Rip Torn1931 - 2019

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Actor

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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.

Credits

Men in Black 3
Men in Black 3

2012

Action • Comedy • Science Fiction

as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)

6.5
7.7
Norman Mailer: The American
Norman Mailer: The American

2012

Documentary

as Self

7
0.2
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
3.9
0.7
Happy Tears
Happy Tears

2009

Comedy • Drama

as Joe

5.1
0.6
The Afterlight
The Afterlight

2009

as Carl

0
0.2
American Cowslip
American Cowslip

2009

Comedy

as Trevor O'Hart

5.4
0.9
The Golden Boys
The Golden Boys

2008

Comedy • Romance

as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess

5.6
0.3
August
August

2008

Drama

as David Sterling

5.2
0.8
Turn the River
Turn the River

2008

Drama

as Quinette

5.4
0.5
Lucky Days
Lucky Days

2008

Drama • Romance

as Bobo

0
0.3
Bee Movie
Bee Movie

2007

Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family

as Lou Lo Duca (voice)

6
7.7
The Making of Marie Antoinette
The Making of Marie Antoinette

2007

Documentary

as Self

5
0.2
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
0
0.2
Three Days to Vegas
Three Days to Vegas

2007

Comedy • Romance

as Joe Wallace

3.8
0.3
Zoom
Zoom

2006

Action • Adventure • Comedy • Family • Science Fiction

as Larraby

5.3
2.2
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette

2006

Drama • History

as Louis XV

6.7
3.6
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time

2006

Documentary

as Self

0
0.1
Forty Shades of Blue
Forty Shades of Blue

2005

Drama • Romance

as Alan James

4.3
0.9
Yours, Mine & Ours
Yours, Mine & Ours

2005

Comedy • Family • Romance

as Commandant Sherman

6.2
1.6
The Sisters
The Sisters

2005

Drama

as Dr. Chebrin

5.3
0.5
Eulogy
Eulogy

2004

Comedy • Drama

as Edmund Collins

6.5
0.9
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story

2004

Comedy

as Patches O'Houlihan

6.4
3.6
Welcome to Mooseport
Welcome to Mooseport

2004

Comedy

as Bert Langdon

5.1
0.7
Love Object
Love Object

2004

Drama • Horror • Romance • Thriller

as Novak

5.8
0.7
Maniac Magee
Maniac Magee

2003

Action • Adventure • Fantasy • TV Movie

as George McNab

0
0.3
Rolling Kansas
Rolling Kansas

2003

Comedy

as Oldman

5.8
0.2
Men in Black II
Men in Black II

2002

Action • Comedy • Science Fiction

as Zed

6.4
5.9
Freddy Got Fingered
Freddy Got Fingered

2001

Comedy

as Jim Brody

4.7
1.4
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

2000

Documentary • TV Movie

as Self

7.1
0.3
Wonder Boys
Wonder Boys

2000

Comedy • Drama

as Q

6.8
2
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle

2000

Drama • Thriller

as Detective Manny Garett

0
0.2
The Insider
The Insider

1999

Drama • Thriller

as John Scanlon

7.5
3.4
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery

1999

Action • Comedy • TV Movie

as Royce

5.1
0.4
Balloon Farm
Balloon Farm

1999

Drama • Family

as Harvey Potter

5.8
0.1
Passing Glory
Passing Glory

1999

Drama

as Father Robert Grant

5.8
0.3
Senseless
Senseless

1998

Comedy • Romance

as Randall Tyson

6.2
1.3
Men in Black
Men in Black

1997

Action • Adventure • Comedy • Science Fiction

as Zed

7.2
10.9
Hercules
Hercules

1997

Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Romance

as Zeus (voice)

7.5
11.3
Trial and Error
Trial and Error

1997

Comedy • Romance

as Benny Gibbs

5.4
0.6
The Hindenburg
The Hindenburg

1996

Documentary • History

as Narrator

6
0.1
Down Periscope
Down Periscope

1996

Comedy

as Admiral Winslow

6.3
3.2
How to Make an American Quilt
How to Make an American Quilt

1995

Drama • Romance

as Arthur

6.4
1
Letter to My Killer
Letter to My Killer

1995

TV Movie • Thriller

6
0.3
Canadian Bacon
Canadian Bacon

1995

Comedy

as General Dick Panzer

5.8
1
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal

1995

Drama • TV Movie

as Adm. Snyder

2
0.3
For Better or Worse
For Better or Worse

1995

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Capt. Cole

4.6
0.3
Heart of a Child
Heart of a Child

1994

Drama • TV Movie

as Dr. Leonard Bailey

5.5
0.3
Where the Rivers Flow North
Where the Rivers Flow North

1993

Drama

as Noel Lord

6.8
0.3
Beyond the Law
Beyond the Law

1993

Action • Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Deputy Prescott

6.2
1.2
RoboCop 3
RoboCop 3

1993

Action • Adventure • Crime • Science Fiction • Thriller

as The CEO

4.9
3.1
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story

1992

Drama • TV Movie

as Bill Morgan

4
0.2
T Bone N Weasel
T Bone N Weasel

1992

Comedy • TV Movie

as Happy Sam

3
0.2
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster

1992

Drama • TV Movie

as Admiral Paul Yost - Presidential Delegation

5.5
0.2
Fires of Kuwait
Fires of Kuwait

1992

Documentary

as Narrator (voice)

7.5
0.1
My Son Johnny
My Son Johnny

1991

Drama • TV Movie

as Brian Stansbury

5.2
0.2
Dolly Dearest
Dolly Dearest

1991

Horror

as Karl Resnick

5.5
0.7
Defending Your Life
Defending Your Life

1991

Comedy • Drama • Fantasy • Romance

as Bob Diamond

6.9
0.9
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind

1991

Crime • Drama • TV Movie • Western

as Captain Jack Parsons

3.7
1
Death Falls
Death Falls

1991

Drama • Thriller

as Dub Farley

3
0.3
Beautiful Dreamers
Beautiful Dreamers

1990

Drama

as Walt Whitman

5.2
0.3
By Dawn's Early Light
By Dawn's Early Light

1990

Action • Drama • TV Movie • Thriller

as Colonel Fargo

6.6
0.8
Kojak: None So Blind
Kojak: None So Blind

1990

Crime • Drama • TV Movie • Thriller

as Gideon Hogarth

6
0.2
Pair of Aces
Pair of Aces

1990

TV Movie • Western

as Capt. Jack Parsons

5
0.3
Sweet Bird of Youth
Sweet Bird of Youth

1989

Drama • TV Movie

as Boss Finley

5.8
0.4
Silence Like Glass
Silence Like Glass

1989

Drama

as Dr. Markowitz

7.5
0.2
Cold Feet
Cold Feet

1989

Comedy • Crime

as Sheriff

3.8
0.6
Hit List
Hit List

1989

Action • Crime • Thriller

as Vic Luca

6.1
0.7
April Morning
April Morning

1988

Drama • TV Movie

as Solomon Chandler

5.8
0.4
The King of Love
The King of Love

1987

Drama • TV Movie

as Jack Kraft

0
0.2
Laguna Heat
Laguna Heat

1987

Drama • TV Movie • Thriller

as Joe Datilla

4.5
0.4
Nadine
Nadine

1987

Action • Comedy • Crime • Romance

as Buford Pope

5.4
0.6
Extreme Prejudice
Extreme Prejudice

1987

Action • Crime • Drama • Thriller • Western

as Sheriff Hank Pearson

6.2
0.7
Destination: America
Destination: America

1987

Drama • TV Movie

as Corbet St. James IV

0
0.3
J. Edgar Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover

1987

Drama • History • TV Movie

as Lyndon Baines Johnson

0
0.2
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
Manhunt for Claude Dallas

1986

Action • Drama • TV Movie

as Tim Nettleton

5.5
0.2
Beer
Beer

1985

Comedy

as Buzz Beckerman

4.4
0.5
Summer Rental
Summer Rental

1985

Comedy

as Scully

6.1
1.4
The Execution
The Execution

1985

Drama • TV Movie

as Wilheim Gehbert

7.3
0.5
City Heat
City Heat

1984

Action • Comedy • Crime

as Primo Pitt

5.5
0.8
Songwriter
Songwriter

1984

Drama • Music

as Dino McLeish

5.3
0.5
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

1984

Drama • TV Movie

as Big Daddy

5.5
0.4
Scarab
Scarab

1984

Adventure • Horror

as Khepera

5.5
0.3
Flashpoint
Flashpoint

1984

Action • Crime • Drama • Mystery • Thriller

as Sheriff Wells

6.2
0.8
When She Says No
When She Says No

1984

Drama • TV Movie

as Stuart Blankfort

0
0.1
Misunderstood
Misunderstood

1983

Drama

as Will

6.7
0.3
Cross Creek
Cross Creek

1983

Drama • Romance

as Marsh Turner

6.6
0.5
Airplane II: The Sequel
Airplane II: The Sequel

1982

Comedy

as Bud Kruger / President Reagan

6.1
2.3
A Stranger Is Watching
A Stranger Is Watching

1982

Drama • Horror • Thriller

as Artie Taggart

4.8
0.3
Jinxed!
Jinxed!

