Rip Torn
February 6, 1931 (95 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2012 · Men in Black 3 as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
- 2011 · National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus as King Looney
- 2009 · Happy Tears as Joe
- 2009 · American Cowslip as Trevor O'Hart
- 2008 · The Golden Boys as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
- 2008 · August as David Sterling
- 2008 · Turn the River as Quinette
- 2007 · Bee Movie as Lou Lo Duca (voice)
- 2006 · 30 Rock as Don Geiss
- 2006 · Zoom as Larraby
- 2006 · Marie Antoinette as Louis XV
- 2005 · Yours, Mine & Ours as Commandant Sherman
- 2005 · The Sisters as Dr. Chebrin
- 2004 · Eulogy as Edmund Collins
- 2004 · DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story as Patches O'Houlihan
- 2004 · Extreme Dodgeball as
- 2004 · Welcome to Mooseport as Bert Langdon
- 2004 · Love Object as Novak
- 2003 · The Lyon's Den as
- 2003 · Maniac Magee as George McNab
- 2003 · Rolling Kansas as Oldman
- 2002 · Men in Black II as Zed
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Jules Copeland
- 2001 · Freddy Got Fingered as Jim Brody
- 2000 · Soul Food as Peter Redmond
- 2000 · Wonder Boys as Q
- 1999 · The Insider as John Scanlon
- 1999 · The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery as Royce
- 1999 · Seasons of Love as Spence
- 1999 · Balloon Farm as Harvey Potter
- 1998 · Will & Grace as Lionel Banks
- 1998 · Senseless as Randall Tyson
- 1997 · Ghost Stories as The Narrator
- 1997 · Men in Black as Zed
- 1997 · Hercules as Zeus (voice)
- 1997 · Trial and Error as Benny Gibbs
- 1996 · Down Periscope as Admiral Winslow
- 1995 · How to Make an American Quilt as Arthur
- 1995 · Letter to My Killer as
- 1995 · Canadian Bacon as General Dick Panzer
- 1994 · Chicago Hope as Warren Shutt
- 1994 · Heart of a Child as Dr. Leonard Bailey
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · The John Larroquette Show as Bernard Galvin
- 1993 · Beyond the Law as Deputy Prescott
- 1993 · RoboCop 3 as The CEO
- 1992 · T Bone N Weasel as Happy Sam
- 1992 · The Larry Sanders Show as Arthur
- 1991 · My Son Johnny as Brian Stansbury
- 1991 · Dolly Dearest as Karl Resnick
- 1991 · Defending Your Life as Bob Diamond
- 1991 · Death Falls as Dub Farley
- 1990 · By Dawn's Early Light as Colonel Fargo
- 1990 · Pair of Aces as Capt. Jack Parsons
- 1989 · Sweet Bird of Youth as Boss Finley
- 1989 · Silence Like Glass as Dr. Markowitz
- 1989 · Cold Feet as Sheriff
- 1989 · Hit List as Vic Luca
- 1988 · April Morning as Solomon Chandler
- 1987 · Laguna Heat as Joe Datilla
- 1987 · Nadine as Buford Pope
- 1987 · Extreme Prejudice as Sheriff Hank Pearson
- 1985 · North and South as Adolphus
- 1985 · Summer Rental as Scully
- 1985 · The Atlanta Child Murders as Lewis Slaton
- 1985 · The Execution as Wilheim Gehbert
- 1984 · City Heat as Primo Pitt
- 1984 · Songwriter as Dino McLeish
- 1984 · Flashpoint as Sheriff Wells
- 1984 · When She Says No as Stuart Blankfort
- 1983 · Misunderstood as Will
- 1983 · Cross Creek as Marsh Turner
- 1982 · Airplane II: The Sequel as Bud Kruger / President Reagan
- 1982 · The Blue and the Gray as Ulysses S. Grant
- 1982 · The Beastmaster as Maax
- 1982 · A Stranger Is Watching as Artie Taggart
- 1981 · Heartland as Clyde Stewart
- 1980 · First Family as General G. E. Dumpston
- 1980 · One Trick Pony as Walter Fox
- 1979 · A Shining Season as Jack Baker
- 1979 · The Seduction of Joe Tynan as Senator Kittner
- 1979 · Blind Ambition as Richard M. Nixon
- 1978 · Steel Cowboy as K.W. Hicks
- 1978 · Betrayal as Dr. Hartogs
- 1978 · The Eddie Capra Mysteries as
- 1978 · Coma as Dr. George
- 1977 · Nasty Habits as Father Maximilian
- 1976 · The Man Who Fell to Earth as Nathan Bryce
- 1975 · Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan as Glen Tuttle
- 1974 · Crazy Joe as Richie
- 1973 · Cotter as Roy
- 1972 · Ghost Story as Jonathon
- 1971 · Columbo as Leon Lamarr
- 1970 · Tropic of Cancer as Henry Miller
- 1969 · Coming Apart as Joe
- 1969 · Lions Love as The Beard Director (uncredited)
- 1968 · Beyond the Law as Popcorn
- 1968 · Sol Madrid as Dano Villanova
- 1967 · Mannix as Victor Roarke
- 1967 · Beach Red as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
- 1967 · Lionpower from MGM as Self - Dano Villanova (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1965 · The Cincinnati Kid as William Jefferson Slade
- 1964 · The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Alexander
- 1964 · 12 O'Clock High as Col. Mark Royce
- 1963 · The Great Adventure as Lieutenant John C. Freemont
- 1963 · Channing as Donald Burrows
- 1963 · Breaking Point as
- 1963 · The Lieutenant as Sgt. Karl Kasten
- 1963 · Critic's Choice as Dion Kapakos
- 1962 · Combat! as Avery
- 1962 · Sweet Bird of Youth as Tom Finley Jr.
