Wayne Tippit

Last updated • 3 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
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]

Contents

Early life

Gerald Wayne Tippit was born on December 19, 1932, in Lubbock, Texas. [1] He initially enrolled at what is now called Texas Tech University, where he pursued drama and speech. However, Tippit transferred to the University of Iowa, where he obtained his bachelor's degree in fine arts in 1953. [1]

Tippit enlisted in the United States Army following his graduation, where he produced a radio show. [1] He moved to New York City after leaving the Army in order to pursue stage and theater roles. [1]

Career

Shortly after arriving in New York City in the late 1950s, Tippit appeared in small parts on Broadway in Only in America and Tall Story . [1] Additional Broadway credits included Gantry in 1970, as well as The Nerd (directed by Charles Nelson Reilly), in 1987–88.

In 1959, Tippit was cast in the CBS soap opera, The Secret Storm , where he portrayed the character, Jerry Ames. He remained on the soap opera for six years, while simultaneously working as an advertising spokesman for several consumer products. [1]

During that time he was also affiliated with the now defunct North Jersey Playhouse where Robert Ludlum was producer. He continued to perform in stage roles in New York City during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He found acclaim in the late 1960s in a pair of off-Broadway shows, MacBird and The Boys in the Band. In MacBird, Tippit took over the title role – a character seen as a caricature of President Lyndon B. Johnson  – from Stacy Keach. In The Boys in the Band, he played Hank, a married-with-children schoolteacher who shows up at a birthday party with his male lover. He took over the lead in Werner Liepolt's "The Young Master Dante" at The American Place Theater in 1968–69. In the early 1970s, Tippit played FBI agent Dan Shore in three episodes of The Rockford Files . In 1978, he was cast as Ted Adamson on the CBS daytime soap opera, Search for Tomorrow . [1] He remained in the cast of Search for Tomorrow for five years. [1] In the mid-1980s he appeared in Lanford Wilson's autobiographical play Lemon Sky, opposite Jeff Daniels and Jill Eikenberry.

After roles in films such as Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970), Pipe Dreams (1976) and Rollercoaster (1977), Tippit appeared in the 1981 film Taps as U.S. Army Master Sergeant Kevin Moreland, the father of actor Timothy Hutton's character -- Cadet Major Brian Moreland. Tippit and his family were longtime residents of Ridgewood, New Jersey, [2] but moved to Los Angeles in 1990 [2] to pursue television roles after Tippit was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He appeared on a number of television series, mostly in guest appearances as characters on Diagnosis: Murder , L.A. Law , Seinfeld , Murphy Brown , Quantum Leap , The X-Files , Matlock and Tales from the Darkside . [1]

During the 1990s, Tippit appeared on Melrose Place , playing Palmer Woodward, father of Heather Locklear's character, Amanda Woodward. [1] He also appeared in The Dream Team (1989) and Madhouse (1990), and portrayed the FBI agent, Frank, in 1991's JFK . [3] [4]

Death

Tippit received a single lung transplant in 2000 as treatment for severe emphysema. [1] He died of respiratory failure after a long illness with multiple complications at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on August 28, 2009, at the age of 76. [1] He was survived by his wife, Carole Macho Tippit; daughters Sarah Tippit and Kate Tippit Avron; and four grandchildren. [2]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1964 The Horror of Party Beach Drunk Killed by MonsterUncredited
1970 Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon Dr. Miller
1976 Pipe Dreams Mike Thompson
1977 Rollercoaster Christie
1981 Taps Mst. Sgt. Kevin Moreland
1989 The Dream Team Captain Lewitt
1990 Madhouse Grindle
1990 Running Against Time FBI Agent Landry
1991 JFK FBI Agent – Frank
1998 Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 Keller's Grandfather
2000 Nurse Betty Doctor

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wayne Rogers</span> American actor (1933–2015)

William Wayne McMillan Rogers III was an American actor, known for playing the role of Captain "Trapper" John McIntyre in the CBS television series M*A*S*H and as Dr. Charley Michaels on House Calls (1979–1982).

<i>Melrose Place</i> American prime-time soap opera (1992–1999)

Melrose Place is an American prime-time television soap opera that aired on Fox from July 8, 1992, to May 24, 1999, for seven seasons. The show follows the lives of a group of young adults living in an apartment complex in West Hollywood, California. The show was created by Darren Star for Fox and executive produced by Aaron Spelling for his company, Spelling Television. It was the second series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise. Season one and season two were broadcast on Wednesday at 9 pm, after Beverly Hills, 90210. In 1994, for its third season and for the rest of its run, the show moved to Monday at 8 p.m.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Heather Locklear</span> American actress (born 1961)

Heather Deen Locklear is an American actress famous for her role as Amanda Woodward on Melrose Place (1993–1999), for which she received four consecutive Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress – Television Series Drama. She is also known for her role as Sammy Jo Carrington on Dynasty from 1981 to 1989, her first major television role, which began a longtime collaboration with producer Aaron Spelling.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Greg Evigan</span> American actor (born 1953)

Gregory Ralph Evigan is an American film, stage, and television actor. He began his career in theater, appearing in the Broadway production of Jesus Christ Superstar, followed by a stage production of the musical Grease, in which he portrayed the lead, Danny Zuko. Evigan made his feature film debut in Scorchy (1976), then was cast as the lead in the comedy series B. J. and the Bear, in which he starred between 1979 and 1981.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jacob Young</span> American actor and producer

Jacob Wayne Young is an American actor and producer. He is a five-time Daytime Emmy Award nominee, winning once in 2002 for his role as Lucky Spencer in the soap opera General Hospital (2000–2003). He is best known for his roles as Rick Forrester in the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful and JR Chandler in the soap opera All My Children (2003–2011).

