Rip Torn
Known for acting · Born 6 February 1931 · Died 9 July 2019 · aged 88 · Temple, Texas, USA
187 credits
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.
Known for
Men in Black II
2002
Men in Black
1997
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
RoboCop 3
1993
Yours, Mine & Ours
2005
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004
The Man Who Fell to Earth
1976
Marie Antoinette
2006
Freddy Got Fingered
2001
The Beastmaster
1982
Defending Your Life
1991
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
Acting (184)
2012Men in Black 3Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)Film
2012Norman Mailer: The AmericanSelfFilm
2012Bridge of NamesTomFilm
2011National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest MaximusKing LooneyFilm
20113 Weeks to DaytonaSalFilm
2009Happy TearsJoeFilm
2009American CowslipTrevor O'HartFilm
2009The AfterlightCarlFilm
2008AugustDavid SterlingFilm
2008Turn the RiverQuinetteFilm
2008The Golden BoysCapt. Jeremiah BurgessFilm
2008Lucky DaysBoboFilm
2007Bee MovieLou Lo Duca (voice)Film
2007Three Days to VegasJoe WallaceFilm
2007The Making of Marie AntoinetteSelfFilm
2007The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'ArthurFilm
2006Marie AntoinetteLouis XVFilm
200630 RockDon Geiss · 8 episodesSeries
2006ZoomLarrabyFilm
2006Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing TimeSelfFilm
2005Yours, Mine & OursCommandant ShermanFilm
2005Forty Shades of BlueAlan JamesFilm
2005The SistersDr. ChebrinFilm
2004DodgeBall: A True Underdog StoryPatches O'HoulihanFilm
2004Welcome to MooseportBert LangdonFilm
2004EulogyEdmund CollinsFilm
2004Love ObjectNovakFilm
2004Extreme Dodgeball · 30 episodesSeries
2003Rolling KansasOldmanFilm
2003The Lyon's Den · 3 episodesSeries
2003Maniac MageeGeorge McNabFilm
2002Men in Black IIZedFilm
2001Freddy Got FingeredJim BrodyFilm
2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentJules CopelandSeries
2000Wonder BoysQFilm
2000Soul FoodPeter RedmondSeries
2000Clint Eastwood: Out of the ShadowsSelfFilm
2000A Vision of Murder: The Story of DonielleDetective Manny GarettFilm
1999The InsiderJohn ScanlonFilm
1999Balloon FarmHarvey PotterFilm
1999The Almost Perfect Bank RobberyRoyceFilm
1999Passing GloryFather Robert GrantFilm
1999Seasons of LoveSpence · 2 episodesSeries
1998Will & GraceLionel Banks · 4 episodesSeries
1998SenselessRandall TysonFilm
1997Men in BlackZedFilm
1997HerculesZeus (voice)Film
1997Trial and ErrorBenny GibbsFilm
1997Ghost StoriesThe Narrator · 44 episodesSeries
1997The MouseTrucker 'God'Film
1996Down PeriscopeAdmiral WinslowFilm
1996The HindenburgNarratorFilm
1995Canadian BaconGeneral Dick PanzerFilm
1995How to Make an American QuiltArthurFilm
1995For Better or WorseCapt. ColeFilm
1995She Stood Alone: The Tailhook ScandalAdm. SnyderFilm
1995Letter to My KillerFilm
1995James Dean: A PortraitSelf (Narrator)Film
1994Chicago HopeWarren ShuttSeries
1994Heart of a ChildDr. Leonard BaileyFilm
1993RoboCop 3The CEOFilm
1993Beyond the LawDeputy PrescottFilm
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - GuestSeries
1993The John Larroquette ShowBernard GalvinSeries
1993Where the Rivers Flow NorthNoel LordFilm
1992The Larry Sanders ShowArthur · 90 episodesSeries
1992Fires of KuwaitNarrator (voice)Film
1992Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez DisasterAdmiral Paul YostFilm
1992T Bone N WeaselHappy SamFilm
1992A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan StoryBill MorganFilm
1991Defending Your LifeBob DiamondFilm
1991Dolly DearestKarl ResnickFilm
1991My Son JohnnyBrian StansburyFilm
1991Another Pair of Aces: Three of a KindCaptain Jack ParsonsFilm
1991Death FallsDub FarleyFilm
1990By Dawn's Early LightColonel FargoFilm
1990Beautiful DreamersWalt WhitmanFilm
1990Pair of AcesCapt. Jack ParsonsFilm
1990Kojak: None So BlindGideon HogarthFilm
1989Hit ListVic LucaFilm
1989Sweet Bird of YouthBoss FinleyFilm
1989Cold FeetSheriffFilm
1989Silence Like GlassDr. MarkowitzFilm
1988April MorningSolomon ChandlerFilm
1987Extreme PrejudiceSheriff Hank PearsonFilm
1987NadineBuford PopeFilm
1987Laguna HeatJoe DatillaFilm
