Timothy "Tip" Tipping (13 February 1958 – 5 February 1993) was an English film and television stuntman and

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Biography

Prior to his career as a stuntman, Tipping served in the

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and 21st SAS Regiment. He appeared in television series such as ''

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'', '' The New Statesman'', '' Bottom'', ''

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'' and '' Poirot'', and in films including '' Never Say Never Again'' (1983), ''

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'' (1989), ''

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'' (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

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, 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.

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* 1958 births 1993 deaths Accidental deaths in England Artists' Rifles soldiers 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 English military personnel 20th-century British Army personnel Burials in East Sussex Stunt doubles Royal Marines ranks {{England-screen-actor-stub