Rip Torn
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1931-02-06
Day of Death
2019-07-09 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Temple, Texas, USA
Rip Torn
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.
Acting
(2012)
Men in Black 3
as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
(2012)
Norman Mailer: The American
as Self
(2011)
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
as King Looney
(2009)
American Cowslip
as Trevor O'Hart
(2009)
Happy Tears
as Joe
(2009)
The Afterlight
as Carl
(2008)
August
as David Sterling
(2008)
Turn the River
as Quinette
(2008)
The Golden Boys
as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
(2008)
Lucky Days
as Bobo
(2007)
Bee Movie
as Lou Lo Duca (voice)
(2007)
(2007)
(2007)
Three Days to Vegas
as Joe Wallace
(2006)
Marie Antoinette
as Louis XV
(2006)
Zoom
as Larraby
(2006)
(2005)
Yours, Mine & Ours
as Commandant Sherman
(2005)
The Sisters
as Dr. Chebrin
(2005)
Forty Shades of Blue
as Alan James
(2004)
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
as Patches O'Houlihan
(2004)
Eulogy
as Edmund Collins
(2004)
Love Object
as Novak
(2004)
Welcome to Mooseport
as Bert Langdon
(2003)
Maniac Magee
as George McNab
(2003)
Rolling Kansas
as Oldman
(2002)
Men in Black II
as Zed
(2001)
Freddy Got Fingered
as Jim Brody
(2000)
Wonder Boys
as Q
(2000)
(2000)
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
as Detective Manny Garett
(1999)
The Insider
as John Scanlon
(1999)
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
as Royce
(1999)
Passing Glory
as Father Robert Grant
(1999)
Balloon Farm
as Harvey Potter
(1998)
Senseless
as Randall Tyson
(1997)
Men in Black
as Zed
(1997)
Hercules
as Zeus (voice)
(1997)
Trial and Error
as Benny Gibbs
(1996)
Down Periscope
as Admiral Winslow
(1996)
The Hindenburg
as Narrator
(1995)
How to Make an American Quilt
as Arthur
(1995)
Canadian Bacon
as General Dick Panzer
(1995)
James Dean: A Portrait
as Self (Narrator)
(1995)
For Better or Worse
as Capt. Cole
(1995)
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
as Adm. Snyder
(1995)
(1994)
Heart of a Child
as Dr. Leonard Bailey
(1993)
RoboCop 3
as The CEO
(1993)
Beyond the Law
as Deputy Prescott
(1993)
Where the Rivers Flow North
as Noel Lord
(1992)
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
as Bill Morgan
(1992)
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
as Admiral Paul Yost - Presidential Delegation
(1992)
T Bone N Weasel
as Happy Sam
(1992)
Fires of Kuwait
as Narrator (voice)
(1991)
Defending Your Life
as Bob Diamond
(1991)
Dolly Dearest
as Karl Resnick
(1991)
Death Falls
as Dub Farley
(1991)
My Son Johnny
as Brian Stansbury
(1991)
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
as Captain Jack Parsons
(1990)
By Dawn's Early Light
as Colonel Fargo
(1990)
Pair of Aces
as Capt. Jack Parsons
(1990)
Kojak: None So Blind
as Gideon Hogarth
(1990)
Beautiful Dreamers
as Walt Whitman
(1989)
Sweet Bird of Youth
as Boss Finley
(1989)
Hit List
as Vic Luca
(1989)
Silence Like Glass
as Dr. Markowitz
(1989)
Cold Feet
as Sheriff
(1988)
April Morning
as Solomon Chandler
(1987)
Extreme Prejudice
as Sheriff Hank Pearson
(1987)
Nadine
as Buford Pope
(1987)
Laguna Heat
as Joe Datilla
(1987)
J. Edgar Hoover
as Lyndon Baines Johnson
(1987)
Destination: America
as Corbet St. James IV
(1987)
The King of Love
as Jack Kraft
(1986)
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
as Tim Nettleton
(1985)
Summer Rental
as Scully
(1985)
Beer
as Buzz Beckerman
(1985)
The Execution
as Wilheim Gehbert
(1984)
Flashpoint
as Sheriff Wells
(1984)
City Heat
as Primo Pitt
(1984)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
as Big Daddy
(1984)
Songwriter
as Dino McLeish
(1984)
Scarab
as Khepera
(1984)
When She Says No
as Stuart Blankfort
(1983)
Cross Creek
as Marsh Turner
(1983)
Misunderstood
as Will
(1982)
Airplane II: The Sequel
as Bud Kruger / President Reagan
(1982)
The Beastmaster
as Maax
(1982)
Jinxed!
as Harold Benson
(1982)
A Stranger Is Watching
as Artie Taggart
(1980)
First Family
as General G. E. Dumpston
(1980)
One Trick Pony
as Walter Fox
(1980)
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
as Carlo Ponti
(1980)
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
as Charles Burt
(1979)
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
as Senator Kittner
(1979)
Heartland
as Clyde Stewart
(1979)
A Shining Season
as Jack Baker
(1978)
Coma
as Dr. George
(1978)
Steel Cowboy
as K.W. Hicks
(1978)
Betrayal
as Dr. Hartogs
(1977)
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
as Dwight Webb
(1977)
Nasty Habits
as Father Maximilian
(1976)
The Man Who Fell to Earth
as Nathan Bryce
(1976)
Birch Interval
as Thomas
(1975)
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
as Glen Tuttle
(1974)
Crazy Joe
as Richie
(1973)
Cotter
as Roy
(1973)
Payday
as Maury Dann
(1973)
The President's Plane Is Missing
as George Oldenburg
(1972)
Slaughter
as Dominic Hoffo
(1971)
Maidstone
as Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
(1971)
Montserrat
as Izquierdo
(1971)
1 P.M.
as Self
(1970)
Tropic of Cancer
as Henry Miller
(1969)
Lions Love
as The Beard Director (uncredited)
(1969)
Coming Apart
as Joe
(1968)
Sol Madrid
as Dano Villanova
(1968)
Beyond the Law
as Popcorn
(1967)
(1967)
Beach Red
as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
(1966)
One Spy Too Many
as Alexander
(1966)
You're a Big Boy Now
as I.H. Chanticleer
(1965)
The Cincinnati Kid
as William Jefferson Slade
(1963)
Critic's Choice
as Dion Kapakos
(1962)
Sweet Bird of Youth
as Thomas 'Tom' J. Finley, Jr.
(1962)
Hero's Island
as Nicholas Gates
(1961)
King of Kings
as Judas
(1961)
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
as Paul
(1959)
Pork Chop Hill
as Lt. Walter Russell
(1958)
Bomber's Moon
as Lieutenant Harrison
(1958)
Johnny Belinda
as Locky McCormick
(1957)
A Face in the Crowd
as Barry Mills (uncredited)
(1957)
Time Limit
as Lt. George Miller
(1956)
Baby Doll
as The Dentist (uncredited)
Crew
(2008)
Lucky Days
Executive Producer
(1988)
The Telephone
Director
(1977)
Harlan County U.S.A.
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