Rip Torn
133 movies · 40 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 6, 1931
- Died
- Jul 9, 2019 (age 88)
- Place of birth
- Temple, Texas, USA
- Also known as
- Elmore Rual Torn Jr. · Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr. · Elmor Torn · ریپ تورن
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 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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Rip Torn: movies and TV shows
Acting (171)
- Upcoming
- 2012 Bridge of Names
as Tom
- 2012 Men in Black 3
as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
- 2011 3 Weeks to Daytona
as Sal
- 2011 National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
as King Looney
- 2009 Happy Tears
as Joe
- 2009 The Afterlight
as Carl
- 2009 American Cowslip
as Trevor O'Hart
- 2008 The Golden Boys
as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
- 2008 August
as David Sterling
- 2008 Turn the River
as Quinette
- 2008 Lucky Days
as Bobo
- 2007 Bee Movie
as Lou Lo Duca (voice)
- 2007 The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
as Arthur
- 2007 Three Days to Vegas
as Joe Wallace
- 2006
- 2006 Zoom
as Larraby
- 2006 Marie Antoinette
as Louis XV
- 2005 Forty Shades of Blue
as Alan James
- 2005 Yours, Mine & Ours
as Commandant Sherman
- 2005 The Sisters
as Dr. Chebrin
- 2004 Eulogy
as Edmund Collins
- 2004 DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
as Patches O'Houlihan
- 2004
- 2004 Welcome to Mooseport
as Bert Langdon
- 2004 Love Object
as Novak
- 2003
- 2003 Maniac Magee
as George McNab
- 2003 Rolling Kansas
as Oldman
- 2002 Men in Black II
as Zed
- 2001
- 2001 Freddy Got Fingered
as Jim Brody
- 2000
- 2000 Wonder Boys
as Q
- 2000 A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
as Detective Manny Garett
- 1999 The Insider
as John Scanlon
- 1999 The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
as Royce
- 1999
- 1999 Balloon Farm
as Harvey Potter
- 1999 Passing Glory
as Father Robert Grant
- 1998
- 1998 Senseless
as Randall Tyson
- 1997 The Mouse
as Trucker 'God'
- 1997
- 1997 Men in Black
as Zed
- 1997 Hercules
as Zeus (voice)
- 1997 Trial and Error
as Benny Gibbs
- 1996 The Hindenburg
as Narrator
- 1996 Down Periscope
as Admiral Winslow
- 1995 How to Make an American Quilt
as Arthur
- 1995
- 1995 Canadian Bacon
as General Dick Panzer
- 1995 She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
as Adm. Snyder
- 1995 For Better or Worse
as Capt. Cole
- 1994
- 1994 Heart of a Child
as Dr. Leonard Bailey
- 1993
- 1993 Where the Rivers Flow North
as Noel Lord
- 1993 Beyond the Law
as Deputy Prescott
- 1993 RoboCop 3
as The CEO
- 1992 A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
as Bill Morgan
- 1992 T Bone N Weasel
as Happy Sam
- 1992 Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
as Admiral Paul Yost
- 1992
- 1992 Fires of Kuwait
as Narrator (voice)
- 1991 My Son Johnny
as Brian Stansbury
- 1991 Dolly Dearest
as Karl Resnick
- 1991 Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
as Captain Jack Parsons
- 1991 Defending Your Life
as Bob Diamond
- 1991 Death Falls
as Dub Farley
- 1990 Beautiful Dreamers
as Walt Whitman
- 1990 By Dawn's Early Light
as Colonel Fargo
- 1990 Kojak: None So Blind
as Gideon Hogarth
- 1990 Pair of Aces
as Capt. Jack Parsons
- 1989 Sweet Bird of Youth
as Boss Finley
- 1989 Silence Like Glass
as Dr. Markowitz
- 1989 Cold Feet
as Sheriff
- 1989 Hit List
as Vic Luca
- 1988 April Morning
as Solomon Chandler
- 1987 The King of Love
as Jack Kraft
- 1987 Laguna Heat
as Joe Datilla
- 1987 Nadine
as Buford Pope
- 1987 Extreme Prejudice
as Sheriff Hank Pearson
- 1987 Destination: America
as Corbet St. James IV
- 1987 J. Edgar Hoover
as Lyndon Baines Johnson
- 1986 Manhunt for Claude Dallas
as Tim Nettleton
- 1985
- 1985 Beer
as Buzz Beckerman
- 1985 Summer Rental
as Scully
- 1985
- 1985 The Execution
as Wilheim Gehbert
- 1984 City Heat
as Primo Pitt
- 1984 Songwriter
as Dino McLeish
- 1984 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
as Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
- 1984 Scarab
as Khepera
- 1984 Flashpoint
as Sheriff Wells
- 1984 When She Says No
as Stuart Blankfort
- 1983 Misunderstood
as Will
- 1983 Cross Creek
as Marsh Turner
- 1982 Airplane II: The Sequel
as Bud Kruger / President Reagan
- 1982
- 1982 Jinxed!
