Rip Torn
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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
Filmography
Norman Mailer: The American
2012
as Self
Men in Black 3
2012
as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
Bridge of Names
2012
as Tom
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
2011
as King Looney
3 Weeks to Daytona
2011
as Sal
American Cowslip
2009
as Trevor O'Hart
Happy Tears
2009
as Joe
The Afterlight
2009
as Carl
Turn the River
2008
as Quinette
August
2008
as David Sterling
Lucky Days
2008
as Bobo
The Golden Boys
2008
as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
Bee Movie
2007
as Lou Lo Duca (voice)
The Making of Marie Antoinette
2007
as Self
Three Days to Vegas
2007
as Joe Wallace
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
2007
as Arthur
Marie Antoinette
2006
as Louis XV
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
2006
as Self
Zoom
2006
as Larraby
30 Rock
2006
as Don Geiss
Forty Shades of Blue
2005
as Alan James
The Sisters
2005
as Dr. Chebrin
Yours, Mine & Ours
2005
as Commandant Sherman
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004
as Patches O'Houlihan
Eulogy
2004
as Edmund Collins
Welcome to Mooseport
2004
as Bert Langdon
Love Object
2004
as Novak
Extreme Dodgeball
2004
Rolling Kansas
2003
as Oldman
Maniac Magee
2003
as George McNab
The Lyon's Den
2003
Men in Black II
2002
as Zed
Freddy Got Fingered
2001
as Jim Brody
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Jules Copeland
Wonder Boys
2000
as Q
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
2000
as Detective Manny Garett
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000
as Self
Soul Food
2000
as Peter Redmond
The Insider
1999
as John Scanlon
Balloon Farm
1999
as Harvey Potter
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
1999
as Royce
Passing Glory
1999
as Father Robert Grant
Seasons of Love
1999
as Spence
Senseless
1998
as Randall Tyson
Will & Grace
1998
as Lionel Banks
Men in Black
1997
as Zed
Hercules
1997
as Zeus (voice)
Trial and Error
1997
as Benny Gibbs
The Mouse
1997
as Trucker 'God'
Ghost Stories
1997
as The Narrator
Down Periscope
1996
as Admiral Winslow
The Hindenburg
1996
as Narrator
Canadian Bacon
1995
as General Dick Panzer
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
as Arthur
Letter to My Killer
1995
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
1995
as Adm. Snyder
For Better or Worse
1995
as Capt. Cole
James Dean: A Portrait
1995
as Self (Narrator)
Heart of a Child
1994
as Dr. Leonard Bailey
Chicago Hope
1994
as Warren Shutt
RoboCop 3
1993
as The CEO
Beyond the Law
1993
as Deputy Prescott
Where the Rivers Flow North
1993
as Noel Lord
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The John Larroquette Show
1993
as Bernard Galvin
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
1992
as Admiral Paul Yost
T Bone N Weasel
1992
as Happy Sam
Fires of Kuwait
1992
as Narrator (voice)
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
1992
as Bill Morgan
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
as Arthur
Defending Your Life
1991
as Bob Diamond
Dolly Dearest
1991
as Karl Resnick
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
1991
as Captain Jack Parsons
Death Falls
1991
as Dub Farley
My Son Johnny
1991
as Brian Stansbury
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
as Colonel Fargo
Pair of Aces
1990
as Capt. Jack Parsons
Beautiful Dreamers
1990
as Walt Whitman
Kojak: None So Blind
1990
as Gideon Hogarth
Cold Feet
1989
as Sheriff
Hit List
1989
as Vic Luca
Silence Like Glass
1989
as Dr. Markowitz
Sweet Bird of Youth
1989
as Boss Finley
April Morning
1988
as Solomon Chandler
Extreme Prejudice
1987
as Sheriff Hank Pearson
Nadine
1987
as Buford Pope
J. Edgar Hoover
1987
as Lyndon Baines Johnson
Destination: America
1987
as Corbet St. James IV
The King of Love
1987
as Jack Kraft
Laguna Heat
1987
as Joe Datilla
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
1986
as Tim Nettleton
Summer Rental
1985
as Scully
Beer
1985
as Buzz Beckerman
The Execution
1985
as Wilheim Gehbert
North and South
1985
as Adolphus
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985
as Lewis Slaton
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984
as Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
City Heat
1984
as Primo Pitt
Flashpoint
1984
as Sheriff Wells
Scarab
1984
as Khepera
Songwriter
1984
as Dino McLeish
When She Says No
1984
as Stuart Blankfort
Misunderstood
1983
as Will
Cross Creek
1983
as Marsh Turner
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
as Bud Kruger / President Reagan
A Stranger Is Watching
1982
as Artie Taggart
The Beastmaster
1982
as Maax
Jinxed!
