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Rip Torn
Born · February 6, 1931
Died · July 9, 2019 (88 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Temple, Texas, USA
Bio
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)
6.5
2012
Norman Mailer: The American
Self
7.0
2012
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
King Looney
3.9
2011
Happy Tears
Joe
5.1
2009
The Afterlight
Carl
0.0
2009
American Cowslip
Trevor O'Hart
5.4
2009
The Golden Boys
Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
5.6
2008
August
David Sterling
5.2
2008
Turn the River
Quinette
5.4
2008
Lucky Days
Bobo
0.0
2008
Bee Movie
Lou Lo Duca (voice)
6.0
2007
The Making of Marie Antoinette
Self
5.0
2007
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
Arthur
0.0
2007
Three Days to Vegas
Joe Wallace
3.8
2007
30 Rock
Don Geiss · (8 episodes)
7.4
2006
Zoom
Larraby
5.3
2006
Marie Antoinette
Louis XV
6.7
2006
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
Self
0.0
2006
Forty Shades of Blue
Alan James
4.1
2005
Yours, Mine & Ours
Commandant Sherman
6.2
2005
The Sisters
Dr. Chebrin
5.3
2005
Eulogy
Edmund Collins
6.5
2004
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Patches O'Houlihan
6.4
2004
Extreme Dodgeball
(30 episodes)
0.0
2004
Welcome to Mooseport
Bert Langdon
5.1
2004
Love Object
Novak
5.8
2004
The Lyon's Den
(3 episodes)
9.3
2003
Maniac Magee
George McNab
0.0
2003
Rolling Kansas
Oldman
5.8
2003
Men in Black II
Zed
6.4
2002
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Jules Copeland · (1 episode)
7.6
2001
Freddy Got Fingered
Jim Brody
4.7
2001
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Self
7.1
2000
Soul Food
Peter Redmond · (1 episode)
7.0
2000
Wonder Boys
Q
6.8
2000
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
Detective Manny Garett
0.0
2000
The Insider
John Scanlon
7.4
1999
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
Royce
5.1
1999
Seasons of Love
Spence · (2 episodes)
0.0
1999
Balloon Farm
Harvey Potter
5.8
1999
Passing Glory
Father Robert Grant
5.8
1999
Will & Grace
Lionel Banks · (4 episodes)
6.8
1998
Senseless
Randall Tyson
6.2
1998
Ghost Stories
The Narrator · (44 episodes)
6.6
1997
Men in Black
Zed
7.2
1997
Hercules
Zeus (voice)
7.5
1997
Trial and Error
Benny Gibbs
5.4
1997
The Hindenburg
Narrator
6.0
1996
Down Periscope
Admiral Winslow
6.3
1996
How to Make an American Quilt
Arthur
6.4
1995
Letter to My Killer
6.0
1995
Canadian Bacon
General Dick Panzer
5.8
1995
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
Adm. Snyder
2.0
1995
Chicago Hope
(1 episode)
7.2
1994
Heart of a Child
Dr. Leonard Bailey
5.5
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
7.1
1993
The John Larroquette Show
Bernard Galvin · (1 episode)
6.7
1993
Where the Rivers Flow North
Noel Lord
6.8
1993
Beyond the Law
Deputy Prescott
6.2
1993
RoboCop 3
The CEO
4.8
1993
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
Bill Morgan
4.0
1992
T Bone N Weasel
Happy Sam
3.0
1992
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
Admiral Paul Yost - Presidential Delegation
5.5
1992
The Larry Sanders Show
Arthur · (90 episodes)
7.7
1992
Fires of Kuwait
Narrator (voice)
7.5
1992
My Son Johnny
Brian Stansbury
5.2
1991
Dolly Dearest
Karl Resnick
5.5
1991
Defending Your Life
Bob Diamond
6.9
1991
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
Captain Jack Parsons
3.7
1991
Death Falls
Dub Farley
3.0
1991
Beautiful Dreamers
Walt Whitman
5.2
1990
By Dawn's Early Light
Colonel Fargo
6.5
1990
Kojak: None So Blind
Gideon Hogarth
6.0
1990
Pair of Aces
Capt. Jack Parsons
5.0
1990
Sweet Bird of Youth
Boss Finley
5.8
1989
Silence Like Glass
Dr. Markowitz
7.5
1989
Cold Feet
Sheriff
3.8
1989
Hit List
Vic Luca
6.1
1989
April Morning
Solomon Chandler
5.7
1988
The King of Love
Jack Kraft
0.0
1987
Laguna Heat
Joe Datilla
4.5
1987
Nadine
Buford Pope
5.4
1987
Extreme Prejudice
Sheriff Hank Pearson
6.2
1987
Destination: America
Corbet St. James IV
0.0
1987
J. Edgar Hoover
Lyndon Baines Johnson
0.0
1987
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
Tim Nettleton
5.5
1986
North and South
Adolphus · (3 episodes)
7.4
1985
Beer
Buzz Beckerman
4.4
1985
Summer Rental
Scully
6.1
1985
The Atlanta Child Murders
Lewis Slaton · (2 episodes)
5.9
1985
The Execution
Wilheim Gehbert
7.3
1985
City Heat
Primo Pitt
5.5
1984
Songwriter
Dino McLeish
5.2
1984
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Big Daddy
5.5
1984
Scarab
Khepera
5.5
1984
Flashpoint
Sheriff Wells
6.2
1984
Misunderstood
Will
6.7
1984
When She Says No
Stuart Blankfort
0.0
1984
Cross Creek
Marsh Turner
6.6
1983
Airplane II: The Sequel
Bud Kruger / President Reagan
6.1
1982
The Blue and the Gray
Ulysses S. Grant · (3 episodes)
6.9
1982
A Stranger Is Watching
Artie Taggart
4.8
1982
Jinxed!
