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| Character Statistics | |
| Gender: | Male |
| Alias: | Daddy, Dad |
| Relationships | |
| Wife: | Karina |
| Ex-Wife: | Brandi Tipton Another 13 |
| Children: | London Tipton |
| Owners: | Tipton Industries Parrot Island |
| Nemesis: | Mr. St. Mark |
| Works: | None |
| Production Info | |
| Portrayed by: | John Michael Higgins |
| First Appearance: | Not So Suite 16 |
| Last Appearance: | Twister: Part 3 |
Wilfred Tipton is the owner of the Tipton Hotel, and London Tipton's father. His face was never seen until the Twister three-part episode of The Suite Life on Deck and is usually only referred to using a phone or off-camera. When he does appear it's usually behind a group of bodyguards who completely surround him. London is often left disappointed because he has hardly been around for her growing up. Plus, whenever he makes arrangements to see her, he cancels them because something has come up.
At one point, after he invested all the money he borrowed from the bank in a diamond mine that happened to be diamond-less, he lost all of it, causing him to go into hiding. He has been married no less than fourteen times. London's mother is his third wife. It's also quite possible that London might not be his only child.
In the episode "Twister: Part 3", London calls him to get her out of Kettlecorn, but Cody gets her cell phone and tells him about Bailey's family's farm. Mr. Tipton arrives and then says that he bought the farm from the bank to destroy it and turn it into a plastic bag factory. Zack, Cody, Woody, and Bailey try to get Mr. Tipton to give the farm back, but, in the end, he gives it back after London threatens to blackmail him.
Personality
He is also shown to be very uncaring about anything outside of himself and London. He cut down all the trees on Parrot Island and has illegally smuggled stolen artifacts from another country.
It is also known that he has a secret army as revealed in The Silent Treatment. Plus, in the episode Rock Star in the House, Wilfred is said to be very strict about London's behavior when it comes to celebrities; he doesn't want her near them (which he has tried to enforce since an incident involving Orlando Bloom, referred to by Mr. Moseby).
In The Ghost of Suite 613, London explains the "Orlando Bloom incident: apparently she was blamed for receiving a fake love letter from Orlando Bloom, and in return, he sent her a restraining order.
Marriages
London often says that her father has married many times. He married in Ala-Ka-Scram! for the fourteenth time and in Frozen for the fifteenth, though varying and inconsistent numbers of ex-wives are mentioned throughout the series.
Trivia
- In Twister: Part 3, he doesn't know Marion Moseby, although in other episodes, he does.
- In the same episode, he also seems to not even know his daughter, but he does in every other time he talks to her.