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
| Birth Location | Temple, Texas, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1931-02-06 |
| Died | 2019-07-09 |
Movies
Men in Black 3
as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
2012
Norman Mailer: The American
as Self
2012
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
as King Looney
2011
Happy Tears
as Joe
2009
The Afterlight
as Carl
2009
American Cowslip
as Trevor O'Hart
2009
The Golden Boys
as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
2008
August
as David Sterling
2008
Turn the River
as Quinette
2008
Lucky Days
as Bobo
2008
Bee Movie
as Lou Lo Duca (voice)
2007
The Making of Marie Antoinette
as Self
2007
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
as Arthur
2007
Three Days to Vegas
as Joe Wallace
2007
Zoom
as Larraby
2006
Marie Antoinette
as Louis XV
2006
2006
Forty Shades of Blue
as Alan James
2005
Yours, Mine & Ours
as Commandant Sherman
2005
The Sisters
as Dr. Chebrin
2005
Eulogy
as Edmund Collins
2004
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
as Patches O'Houlihan
2004
Welcome to Mooseport
as Bert Langdon
2004
Love Object
as Novak
2004
Maniac Magee
as George McNab
2003
Rolling Kansas
as Oldman
2003
Men in Black II
as Chief Zed
2002
Freddy Got Fingered
as Jim Brody
2001
2000
Wonder Boys
as Q
2000
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
as Detective Manny Garett
2000
The Insider
as John Scanlon
1999
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
as Royce
1999
Balloon Farm
as Harvey Potter
1999
Seasons of Love
as Spence Vitt
1999
Passing Glory
as Father Robert Grant
1999
Senseless
as Randall Tyson
1998
Men in Black
as Chief Zed
1997
Hercules
as Zeus (voice)
1997
Trial and Error
as Benny Gibbs
1997
The Hindenburg
as Narrator
1996
Down Periscope
as Admiral Winslow
1996
How to Make an American Quilt
as Arthur
1995
1995
Canadian Bacon
as General Dick Panzer
1995
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
as Adm. Snyder
1995
Heart of a Child
as Dr. Leonard Bailey
1994
Where the Rivers Flow North
as Noel Lord
1993
Beyond the Law
as Deputy Prescott
1993
RoboCop 3
as The CEO
1993
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
as Bill Morgan
1992
T Bone N Weasel
as Happy Sam
1992
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
as Admiral Paul Yost - Presidential Delegation
1992
Fires of Kuwait
as Narrator (voice)
1992
My Son Johnny
as Brian Stansbury
1991
Dolly Dearest
as Karl Resnick
1991
Defending Your Life
as Bob Diamond
1991
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
as Captain Jack Parsons
1991
Death Falls
as Dub Farley
1991
Beautiful Dreamers
as Walt Whitman
1990
By Dawn's Early Light
as Colonel Fargo
1990
Kojak: None So Blind
as Gideon Hogarth
1990
Pair of Aces
as Capt. Jack Parsons
1990
Sweet Bird of Youth
as Boss Finley
1989
Silence Like Glass
as Dr. Markowitz
1989
Cold Feet
as Sheriff
1989
Hit List
as Vic Luca
1989
April Morning
as Solomon Chandler
1988
The King of Love
as Jack Kraft
1987
Laguna Heat
as Joe Datilla
1987
Nadine
as Buford Pope
1987
Extreme Prejudice
as Sheriff Hank Pearson
1987
Destination: America
as Corbet St. James IV
1987
J. Edgar Hoover
as Lyndon Baines Johnson
1987
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
as Tim Nettleton
1986
Beer
as Buzz Beckerman
1985
Summer Rental
as Scully
1985
The Execution
as Wilheim Gehbert
1985
City Heat
as Primo Pitt
1984
Songwriter
as Dino McLeish
1984
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
as Big Daddy
1984
Scarab
as Khepera
1984
Flashpoint
as Sheriff Wells
1984
Misunderstood
as Will
1984
When She Says No
as Stuart Blankfort
1984
Cross Creek
as Marsh Turner
1983
Airplane II: The Sequel
as Bud Kruger / President Reagan
1982
A Stranger Is Watching
as Artie Taggart
1982
Jinxed!
as Harold Benson
1982
The Beastmaster
as Maax
1982
First Family
as General G. E. Dumpston
1980
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
as Charles Burt
1980
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
as Carlo Ponti
1980
One Trick Pony
as Walter Fox
1980
A Shining Season
as Jack Baker
1979
Heartland
as Clyde Stewart
1979
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
as Senator Kittner
1979
Steel Cowboy
as K.W. Hicks
1978
Betrayal
as Dr. Hartogs
1978
Coma
as Dr. George
1978
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
as Dwight Webb
1977
Nasty Habits
as Father Maximilian
1977
Birch Interval
as Thomas
1976
The Man Who Fell to Earth
as Nathan Bryce
1976
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
as Glen Tuttle
1975
Crazy Joe
as Richie
1974
The President's Plane Is Missing
as George Oldenburg
1973
Payday
as Maury Dann
1973
Cotter
as Roy
1973
Slaughter
as Dominic Hoffo
1972
1 P.M. (One Parallel Movie)
as Self
1971
Maidstone
as Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
1971
Montserrat
as Izquierdo
1971
Tropic of Cancer
as Henry Miller
1970
Coming Apart
as Joe
1969
Lions Love
as The Beard Director (uncredited)
1969
Beyond the Law
as Popcorn
1968
Sol Madrid
as Dano Villanova
1968
Beach Red
as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
1967
You're a Big Boy Now
as I.H. Chanticleer
1966
One Spy Too Many
as Alexander
1966
The Cincinnati Kid
as William Jefferson Slade
1965
Critic's Choice
as Dion Kapakos
1963
Hero's Island
as Nicholas Gates
1962
Sweet Bird of Youth
as Thomas 'Tom' J. Finley, Jr.
1962
King of Kings
as Judas
1961
1961
Pork Chop Hill
as Lt. Walter Russell
1959
Johnny Belinda
as Locky McCormick
1958
Bomber's Moon
as Lieutenant Harrison
1958
Time Limit
as Lt. George Miller
1957
A Face in the Crowd
as Barry Mills (uncredited)
1957
Baby Doll
as The Dentist (uncredited)
1956
Movies
Lucky Days
Executive Producer
2008
The Telephone
Director
1988
Harlan County U.S.A.
Thanks
1977