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · King of Kings as Judas
- 1961 · Ben Casey as
- 1961 · Dr. Kildare as Dr. Nicholas Keefe
- 1961 · The Dick Powell Show as Joel Coles
- 1960 · Route 66 as Alvah Clayhorne
- 1960 · Thriller as Duncan Corey
- 1959 · The Untouchables as Harry Strauss
- 1959 · The Untouchables as Johnny Mizo
- 1959 · Bonanza as Will Hewitt
- 1959 · Pork Chop Hill as Lt. Walter Russell
- 1959 · Rawhide as Jacob Yellow-Sun
- 1958 · Naked City as Ansel Boake
- 1957 · Time Limit as Lt. George Miller
- 1957 · The Restless Gun as Jody Gilman
- 1957 · A Face in the Crowd as Barry Mills (uncredited)
- 1956 · Baby Doll as The Dentist (uncredited)
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Steve Morgan #22
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Ernie Walters
- 1952 · Omnibus as
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Locky McCormick
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Solomon Chandler
- 1947 · Kraft Television Theatre as Somers
- 1947 · Kraft Television Theatre as
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- Future · Heartland as
- 2012 · Bridge of Names as Tom
- 2012 · Norman Mailer: The American as Self
- 2011 · 3 Weeks to Daytona as Sal
- 2009 · The Afterlight as Carl
- 2008 · Lucky Days as Bobo
- 2007 · The Making of Marie Antoinette as Self
- 2007 · The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show' as Arthur
- 2007 · Three Days to Vegas as Joe Wallace
- 2006 · Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time as Self
- 2005 · Forty Shades of Blue as Alan James
- 2000 · Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows as Self
- 2000 · A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle as Detective Manny Garett
- 1999 · Passing Glory as Father Robert Grant
- 1997 · The Mouse as Trucker 'God'
- 1996 · The Hindenburg as Narrator
- 1995 · James Dean: A Portrait as Self (Narrator)
- 1995 · She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal as Adm. Snyder
- 1995 · For Better or Worse as Capt. Cole
- 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
- 1992 · Fires of Kuwait as Narrator (voice)
- 1991 · Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind as Captain Jack Parsons
- 1990 · Beautiful Dreamers as Walt Whitman
- 1990 · Kojak: None So Blind as Gideon Hogarth
- 1987 · The King of Love as Jack Kraft
- 1987 · Destination: America as Corbet St. James IV
- 1987 · J. Edgar Hoover as Lyndon Baines Johnson
- 1986 · Manhunt for Claude Dallas as Tim Nettleton
- 1985 · Beer as Buzz Beckerman
- 1984 · Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Big Daddy
- 1984 · Scarab as Khepera
- 1982 · Jinxed! as Harold Benson
- 1980 · Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case as Charles Burt
- 1980 · Sophia Loren: Her Own Story as Carlo Ponti
- 1977 · The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover as Dwight Webb
- 1976 · Birch Interval as Thomas
- 1975 · Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan as Glen Tuttle
- 1973 · The President's Plane Is Missing as George Oldenburg
- 1973 · Payday as Maury Dann
- 1972 · Slaughter as Dominic Hoffo
- 1971 · 1 P.M. as Self
- 1971 · Maidstone as Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
- 1971 · Montserrat as Izquierdo
- 1966 · You're a Big Boy Now as I.H. Chanticleer
- 1966 · One Spy Too Many as Alexander
- 1962 · Hero's Island as Nicholas Gates
- 1961 · 24 Hours in a Woman's Life as Paul
- 1958 · Johnny Belinda as Locky McCormick
- 1958 · Bomber's Moon as Lieutenant Harrison




