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Rip Torn
Rip Torn

Rip Torn

ActingBorn February 6, 1931Died July 9, 2019 (age 88)Temple, Texas, USA

Biography

Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr. (February 6, 1931 – July 9, 2019) was an American actor whose career spanned more than 60 years. He was best known for his roles as Zed in the Men in Black franchise (1997-2002) and Patches O'Houlihan in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004). Torn received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 1983 film Cross Creek. His work includes the role of Artie, the producer, on The Larry Sanders Show, for which he was nominated for six Emmy Awards, winning in 1996. Torn also won an American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Male in a Series, and two CableACE Awards for his work on the show, and was nominated for a Satellite Award in 1997 as well.

Filmography

2012Movie
2012
Men in Black 3

as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)

Movie
2011Movie
2009Movie
2009Movie
2009
American Cowslip

as Trevor O'Hart

Movie
2008
The Golden Boys

as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess

Movie
2008
August

as David Sterling

Movie
2008
Turn the River

as Quinette

Movie
2008
Lucky Days

as Bobo

Movie
2007
Bee Movie

as Lou Lo Duca (voice)

Movie
2007
Three Days to Vegas

as Joe Wallace

Movie
2006
30 Rock

as Don Geiss

TV
2006
Zoom

as Larraby

Movie
2006
Marie Antoinette

as Louis XV

Movie
2005Movie
2005
Yours, Mine & Ours

as Commandant Sherman

Movie
2005
The Sisters

as Dr. Chebrin

Movie
2004
Eulogy

as Edmund Collins

Movie
2004Movie
2004
Welcome to Mooseport

as Bert Langdon

Movie
2004
Love Object

as Novak

Movie
2003
Maniac Magee

as George McNab

Movie
2003Movie
2002Movie
2001TV
2001Movie
2000
Soul Food

as Peter Redmond

TV
2000Movie
2000Movie
1999
The Insider

as John Scanlon

Movie
1999TV
1999
Balloon Farm

as Harvey Potter

Movie
1999
Passing Glory

as Father Robert Grant

Movie
1998
Will & Grace

as Lionel Banks

TV
1998
Senseless

as Randall Tyson

Movie
1997
The Mouse

as Trucker 'God'

Movie
1997
Ghost Stories

as The Narrator

TV
1997Movie
1997
Hercules

as Zeus (voice)

Movie
1997
Trial and Error

as Benny Gibbs

Movie
1996
The Hindenburg

as Narrator

Movie
1996
Down Periscope

as Admiral Winslow

Movie
1995
James Dean: A Portrait

as Self (Narrator)