Colleen Zenk is an American actress. She is known for her role as Barbara Ryan in the CBS daytime soap opera, As the World Turns, a role she played from September 1978 until the show ended in September 2010. She received three Daytime Emmy Awards nominations for her performance.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael E. Knight</span> American actor

Michael Edward Knight is an American actor, best known for his role as Tad Martin on ABC soap opera All My Children.

Roger Howarth is an American actor. He played character Todd Manning on the daytime drama One Life to Live (OLTL); the character earned Howarth a Daytime Emmy Award in 1994, and is cited as an icon in the soap opera genre. He left the series in 2003 and joined soap opera As the World Turns, where he played the character of Paul Ryan until the series' final episode in 2010. Howarth returned to OLTL in May 2011, continuing the role on General Hospital in March 2012. Due to a lawsuit from Prospect Park, Howarth, along with Kristen Alderson and Michael Easton, were forced to exit their roles in March 2013, only to return as new characters in May of the same year. He returned as Franco on General Hospital, the character formerly created and portrayed by James Franco. When the character was written off in March 2021, Howarth returned two months later as a new character, Austin Gatlin-Holt. In addition to his soap opera work, Howarth has guest starred in television shows such as Prey, The Flash and Dawson's Creek.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grant Show</span> American actor

Grant Show is an American actor. He is best known for his role on Melrose Place as Jake Hanson, which he played from 1992 to 1997. From 2017 to 2022, he portrayed Blake Carrington in the soap opera reboot Dynasty.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jack Wagner (actor)</span> American actor and singer

Peter John Wagner II is an American actor, singer, and golfer, best known for his roles on General Hospital, Santa Barbara, The Bold and the Beautiful, and Melrose Place.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Doug Savant</span> American film and television actor

Douglas Peter Savant is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Matt Fielding in the Fox prime time soap opera Melrose Place (1992–97), Tom Scavo in ABC comedy-drama Desperate Housewives (2004–12), and as Sgt. O'Neal in Godzilla (1998).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Linda Gray</span> American actress (born 1940)

Linda Ann Gray is an American film, stage and television actress, director, producer and former model, best known for her role as Sue Ellen Ewing, the long-suffering wife of Larry Hagman's character J.R. Ewing on the CBS television drama series Dallas. The role also earned her a nomination for the 1981 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series as well as two Golden Globe Awards nominations.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Martha Byrne</span> American actress (born 1969)

Mary Martha Byrne is an American actress. She played the role of Lily Walsh Snyder on the soap opera As the World Turns from 1985 to 1989, then again from 1993 to 2008; as well as, from 2000 to 2003, Lily's twin sister, Rose D'Angelo. Byrne has also appeared in other stage, television and movie roles, including the title role in the 1983 film Anna to the Infinite Power. She is currently executive producer of the digital drama series Anacostia, where she has played the role of Alexis Jordan since 2011. Byrne has won three Daytime Emmy Awards for acting.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Larry Haines</span> American actor

Larry Haines was an American actor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Audra Lindley</span> American actress (1918–1997)

Audra Lindley was an American actress, most famous for her role as landlady Helen Roper on the sitcom Three's Company and its spin-off The Ropers.

Richard Paull Goldin is an American actor, producer, director and television personality. He is best known for his roles in daytime drama as Dean Frame on NBC's Another World, Gus Aitoro on CBS' Guiding Light, and Jake Martin on ABC's All My Children. In May 2013, Goldin joined the cast of the CBS' The Bold and the Beautiful. Goldin also hosts the HGTV series Spontaneous Construction, which premiered on the network on February 15, 2013.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jimmy Lydon</span> American actor and television producer (1923–2022)

James Joseph Lydon was an American actor and television producer whose career in the entertainment industry began as a teenager during the 1930s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eli Mintz</span> American actor

Eli Mintz was an American actor of Polish-Austrian Jewish descent.

Katherine Squire was an American actress who appeared on Broadway and in regional theater, movies and television, from the 1920s through the 1980s.

<i>Melrose Place</i> season 1 Season of television series

The first season of Melrose Place, an American television series, premiered on Fox on July 8, 1992. The season one finale aired on May 26, 1993, after 32 episodes.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Passings: Wayne Tippit, Character actor on stage and TV". Los Angeles Times . 2009-09-04. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  2. 1 2 3 "Passings: Wayne Tippit obituary". The Record (Bergen County) . NorthJersey.com. 2009-09-02. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  3. ↑ JFK (movie)
  4. ↑ "Wayne Tippit profile". IMDb . Archived from the original on April 2, 2016. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.