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Rip Torn

Acting 88 (deceased) years old Temple, Texas, USA ★ 1.4
Born: February 6, 1931
Died: July 9, 2019

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

Acting Credits (188)

Bridge of Names
Bridge of Names Tom 2012
Men in Black 3
Men in Black 3 Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited) 2012
Norman Mailer: The American
Norman Mailer: The American Self 2012
3 Weeks to Daytona
3 Weeks to Daytona Sal 2011
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus King Looney 2011
Happy Tears
Happy Tears Joe 2009
The Afterlight
The Afterlight Carl 2009
American Cowslip
American Cowslip Trevor O'Hart 2009
The Golden Boys
The Golden Boys Capt. Jeremiah Burgess 2008
August
August David Sterling 2008
Turn the River
Turn the River Quinette 2008
Lucky Days
Lucky Days Bobo 2008
Bee Movie
Bee Movie Lou Lo Duca (voice) 2007
The Making of Marie Antoinette
The Making of Marie Antoinette Self 2007
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show' Arthur 2007
Three Days to Vegas
Three Days to Vegas Joe Wallace 2007
30 Rock
30 Rock Don Geiss 2006
Zoom
Zoom Larraby 2006
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette Louis XV 2006
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time Self 2006
Forty Shades of Blue
Forty Shades of Blue Alan James 2005
Yours, Mine & Ours
Yours, Mine & Ours Commandant Sherman 2005
The Sisters
The Sisters Dr. Chebrin 2005
Eulogy
Eulogy Edmund Collins 2004
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story Patches O'Houlihan 2004
Extreme Dodgeball
Extreme Dodgeball 2004
Welcome to Mooseport
Welcome to Mooseport Bert Langdon 2004
Love Object
Love Object Novak 2004
The Lyon's Den
The Lyon's Den 2003
Maniac Magee
Maniac Magee George McNab 2003
Rolling Kansas
Rolling Kansas Oldman 2003
Men in Black II
Men in Black II Zed 2002
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent Jules Copeland 2001
Freddy Got Fingered
Freddy Got Fingered Jim Brody 2001
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows Self 2000
Soul Food
Soul Food Peter Redmond 2000
Wonder Boys
Wonder Boys Q 2000
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle Detective Manny Garett 2000
The Insider
The Insider John Scanlon 1999
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery Royce 1999
Seasons of Love
Seasons of Love Spence 1999
Balloon Farm
Balloon Farm Harvey Potter 1999
Passing Glory
Passing Glory Father Robert Grant 1999
Will & Grace
Will & Grace Lionel Banks 1998
Senseless
Senseless Randall Tyson 1998
The Mouse
The Mouse Trucker 'God' 1997
Ghost Stories
Ghost Stories The Narrator 1997
Men in Black
Men in Black Zed 1997
Hercules
Hercules Zeus (voice) 1997
Trial and Error
Trial and Error Benny Gibbs 1997
The Hindenburg
The Hindenburg Narrator 1996
Down Periscope
Down Periscope Admiral Winslow 1996
How to Make an American Quilt
How to Make an American Quilt Arthur 1995
James Dean: A Portrait
James Dean: A Portrait Self (Narrator) 1995
Letter to My Killer
Letter to My Killer 1995
Canadian Bacon
Canadian Bacon General Dick Panzer 1995
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal Adm. Snyder 1995
For Better or Worse
For Better or Worse Capt. Cole 1995
Chicago Hope
Chicago Hope Warren Shutt 1994
Heart of a Child
Heart of a Child Dr. Leonard Bailey 1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien Self - Guest 1993
The John Larroquette Show
The John Larroquette Show Bernard Galvin 1993
Where the Rivers Flow North
Where the Rivers Flow North Noel Lord 1993
Beyond the Law
Beyond the Law Deputy Prescott 1993
RoboCop 3
RoboCop 3 The CEO 1993
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story Bill Morgan 1992
T Bone N Weasel
T Bone N Weasel Happy Sam 1992
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster Admiral Paul Yost 1992
The Larry Sanders Show
The Larry Sanders Show Arthur 1992
Fires of Kuwait
Fires of Kuwait Narrator (voice) 1992
My Son Johnny
My Son Johnny Brian Stansbury 1991
Dolly Dearest
Dolly Dearest Karl Resnick 1991
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind Captain Jack Parsons 1991
Defending Your Life
Defending Your Life Bob Diamond 1991
Death Falls
Death Falls Dub Farley 1991
Beautiful Dreamers
Beautiful Dreamers Walt Whitman 1990
By Dawn's Early Light
By Dawn's Early Light Colonel Fargo 1990
Kojak: None So Blind
Kojak: None So Blind Gideon Hogarth 1990
Pair of Aces
Pair of Aces Capt. Jack Parsons 1990
Sweet Bird of Youth
Sweet Bird of Youth Boss Finley 1989
Silence Like Glass
Silence Like Glass Dr. Markowitz 1989
Cold Feet
Cold Feet Sheriff 1989
Hit List
Hit List Vic Luca 1989
April Morning
April Morning Solomon Chandler 1988
The King of Love
The King of Love Jack Kraft 1987
Laguna Heat
Laguna Heat Joe Datilla 1987
Nadine
Nadine Buford Pope 1987
Extreme Prejudice
Extreme Prejudice Sheriff Hank Pearson 1987
Destination: America
Destination: America Corbet St. James IV 1987
J. Edgar Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover Lyndon Baines Johnson 1987
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
Manhunt for Claude Dallas Tim Nettleton 1986
North and South