Harold Benson
4.6
1982
The Beastmaster
Maax
6.3
1982
First Family
General G. E. Dumpston
3.0
1980
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
Charles Burt
6.8
1980
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Carlo Ponti
5.7
1980
One Trick Pony
Walter Fox
5.3
1980
A Shining Season
Jack Baker
3.0
1979
Heartland
Clyde Stewart
6.5
1979
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Senator Kittner
5.9
1979
Blind Ambition
Richard M. Nixon · (4 episodes)
5.0
1979
Steel Cowboy
K.W. Hicks
0.0
1978
Betrayal
Dr. Hartogs
0.0
1978
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
(1 episode)
5.0
1978
Coma
Dr. George
6.7
1978
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Dwight Webb
5.0
1977
Nasty Habits
Father Maximilian
5.5
1977
Birch Interval
Thomas
5.5
1976
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Nathan Bryce
6.5
1976
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Glen Tuttle
5.0
1975
Crazy Joe
Richie
6.0
1974
The President's Plane Is Missing
George Oldenburg
6.2
1973
Payday
Maury Dann
6.1
1973
Cotter
Roy
0.0
1973
Ghost Story
Jonathon · (1 episode)
7.1
1972
Slaughter
Dominic Hoffo
5.7
1972
Columbo
Leon Lamarr · (1 episode)
8.1
1971
1 P.M.
Self
5.8
1971
Maidstone
Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
4.1
1971
Montserrat
Izquierdo
0.0
1971
Tropic of Cancer
Henry Miller
4.6
1970
Coming Apart
Joe
6.3
1969
Lions Love
The Beard Director (uncredited)
6.0
1969
Beyond the Law
Popcorn
4.8
1968
Sol Madrid
Dano Villanova
6.3
1968
Mannix
Victor Roarke · (1 episode)
6.7
1967
Beach Red
Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
6.3
1967
You're a Big Boy Now
I.H. Chanticleer
6.3
1966
One Spy Too Many
Alexander
5.1
1966
The Cincinnati Kid
William Jefferson Slade
7.0
1965
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Alexander · (2 episodes)
7.2
1964
12 O'Clock High
Col. Mark Royce · (1 episode)
7.3
1964
The Great Adventure
Lieutenant John C. Freemont · (1 episode)
0.0
1963
Channing
Donald Burrows · (1 episode)
7.0
1963
Breaking Point
(1 episode)
7.3
1963
The Lieutenant
Sgt. Karl Kasten · (1 episode)
6.0
1963
Critic's Choice
Dion Kapakos
5.5
1963
Combat!
Avery · (1 episode)
7.6
1962
Hero's Island
Nicholas Gates
4.8
1962
Sweet Bird of Youth
Thomas 'Tom' J. Finley, Jr.
6.8
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (1 episode)
5.1
1961
King of Kings
Judas
7.1
1961
Ben Casey
(1 episode)
5.6
1961
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Nicholas Keefe · (2 episodes)
5.3
1961
The Dick Powell Show
Joel Coles · (1 episode)
5.0
1961
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
Paul
0.0
1961
Route 66
Alvah Clayhorne · (1 episode)
6.3
1960
Thriller
Duncan Corey · (1 episode)
6.3
1960
The Untouchables
Harry Strauss · (1 episode)
7.9
1959
The Untouchables
Johnny Mizo · (1 episode)
7.9
1959
Bonanza
Will Hewitt · (1 episode)
7.5
1959
Pork Chop Hill
Lt. Walter Russell
6.5
1959
Rawhide
Jacob Yellow-Sun · (1 episode)
7.2
1959
Johnny Belinda
Locky McCormick
0.0
1958
Naked City
Ansel Boake · (1 episode)
5.5
1958
Bomber's Moon
Lieutenant Harrison
0.0
1958
Time Limit
Lt. George Miller
7.0
1957
The Restless Gun
Jody Gilman · (1 episode)
3.7
1957
A Face in the Crowd
Barry Mills (uncredited)
7.6
1957
Baby Doll
The Dentist (uncredited)
7.1
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (2 episodes)
4.6
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Steve Morgan #22 · (1 episode)
7.7
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Ernie Walters · (1 episode)
7.7
1955
Omnibus
(1 episode)
6.0
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Locky McCormick · (1 episode)
8.7
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Solomon Chandler · (1 episode)
8.7
1951
Kraft Television Theatre
Somers · (1 episode)
7.3
1947
Kraft Television Theatre
(3 episodes)
7.3
1947
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
6.8
1944