Rip Torn
1.2Acting

Rip Torn

Feb 6, 1931 - Temple, Texas, USA

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.

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Media
Movie1965The Cincinnati KidWilliam Jefferson Slade
Movie1976The Man Who Fell to EarthNathan Bryce
Movie2002Men in Black IIZed
Movie1997Men in BlackZed
Movie1995Canadian BaconGeneral Dick Panzer
Movie2006Marie AntoinetteLouis XV
Movie1982Airplane II: The SequelBud Kruger / President Reagan
Movie2006Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing TimeSelf
Movie1984Cat on a Hot Tin RoofBig Daddy
Movie1987Extreme PrejudiceSheriff Hank Pearson
Movie2000Wonder BoysQ
Movie1982A Stranger Is WatchingArtie Taggart
Movie1993RoboCop 3The CEO
Movie2007Bee MovieLou Lo Duca (voice)
Movie1990By Dawn's Early LightColonel Fargo
Movie1978ComaDr. George
Movie2005Forty Shades of BlueAlan James
Movie1995How to Make an American QuiltArthur
Movie1997HerculesZeus (voice)
Movie1991Defending Your LifeBob Diamond
Movie1999The InsiderJohn Scanlon
Movie1998SenselessRandall Tyson
Movie2004DodgeBall: A True Underdog StoryPatches O'Houlihan
Movie1996Down PeriscopeAdmiral Winslow
Movie1962Sweet Bird of YouthThomas 'Tom' J. Finley, Jr.
Movie2003Rolling KansasOldman
Movie2001Freddy Got FingeredJim Brody
Movie1999Balloon FarmHarvey Potter
Movie1991Dolly DearestKarl Resnick
Movie2006ZoomLarraby
Movie2008Turn the RiverQuinette
Movie1980One Trick PonyWalter Fox
Movie1961King of KingsJudas
Movie1966You're a Big Boy NowI.H. Chanticleer
Movie1959Pork Chop HillLt. Walter Russell
Movie1987NadineBuford Pope
Movie2009American CowslipTrevor O'Hart
Movie1991Another Pair of Aces: Three of a KindCaptain Jack Parsons
Movie2004EulogyEdmund Collins
Movie1982The BeastmasterMaax
Movie2004Welcome to MooseportBert Langdon
Movie2005The SistersDr. Chebrin
Movie2009Happy TearsJoe
Movie1992Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez DisasterAdmiral Paul Yost - Presidential Delegation
Movie1967Beach RedGunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
Movie2004Love ObjectNovak
Movie1984City HeatPrimo Pitt
Movie1957Time LimitLt. George Miller
Movie1979The Seduction of Joe TynanSenator Kittner
Movie1997Trial and ErrorBenny Gibbs
Movie1984FlashpointSheriff Wells
Movie1993Beyond the LawDeputy Prescott
Movie1979HeartlandClyde Stewart
Movie1993Where the Rivers Flow NorthNoel Lord
Movie1985Summer RentalScully
Movie1984ScarabKhepera
Movie1984SongwriterDino McLeish
Movie1969Coming ApartJoe
Movie1973PaydayMaury Dann
Movie2011National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest MaximusKing Looney
Movie1983MisunderstoodWill
Movie1972SlaughterDominic Hoffo
Movie1985BeerBuzz Beckerman
Movie1963Critic's ChoiceDion Kapakos
Movie1982Jinxed!Harold Benson
Movie1966One Spy Too ManyAlexander
Movie1989Cold FeetSheriff
Movie1988April MorningSolomon Chandler
Movie1970Tropic of CancerHenry Miller
Movie1989Hit ListVic Luca
Movie2012Norman Mailer: The AmericanSelf
Movie1977The Private Files of J. Edgar HooverDwight Webb
Movie1974Crazy JoeRichie
Movie1980First FamilyGeneral G. E. Dumpston
Movie19711 P.M.Self
Movie1977Nasty HabitsFather Maximilian
Movie1958Johnny BelindaLocky McCormick
Movie1957A Face in the CrowdBarry Mills (uncredited)
Movie1983Cross CreekMarsh Turner
Movie1999The Almost Perfect Bank RobberyRoyce
Movie1971MaidstoneRaoul Rey O'Houlihan
Movie1968Beyond the LawPopcorn
Movie1968Sol MadridDano Villanova
Movie1962Hero's IslandNicholas Gates
Movie2007The Making of Marie AntoinetteSelf
Movie1958Bomber's MoonLieutenant Harrison
Movie2007Three Days to VegasJoe Wallace
Movie1989Silence Like GlassDr. Markowitz
Movie1987J. Edgar HooverLyndon Baines Johnson
Movie2012Men in Black 3Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
Movie1987Destination: AmericaCorbet St. James IV
Movie1999Passing GloryFather Robert Grant
Movie1978Steel CowboyK.W. Hicks
Movie2000A Vision of Murder: The Story of DonielleDetective Manny Garett
Movie2005Yours, Mine & OursCommandant Sherman
