Rip Torn
Born
February 6, 1931
Died
July 9, 2019 (88 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Temple, Texas, USA
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.
Men in Black 3
Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
2012
Norman Mailer: The American
Self
2012
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
King Looney
2011
Happy Tears
Joe
2009
The Afterlight
Carl
2009
American Cowslip
Trevor O'Hart
2009
The Golden Boys
Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
2008
August
David Sterling
2008
Turn the River
Quinette
2008
Lucky Days
Bobo
2008
Bee Movie
Lou Lo Duca (voice)
2007
The Making of Marie Antoinette
Self
2007
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
Arthur
2007
Three Days to Vegas
Joe Wallace
2007
30 Rock
Don Geiss · (8 episodes)
2006
Zoom
Larraby
2006
Marie Antoinette
Louis XV
2006
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
Self
2006
Forty Shades of Blue
Alan James
2005
Yours, Mine & Ours
Commandant Sherman
2005
The Sisters
Dr. Chebrin
2005
Eulogy
Edmund Collins
2004
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Patches O'Houlihan
2004
Extreme Dodgeball
(30 episodes)
2004
Welcome to Mooseport
Bert Langdon
2004
Love Object
Novak
2004
The Lyon's Den
(3 episodes)
2003
Maniac Magee
George McNab
2003
Rolling Kansas
Oldman
2003
Men in Black II
Zed
2002
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Jules Copeland · (1 episode)
2001
Freddy Got Fingered
Jim Brody
2001
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Self
2000
Soul Food
Peter Redmond · (1 episode)
2000
Wonder Boys
Q
2000
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
Detective Manny Garett
2000
The Insider
John Scanlon
1999
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
Royce
1999
Seasons of Love
Spence · (2 episodes)
1999
Balloon Farm
Harvey Potter
1999
Passing Glory
Father Robert Grant
1999
Will & Grace
Lionel Banks · (4 episodes)
1998
Senseless
Randall Tyson
1998
Ghost Stories
The Narrator · (44 episodes)
1997
Men in Black
Zed
1997
Hercules
Zeus (voice)
1997
Trial and Error
Benny Gibbs
1997
The Hindenburg
Narrator
1996
Down Periscope
Admiral Winslow
1996
How to Make an American Quilt
Arthur
1995
Letter to My Killer
1995
Canadian Bacon
General Dick Panzer
1995
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
Adm. Snyder
1995
For Better or Worse
Capt. Cole
1995
Chicago Hope
(1 episode)
1994
Heart of a Child
Dr. Leonard Bailey
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1993
The John Larroquette Show
Bernard Galvin · (1 episode)
1993
Where the Rivers Flow North
Noel Lord
1993
Beyond the Law
Deputy Prescott
1993
RoboCop 3
The CEO
1993
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
Bill Morgan
1992
T Bone N Weasel
Happy Sam
1992
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
Admiral Paul Yost - Presidential Delegation
1992
The Larry Sanders Show
Arthur · (90 episodes)
1992
Fires of Kuwait
Narrator (voice)
1992
My Son Johnny
Brian Stansbury
1991
Dolly Dearest
Karl Resnick
1991
Defending Your Life
Bob Diamond
1991
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
Captain Jack Parsons
1991
Death Falls
Dub Farley
1991
Beautiful Dreamers
Walt Whitman
1990
By Dawn's Early Light
Colonel Fargo
1990
Kojak: None So Blind
Gideon Hogarth
1990
Pair of Aces
Capt. Jack Parsons
1990
Sweet Bird of Youth
Boss Finley
1989
Silence Like Glass
Dr. Markowitz
1989
Cold Feet
Sheriff
1989
Hit List
Vic Luca
1989
April Morning
Solomon Chandler
1988
The King of Love
Jack Kraft
1987
Laguna Heat
Joe Datilla
1987
Nadine
Buford Pope
1987
Extreme Prejudice
Sheriff Hank Pearson
1987
Destination: America
Corbet St. James IV
1987
J. Edgar Hoover
Lyndon Baines Johnson
1987
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
Tim Nettleton
1986
North and South
Adolphus · (3 episodes)
1985
Beer
Buzz Beckerman
1985
Summer Rental
Scully
1985
The Atlanta Child Murders
Lewis Slaton · (2 episodes)
1985
The Execution
Wilheim Gehbert
1985
City Heat
Primo Pitt
1984
Songwriter
Dino McLeish
1984
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Big Daddy
1984
Scarab
Khepera
1984
Flashpoint
Sheriff Wells
1984
When She Says No
Stuart Blankfort
1984
Misunderstood
Will
1983
Cross Creek
Marsh Turner
1983
Airplane II: The Sequel
Bud Kruger / President Reagan
1982
The Blue and the Gray
Ulysses S. Grant · (3 episodes)
1982
A Stranger Is Watching
Artie Taggart
1982
Jinxed!
