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
- American Cowslip as Trevor O'Hart
- Happy Tears as Joe
- 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
- The Sisters as Dr. Chebrin
- Forty Shades of Blue as Alan James
2004
- DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story as Patches O'Houlihan
- Eulogy as Edmund Collins
- Extreme Dodgeball
- Welcome to Mooseport as Bert Langdon
- Love Object as Novak
2003
- The Lyon's Den
- Rolling Kansas as Oldman
- Maniac Magee as George McNab
2002
- Men in Black II as Zed
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Jules Copeland
- Freddy Got Fingered as Jim Brody
2000
- Soul Food as Peter Redmond
- Wonder Boys as Q
- Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows as Self
- A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle as Detective Manny Garett
1999
- The Insider as John Scanlon
- The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery as Royce
- Seasons of Love as Spence
- Passing Glory as Father Robert Grant
- Balloon Farm as Harvey Potter
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
- Fires of Kuwait as Narrator (voice)
- A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story as Bill Morgan
1991
- Defending Your Life as Bob Diamond
- Dolly Dearest as Karl Resnick
- Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind as Captain Jack Parsons
- Death Falls as Dub Farley
- My Son Johnny as Brian Stansbury
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
- Cold Feet as Sheriff
- Hit List as Vic Luca
- Sweet Bird of Youth as Boss Finley
- Silence Like Glass as Dr. Markowitz
1988
- April Morning as Solomon Chandler
- The Telephone ... (Director)
1987
- Extreme Prejudice as Sheriff Hank Pearson
- Nadine as Buford Pope
- Laguna Heat as Joe Datilla
- 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
- The Atlanta Child Murders as Lewis Slaton
- Summer Rental as Scully
- Beer as Buzz Beckerman
- The Execution as Wilheim Gehbert
1984
- City Heat as Primo Pitt
- Flashpoint as Sheriff Wells
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Big Daddy
- Songwriter as Dino McLeish
- Scarab as Khepera
- When She Says No as Stuart Blankfort
1983
- Cross Creek as Marsh Turner
- Misunderstood as Will
1982
- Airplane II: The Sequel as Bud Kruger / President Reagan
- The Beastmaster as Maax
- The Blue and the Gray as Ulysses S. Grant
- Jinxed! as Harold Benson
- A Stranger Is Watching as Artie Taggart
1981
- Heartland as Clyde Stewart
1980
- First Family as General G. E. Dumpston
- Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case as Charles Burt
- One Trick Pony as Walter Fox
- 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
- Coma as Dr. George
- The Eddie Capra Mysteries
- Steel Cowboy as K.W. Hicks
- Betrayal as Dr. Hartogs
1977
- Harlan County U.S.A. ... (Thanks)
- 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
- Birch Interval as Thomas
1975
- Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan as Glen Tuttle
- 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
- 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 as Self - Dano Villanova (archive footage) (uncredited)
1966
- You're a Big Boy Now as I.H. Chanticleer
- One Spy Too Many as Alexander
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
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
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Locky McCormick
1947
- Kraft Television Theatre as Somers
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter