Rip Torn

Born: 1931-02-06 in Temple, Texas, USA

Died: 2019-07-09

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2012

Men in Black 3 as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
Norman Mailer: The American as Self
Bridge of Names as Tom

2011

National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus as King Looney
3 Weeks to Daytona as Sal

2009

Happy Tears as Joe
American Cowslip as Trevor O'Hart
The Afterlight as Carl

2008

August as David Sterling
Turn the River as Quinette
The Golden Boys as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
Lucky Days as Bobo

2007

Bee Movie as Lou Lo Duca (voice)
The Making of Marie Antoinette as Self
Three Days to Vegas as Joe Wallace
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show' as Arthur

2006

30 Rock as Don Geiss
Marie Antoinette as Louis XV
Zoom as Larraby
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time as Self

2005

Yours, Mine & Ours as Commandant Sherman
Forty Shades of Blue as Alan James
The Sisters as Dr. Chebrin

1999

The Insider as John Scanlon
Seasons of Love as Spence
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery as Royce
Balloon Farm as Harvey Potter
Passing Glory as Father Robert Grant

1998

Will & Grace as Lionel Banks
Senseless as Randall Tyson

1997

Men in Black as Zed
Hercules as Zeus (voice)
Ghost Stories as The Narrator
Trial and Error as Benny Gibbs
The Mouse as Trucker 'God'

1996

Down Periscope as Admiral Winslow
The Hindenburg as Narrator

1995

How to Make an American Quilt as Arthur
Canadian Bacon as General Dick Panzer
For Better or Worse as Capt. Cole
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal as Adm. Snyder
James Dean: A Portrait as Self (Narrator)
Letter to My Killer

1994

Chicago Hope as Warren Shutt
Heart of a Child as Dr. Leonard Bailey

1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
The John Larroquette Show as Bernard Galvin
RoboCop 3 as The CEO
Beyond the Law as Deputy Prescott
Where the Rivers Flow North as Noel Lord

1992

The Larry Sanders Show as Arthur
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster as Admiral Paul Yost
T Bone N Weasel as Happy Sam
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story as Bill Morgan
Fires of Kuwait as Narrator (voice)

1991

Defending Your Life as Bob Diamond
Dolly Dearest as Karl Resnick
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind as Captain Jack Parsons
My Son Johnny as Brian Stansbury
Death Falls as Dub Farley

1990

By Dawn's Early Light as Colonel Fargo
Kojak: None So Blind as Gideon Hogarth
Pair of Aces as Capt. Jack Parsons
Beautiful Dreamers as Walt Whitman

1989

Silence Like Glass as Dr. Markowitz
Sweet Bird of Youth as Boss Finley
Hit List as Vic Luca
Cold Feet as Sheriff

1988

April Morning as Solomon Chandler
The Telephone ... (Director)

1987

Extreme Prejudice as Sheriff Hank Pearson
Nadine as Buford Pope
The King of Love as Jack Kraft
J. Edgar Hoover as Lyndon Baines Johnson
Destination: America as Corbet St. James IV
Laguna Heat as Joe Datilla

1986

Manhunt for Claude Dallas as Tim Nettleton

1985

North and South as Adolphus
The Atlanta Child Murders as Lewis Slaton
Summer Rental as Scully
The Execution as Wilheim Gehbert
Beer as Buzz Beckerman

1984

City Heat as Primo Pitt
When She Says No as Stuart Blankfort
Flashpoint as Sheriff Wells
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
Songwriter as Dino McLeish
Scarab as Khepera

1983

Cross Creek as Marsh Turner
Misunderstood as Will

1982

American Playhouse as Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
Airplane II: The Sequel as Bud Kruger / President Reagan
The Blue and the Gray as Ulysses S. Grant
The Beastmaster as Maax
A Stranger Is Watching as Artie Taggart
Jinxed! as Harold Benson

1981

Heartland as Clyde Stewart

1980

Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case as Charles Burt
One Trick Pony as Walter Fox
First Family as General G. E. Dumpston
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story as Carlo Ponti

1979

Blind Ambition as Richard M. Nixon
The Seduction of Joe Tynan as Senator Kittner
A Shining Season as Jack Baker

1978

The Eddie Capra Mysteries
Coma as Dr. George
Betrayal as Dr. Hartogs
Steel Cowboy as K.W. Hicks

1977

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover as Dwight Webb
Nasty Habits as Father Maximilian

1976

The Man Who Fell to Earth as Nathan Bryce
Harlan County U.S.A. ... (Thanks)
Birch Interval as Thomas

1975

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

1974

Crazy Joe as Richie

1973

The President's Plane Is Missing as George Oldenburg
Cotter as Roy
Payday as Maury Dann

1972

Ghost Story as Jonathon
Slaughter as Dominic Hoffo

1971

Columbo as Leon Lamarr
Maidstone as Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
1 P.M. as Self
Montserrat as Izquierdo

1970

Tropic of Cancer as Henry Miller

1969

Lions Love as The Beard Director (uncredited)
Coming Apart as Joe

1968

Sol Madrid as Dano Villanova
Beyond the Law as Popcorn

1967

Mannix as Victor Roarke
Beach Red as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
Lionpower from MGM as Self - Dano Villanova (archive footage) (uncredited)

1966

One Spy Too Many as Alexander
You're a Big Boy Now as I.H. Chanticleer

1965

The Cincinnati Kid as William Jefferson Slade

1964

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Alexander
12 O'Clock High as Col. Mark Royce

1963

The Great Adventure as Lieutenant John C. Freemont
The Lieutenant as Sgt. Karl Kasten
Breaking Point
Channing as Donald Burrows
Critic's Choice as Dion Kapakos

1962

Combat! as Avery
Sweet Bird of Youth as Tom Finley Jr.
Hero's Island as Nicholas Gates

1961

The Mike Douglas Show as Self
Dr. Kildare as Dr. Nicholas Keefe
Ben Casey
The Dick Powell Show as Joel Coles
King of Kings as Judas
24 Hours in a Woman's Life as Paul

1960

Route 66 as Alvah Clayhorne
Thriller as Duncan Corey

1959

Bonanza as Will Hewitt
The Untouchables as Harry Strauss
Rawhide as Jacob Yellow-Sun
Pork Chop Hill as Lt. Walter Russell

1958

Naked City as Ansel Boake
Bomber's Moon as Lieutenant Harrison
Johnny Belinda as Locky McCormick

1957

The Restless Gun as Jody Gilman
A Face in the Crowd as Barry Mills (uncredited)
Time Limit as Lt. George Miller

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
Baby Doll as The Dentist (uncredited)

1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Steve Morgan #22

1952

Omnibus

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Locky McCormick

1947

Kraft Television Theatre as Somers

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter