Rip Torn
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1931-02-06 (88 years old)
Deathday
2019-07-09
Place of Birth
Temple, Texas, USA
Also known As
Elmore Rual Torn Jr.
Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr.
Elmor Torn
ریپ تورن
Rip Torn
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...
Acting
1965
as William Jefferson Slade
1976
as Nathan Bryce
1997
as Zed
2002
as Zed
1995
as General Dick Panzer
2006
as Louis XV
1982
as Bud Kruger / President Reagan
2006
1984
as Big Daddy
2000
as Q
1987
as Sheriff Hank Pearson
1982
as Artie Taggart
1993
as The CEO
2007
as Lou Lo Duca (voice)
1990
as Colonel Fargo
1978
as Dr. George
2005
as Alan James
1995
as Arthur
1997
as Zeus (voice)
1991
as Bob Diamond
1999
as John Scanlon
1998
as Randall Tyson
2004
as Patches O'Houlihan
1996
as Admiral Winslow
1962
as Thomas 'Tom' J. Finley, Jr.
2003
as Oldman
2001
as Jim Brody
1999
as Harvey Potter
1991
as Karl Resnick
2006
as Larraby
2008
as Quinette
1980
as Walter Fox
1961
as Judas
1966
as I.H. Chanticleer
1959
as Lt. Walter Russell
1987
as Buford Pope
2009
as Trevor O'Hart
1991
as Captain Jack Parsons
2004
as Edmund Collins
1982
as Maax
2004
as Bert Langdon
2005
as Dr. Chebrin
2009
as Joe
1992
as Admiral Paul Yost - Presidential Delegation
1967
as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
1984
as Primo Pitt
2004
as Novak
1957
as Lt. George Miller
1979
as Senator Kittner
1997
as Benny Gibbs
1984
as Sheriff Wells
1993
as Deputy Prescott
1979
as Clyde Stewart
1993
as Noel Lord
1985
as Scully
1984
as Khepera
1984
as Dino McLeish
1969
as Joe
1973
as Maury Dann
2011
as King Looney
1983
as Will
1972
as Dominic Hoffo
1985
as Buzz Beckerman
1963
as Dion Kapakos
1982
as Harold Benson
1966
as Alexander
1989
as Sheriff
1988
as Solomon Chandler
1970
as Henry Miller
1989
as Vic Luca
2012
as Self
1977
as Dwight Webb
1974
as Richie
1980
as General G. E. Dumpston
1971
as Self
1977
as Father Maximilian
1957
as Barry Mills (uncredited)
1958
as Locky McCormick
1983
as Marsh Turner
1999
as Royce
1971
as Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
1968
as Popcorn
1968
as Dano Villanova
1962
as Nicholas Gates
2007
1958
as Lieutenant Harrison
2007
as Joe Wallace
1989
as Dr. Markowitz
1987
as Lyndon Baines Johnson
2012
as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
1987
as Corbet St. James IV
1999
as Father Robert Grant
1978
as K.W. Hicks
2000
as Detective Manny Garett
2005
as Commandant Sherman
2009
as Carl
1990
as Capt. Jack Parsons
1987
as Jack Kraft
1985
as Wilheim Gehbert
2000
1994
as Dr. Leonard Bailey
1991
as Dub Farley
1971
as Izquierdo
2008
as David Sterling
1976
as Thomas
1986
as Tim Nettleton
1980
as Charles Burt
1975
as Glen Tuttle
1980
as Carlo Ponti
1973
as George Oldenburg
1979
as Jack Baker
1989
as Boss Finley
1984
as Stuart Blankfort
1991
as Brian Stansbury
1990
as Walt Whitman
1987
as Joe Datilla
1969
as The Beard Director (uncredited)
1990
as Gideon Hogarth
1956
as The Dentist (uncredited)
1996
as Narrator
1992
as Happy Sam
2008
as Bobo
1973
as Roy
1961
as Paul
1995
as Adm. Snyder
2007
1992
as Narrator (voice)
2003
as George McNab
1992
as Bill Morgan
1978
as Dr. Hartogs
2008
as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
1995
as Capt. Cole
1995
as Self (Narrator)
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