Tip Tipping (13 February 1958 – 5 February 1993)
was an
English
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film and television
stuntman and
actor
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.
Biography
Prior to his career as a stuntman, Tipping served in the
Royal Marines and
21st SAS Regiment. He appeared in television series such as ''
Doctor Who'', ''
The New Statesman
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'', ''
Bottom
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'', ''
The Bill
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'' and ''
Poirot
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'', and films including ''
Never Say Never Again'' (1983), ''
Batman'' (1989), ''
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' (1989) and ''
Aliens'' (1986, in a credited role as Private Crowe).
Tipping died on 5 February 1993, aged 34, in a parachuting accident at
Brunton, near
Alnwick,
Northumberland
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, while filming for the BBC documentary series ''
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''.
He is interred in the churchyard at the Church of St Peter and St Paul,
Wadhurst
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Situation
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, East Sussex.
Filmography
References
External links
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1958 births
1993 deaths
Accidental deaths in England
English male film actors
English stunt performers
English male television actors
Parachuting deaths
20th-century Royal Marines personnel
Special Air Service soldiers
Place of birth missing
20th-century English male actors
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