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Rip Torn

Rip Torn

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 Em

Born

Feb 06, 1931

Temple, Texas, USA

Died

Jul 09, 2019

Known For

Acting

Movies

139 acting

3 crew

Popularity

1.6

Known For

Men in Black
Men in Black
1997 as Zed
★ 7.2
Hercules
Hercules
1997 as Zeus (voice)
★ 7.5
Bee Movie
Bee Movie
2007 as Lou Lo Duca (voice)
★ 6.0
Men in Black II
Men in Black II
2002 as Zed
★ 6.4
Men in Black 3
Men in Black 3
2012 as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
★ 6.5
RoboCop 3
RoboCop 3
1993 as The CEO
★ 4.9
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004 as Patches O'Houlihan
★ 6.4
Down Periscope
Down Periscope
1996 as Admiral Winslow
★ 6.4
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette
2006 as Louis XV
★ 6.7
Airplane II: The Sequel
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982 as Bud Kruger / President Reagan
★ 6.1
The Insider
The Insider
1999 as John Scanlon
★ 7.5
Senseless
Senseless
1998 as Randall Tyson
★ 6.2
Yours, Mine & Ours
Yours, Mine & Ours
2005 as Commandant Sherman
★ 6.2
The Beastmaster
The Beastmaster
1982 as Maax
★ 6.3
Freddy Got Fingered
Freddy Got Fingered
2001 as Jim Brody
★ 4.7
Zoom
Zoom
2006 as Larraby
★ 5.3
Defending Your Life
Defending Your Life
1991 as Bob Diamond
★ 6.9
Wonder Boys
Wonder Boys
2000 as Q
★ 6.8
Coma
Coma
1978 as Dr. George
★ 6.8
King of Kings
King of Kings
1961 as Judas
★ 7.1
Extreme Prejudice
Extreme Prejudice
1987 as Sheriff Hank Pearson
★ 6.2
Love Object
Love Object
2004 as Novak
★ 5.9
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Man Who Fell to Earth
1976 as Nathan Bryce
★ 6.5
City Heat
City Heat
1984 as Primo Pitt
★ 5.5
Hit List
Hit List
1989 as Vic Luca
★ 6.2
Scarab
Scarab
1984 as Khepera
★ 7.0
Heartland
Heartland
1981 as Clyde Stewart
★ 6.5
Summer Rental
Summer Rental
1985 as Scully
★ 6.1
Destination: America
Destination: America
1987 as Corbet St. James IV
How to Make an American Quilt
★ 6.4
Canadian Bacon
Canadian Bacon
1995 as General Dick Panzer
★ 5.8
Baby Doll
Baby Doll
1956 as The Dentist (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Welcome to Mooseport
Welcome to Mooseport
2004 as Bert Langdon
★ 5.1
Trial and Error
Trial and Error
1997 as Benny Gibbs
★ 5.5
Sweet Bird of Youth
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962 as Tom Finley Jr.
★ 6.8
The Cincinnati Kid
The Cincinnati Kid
1965 as William Jefferson Slade
★ 7.0
movie
Johnny Belinda
1958 as Locky McCormick
Nasty Habits
Nasty Habits
1977 as Father Maximilian
★ 5.0
Cross Creek
Cross Creek
1983 as Marsh Turner
★ 6.6
Dolly Dearest
Dolly Dearest
1991 as Karl Resnick
★ 5.5
Pork Chop Hill
Pork Chop Hill
1959 as Lt. Walter Russell
★ 6.7
April Morning
April Morning
1988 as Solomon Chandler
★ 5.7
Beer
Beer
1985 as Buzz Beckerman
★ 4.4
August
August
2008 as David Sterling
★ 5.2
A Face in the Crowd
A Face in the Crowd
1957 as Barry Mills (uncredited)
★ 7.6
By Dawn's Early Light
By Dawn's Early Light
1990 as Colonel Fargo
★ 6.5
Laguna Heat
Laguna Heat
1987 as Joe Datilla
★ 4.3
Beyond the Law
Beyond the Law
1993 as Deputy Prescott
★ 6.3
First Family
First Family
1980 as General G. E. Dumpston
★ 3.7
Eulogy
Eulogy
2004 as Edmund Collins
★ 6.4
Passing Glory
Passing Glory
1999 as Father Robert Grant
★ 6.0
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
★ 5.1
Slaughter
Slaughter
1972 as Dominic Hoffo
★ 5.6
The Sisters
The Sisters
2005 as Dr. Chebrin
★ 5.1
Sweet Bird of Youth
Sweet Bird of Youth
1989 as Boss Finley
★ 5.5
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
★ 7.5
Flashpoint
Flashpoint
1984 as Sheriff Wells
★ 6.2
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
★ 7.3
Crazy Joe
Crazy Joe
1974 as Richie
★ 6.6
Jinxed!
Jinxed!
1982 as Harold Benson
★ 4.6
movie
The Afterlight
2009 as Carl
Nadine
Nadine
1987 as Buford Pope
★ 5.5
Steel Cowboy
Steel Cowboy
1978 as K.W. Hicks
★ 9.0
Lions Love
Lions Love
1969 as The Beard Director (uncredited)
★ 5.8
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
1980 as Charles Burt
★ 5.9
Happy Tears
Happy Tears
2009 as Joe
★ 5.0
Where the Rivers Flow North
Where the Rivers Flow North
1993 as Noel Lord
