Tip Tipping

Tip Tipping
Born	Tip Tipping (1958-02-13)13 February 1958 England, UK
Died	5 February 1993(1993-02-05) (aged 34) Brunton, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
Cause of death	Parachuting accident
Occupation(s)	Stunt performer, actor
Years active	1981–1993
Known for	Aliens

Tip Tipping (13 February 1958 – 5 February 1993), was an English film and television stuntman and actor.

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 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, while filming for the BBC documentary series 999. He is interred in the churchyard at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Wadhurst, East Sussex.

Partial filmography

• Lifeforce (1985) - Man Attacked by Zombies (uncredited)
• Death Wish 3 (1985) - Creep (uncredited)
• Aliens (1986) - Private Crowe
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) - Tank Crewman / First grenade throwing Nazi (uncredited)
• Batman (1989) - Smylex Poisoned Punk (uncredited)
• Twenty-One (1991) - Pub Boy
• Blue Ice (1992) - Hit Man #2 (uncredited)

External links

• Tip Tipping at IMDb