1987J. Edgar HooverLyndon Baines JohnsonFilm
1987Destination: AmericaCorbet St. James IVFilm
1987The King of LoveJack KraftFilm
1986Manhunt for Claude DallasTim NettletonFilm
1985Summer RentalScullyFilm
1985North and SouthAdolphus · 3 episodesSeries
1985The Atlanta Child MurdersLewis Slaton · 2 episodesSeries
1985BeerBuzz BeckermanFilm
1985The ExecutionWilheim GehbertFilm
1984City HeatPrimo PittFilm
1984FlashpointSheriff WellsFilm
1984SongwriterDino McLeishFilm
1984Cat on a Hot Tin RoofHarvey 'Big Daddy' PollittFilm
1984ScarabKheperaFilm
1984When She Says NoStuart BlankfortFilm
1983Cross CreekMarsh TurnerFilm
1983MisunderstoodWillFilm
1982Airplane II: The SequelBud Kruger / President ReaganFilm
1982The BeastmasterMaaxFilm
1982Jinxed!Harold BensonFilm
1982The Blue and the GrayUlysses S. Grant · 3 episodesSeries
1982A Stranger Is WatchingArtie TaggartFilm
1982American PlayhouseHarvey 'Big Daddy' PollittSeries
1981HeartlandClyde StewartFilm
1980One Trick PonyWalter FoxFilm
1980Sophia Loren: Her Own StoryCarlo PontiFilm
1980First FamilyGeneral G. E. DumpstonFilm
1980Rape and Marriage: The Rideout CaseCharles BurtFilm
1979The Seduction of Joe TynanSenator KittnerFilm
1979A Shining SeasonJack BakerFilm
1979Blind AmbitionRichard M. Nixon · 4 episodesSeries
1978ComaDr. GeorgeFilm
1978The Eddie Capra MysteriesSeries
1978Steel CowboyK.W. HicksFilm
1978BetrayalDr. HartogsFilm
1977The Private Files of J. Edgar HooverDwight WebbFilm
1977Nasty HabitsFather MaximilianFilm
1976The Man Who Fell to EarthNathan BryceFilm
1976Birch IntervalThomasFilm
1975Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux KlanGlen Tuttle · 2 episodesSeries
1974Crazy JoeRichieFilm
1973PaydayMaury DannFilm
1973The President's Plane Is MissingGeorge OldenburgFilm
1973CotterRoyFilm
1972SlaughterDominic HoffoFilm
1972Ghost StoryJonathonSeries
1971ColumboLeon LamarrSeries
1971MaidstoneRaoul Rey O'HoulihanFilm
19711 P.M.SelfFilm
1971MontserratIzquierdoFilm
1970Tropic of CancerHenry MillerFilm
1969Lions LoveThe Beard Director (uncredited)Film
1969Coming ApartJoeFilm
1968Beyond the LawPopcornFilm
1968Sol MadridDano VillanovaFilm
1967MannixVictor RoarkeSeries
1967Beach RedGunnery Sgt. Ben HoneywellFilm
1967Lionpower from MGMSelf - Dano Villanova (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
1966You're a Big Boy NowI.H. ChanticleerFilm
1966One Spy Too ManyAlexanderFilm
1965The Cincinnati KidWilliam Jefferson SladeFilm
1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Alexander · 2 episodesSeries
196412 O'Clock HighCol. Mark RoyceSeries
1963Critic's ChoiceDion KapakosFilm
1963Breaking PointSeries
1963The LieutenantSgt. Karl KastenSeries
1963ChanningDonald BurrowsSeries
1963The Great AdventureLieutenant John C. FreemontSeries
1962Sweet Bird of YouthTom Finley Jr.Film
1962Combat!AverySeries
1962Hero's IslandNicholas GatesFilm
1961King of KingsJudasFilm
1961Dr. KildareDr. Nicholas Keefe · 2 episodesSeries
1961Ben CaseySeries
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelfSeries
1961The Dick Powell ShowJoel ColesSeries
196124 Hours in a Woman's LifePaulFilm
1960Route 66Alvah ClayhorneSeries
1960ThrillerDuncan CoreySeries
1959BonanzaWill HewittSeries
1959The UntouchablesHarry Strauss, Johnny MizoSeries
1959Pork Chop HillLt. Walter RussellFilm
1959RawhideJacob Yellow-SunSeries
1958Naked CityAnsel BoakeSeries
1958Johnny BelindaLocky McCormickFilm
1958Bomber's MoonLieutenant HarrisonFilm
1957A Face in the CrowdBarry Mills (uncredited)Film
1957Time LimitLt. George MillerFilm
1957The Restless GunJody GilmanSeries
1956Baby DollThe Dentist (uncredited)Film
1956Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter · 2 episodesSeries
1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSteve Morgan #22, Ernie WaltersSeries
1952OmnibusSeries
1951Hallmark Hall of FameLocky McCormick, Solomon ChandlerSeries
1947Kraft Television TheatreSomers, · 3 episodesSeries
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - PresenterSeries
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Crew (1)
1976Harlan County U.S.A.ThanksFilm
Directing (1)
1988The TelephoneDirectorFilm
Production (1)
2008Lucky DaysExecutive ProducerFilm