Rip Torn

ActorProducerDirectorCrew Feb 6 (died age 88) Temple, Texas, USA 1944–2012 (68 year career)

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Biography

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…

Known For

Film

Men in Black

Zed

Film

Hercules

Zeus (voice)

Film

Men in Black 3

Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)

Film

Men in Black II

Zed

Film

The Insider

John Scanlon

Film

Marie Antoinette

Louis XV

Film

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story

Patches O'Houlihan

Film

Bee Movie

Lou Lo Duca (voice)

Filmography

Acting (183)

Movies (139)

Men in Black 3

2012

as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)

6.5

Norman Mailer: The American

2012

as Self

7.0

Bridge of Names

2012

as Tom

National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus

as King Looney

3 Weeks to Daytona

as Sal

Happy Tears

as Joe

American Cowslip

as Trevor O'Hart

The Afterlight

as Carl

Lucky Days

2008

as Bobo

August

2008

as David Sterling

5.2

The Golden Boys

2008

as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess

Turn the River

as Quinette

Bee Movie

as Lou Lo Duca (voice)

6.0

The Making of Marie Antoinette

as Self

Three Days to Vegas

as Joe Wallace

The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'

2007

as Arthur

Zoom

as Larraby

Marie Antoinette

as Louis XV

Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time

2006

as Self

The Sisters

2005

as Dr. Chebrin

4.8

Yours, Mine & Ours

2005

as Commandant Sherman

6.2

Forty Shades of Blue

2005

as Alan James

4.1

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story

2004

as Patches O'Houlihan

Love Object

as Novak

Welcome to Mooseport

as Bert Langdon

Eulogy

as Edmund Collins

Maniac Magee

as George McNab

Rolling Kansas

as Oldman

Men in Black II

as Zed

Freddy Got Fingered

as Jim Brody

Wonder Boys

as Q

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

2000

as Self

7.1

A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle

2000

as Detective Manny Garett

The Insider

1999

as John Scanlon

7.5

The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery

as Royce

Balloon Farm

as Harvey Potter

Passing Glory

as Father Robert Grant

Senseless

as Randall Tyson

Men in Black

as Zed

Hercules

as Zeus (voice)

Trial and Error

as Benny Gibbs

The Mouse

as Trucker 'God'

Down Periscope

as Admiral Winslow

The Hindenburg

as Narrator

Canadian Bacon

as General Dick Panzer

5.8

How to Make an American Quilt

as Arthur

Letter to My Killer

For Better or Worse

as Capt. Cole

She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal

1995

as Adm. Snyder

4.3

James Dean: A Portrait

1995

as Self (Narrator)

Heart of a Child

1994

as Dr. Leonard Bailey

RoboCop 3

as The CEO

Beyond the Law

as Deputy Prescott

Where the Rivers Flow North

as Noel Lord

Fires of Kuwait

as Narrator (voice)

T Bone N Weasel

as Happy Sam

Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster

1992

as Admiral Paul Yost - Presidential Delegation

5.2

A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story

as Bill Morgan

Defending Your Life

as Bob Diamond

Dolly Dearest

as Karl Resnick

My Son Johnny

as Brian Stansbury

Death Falls

as Dub Farley

Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind

1991

as Captain Jack Parsons

3.7

Kojak: None So Blind

1990

as Gideon Hogarth

6.0

By Dawn's Early Light

as Colonel Fargo

Beautiful Dreamers

as Walt Whitman

Pair of Aces

as Capt. Jack Parsons

Silence Like Glass

as Dr. Markowitz

Sweet Bird of Youth

as Boss Finley

Hit List

as Vic Luca

Cold Feet

as Sheriff

April Morning

as Solomon Chandler

Extreme Prejudice

as Sheriff Hank Pearson

6.2

J. Edgar Hoover

1987

as Lyndon Baines Johnson

Laguna Heat

as Joe Datilla

Nadine

as Buford Pope

Destination: America

as Corbet St. James IV

The King of Love

1987

as Jack Kraft

Manhunt for Claude Dallas

as Tim Nettleton

Beer

as Buzz Beckerman

Summer Rental

as Scully

The Execution

as Wilheim Gehbert

Flashpoint

as Sheriff Wells

Scarab

as Khepera

Songwriter

as Dino McLeish

City Heat

as Primo Pitt

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

1984

as Big Daddy

5.6

When She Says No

1984

as Stuart Blankfort

Cross Creek

as Marsh Turner

Misunderstood

as Will

Airplane II: The Sequel

1982

as Bud Kruger / President Reagan

6.1

The Beastmaster

1982

as Maax

6.3

A Stranger Is Watching

as Artie Taggart

Jinxed!

