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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

1.5

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