Acting
Rip Torn
ZH, EN, DE cinema · 141 credits
Born
6 February 1931
Died
9 July 2019 (aged 88)
Birthplace
Temple, Texas, USA
Also known as Elmore Rual Torn Jr. · Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr. · Elmor Torn · ریپ تورن
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
Filmography
Heartland
Actor
Making Marie Antoinette
as Self (archive footage)
Men in Black 3
as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
American Cowslip
as Trevor O'Hart
Happy Tears
as Joe
Turn the River
as Quinette
August
as David Sterling
Lucky Days
as Bobo, Executive Producer
The Golden Boys
as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
Bee Movie
as Lou Lo Duca (voice)
Three Days to Vegas
as Joe Wallace
Marie Antoinette
as Louis XV
Zoom
as Larraby
Forty Shades of Blue
as Alan James
The Sisters
as Dr. Chebrin
Yours, Mine & Ours
as Commandant Sherman
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
as Patches O'Houlihan
Eulogy
as Edmund Collins
Welcome to Mooseport
as Bert Langdon
Love Object
as Novak
Rolling Kansas
as Oldman
Maniac Magee
as George McNab
Freddy Got Fingered
as Jim Brody
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
as Detective Manny Garett
The Insider
as John Scanlon
Balloon Farm
as Harvey Potter
Passing Glory
as Father Robert Grant
Senseless
as Randall Tyson
Men in Black
as Zed
Hercules
as Zeus (voice)
Trial and Error
as Benny Gibbs
The Mouse
1997
The Mouse
as Trucker 'God'
Down Periscope
as Admiral Winslow
The Hindenburg
as Narrator
Canadian Bacon
as General Dick Panzer
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
as Adm. Snyder
For Better or Worse
as Capt. Cole
James Dean: A Portrait
as Self (Narrator)
Heart of a Child
as Dr. Leonard Bailey
RoboCop 3
as The CEO
Beyond the Law
as Deputy Prescott
Where the Rivers Flow North
as Noel Lord
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
as Admiral Paul Yost
T Bone N Weasel
as Happy Sam
Fires of Kuwait
as Narrator (voice)
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
as Bill Morgan
Defending Your Life
as Bob Diamond
Dolly Dearest
as Karl Resnick
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
as Captain Jack Parsons
Death Falls
as Dub Farley
My Son Johnny
as Brian Stansbury
By Dawn's Early Light
as Colonel Fargo
Pair of Aces
as Capt. Jack Parsons
Beautiful Dreamers
as Walt Whitman
Kojak: None So Blind
as Gideon Hogarth
Cold Feet
as Sheriff
Hit List
as Vic Luca
Silence Like Glass
as Dr. Markowitz
Sweet Bird of Youth
as Boss Finley
April Morning
as Solomon Chandler
The Telephone
Director
Extreme Prejudice
as Sheriff Hank Pearson
Nadine
as Buford Pope
J. Edgar Hoover
as Lyndon Baines Johnson
Destination: America
as Corbet St. James IV
Laguna Heat
as Joe Datilla
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
as Tim Nettleton
Summer Rental
as Scully
Beer
as Buzz Beckerman
The Execution
as Wilheim Gehbert
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
as Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
City Heat
as Primo Pitt
Flashpoint
as Sheriff Wells
Scarab
as Khepera
Songwriter
as Dino McLeish
When She Says No
as Stuart Blankfort
Misunderstood
as Will
Cross Creek
as Marsh Turner
Airplane II: The Sequel
as Bud Kruger / President Reagan
A Stranger Is Watching
as Artie Taggart
The Beastmaster
as Maax
Jinxed!
as Harold Benson
Heartland
as Clyde Stewart
One Trick Pony
as Walter Fox
First Family
as General G. E. Dumpston
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
as Charles Burt
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
as Carlo Ponti
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
as Senator Kittner
A Shining Season
as Jack Baker
Coma
as Dr. George
Steel Cowboy
as K.W. Hicks
Betrayal
as Dr. Hartogs
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
as Dwight Webb
Nasty Habits
as Father Maximilian
The Man Who Fell to Earth
as Nathan Bryce
Birch Interval
as Thomas
Crazy Joe
as Richie
Payday
as Maury Dann
The President's Plane Is Missing
as George Oldenburg
Cotter
as Roy
Slaughter
as Dominic Hoffo
1 P.M.
as Self
Maidstone
as Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
Montserrat
as Izquierdo
Tropic of Cancer
as Henry Miller
Coming Apart
as Joe
Lions Love
as The Beard Director (uncredited)
Beyond the Law
as Popcorn
Sol Madrid
as Dano Villanova
Beach Red
as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
Lionpower from MGM
as Self - Dano Villanova (archive footage) (uncredited)
You're a Big Boy Now
as I.H. Chanticleer
One Spy Too Many
as Alexander
The Cincinnati Kid
as William Jefferson Slade
Critic's Choice
as Dion Kapakos
Sweet Bird of Youth
as Tom Finley Jr.
Hero's Island
as Nicholas Gates
King of Kings
as Judas
Pork Chop Hill
as Lt. Walter Russell
Johnny Belinda
1958
Johnny Belinda
as Locky McCormick
Bomber's Moon
as Lieutenant Harrison
Time Limit
as Lt. George Miller
A Face in the Crowd
as Barry Mills (uncredited)
Baby Doll
as The Dentist (uncredited)