Movie2009The AfterlightCarl
Movie1990Pair of AcesCapt. Jack Parsons
Movie1987The King of LoveJack Kraft
Movie1985The ExecutionWilheim Gehbert
Movie2000Clint Eastwood: Out of the ShadowsSelf
Movie1994Heart of a ChildDr. Leonard Bailey
Movie1991Death FallsDub Farley
Movie1971MontserratIzquierdo
Movie2008AugustDavid Sterling
Movie1976Birch IntervalThomas
Movie1986Manhunt for Claude DallasTim Nettleton
Movie1980Rape and Marriage: The Rideout CaseCharles Burt
Movie1975Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux KlanGlen Tuttle
Movie1980Sophia Loren: Her Own StoryCarlo Ponti
Movie1973The President's Plane Is MissingGeorge Oldenburg
Movie1979A Shining SeasonJack Baker
Movie1989Sweet Bird of YouthBoss Finley
Movie1984When She Says NoStuart Blankfort
Movie1991My Son JohnnyBrian Stansbury
Movie1990Beautiful DreamersWalt Whitman
Movie1987Laguna HeatJoe Datilla
Movie1995Letter to My Killer
Movie1969Lions LoveThe Beard Director (uncredited)
Movie1990Kojak: None So BlindGideon Hogarth
Movie1956Baby DollThe Dentist (uncredited)
Movie1996The HindenburgNarrator
Movie1992T Bone N WeaselHappy Sam
Movie2008Lucky DaysBobo
Movie1973CotterRoy
Movie196124 Hours in a Woman's LifePaul
Movie1995She Stood Alone: The Tailhook ScandalAdm. Snyder
Movie2007The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'Arthur
Movie1992Fires of KuwaitNarrator (voice)
Movie2003Maniac MageeGeorge McNab
Movie1992A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan StoryBill Morgan
Movie1978BetrayalDr. Hartogs
Movie2008The Golden BoysCapt. Jeremiah Burgess
Movie1995For Better or WorseCapt. Cole
Movie1995James Dean: A PortraitSelf (Narrator)
Movie1967Lionpower from MGM
Movie20113 Weeks to DaytonaSal
TV Show1963The Great AdventureLieutenant John C. Freemont1
TV Show1992The Larry Sanders ShowArthur90
TV Show1960Route 66Alvah Clayhorne1
TV Show1952Omnibus1
TV Show1958Naked CityAnsel Boake1
TV Show2000Soul FoodPeter Redmond1
TV Show1967MannixVictor Roarke1
TV Show1962Combat!Avery1
TV Show200630 RockDon Geiss8
TV Show1998Will & GraceLionel Banks4
TV Show1951Hallmark Hall of FameLocky McCormick1
TV Show2003The Lyon's Den3
TV Show1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest1
TV Show1994Chicago Hope1
TV Show1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSteve Morgan #221
TV Show2004Extreme Dodgeball30
TV Show1960ThrillerDuncan Corey1
TV Show1961Ben Casey1
TV Show1963The LieutenantSgt. Karl Kasten1
TV Show1982The Blue and the GrayUlysses S. Grant3
TV Show1963Breaking Point1
TV Show1961Dr. KildareDr. Nicholas Keefe2
TV Show1972Ghost StoryJonathon1
TV Show1978The Eddie Capra Mysteries1
TV Show1963ChanningDonald Burrows1
TV Show1985North and SouthAdolphus3
TV Show1999Seasons of LoveSpence2
TV Show1979Blind AmbitionRichard M. Nixon4
TV Show1985The Atlanta Child MurdersLewis Slaton2
TV Show1959BonanzaWill Hewitt1
TV Show1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsErnie Walters1
TV Show1951Hallmark Hall of FameSolomon Chandler1
TV Show1971ColumboLeon Lamarr1
TV Show1961The Dick Powell ShowJoel Coles1
TV Show1997Ghost StoriesThe Narrator44
TV Show1993The John Larroquette ShowBernard Galvin1
TV Show2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentJules Copeland1
TV Show1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf1
TV Show1957The Restless GunJody Gilman1
TV Show1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Presenter1
TV Show1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Alexander2
TV Show196412 O'Clock HighCol. Mark Royce1
TV Show1956Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter2
TV Show1959RawhideJacob Yellow-Sun1
TV Show1959The UntouchablesHarry Strauss1
TV Show1959The UntouchablesJohnny Mizo1
TV Show1947Kraft Television TheatreSomers1
TV Show1947Kraft Television Theatre3

Crew

Media
Movie2008Lucky DaysExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1988The TelephoneDirectorDirecting
Movie1977Harlan County U.S.A.ThanksCrew