North and South Adolphus 1985
Beer
Beer Buzz Beckerman 1985
Summer Rental
Summer Rental Scully 1985
The Atlanta Child Murders
The Atlanta Child Murders Lewis Slaton 1985
The Execution
The Execution Wilheim Gehbert 1985
City Heat
City Heat Primo Pitt 1984
Songwriter
Songwriter Dino McLeish 1984
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Big Daddy 1984
Scarab
Scarab Khepera 1984
Flashpoint
Flashpoint Sheriff Wells 1984
When She Says No
When She Says No Stuart Blankfort 1984
Misunderstood
Misunderstood Will 1983
Cross Creek
Cross Creek Marsh Turner 1983
Airplane II: The Sequel
Airplane II: The Sequel Bud Kruger / President Reagan 1982
The Blue and the Gray
The Blue and the Gray Ulysses S. Grant 1982
Jinxed!
Jinxed! Harold Benson 1982
The Beastmaster
The Beastmaster Maax 1982
A Stranger Is Watching
A Stranger Is Watching Artie Taggart 1982
Heartland
Heartland Clyde Stewart 1981
First Family
First Family General G. E. Dumpston 1980
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case Charles Burt 1980
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story Carlo Ponti 1980
One Trick Pony
One Trick Pony Walter Fox 1980
A Shining Season
A Shining Season Jack Baker 1979
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
The Seduction of Joe Tynan Senator Kittner 1979
Blind Ambition
Blind Ambition Richard M. Nixon 1979
Steel Cowboy
Steel Cowboy K.W. Hicks 1978
Betrayal
Betrayal Dr. Hartogs 1978
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
The Eddie Capra Mysteries 1978
Coma
Coma Dr. George 1978
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover Dwight Webb 1977
Nasty Habits
Nasty Habits Father Maximilian 1977
Birch Interval
Birch Interval Thomas 1976
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Man Who Fell to Earth Nathan Bryce 1976
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan Glen Tuttle 1975
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan Glen Tuttle 1975
Crazy Joe
Crazy Joe Richie 1974
The President's Plane Is Missing
The President's Plane Is Missing George Oldenburg 1973
Payday
Payday Maury Dann 1973
Cotter
Cotter Roy 1973
Ghost Story
Ghost Story Jonathon 1972
Slaughter
Slaughter Dominic Hoffo 1972
Columbo
Columbo Leon Lamarr 1971
1 P.M.
1 P.M. Self 1971
Maidstone
Maidstone Raoul Rey O'Houlihan 1971
Montserrat
Montserrat Izquierdo 1971
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Cancer Henry Miller 1970
Coming Apart
Coming Apart Joe 1969
Lions Love
Lions Love The Beard Director (uncredited) 1969
Beyond the Law
Beyond the Law Popcorn 1968
Sol Madrid
Sol Madrid Dano Villanova 1968
Mannix
Mannix Victor Roarke 1967
Beach Red
Beach Red Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell 1967
Lionpower from MGM
Lionpower from MGM Self - Dano Villanova (archive footage) (uncredited) 1967
You're a Big Boy Now
You're a Big Boy Now I.H. Chanticleer 1966
One Spy Too Many
One Spy Too Many Alexander 1966
The Cincinnati Kid
The Cincinnati Kid William Jefferson Slade 1965
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Alexander 1964
12 O'Clock High
12 O'Clock High Col. Mark Royce 1964
The Great Adventure
The Great Adventure Lieutenant John C. Freemont 1963
Channing
Channing Donald Burrows 1963
Breaking Point
Breaking Point 1963
The Lieutenant
The Lieutenant Sgt. Karl Kasten 1963
Critic's Choice
Critic's Choice Dion Kapakos 1963
Combat!
Combat! Avery 1962
Hero's Island
Hero's Island Nicholas Gates 1962
Sweet Bird of Youth
Sweet Bird of Youth Tom Finley Jr. 1962
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show Self 1961
King of Kings
King of Kings Judas 1961
Ben Casey
Ben Casey 1961
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Kildare Dr. Nicholas Keefe 1961
The Dick Powell Show
The Dick Powell Show Joel Coles 1961
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
24 Hours in a Woman's Life Paul 1961
Route 66
Route 66 Alvah Clayhorne 1960
Thriller
Thriller Duncan Corey 1960
The Untouchables
The Untouchables Harry Strauss 1959
The Untouchables
The Untouchables Johnny Mizo 1959
Bonanza
Bonanza Will Hewitt 1959
Pork Chop Hill
Pork Chop Hill Lt. Walter Russell 1959
Rawhide
Rawhide Jacob Yellow-Sun 1959
Johnny Belinda
Johnny Belinda Locky McCormick 1958
Naked City
Naked City Ansel Boake 1958
Bomber's Moon
Bomber's Moon Lieutenant Harrison 1958
Time Limit
Time Limit Lt. George Miller 1957
The Restless Gun
The Restless Gun Jody Gilman 1957
A Face in the Crowd
A Face in the Crowd Barry Mills (uncredited) 1957
Baby Doll
Baby Doll The Dentist (uncredited) 1956
Tony Awards
Tony Awards Self - Presenter 1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Steve Morgan #22 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Ernie Walters 1955
Omnibus
Omnibus 1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame Locky McCormick 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame Solomon Chandler 1951
Kraft Television Theatre
Kraft Television Theatre Somers 1947
Kraft Television Theatre
Kraft Television Theatre 1947
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self - Presenter 1944
Heartland
Heartland

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