Movie
1995
Canadian Bacon

as General Dick Panzer

Movie
1995
For Better or Worse

as Capt. Cole

Movie
1994
Chicago Hope

as Warren Shutt

TV
1994
Heart of a Child

as Dr. Leonard Bailey

Movie
1993TV
1993
The John Larroquette Show

as Bernard Galvin

TV
1993Movie
1993
Beyond the Law

as Deputy Prescott

Movie
1993
RoboCop 3

as The CEO

Movie
1992
T Bone N Weasel

as Happy Sam

Movie
1992Movie
1992TV
1992
Fires of Kuwait

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1991
My Son Johnny

as Brian Stansbury

Movie
1991
Dolly Dearest

as Karl Resnick

Movie
1991Movie
1991
Defending Your Life

as Bob Diamond

Movie
1991
Death Falls

as Dub Farley

Movie
1990
Beautiful Dreamers

as Walt Whitman

Movie
1990
By Dawn's Early Light

as Colonel Fargo

Movie
1990
Kojak: None So Blind

as Gideon Hogarth

Movie
1990
Pair of Aces

as Capt. Jack Parsons

Movie
1989
Sweet Bird of Youth

as Boss Finley

Movie
1989
Silence Like Glass

as Dr. Markowitz

Movie
1989
Cold Feet

as Sheriff

Movie
1989
Hit List

as Vic Luca

Movie
1988
April Morning

as Solomon Chandler

Movie
1987
The King of Love

as Jack Kraft

Movie
1987
Laguna Heat

as Joe Datilla

Movie
1987
Nadine

as Buford Pope

Movie
1987
Extreme Prejudice

as Sheriff Hank Pearson

Movie
1987
Destination: America

as Corbet St. James IV

Movie
1987
J. Edgar Hoover

as Lyndon Baines Johnson

Movie
1986Movie
1985
North and South

as Adolphus

TV
1985
Beer

as Buzz Beckerman

Movie
1985
Summer Rental

as Scully

Movie
1985TV
1985
The Execution

as Wilheim Gehbert

Movie
1984
City Heat

as Primo Pitt

Movie
1984
Songwriter

as Dino McLeish

Movie
1984Movie
1984
Scarab

as Khepera

Movie
1984
Flashpoint

as Sheriff Wells

Movie
1984
When She Says No

as Stuart Blankfort

Movie
1983Movie
1983
Cross Creek

as Marsh Turner

Movie
1982
Airplane II: The Sequel

as Bud Kruger / President Reagan

Movie
1982
The Blue and the Gray

as Ulysses S. Grant

TV
1982
Jinxed!

as Harold Benson

Movie
1982Movie
1982
A Stranger Is Watching

as Artie Taggart

Movie
1981
Heartland

as Clyde Stewart

Movie
1980
First Family

as General G. E. Dumpston

Movie
1980Movie
1980Movie
1980
One Trick Pony

as Walter Fox

Movie
1979
A Shining Season

as Jack Baker

Movie
1979
The Seduction of Joe Tynan

as Senator Kittner

Movie
1979
Blind Ambition

as Richard M. Nixon

TV
1978
Steel Cowboy

as K.W. Hicks

Movie
1978
Betrayal

as Dr. Hartogs

Movie
1978
Coma

as Dr. George

Movie
1977
Nasty Habits

as Father Maximilian

Movie
1976Movie
1976Movie
1974
Crazy Joe

as Richie

Movie
1973Movie
1973
Payday

as Maury Dann

Movie
1973
Cotter

as Roy

Movie
1972
Ghost Story

as Jonathon

TV
1972
Slaughter

as Dominic Hoffo

Movie
1971
Columbo

as Leon Lamarr

TV
1971
1 P.M.

as Self

Movie
1971
Maidstone

as Raoul Rey O'Houlihan

Movie
1971
Montserrat

as Izquierdo

Movie
1970
Tropic of Cancer

as Henry Miller

Movie
1969Movie
1969
Lions Love

as The Beard Director (uncredited)

Movie
1968
Beyond the Law

as Popcorn

Movie
1968
Sol Madrid

as Dano Villanova

Movie
1967
Mannix

as Victor Roarke

TV
1967
Beach Red

as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell

Movie
1967
Lionpower from MGM

as Self - Dano Villanova (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1966
You're a Big Boy Now

as I.H. Chanticleer

Movie
1966
One Spy Too Many

as Alexander

Movie
1965
The Cincinnati Kid

as William Jefferson Slade

Movie
1964TV
1964
12 O'Clock High

as Col. Mark Royce

TV
1963
The Great Adventure

as Lieutenant John C. Freemont

TV
1963
Channing

as Donald Burrows

TV
1963
The Lieutenant

as Sgt. Karl Kasten

TV
1963
Critic's Choice

as Dion Kapakos

Movie
1962
Combat!

as Avery

TV
1962
Hero's Island

as Nicholas Gates

Movie
1962
Sweet Bird of Youth

as Tom Finley Jr.

Movie
1961Movie
1961TV
1961
Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Nicholas Keefe

TV
1961TV
1960
Route 66

as Alvah Clayhorne

TV
1960
Thriller

as Duncan Corey

TV
1959
The Untouchables

as Harry Strauss

TV
1959
The Untouchables

as Johnny Mizo

TV
1959
Bonanza

as Will Hewitt

TV
1959
Pork Chop Hill

as Lt. Walter Russell

Movie
1959
Rawhide

as Jacob Yellow-Sun

TV
1958
Johnny Belinda

as Locky McCormick

Movie
1958
Naked City

as Ansel Boake

TV
1958
Bomber's Moon

as Lieutenant Harrison

Movie
1957
Time Limit

as Lt. George Miller

Movie
1957
The Restless Gun

as Jody Gilman

TV
1957
A Face in the Crowd

as Barry Mills (uncredited)

Movie
1956
Baby Doll

as The Dentist (uncredited)

Movie
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Steve Morgan #22

TV
1955TV
1952TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Locky McCormick

TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Solomon Chandler

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayFebruary 6, 1931
Day of DeathJuly 9, 2019
Place of BirthTemple, Texas, USA
Popularity1.7
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