Rip Torn
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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.
Appearances
7.0
The Cincinnati Kid
William Jefferson Slade
6.5
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Nathan Bryce
7.2
Men in Black
Zed
6.4
Men in Black II
Zed
5.8
Canadian Bacon
General Dick Panzer
6.7
Marie Antoinette
Louis XV
6.1
Airplane II: The Sequel
Bud Kruger / President Reagan
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
Self
5.7
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Big Daddy
6.8
Wonder Boys
Q
6.3
Extreme Prejudice
Sheriff Hank Pearson
4.6
A Stranger Is Watching
Artie Taggart
4.9
RoboCop 3
The CEO
6.0
Bee Movie
Lou Lo Duca (voice)
6.5
By Dawn's Early Light
Colonel Fargo
6.8
Coma
Dr. George
4.5
Forty Shades of Blue
Alan James
6.4
How to Make an American Quilt
Arthur
7.5
Hercules
Zeus (voice)
6.9
Defending Your Life
Bob Diamond
7.5
The Insider
John Scanlon
6.2
Senseless
Randall Tyson
6.4
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Patches O'Houlihan
6.4
Down Periscope
Admiral Winslow
6.8
Sweet Bird of Youth
Tom Finley Jr.
5.6
Rolling Kansas
Oldman
4.7
Freddy Got Fingered
Jim Brody
5.9
Balloon Farm
Harvey Potter
5.5
Dolly Dearest
Karl Resnick
5.3
Zoom
Larraby
5.3
Turn the River
Quinette
5.5
One Trick Pony
Walter Fox
7.2
King of Kings
Judas
6.1
You're a Big Boy Now
I.H. Chanticleer
6.7
Pork Chop Hill
Lt. Walter Russell
5.5
Nadine
Buford Pope
5.1
American Cowslip
Trevor O'Hart
4.5
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
Captain Jack Parsons
6.4
Eulogy
Edmund Collins
6.3
The Beastmaster
Maax
5.1
Welcome to Mooseport
Bert Langdon
5.0
The Sisters
Dr. Chebrin
5.0
Happy Tears
Joe
5.8
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
Admiral Paul Yost
6.5
Beach Red
Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
5.5
City Heat
Primo Pitt
5.9
Love Object
Novak
7.3
Time Limit
Lt. George Miller
5.9
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Senator Kittner
5.5
Trial and Error
Benny Gibbs
6.2
Flashpoint
Sheriff Wells
6.3
Beyond the Law
Deputy Prescott
6.5
Heartland
Clyde Stewart
6.4
Where the Rivers Flow North
Noel Lord
6.1
Summer Rental
Scully
7.0
Scarab
Khepera
5.4
Songwriter
Dino McLeish
6.2
Coming Apart
Joe
6.1
Payday
Maury Dann
3.9
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
King Looney
6.7
Misunderstood
Will
5.6
Slaughter
Dominic Hoffo
4.4
Beer
Buzz Beckerman
5.7
Critic's Choice
Dion Kapakos
4.6
Jinxed!