★ 6.4
Songwriter
Songwriter
1984 as Dino McLeish
★ 5.4
Beautiful Dreamers
Beautiful Dreamers
1990 as Walt Whitman
★ 5.0
One Spy Too Many
One Spy Too Many
1966 as Alexander
★ 5.1
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979 as Senator Kittner
★ 5.9
Cold Feet
Cold Feet
1989 as Sheriff
★ 4.1
Forty Shades of Blue
Forty Shades of Blue
2005 as Alan James
★ 4.5
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
1986 as Tim Nettleton
★ 5.5
American Cowslip
American Cowslip
2009 as Trevor O'Hart
★ 5.1
Critic's Choice
Critic's Choice
1963 as Dion Kapakos
★ 5.7
J. Edgar Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover
1987 as Lyndon Baines Johnson
T Bone N Weasel
T Bone N Weasel
1992 as Happy Sam
★ 4.3
Beach Red
Beach Red
1967 as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
★ 6.5
Betrayal
Betrayal
1978 as Dr. Hartogs
★ 7.0
Kojak: None So Blind
Kojak: None So Blind
1990 as Gideon Hogarth
★ 6.3
You're a Big Boy Now
You're a Big Boy Now
1966 as I.H. Chanticleer
★ 6.1
Coming Apart
Coming Apart
1969 as Joe
★ 6.2
Time Limit
Time Limit
1957 as Lt. George Miller
★ 7.3
Rolling Kansas
Rolling Kansas
2003 as Oldman
★ 5.6
Turn the River
Turn the River
2008 as Quinette
★ 5.3
A Shining Season
A Shining Season
1979 as Jack Baker
★ 4.7
Lionpower from MGM
Lionpower from MGM
1967 as Self - Dano Villanova (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 6.3
For Better or Worse
For Better or Worse
1995 as Capt. Cole
★ 4.7
Silence Like Glass
Silence Like Glass
1989 as Dr. Markowitz
★ 7.0
The President's Plane Is Missing
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973 as George Oldenburg
★ 6.3
My Son Johnny
My Son Johnny
1991 as Brian Stansbury
★ 6.1
Death Falls
Death Falls
1991 as Dub Farley
★ 5.0
The Execution
The Execution
1985 as Wilheim Gehbert
★ 7.3
Misunderstood
Misunderstood
1983 as Will
★ 6.7
The Making of Marie Antoinette
★ 5.0
movie
Maniac Magee
2003 as George McNab
★ 8.0
Norman Mailer: The American
★ 7.0
When She Says No
When She Says No
1984 as Stuart Blankfort
★ 8.0
Balloon Farm
Balloon Farm
1999 as Harvey Potter
★ 5.9
Maidstone
Maidstone
1971 as Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
★ 4.2
Sol Madrid
Sol Madrid
1968 as Dano Villanova
★ 6.9
A Stranger Is Watching
A Stranger Is Watching
1982 as Artie Taggart
★ 4.6
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
★ 5.0
The Golden Boys
The Golden Boys
2008 as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
★ 5.5
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
★ 7.7
Cotter
Cotter
1973 as Roy
★ 4.5
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
1991 as Captain Jack Parsons
★ 4.0
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
★ 5.6
Three Days to Vegas
Three Days to Vegas
2007 as Joe Wallace
★ 3.9
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
1992 as Admiral Paul Yost
★ 5.8
One Trick Pony
One Trick Pony
1980 as Walter Fox
★ 5.5
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Cancer
1970 as Henry Miller
★ 4.8
Heart of a Child
Heart of a Child
1994 as Dr. Leonard Bailey
★ 5.2
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984 as Big Daddy
★ 5.7
Fires of Kuwait
Fires of Kuwait
1992 as Narrator (voice)
★ 7.9
Payday
Payday
1973 as Maury Dann
★ 6.1
3 Weeks to Daytona
3 Weeks to Daytona
2011 as Sal
★ 5.3
Pair of Aces
Pair of Aces
1990 as Capt. Jack Parsons
★ 6.7
Montserrat
Montserrat
1971 as Izquierdo
★ 10.0
James Dean: A Portrait
James Dean: A Portrait
1995 as Self (Narrator)
★ 7.0
Hero's Island
Hero's Island
1962 as Nicholas Gates
★ 5.6
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
★ 5.0
Lucky Days
Lucky Days
2008 as Bobo
Beyond the Law
Beyond the Law
1968 as Popcorn
★ 5.6
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980 as Carlo Ponti
★ 5.5
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
2000 as Detective Manny Garett
★ 10.0
Birch Interval
Birch Interval
1976 as Thomas
★ 5.0
Bomber's Moon
Bomber's Moon
1958 as Lieutenant Harrison
movie
The Mouse
1997 as Trucker 'God'
★ 9.0
movie
The King of Love
1987 as Jack Kraft
1 P.M.
1 P.M.
1971 as Self
★ 6.2
The Hindenburg
The Hindenburg
1996 as Narrator
★ 7.5
movie
Bridge of Names
2012 as Tom