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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

1.9

Known For

Men in Black
Men in Black
1997 as Zed
★ 7.2
Hercules
Hercules
1997 as Zeus (voice)
★ 7.5
Men in Black II
Men in Black II
2002 as Zed
★ 6.4
Bee Movie
Bee Movie
2007 as Lou Lo Duca (voice)
★ 6.0
Men in Black 3
Men in Black 3
2012 as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
★ 6.5
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004 as Patches O'Houlihan
★ 6.4
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette
2006 as Louis XV
★ 6.7
Down Periscope
Down Periscope
1996 as Admiral Winslow
★ 6.4
Airplane II: The Sequel
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982 as Bud Kruger / President Reagan
★ 6.1
King of Kings
King of Kings
1961 as Judas
★ 7.1
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Man Who Fell to Earth
1976 as Nathan Bryce
★ 6.5
The Insider
The Insider
1999 as John Scanlon
★ 7.5
Yours, Mine & Ours
Yours, Mine & Ours
2005 as Commandant Sherman
★ 6.2
RoboCop 3
RoboCop 3
1993 as The CEO
★ 4.9
Wonder Boys
Wonder Boys
2000 as Q
★ 6.8
Zoom
Zoom
2006 as Larraby
★ 5.3
Senseless
Senseless
1998 as Randall Tyson
★ 6.2
The Beastmaster
The Beastmaster
1982 as Maax
★ 6.3
Lions Love
Lions Love
1969 as The Beard Director (uncredited)
★ 5.8
How to Make an American Quilt
★ 6.4
Extreme Prejudice
Extreme Prejudice
1987 as Sheriff Hank Pearson
★ 6.2
Defending Your Life
Defending Your Life
1991 as Bob Diamond
★ 6.9
Eulogy
Eulogy
2004 as Edmund Collins
★ 6.4
Beyond the Law
Beyond the Law
1993 as Deputy Prescott
★ 6.3
Summer Rental
Summer Rental
1985 as Scully
★ 6.1
Coma
Coma
1978 as Dr. George
★ 6.8
Pork Chop Hill
Pork Chop Hill
1959 as Lt. Walter Russell
★ 6.6
The Cincinnati Kid
The Cincinnati Kid
1965 as William Jefferson Slade
★ 7.0
A Face in the Crowd
A Face in the Crowd
1957 as Barry Mills (uncredited)
★ 7.6
Freddy Got Fingered
Freddy Got Fingered
2001 as Jim Brody
★ 4.7
By Dawn's Early Light
By Dawn's Early Light
1990 as Colonel Fargo
★ 6.5
Flashpoint
Flashpoint
1984 as Sheriff Wells
★ 6.2
Love Object
Love Object
2004 as Novak
★ 5.9
Sweet Bird of Youth
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962 as Tom Finley Jr.
★ 6.8
Canadian Bacon
Canadian Bacon
1995 as General Dick Panzer
★ 5.8
Baby Doll
Baby Doll
1956 as The Dentist (uncredited)
★ 7.0
City Heat
City Heat
1984 as Primo Pitt
★ 5.5
Heartland
Heartland
1981 as Clyde Stewart
★ 6.5
The Sisters
The Sisters
2005 as Dr. Chebrin
★ 4.8
Trial and Error
Trial and Error
1997 as Benny Gibbs
★ 5.4
Nadine
Nadine
1987 as Buford Pope
★ 5.4
Dolly Dearest
Dolly Dearest
1991 as Karl Resnick
★ 5.5
Forty Shades of Blue
Forty Shades of Blue
2005 as Alan James
★ 4.3
August
August
2008 as David Sterling
★ 5.2
You're a Big Boy Now
You're a Big Boy Now
1966 as I.H. Chanticleer
★ 6.1
Songwriter
Songwriter
1984 as Dino McLeish
★ 5.2
Beach Red
Beach Red
1967 as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
★ 6.5
April Morning
April Morning
1988 as Solomon Chandler
★ 5.8
The President's Plane Is Missing
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973 as George Oldenburg
★ 6.2
American Cowslip
American Cowslip
2009 as Trevor O'Hart
★ 5.1
Balloon Farm
Balloon Farm
1999 as Harvey Potter
★ 5.8
Time Limit
Time Limit
1957 as Lt. George Miller
★ 7.1
Welcome to Mooseport
Welcome to Mooseport
2004 as Bert Langdon
★ 5.1
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
1986 as Tim Nettleton
★ 4.0
Sol Madrid
Sol Madrid
1968 as Dano Villanova
★ 6.4
Cross Creek
Cross Creek
1983 as Marsh Turner
★ 6.6
Turn the River
Turn the River
2008 as Quinette
★ 5.3
Cold Feet
Cold Feet
1989 as Sheriff
★ 3.8
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
★ 7.1
Jinxed!
Jinxed!
1982 as Harold Benson
★ 4.5
Crazy Joe
Crazy Joe
1974 as Richie
★ 6.3
Sweet Bird of Youth
Sweet Bird of Youth
1989 as Boss Finley
★ 5.4
Slaughter
Slaughter
1972 as Dominic Hoffo
★ 5.5
Nasty Habits
Nasty Habits
1977 as Father Maximilian
★ 4.7
Three Days to Vegas
Three Days to Vegas
2007 as Joe Wallace
★ 3.4
First Family
First Family
1980 as General G. E. Dumpston
★ 3.0
Steel Cowboy
Steel Cowboy
1978 as K.W. Hicks
Heart of a Child
Heart of a Child
1994 as Dr. Leonard Bailey
★ 4.6
Silence Like Glass
Silence Like Glass
1989 as Dr. Markowitz
★ 6.6
3 Weeks to Daytona
3 Weeks to Daytona
2011 as Sal
★ 5.3
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
★ 5.0
One Spy Too Many
One Spy Too Many
1966 as Alexander
★ 4.9
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
1992 as Admiral Paul Yost
★ 5.2
Where the Rivers Flow North
Where the Rivers Flow North
1993 as Noel Lord
★ 6.2
Beyond the Law
Beyond the Law
1968 as Popcorn
★ 4.8
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Cancer
1970 as Henry Miller
★ 4.5
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
★ 4.9
Critic's Choice
Critic's Choice
1963 as Dion Kapakos
★ 5.6
Beer
Beer
1985 as Buzz Beckerman
★ 4.0
Payday
Payday
1973 as Maury Dann
★ 5.9
Laguna Heat
Laguna Heat
1987 as Joe Datilla
★ 3.8
One Trick Pony
One Trick Pony
1980 as Walter Fox
★ 5.2
Happy Tears
Happy Tears
2009 as Joe
★ 5.0
J. Edgar Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover
1987 as Lyndon Baines Johnson
The Golden Boys
The Golden Boys
2008 as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
★ 5.5
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979 as Senator Kittner
★ 5.7
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
1980 as Charles Burt
★ 5.5
For Better or Worse
For Better or Worse
1995 as Capt. Cole
★ 4.0
Rolling Kansas
Rolling Kansas
2003 as Oldman
★ 5.4
Hit List
Hit List
1989 as Vic Luca
★ 6.0
Misunderstood
Misunderstood
1983 as Will
★ 6.6
Maidstone
Maidstone
1971 as Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
★ 3.9
The Making of Marie Antoinette
★ 5.0
The Execution
The Execution
1985 as Wilheim Gehbert
★ 7.3
movie
Johnny Belinda
1958 as Locky McCormick
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984 as Big Daddy
★ 5.6
Death Falls
Death Falls
1991 as Dub Farley
★ 3.0
Hero's Island
Hero's Island
1962 as Nicholas Gates
★ 4.8
Cotter
Cotter
1973 as Roy
★ 1.0
Coming Apart
Coming Apart
1969 as Joe
★ 6.0
1 P.M.
1 P.M.
1971 as Self
★ 5.8
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980 as Carlo Ponti
★ 5.2
Kojak: None So Blind
Kojak: None So Blind
1990 as Gideon Hogarth
★ 6.0
Beautiful Dreamers
Beautiful Dreamers
1990 as Walt Whitman
★ 5.2
Pair of Aces
Pair of Aces
1990 as Capt. Jack Parsons
★ 5.0
T Bone N Weasel
T Bone N Weasel
1992 as Happy Sam
★ 3.0
Betrayal
Betrayal
1978 as Dr. Hartogs
A Stranger Is Watching
A Stranger Is Watching
1982 as Artie Taggart
★ 4.5
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
★ 5.1
Destination: America
Destination: America
1987 as Corbet St. James IV
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
★ 4.3
Passing Glory
Passing Glory
1999 as Father Robert Grant
★ 5.8
Scarab
Scarab
1984 as Khepera
★ 5.5
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
★ 5.0
When She Says No
When She Says No
1984 as Stuart Blankfort
★ 6.0
Lionpower from MGM
Lionpower from MGM
1967 as Self - Dano Villanova (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 4.5
movie
Maniac Magee
2003 as George McNab
My Son Johnny
My Son Johnny
1991 as Brian Stansbury
★ 6.0
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
1991 as Captain Jack Parsons
★ 3.7
Fires of Kuwait
Fires of Kuwait
1992 as Narrator (voice)
★ 7.7
Birch Interval
Birch Interval
1976 as Thomas
★ 4.0
movie
The King of Love
1987 as Jack Kraft
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
★ 7.0
A Shining Season
A Shining Season
1979 as Jack Baker
★ 3.0
Lucky Days
Lucky Days
2008 as Bobo
Montserrat
Montserrat
1971 as Izquierdo
James Dean: A Portrait
James Dean: A Portrait
1995 as Self (Narrator)
movie
The Afterlight
2009 as Carl
Norman Mailer: The American
★ 7.0
Bomber's Moon
Bomber's Moon
1958 as Lieutenant Harrison
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
2000 as Detective Manny Garett
movie
The Mouse
1997 as Trucker 'God'
The Hindenburg
The Hindenburg
1996 as Narrator
★ 6.0
movie
Bridge of Names
2012 as Tom