1982

Comedy

as Harold Benson

4.6
0.7
The Beastmaster
The Beastmaster

1982

Action • Adventure • Fantasy

as Maax

6.3
2.5
First Family
First Family

1980

Comedy

as General G. E. Dumpston

3
0.4
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case

1980

Drama • TV Movie

as Charles Burt

6.8
0.3
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story

1980

Drama • TV Movie

as Carlo Ponti

5.7
0.2
One Trick Pony
One Trick Pony

1980

Drama

as Walter Fox

5.4
0.4
A Shining Season
A Shining Season

1979

Drama • TV Movie

as Jack Baker

3
0.3
Heartland
Heartland

1979

Drama • Romance • Western

as Clyde Stewart

6.5
0.9
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
The Seduction of Joe Tynan

1979

Drama

as Senator Kittner

5.9
0.4
Steel Cowboy
Steel Cowboy

1978

Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as K.W. Hicks

0
0.2
Betrayal
Betrayal

1978

Drama • TV Movie

as Dr. Hartogs

0
0.4
Coma
Coma

1978

Horror • Mystery • Thriller

as Dr. George

6.7
1.4
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

1977

Drama • History

as Dwight Webb

5
0.6
Nasty Habits
Nasty Habits

1977

Comedy

as Father Maximilian

5.5
0.4
Birch Interval
Birch Interval

1976

Drama

as Thomas

5.5
0.2
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Man Who Fell to Earth

1976

Drama • Science Fiction

as Nathan Bryce

6.5
2
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

1975

Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as Glen Tuttle

5
0.2
Crazy Joe
Crazy Joe

1974

Crime • Drama

as Richie

6
0.5
The President's Plane Is Missing
The President's Plane Is Missing

1973

Drama • Mystery • TV Movie • Thriller

as George Oldenburg

6.2
0.1
Payday
Payday

1973

Drama • Music

as Maury Dann

6.1
0.3
Cotter
Cotter

1973

Drama • Western

as Roy

0
0.2
Slaughter
Slaughter

1972

Action • Crime • Drama

as Dominic Hoffo

5.6
0.4
1 P.M.
1 P.M.

1971

Documentary

as Self

5.8
0.2
Maidstone
Maidstone

1971

Drama

as Raoul Rey O'Houlihan

4.1
0.3
Montserrat
Montserrat

1971

Drama • TV Movie

as Izquierdo

0
0.2
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Cancer

1970

Drama • Romance

as Henry Miller

4.6
0.2
Coming Apart
Coming Apart

1969

Drama

as Joe

6.3
0.3
Lions Love
Lions Love

1969

Comedy

as The Beard Director (uncredited)

6
0.3
Beyond the Law
Beyond the Law

1968

Comedy • Crime • Drama

as Popcorn

4.8
0.2
Sol Madrid
Sol Madrid

1968

Action • Crime

as Dano Villanova

6.4
0.3
Beach Red
Beach Red

1967

Drama • War

as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell

6.3
0.4
You're a Big Boy Now
You're a Big Boy Now

1966

Comedy • Romance

as I.H. Chanticleer

6.2
0.5
One Spy Too Many
One Spy Too Many

1966

Adventure • Crime

as Alexander

5.1
0.5
The Cincinnati Kid
The Cincinnati Kid

1965

Drama

as William Jefferson Slade

7
0.9
Critic's Choice
Critic's Choice

1963

Comedy • Romance

as Dion Kapakos

5.5
0.4
Hero's Island
Hero's Island

1962

Action • Adventure • Drama

as Nicholas Gates

4.8
0.2
Sweet Bird of Youth
Sweet Bird of Youth

1962

Drama • Romance

as Thomas 'Tom' J. Finley, Jr.

6.8
0.6
King of Kings
King of Kings

1961

Drama • History

as Judas

7.1
4.6
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
24 Hours in a Woman's Life

1961

Drama • Romance • TV Movie

as Paul

0
0.2
Pork Chop Hill
Pork Chop Hill

1959

Drama • History • War

as Lt. Walter Russell

6.5
0.8
Johnny Belinda
Johnny Belinda

1958

Drama • TV Movie

as Locky McCormick

0
0.2
Bomber's Moon
Bomber's Moon

1958

Drama • TV Movie

as Lieutenant Harrison

0
0.2
Time Limit
Time Limit

1957

Drama • Mystery • War

as Lt. George Miller

7
0.1
A Face in the Crowd
A Face in the Crowd

1957

Drama

as Barry Mills (uncredited)

7.6
0.6
Baby Doll
Baby Doll

1956

Drama

as The Dentist (uncredited)

7.1
0.8

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