Harold Benson
5.0
One Spy Too Many
Alexander
4.1
Cold Feet
Sheriff
6.0
April Morning
Solomon Chandler
4.8
Tropic of Cancer
Henry Miller
6.2
Hit List
Vic Luca
7.0
Norman Mailer: The American
Self
5.1
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Dwight Webb
6.6
Crazy Joe
Richie
4.2
First Family
General G. E. Dumpston
6.2
1 P.M.
Self
5.0
Nasty Habits
Father Maximilian
7.6
A Face in the Crowd
Barry Mills (uncredited)
Johnny Belinda
Johnny Belinda
Locky McCormick
6.6
Cross Creek
Marsh Turner
5.6
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
Royce
4.2
Maidstone
Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
5.6
Beyond the Law
Popcorn
6.9
Sol Madrid
Dano Villanova
5.6
Hero's Island
Nicholas Gates
5.0
The Making of Marie Antoinette
Self
Bomber's Moon
Lieutenant Harrison
3.9
Three Days to Vegas
Joe Wallace
7.0
Silence Like Glass
Dr. Markowitz
J. Edgar Hoover
Lyndon Baines Johnson
6.5
Men in Black 3
Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
Destination: America
Corbet St. James IV
6.0
Passing Glory
Father Robert Grant
9.0
Steel Cowboy
K.W. Hicks
10.0
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
Detective Manny Garett
6.2
Yours, Mine & Ours
Commandant Sherman
The Afterlight
The Afterlight
Carl
6.7
Pair of Aces
Capt. Jack Parsons
The King of Love
The King of Love
Jack Kraft
7.3
The Execution
Wilheim Gehbert
7.3
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Self
5.2
Heart of a Child
Dr. Leonard Bailey
5.0
Death Falls
Dub Farley
10.0
Montserrat
Izquierdo
5.2
August
David Sterling
5.0
Birch Interval
Thomas
5.5
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
Tim Nettleton
5.9
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
Charles Burt
7.5
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Glen Tuttle
5.5
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Carlo Ponti
6.3
The President's Plane Is Missing
George Oldenburg
4.7
A Shining Season
Jack Baker
5.7
Sweet Bird of Youth
Boss Finley
8.0
When She Says No
Stuart Blankfort
6.1
My Son Johnny
Brian Stansbury
5.0
Beautiful Dreamers
Walt Whitman
4.3
Laguna Heat
Joe Datilla
6.5
Letter to My Killer
5.8
Lions Love
The Beard Director (uncredited)
6.3
Kojak: None So Blind
Gideon Hogarth
7.0
Baby Doll
The Dentist (uncredited)
7.5
The Hindenburg
Narrator
4.3
T Bone N Weasel
Happy Sam
Lucky Days
Bobo
4.5
Cotter
Roy
5.0
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
Paul
5.0
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
Adm. Snyder
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
Arthur
7.9
Fires of Kuwait
Narrator (voice)
Maniac Magee
8.0
Maniac Magee
George McNab
7.7
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
Bill Morgan
7.0
Betrayal
Dr. Hartogs
5.5
The Golden Boys
Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
4.7
For Better or Worse
Capt. Cole
7.0
James Dean: A Portrait
Self (Narrator)
6.3
Lionpower from MGM
Self - Dano Villanova (archive footage) (uncredited)
5.3
3 Weeks to Daytona
Sal
Heartland
Bridge of Names
Bridge of Names
Tom
The Mouse
9.0
The Mouse
Trucker 'God'
10.0
The Great Adventure
Lieutenant John C. Freemont
7.7
The Larry Sanders Show
Arthur
6.4
Route 66
Alvah Clayhorne
6.3
Omnibus
5.7
Naked City
Ansel Boake
7.2
Soul Food
Peter Redmond
6.7
Mannix
Victor Roarke
7.7
Combat!
Avery
7.5
30 Rock
Don Geiss
6.9
Will & Grace
Lionel Banks
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Locky McCormick
8.8
The Lyon's Den
7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
7.3
Chicago Hope
Warren Shutt
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Steve Morgan #22
Extreme Dodgeball
Extreme Dodgeball
6.7
Thriller
Duncan Corey
5.9
Ben Casey
7.0
The Lieutenant
Sgt. Karl Kasten
6.7
The Blue and the Gray
Ulysses S. Grant
7.4
Breaking Point
5.7
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Nicholas Keefe
7.4
Ghost Story
Jonathon
6.5
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
7.5
Channing
Donald Burrows
7.5
North and South
Adolphus
8.0
Seasons of Love
Spence
6.3
Blind Ambition
Richard M. Nixon
5.8
The Atlanta Child Murders
Lewis Slaton
7.5
Bonanza
Will Hewitt
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Ernie Walters
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Solomon Chandler
8.1
Columbo
Leon Lamarr
5.7
The Dick Powell Show
Joel Coles
7.3
Ghost Stories
The Narrator
6.8
The John Larroquette Show
Bernard Galvin
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Jules Copeland
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
4.4
The Restless Gun
Jody Gilman
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
7.1
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Alexander
7.2
12 O'Clock High
Col. Mark Royce
7.2
Rawhide
Jacob Yellow-Sun
7.9
The Untouchables
Harry Strauss
7.9
The Untouchables
Johnny Mizo
7.8
Kraft Television Theatre
Somers
7.8
Kraft Television Theatre
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Glen Tuttle