Rip Torn
Born in Temple, Texas, USA — Feb 06 1931• Died Jul 09 2019
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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 Awards, winning in 1996. Torn also won an American Comedy A…
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Jules Copeland
30 Rock
Don Geiss
Columbo
Leon Lamarr
Bonanza
Will Hewitt
Mannix
Victor Roarke
Will & Grace
Lionel Banks
Chicago Hope
Warren Shutt
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Nicholas Keefe
Naked City
Ansel Boake
The Untouchables
Harry Strauss
Ben Casey
Combat!
Avery
Rawhide
Jacob Yellow-Sun
Route 66
Alvah Clayhorne
Thriller
Duncan Corey
The Larry Sanders Show
Arthur
Kraft Television Theatre
Somers
North and South
Adolphus
The John Larroquette Show
Bernard Galvin
12 O'Clock High
Col. Mark Royce
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Alexander
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Steve Morgan #22
The Great Adventure
Lieutenant John C. Freemont
Men in Black
Zed
Ghost Story
Jonathon
Hercules
Zeus (voice)
The Lieutenant
Sgt. Karl Kasten
Men in Black II
Zed
Men in Black 3
Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
The Restless Gun
Jody Gilman
The Lyon's Den
Bee Movie
Lou Lo Duca (voice)
Soul Food
Peter Redmond
Breaking Point
Channing
Donald Burrows
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Locky McCormick
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Patches O'Houlihan
Down Periscope
Admiral Winslow
The Insider
John Scanlon
Marie Antoinette
Louis XV
Airplane II: The Sequel
Bud Kruger / President Reagan
Senseless
Randall Tyson
The Atlanta Child Murders
Lewis Slaton
Zoom
Larraby
The Blue and the Gray
Ulysses S. Grant
RoboCop 3
The CEO
Blind Ambition
Richard M. Nixon
King of Kings
Judas
Yours, Mine & Ours
Commandant Sherman
Wonder Boys
Q
Love Object
Novak
Beyond the Law
Deputy Prescott
Coma
Dr. George
Defending Your Life
Bob Diamond
The Beastmaster
Maax
Extreme Prejudice
Sheriff Hank Pearson
Freddy Got Fingered
Jim Brody
Welcome to Mooseport
Bert Langdon
How to Make an American Quilt
Arthur
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Nathan Bryce
Canadian Bacon
General Dick Panzer
Summer Rental
Scully
Lions Love
The Beard Director (uncredited)
City Heat
Primo Pitt
Sweet Bird of Youth
Tom Finley Jr.
The Cincinnati Kid
William Jefferson Slade
Eulogy
Edmund Collins
Silence Like Glass
Dr. Markowitz
Cold Feet
Sheriff
Critic's Choice
Dion Kapakos
Dolly Dearest
Karl Resnick
Hit List
Vic Luca
Cross Creek
Marsh Turner
Crazy Joe
Richie
Pair of Aces
Capt. Jack Parsons
Slaughter
Dominic Hoffo
Flashpoint
Sheriff Wells
The Execution
Wilheim Gehbert
Baby Doll
The Dentist (uncredited)
The Sisters
Dr. Chebrin
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Glen Tuttle
Payday
Maury Dann
Extreme Dodgeball
Happy Tears
Joe
American Cowslip
Trevor O'Hart
Kojak: None So Blind
Gideon Hogarth
August
David Sterling
A Face in the Crowd
Barry Mills (uncredited)
Time Limit
Lt. George Miller
Trial and Error
Benny Gibbs
Seasons of Love
Spence
Steel Cowboy
K.W. Hicks
Nadine
Buford Pope
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
Admiral Paul Yost
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Senator Kittner
Songwriter
Dino McLeish
Betrayal
Dr. Hartogs
Jinxed!
Harold Benson
When She Says No
Stuart Blankfort
Nasty Habits
Father Maximilian
First Family
General G. E. Dumpston
Lionpower from MGM
Self - Dano Villanova (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Telephone
Directing
Sol Madrid
Dano Villanova
Coming Apart
Joe
Laguna Heat
Joe Datilla
Scarab
Khepera
Sweet Bird of Youth
Boss Finley
April Morning
Solomon Chandler
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
Charles Burt
Beach Red
Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
Cotter
Roy
T Bone N Weasel
Happy Sam
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Dwight Webb
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Self
By Dawn's Early Light
Colonel Fargo
The President's Plane Is Missing
George Oldenburg
Harlan County U.S.A.
Crew
One Trick Pony
Walter Fox
Misunderstood
Will
One Spy Too Many
Alexander
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
Royce
Where the Rivers Flow North
Noel Lord
The Golden Boys
Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
The Making of Marie Antoinette
Self
You're a Big Boy Now
I.H. Chanticleer
Ghost Stories
The Narrator
Maniac Magee
George McNab
Hero's Island
Nicholas Gates
Pork Chop Hill
Lt. Walter Russell
Destination: America
Corbet St. James IV
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
King Looney
Balloon Farm
Harvey Potter
Heart of a Child
Dr. Leonard Bailey
Turn the River
Quinette
For Better or Worse
Capt. Cole
Passing Glory
Father Robert Grant
Maidstone
Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
Letter to My Killer
Beer
Buzz Beckerman
A Shining Season
Jack Baker
3 Weeks to Daytona
Sal
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Carlo Ponti
Birch Interval
Thomas
My Son Johnny
Brian Stansbury
Tropic of Cancer
Henry Miller
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
Detective Manny Garett
Heartland
Clyde Stewart
Rolling Kansas
Oldman
Three Days to Vegas
Joe Wallace
J. Edgar Hoover
Lyndon Baines Johnson
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
Paul
A Stranger Is Watching
Artie Taggart
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
Tim Nettleton
Montserrat
Izquierdo
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
Captain Jack Parsons
Johnny Belinda
Locky McCormick
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
Adm. Snyder
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Big Daddy
Lucky Days
Bobo
Death Falls
Dub Farley
Heartland
Beautiful Dreamers
Walt Whitman
Forty Shades of Blue
Alan James
Bomber's Moon
Lieutenant Harrison
1 P.M.
Self
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
Bill Morgan
James Dean: A Portrait
Self (Narrator)
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
Self
Norman Mailer: The American
Self
Fires of Kuwait
Narrator (voice)
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
Arthur
The King of Love
Jack Kraft
The Afterlight
Carl
Beyond the Law
Popcorn
The Mouse
Trucker 'God'
Bridge of Names
Tom
The Hindenburg
Narrator