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