as Harold Benson
- 1982 The Beastmaster
as Maax
- 1982 A Stranger Is Watching
as Artie Taggart
- 1982
- 1981 Heartland
as Clyde Stewart
- 1980 First Family
as General G. E. Dumpston
- 1980 Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
as Charles Burt
- 1980 Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
as Carlo Ponti
- 1980 One Trick Pony
as Walter Fox
- 1979 A Shining Season
as Jack Baker
- 1979 The Seduction of Joe Tynan
as Senator Kittner
- 1979
- 1978 Steel Cowboy
as K.W. Hicks
- 1978 Betrayal
as Dr. Hartogs
- 1978
- 1978 Coma
as Dr. George
- 1977 The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
as Dwight Webb
- 1977 Nasty Habits
as Father Maximilian
- 1976 Birch Interval
as Thomas
- 1976 The Man Who Fell to Earth
as Nathan Bryce
- 1975
- 1974 Crazy Joe
as Richie
- 1973 The President's Plane Is Missing
as George Oldenburg
- 1973 Payday
as Maury Dann
- 1973 Cotter
as Roy
- 1972
- 1972 Slaughter
as Dominic Hoffo
- 1971
- 1971 Maidstone
as Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
- 1971 Montserrat
as Izquierdo
- 1970 Tropic of Cancer
as Henry Miller
- 1969 Coming Apart
as Joe
- 1969 Lions Love
as The Beard Director (uncredited)
- 1968 Beyond the Law
as Popcorn
- 1968 Sol Madrid
as Dano Villanova
- 1967
- 1967 Beach Red
as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
- 1966 You're a Big Boy Now
as I.H. Chanticleer
- 1966 One Spy Too Many
as Alexander
- 1965 The Cincinnati Kid
as William Jefferson Slade
- 1964
- 1964
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963 Critic's Choice
as Dion Kapakos
- 1962
- 1962 Hero's Island
as Nicholas Gates
- 1962 Sweet Bird of Youth
as Tom Finley Jr.
- 1961 King of Kings
as Judas
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961 24 Hours in a Woman's Life
as Paul
- 1960
- 1960
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959 Pork Chop Hill
as Lt. Walter Russell
- 1959
- 1958 Johnny Belinda
as Locky McCormick
- 1958
- 1958 Bomber's Moon
as Lieutenant Harrison
- 1957 Time Limit
as Lt. George Miller
- 1957
- 1957 A Face in the Crowd
as Barry Mills (uncredited)
- 1956 Baby Doll
as The Dentist (uncredited)
- 1955
- 1951
- 1947
Behind the camera (3)
- 2008 Lucky Days
Executive Producer
- 1988 The Telephone
Director
- 1976 Harlan County U.S.A.
Thanks
Talk shows and appearances (14)
- Upcoming
- 2012
- 2007
- 2006
- 2000
- 1995
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1 episode
- 1971
- 1967
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show
1 episode
- 1961 The Dick Powell Show
1 episode
- 1956 Tony Awards
2 episodes
- 1952 Omnibus
1 episode
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards
1 episode