death_place death_date birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
los angeles , california 28 august 2009 lubbock , texas 19 december 1932 wayne tippit
 wayne tippit character actor
wayne tippit

wayne tippit -lrb- december 19 , 1932 -- august 28 , 2009 -rrb- 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 .