Harold Benson
1982
The Beastmaster
Maax
1982
First Family
General G. E. Dumpston
1980
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
Charles Burt
1980
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Carlo Ponti
1980
One Trick Pony
Walter Fox
1980
A Shining Season
Jack Baker
1979
Heartland
Clyde Stewart
1979
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Senator Kittner
1979
Blind Ambition
Richard M. Nixon · (4 episodes)
1979
Steel Cowboy
K.W. Hicks
1978
Betrayal
Dr. Hartogs
1978
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
(1 episode)
1978
Coma
Dr. George
1978
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Dwight Webb
1977
Nasty Habits
Father Maximilian
1977
Birch Interval
Thomas
1976
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Nathan Bryce
1976
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Glen Tuttle
1975
Crazy Joe
Richie
1974
The President's Plane Is Missing
George Oldenburg
1973
Payday
Maury Dann
1973
Cotter
Roy
1973
Ghost Story
Jonathon · (1 episode)
1972
Slaughter
Dominic Hoffo
1972
Columbo
Leon Lamarr · (1 episode)
1971
1 P.M.
Self
1971
Maidstone
Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
1971
Montserrat
Izquierdo
1971
Tropic of Cancer
Henry Miller
1970
Coming Apart
Joe
1969
Lions Love
The Beard Director (uncredited)
1969
Beyond the Law
Popcorn
1968
Sol Madrid
Dano Villanova
1968
Mannix
Victor Roarke · (1 episode)
1967
Beach Red
Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
1967
You're a Big Boy Now
I.H. Chanticleer
1966
One Spy Too Many
Alexander
1966
The Cincinnati Kid
William Jefferson Slade
1965
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Alexander · (2 episodes)
1964
12 O'Clock High
Col. Mark Royce · (1 episode)
1964
The Great Adventure
Lieutenant John C. Freemont · (1 episode)
1963
Channing
Donald Burrows · (1 episode)
1963
Breaking Point
(1 episode)
1963
The Lieutenant
Sgt. Karl Kasten · (1 episode)
1963
Critic's Choice
Dion Kapakos
1963
Combat!
Avery · (1 episode)
1962
Hero's Island
Nicholas Gates
1962
Sweet Bird of Youth
Thomas 'Tom' J. Finley, Jr.
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (1 episode)
1961
King of Kings
Judas
1961
Ben Casey
(1 episode)
1961
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Nicholas Keefe · (2 episodes)
1961
The Dick Powell Show
Joel Coles · (1 episode)
1961
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
Paul
1961
Route 66
Alvah Clayhorne · (1 episode)
1960
Thriller
Duncan Corey · (1 episode)
1960
The Untouchables
Harry Strauss · (1 episode)
1959
The Untouchables
Johnny Mizo · (1 episode)
1959
Bonanza
Will Hewitt · (1 episode)
1959
Pork Chop Hill
Lt. Walter Russell
1959
Rawhide
Jacob Yellow-Sun · (1 episode)
1959
Johnny Belinda
Locky McCormick
1958
Naked City
Ansel Boake · (1 episode)
1958
Bomber's Moon
Lieutenant Harrison
1958
Time Limit
Lt. George Miller
1957
The Restless Gun
Jody Gilman · (1 episode)
1957
A Face in the Crowd
Barry Mills (uncredited)
1957
Baby Doll
The Dentist (uncredited)
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (2 episodes)
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Steve Morgan #22 · (1 episode)
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Ernie Walters · (1 episode)
1955
Omnibus
(1 episode)
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Locky McCormick · (1 episode)
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Solomon Chandler · (1 episode)
1951
Kraft Television Theatre
Somers · (1 episode)
1947
Kraft Television Theatre
(3 episodes)
1947
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
1944