# Tip Tipping
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{{Short description|English stunt performer and actor (1958–1993)}}
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| 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](/source/Brunton%2C_Northumberland), [Northumberland](/source/Northumberland), England
| death_cause = Parachuting accident
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| occupation = Stunt performer, actor
| years_active = 1981–1993
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| known_for = ''[Aliens](/source/Aliens_(film))''
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'''Timothy "Tip" Tipping''' (13 February 1958 – 5 February 1993)[{{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}}] was an [English](/source/English_people) film and television [stuntman](/source/Stunt_performer) and [actor](/source/actor).
==Biography==
Prior to his career as a stuntman, Tipping served in the [Royal Marines](/source/Royal_Marines) and [21st](/source/Artists_Rifles) [SAS Regiment](/source/Special_Air_Service). He appeared in television series such as ''[Doctor Who](/source/Doctor_Who)'', ''[The New Statesman](/source/The_New_Statesman_(1987_TV_series))'', ''[Bottom](/source/Bottom_(TV_series))'', ''[The Bill](/source/The_Bill)'' and ''[Poirot](/source/Agatha_Christie's_Poirot)'', and in films including ''[Never Say Never Again](/source/Never_Say_Never_Again)'' (1983), ''[Batman](/source/Batman_(1989_film))'' (1989), ''[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade](/source/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Last_Crusade)'' (1989) and ''[Aliens](/source/Aliens_(film))'' (1986, in a credited role as Private Crowe).[{{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](/source/The_Independent)|date=15 February 1993|accessdate=1 October 2010}}]
Tipping died on 5 February 1993, aged 34, in a parachuting accident at [Brunton](/source/Brunton%2C_Northumberland), near [Alnwick](/source/Alnwick), [Northumberland](/source/Northumberland), while filming for the BBC documentary series ''[999](/source/999_(British_TV_series))''.[{{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](/source/The_Independent)|date=6 February 1993|accessdate=1 October 2010}}] He is interred in the churchyard at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, [Wadhurst](/source/Wadhurst), East Sussex.
==Filmography==
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
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| 1984 || ''[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom](/source/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Temple_of_Doom)'' || Stunts ||
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| 1985 || ''[Lifeforce](/source/Lifeforce_(film))'' || Man Attacked by Zombies || Uncredited
|-
| 1985 || ''[Death Wish 3](/source/Death_Wish_3)'' || Creep || Uncredited
|-
| 1985 || ''[Return to Oz](/source/Return_to_Oz_(film))'' || Stunts ||
|-
| 1986 || ''[Aliens](/source/Aliens_(film))'' || Private Crowe ||