1982
as Harold Benson
The Blue and the Gray
1982
as Ulysses S. Grant
American Playhouse
1982
as Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
Heartland
1981
as Clyde Stewart
One Trick Pony
1980
as Walter Fox
First Family
1980
as General G. E. Dumpston
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
1980
as Charles Burt
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980
as Carlo Ponti
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979
as Senator Kittner
A Shining Season
1979
as Jack Baker
Blind Ambition
1979
as Richard M. Nixon
Coma
1978
as Dr. George
Steel Cowboy
1978
as K.W. Hicks
Betrayal
1978
as Dr. Hartogs
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977
as Dwight Webb
Nasty Habits
1977
as Father Maximilian
The Man Who Fell to Earth
1976
as Nathan Bryce
Birch Interval
1976
as Thomas
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975
as Glen Tuttle
Crazy Joe
1974
as Richie
Payday
1973
as Maury Dann
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973
as George Oldenburg
Cotter
1973
as Roy
Slaughter
1972
as Dominic Hoffo
Ghost Story
1972
as Jonathon
1 P.M.
1971
as Self
Maidstone
1971
as Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
Montserrat
1971
as Izquierdo
Columbo
1971
as Leon Lamarr
Tropic of Cancer
1970
as Henry Miller
Coming Apart
1969
as Joe
Lions Love
1969
as The Beard Director (uncredited)
Beyond the Law
1968
as Popcorn
Sol Madrid
1968
as Dano Villanova
Beach Red
1967
as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
Lionpower from MGM
1967
as Self - Dano Villanova (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mannix
1967
as Victor Roarke
You're a Big Boy Now
1966
as I.H. Chanticleer
One Spy Too Many
1966
as Alexander
The Cincinnati Kid
1965
as William Jefferson Slade
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Alexander
12 O'Clock High
1964
as Col. Mark Royce
Critic's Choice
1963
as Dion Kapakos
The Great Adventure
1963
as Lieutenant John C. Freemont
The Lieutenant
1963
as Sgt. Karl Kasten
Breaking Point
1963
Channing
1963
as Donald Burrows
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962
as Tom Finley Jr.
Hero's Island
1962
as Nicholas Gates
Combat!
1962
as Avery
King of Kings
1961
as Judas
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
1961
as Paul
Ben Casey
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Nicholas Keefe
The Dick Powell Show
1961
as Joel Coles
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Route 66
1960
as Alvah Clayhorne
Thriller
1960
as Duncan Corey
Pork Chop Hill
1959
as Lt. Walter Russell
Bonanza
1959
as Will Hewitt
Rawhide
1959
as Jacob Yellow-Sun
The Untouchables
1959
as Harry Strauss
The Untouchables
1959
as Johnny Mizo
Johnny Belinda
1958
as Locky McCormick
Bomber's Moon
1958
as Lieutenant Harrison
Naked City
1958
as Ansel Boake
Time Limit
1957
as Lt. George Miller
A Face in the Crowd
1957
as Barry Mills (uncredited)
The Restless Gun
1957
as Jody Gilman
Baby Doll
1956
as The Dentist (uncredited)
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Steve Morgan #22
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Ernie Walters
Omnibus
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Locky McCormick
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Solomon Chandler
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
as Somers
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter