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 · American Cowslip as Trevor O'Hart
- 2008 · August as David Sterling
- 2008 · Turn the River as Quinette
- 2007 · Three Days to Vegas as Joe Wallace
- 2005 · The Sisters as Dr. Chebrin
- 2004 · Eulogy as Edmund Collins
- 2004 · Welcome to Mooseport as Bert Langdon
- 2004 · Love Object as Novak
- 2001 · Freddy Got Fingered as Jim Brody
- 2000 · Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows as Self
- 1999 · The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery as Royce
- 1999 · Seasons of Love as Spence
- 1997 · Trial and Error as Benny Gibbs
- 1995 · Canadian Bacon as General Dick Panzer
- 1994 · Heart of a Child as Dr. Leonard Bailey
- 1992 · Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster as Admiral Paul Yost
- 1991 · My Son Johnny as Brian Stansbury
- 1991 · Death Falls as Dub Farley
- 1990 · By Dawn's Early Light as Colonel Fargo
- 1989 · Silence Like Glass as Dr. Markowitz
- 1987 · Laguna Heat as Joe Datilla
- 1987 · Nadine as Buford Pope
- 1987 · Extreme Prejudice as Sheriff Hank Pearson
- 1984 · Scarab as Khepera
- 1984 · When She Says No as Stuart Blankfort
- 1983 · Misunderstood as Will
- 1982 · A Stranger Is Watching as Artie Taggart
- 1982 · Jinxed! as Harold Benson
- 1980 · First Family as General G. E. Dumpston
- 1979 · Heartland as Clyde Stewart
- 1979 · The Seduction of Joe Tynan as Senator Kittner
- 1978 · Betrayal as Dr. Hartogs
- 1977 · The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover as Dwight Webb
- 1974 · Crazy Joe as Richie
- 1973 · Payday as Maury Dann
- 1973 · Cotter as Roy
- 1971 · Maidstone as Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
- 1970 · Tropic of Cancer as Henry Miller
- 1969 · Lions Love as The Beard Director (uncredited)
- 1967 · Beach Red as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
- 1966 · You're a Big Boy Now as I.H. Chanticleer
- 1966 · One Spy Too Many as Alexander
- 1962 · Sweet Bird of Youth as Tom Finley Jr.
- 1957 · A Face in the Crowd as Barry Mills (uncredited)
- Future · Heartland as
- 2012 · Bridge of Names as Tom
- 2012 · Norman Mailer: The American as Self
- 2011 · 3 Weeks to Daytona as Sal
- 2009 · Happy Tears as Joe
- 2009 · The Afterlight as Carl
- 2008 · The Golden Boys as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
- 2008 · Lucky Days as Bobo
- 2007 · Bee Movie as Lou Lo Duca (voice)
- 2007 · The Making of Marie Antoinette as Self
- 2007 · The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show' as Arthur
- 2006 · 30 Rock as Don Geiss
- 2006 · Zoom as Larraby
- 2006 · Marie Antoinette as Louis XV
- 2006 · Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time as Self
- 2005 · Forty Shades of Blue as Alan James
- 2005 · Yours, Mine & Ours as Commandant Sherman
- 2004 · DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story as Patches O'Houlihan
- 2004 · Extreme Dodgeball as
- 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
- 2000 · Soul Food as Peter Redmond
- 2000 · Wonder Boys as Q
- 2000 · A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle as Detective Manny Garett
- 1999 · The Insider as John Scanlon
- 1999 · Balloon Farm as Harvey Potter
- 1999 · Passing Glory as Father Robert Grant
- 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)
- 1996 · The Hindenburg as Narrator
- 1996 · Down Periscope as Admiral Winslow
- 1995 · How to Make an American Quilt as Arthur
- 1995 · James Dean: A Portrait as Self (Narrator)
- 1995 · Letter to My Killer as
- 1995 · She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal as Adm. Snyder
- 1995 · For Better or Worse as Capt. Cole
- 1994 · Chicago Hope as Warren Shutt
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · The John Larroquette Show as Bernard Galvin
- 1993 · Where the Rivers Flow North as Noel Lord
- 1993 · Beyond the Law as Deputy Prescott
- 1993 · RoboCop 3 as The CEO
- 1992 · A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story as Bill Morgan
- 1992 · T Bone N Weasel as Happy Sam
- 1992 · The Larry Sanders Show as Arthur
- 1992 · Fires of Kuwait as Narrator (voice)
- 1991 · Dolly Dearest as Karl Resnick
- 1991 · Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind as Captain Jack Parsons
- 1991 · Defending Your Life as Bob Diamond
- 1990 · Beautiful Dreamers as Walt Whitman
- 1990 · Kojak: None So Blind as Gideon Hogarth
- 1990 · Pair of Aces as Capt. Jack Parsons
- 1989 · Sweet Bird of Youth as Boss Finley
- 1989 · Cold Feet as Sheriff
- 1989 · Hit List as Vic Luca
- 1988 · April Morning as Solomon Chandler
- 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 · North and South as Adolphus
- 1985 · Beer as Buzz Beckerman
- 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 · Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Big Daddy
- 1984 · Flashpoint as Sheriff Wells
- 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
- 1980 · Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case as Charles Burt
- 1980 · Sophia Loren: Her Own Story as Carlo Ponti
- 1980 · One Trick Pony as Walter Fox
- 1979 · A Shining Season as Jack Baker
- 1979 · Blind Ambition as Richard M. Nixon
- 1978 · Steel Cowboy as K.W. Hicks
- 1978 · The Eddie Capra Mysteries as
- 1978 · Coma as Dr. George
- 1977 · Nasty Habits as Father Maximilian
- 1976 · Birch Interval as Thomas
- 1976 · The Man Who Fell to Earth as Nathan Bryce
- 1975 · Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan as Glen Tuttle
- 1973 · The President's Plane Is Missing as George Oldenburg
- 1972 · Ghost Story as Jonathon
- 1972 · Slaughter as Dominic Hoffo
- 1971 · Columbo as Leon Lamarr
- 1971 · 1 P.M. as Self
- 1971 · Montserrat as Izquierdo
- 1969 · Coming Apart as Joe
- 1968 · Beyond the Law as Popcorn
- 1968 · Sol Madrid as Dano Villanova
- 1967 · Mannix as Victor Roarke
- 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 · Hero's Island as Nicholas Gates
- 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
- 1961 · 24 Hours in a Woman's Life as Paul
- 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 · Johnny Belinda as Locky McCormick
- 1958 · Naked City as Ansel Boake
- 1958 · Bomber's Moon as Lieutenant Harrison
- 1957 · Time Limit as Lt. George Miller
- 1957 · The Restless Gun as Jody Gilman
- 1956 · Baby Doll as The Dentist (uncredited)
- 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




