, 2009(2009-08-28) (aged 76)
Los Angeles, California
OccupationCharacter actor
Years active1959–2009

Wayne Tippit (December 19, 1932 – August 28, 2009) was an American television and stage character actor.[1] 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.[1] 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.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Passings: Wayne Tippit, Character actor on stage and TV". Los Angeles Times. 2009-09-04. Retrieved 2009-09-04.