as Harold Benson

Sophia Loren: Her Own Story

1980

as Carlo Ponti

5.2

First Family

1980

as General G. E. Dumpston

3.0

One Trick Pony

1980

as Walter Fox

5.1

Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case

as Charles Burt

Heartland

as Clyde Stewart

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

as Senator Kittner

A Shining Season

as Jack Baker

Coma

as Dr. George

Betrayal

as Dr. Hartogs

Steel Cowboy

1978

as K.W. Hicks

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

as Dwight Webb

Nasty Habits

as Father Maximilian

The Man Who Fell to Earth

as Nathan Bryce

Birch Interval

as Thomas

Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

as Glen Tuttle

Crazy Joe

as Richie

Cotter

as Roy

Payday

as Maury Dann

The President's Plane Is Missing

as George Oldenburg

Slaughter

as Dominic Hoffo

Maidstone

as Raoul Rey O'Houlihan

3.9

Montserrat

1971

as Izquierdo

1 P.M.

as Self

Tropic of Cancer

as Henry Miller

Lions Love

as The Beard Director (uncredited)

Coming Apart

as Joe

Sol Madrid

as Dano Villanova

Beyond the Law

as Popcorn

Beach Red

as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell

6.5

Lionpower from MGM

1967

as Self - Dano Villanova (archive footage) (uncredited)

You're a Big Boy Now

as I.H. Chanticleer

One Spy Too Many

as Alexander

The Cincinnati Kid

as William Jefferson Slade

Critic's Choice

as Dion Kapakos

Sweet Bird of Youth

as Tom Finley Jr.

Hero's Island

as Nicholas Gates

King of Kings

as Judas

24 Hours in a Woman's Life

1961

as Paul

5.0

Pork Chop Hill

1959

as Lt. Walter Russell

6.6

Bomber's Moon

1958

as Lieutenant Harrison

Johnny Belinda

1958

as Locky McCormick

Time Limit

1957

as Lt. George Miller

7.1

A Face in the Crowd

1957

as Barry Mills (uncredited)

7.6

Baby Doll

1956

as The Dentist (uncredited)

7.0

Heartland

Television (44)

30 Rock

as Don Geiss

Extreme Dodgeball

The Lyon's Den

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Jules Copeland

Soul Food

as Peter Redmond

Seasons of Love

as Spence

Will & Grace

as Lionel Banks

Ghost Stories

as The Narrator

Chicago Hope

as Warren Shutt

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

as Self - Guest

7.2

The John Larroquette Show

1993

as Bernard Galvin

6.7

The Larry Sanders Show

as Arthur

North and South

as Adolphus

The Atlanta Child Murders

1985

as Lewis Slaton

5.6

The Blue and the Gray

as Ulysses S. Grant

Blind Ambition

as Richard M. Nixon

The Eddie Capra Mysteries

Ghost Story

as Jonathon

Columbo

as Leon Lamarr

Mannix

as Victor Roarke

12 O'Clock High

as Col. Mark Royce

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964

as Alexander

7.1

The Great Adventure

1963

as Lieutenant John C. Freemont

The Lieutenant

as Sgt. Karl Kasten

Breaking Point

Channing

as Donald Burrows

Combat!

as Avery

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

as Self

5.4

Dr. Kildare

1961

as Dr. Nicholas Keefe

Ben Casey

The Dick Powell Show

as Joel Coles

Route 66

as Alvah Clayhorne

Thriller

as Duncan Corey

Bonanza

as Will Hewitt

Rawhide

as Jacob Yellow-Sun

The Untouchables

as Harry Strauss

Naked City

as Ansel Boake

The Restless Gun

as Jody Gilman

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Steve Morgan #22

Omnibus

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Locky McCormick

8.6

Kraft Television Theatre

as Somers

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

Crew (3)

Movies (3)

Lucky Days

2008

Executive Producer

The Telephone

Director

Harlan County U.S.A.

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