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