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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

2.2

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