{{Short description|English stunt performer and actor (1958–1993)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Tip Tipping | image = <!-- Just the name, without the File: prefix or enclosing brackets --> | caption = | birth_name = Timothy Tipping | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1958|2|13}} | birth_place = England | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1993|2|5|1958|2|13}} | death_place = Brunton, Northumberland, England | death_cause = Parachuting accident | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | monuments = | other_names = | alma_mater = | occupation = Stunt performer, actor | years_active = 1981–1993 | employer = | known_for = ''Aliens'' | television = | spouse = | children = | parents = }}
'''Timothy "Tip" Tipping''' (13 February 1958 – 5 February 1993)<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba8f65f07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430013653/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba8f65f07|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 April 2016|title=Tip Tipping|website=BFI}}</ref> was an English film and television stuntman and actor.
==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'', ''Bottom'', ''The Bill'' and ''Poirot'', and in 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).<ref name="obituary">{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-tip-tipping-1473128.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-tip-tipping-1473128.html |archive-date=21 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Obituary: Tip Tipping|first=Chris|last=Webb|newspaper=The Independent|date=15 February 1993|accessdate=1 October 2010}}</ref>
Tipping died on 5 February 1993, aged 34, in a parachuting accident at Brunton, near Alnwick, Northumberland, while filming for the BBC documentary series ''999''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/stuntman-killed-in-parachute-jump-1471168.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/stuntman-killed-in-parachute-jump-1471168.html |archive-date=21 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Stuntman Killed in Parachute Jump|newspaper=The Independent|date=6 February 1993|accessdate=1 October 2010}}</ref> He is interred in the churchyard at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Wadhurst, East Sussex.
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1984 || ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' || Stunts || |- | 1985 || ''Lifeforce'' || Man Attacked by Zombies || Uncredited |- | 1985 || ''Death Wish 3'' || Creep || Uncredited |- | 1985 || ''Return to Oz'' || Stunts || |- | 1986 || ''Aliens'' || Private Crowe ||<ref name="auto"/> |- | 1987 || ''Hamburger Hill'' || Stunts || |- | 1989 || ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' || Tank Crewman / First grenade throwing Nazi || Uncredited |- | 1989 || ''Batman'' || Smylex Poisoned Punk || Uncredited |- | 1991 || ''Twenty-One'' || Pub Boy ||<ref name="auto"/> |- |1991 |Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves |Stuntperson | |- | 1992 || ''Blue Ice'' || Hit Man #2 || Uncredited |- | 1993 || ''The Young Americans'' || Stunts || |}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0864150}}
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