Rip Torn
Acting
Born February 6, 1931 — Died July 9, 2019
From Temple, Texas, USA
Also known as Elmore Rual Torn Jr., Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr., Elmor 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 Aw...
Filmography
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Bridge of Names
Tom
2012
Men in Black 3
Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
20126.5
Norman Mailer: The American
Self
20127.0
3 Weeks to Daytona
Sal
20115.3
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
King Looney
20113.9
Happy Tears
Joe
20095.0
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The Afterlight
Carl
2009
American Cowslip
Trevor O'Hart
20095.1
The Golden Boys
Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
20085.6
August
David Sterling
20085.2
Turn the River
Quinette
20085.3
Lucky Days
Bobo
2008
Bee Movie
Lou Lo Duca (voice)
20076.0
The Making of Marie Antoinette
Self
20075.0
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
Arthur
2007
Three Days to Vegas
Joe Wallace
20073.9
Zoom
Larraby
20065.3
Marie Antoinette
Louis XV
20066.7
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Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
Self
2006
Forty Shades of Blue
Alan James
20054.5
Yours, Mine & Ours
Commandant Sherman
20056.2
The Sisters
Dr. Chebrin
20055.1
Eulogy
Edmund Collins
20046.4
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Patches O'Houlihan
20046.4
Welcome to Mooseport
Bert Langdon
20045.1
Love Object
Novak
20045.9
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Maniac Magee
George McNab
20038.0
Rolling Kansas
Oldman
20035.6
Men in Black II
Zed
20026.4
Freddy Got Fingered
Jim Brody
20014.7
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Self
20007.3
Wonder Boys
Q
20006.8
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
Detective Manny Garett
200010.0
The Insider
John Scanlon
19997.5
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
Royce
19995.6
Balloon Farm
Harvey Potter
19995.9
Passing Glory
Father Robert Grant
19996.0
Senseless
Randall Tyson
19986.2
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The Mouse
Trucker 'God'
19979.0
Men in Black
Zed
19977.2
Hercules
Zeus (voice)
19977.5
Trial and Error
Benny Gibbs
19975.5
The Hindenburg
Narrator
19967.5
Down Periscope
Admiral Winslow
19966.4
How to Make an American Quilt
Arthur
19956.4
James Dean: A Portrait
Self (Narrator)
19957.0
Letter to My Killer
19956.5
Canadian Bacon
General Dick Panzer
19955.8
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
Adm. Snyder
19955.0
For Better or Worse
Capt. Cole
19954.7
Heart of a Child
Dr. Leonard Bailey
19945.2
Where the Rivers Flow North
Noel Lord
19936.4
Beyond the Law
Deputy Prescott
19936.3
RoboCop 3
The CEO
19934.9
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
Bill Morgan
19927.7
T Bone N Weasel
Happy Sam
19923.8
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
Admiral Paul Yost
19925.2
Fires of Kuwait
Narrator (voice)
19927.9
My Son Johnny
Brian Stansbury
19916.1
Dolly Dearest
Karl Resnick
19915.5
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
Captain Jack Parsons
19914.0
Defending Your Life
Bob Diamond
19916.9
Death Falls
Dub Farley
19915.0
Beautiful Dreamers
Walt Whitman
19905.0
By Dawn's Early Light
Colonel Fargo
19906.5
Kojak: None So Blind
Gideon Hogarth
19906.3
Pair of Aces
Capt. Jack Parsons
19906.7
Sweet Bird of Youth
Boss Finley
19895.5
Silence Like Glass
Dr. Markowitz
19897.0
Cold Feet
Sheriff
19894.1
Hit List
Vic Luca
19896.2
April Morning
Solomon Chandler
19885.7
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The King of Love
Jack Kraft
1987
Laguna Heat
Joe Datilla
19874.3
Nadine
Buford Pope
19875.4
Extreme Prejudice
Sheriff Hank Pearson
19876.3
Destination: America
Corbet St. James IV
1987
J. Edgar Hoover
Lyndon Baines Johnson
1987
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
Tim Nettleton
19865.5
Beer
Buzz Beckerman
19854.4
Summer Rental
Scully
19856.1
The Execution
Wilheim Gehbert
19857.3
City Heat
Primo Pitt
19845.5
Songwriter
Dino McLeish
19845.5
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Big Daddy
19845.7
Scarab
Khepera
19847.0
Flashpoint
Sheriff Wells
19846.2
When She Says No
Stuart Blankfort
19848.0
Misunderstood
Will
19836.5
Cross Creek
Marsh Turner
19836.6
Airplane II: The Sequel
Bud Kruger / President Reagan
19826.1
Jinxed!
Harold Benson
19824.6
The Beastmaster
Maax
19826.3
A Stranger Is Watching
Artie Taggart
19824.6
Heartland
Clyde Stewart
19816.4
First Family
General G. E. Dumpston
19803.7
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
Charles Burt
19805.9
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Carlo Ponti
19805.5
One Trick Pony
Walter Fox
19805.5
A Shining Season
Jack Baker
19794.7
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Senator Kittner
19795.9
Steel Cowboy
K.W. Hicks
19789.0
Betrayal
Dr. Hartogs
19787.0
Coma
Dr. George
19786.8
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Dwight Webb
19775.1
Nasty Habits
Father Maximilian
19775.0
Birch Interval
Thomas
19765.0
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Nathan Bryce
19766.5
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Glen Tuttle
19757.5
Crazy Joe
Richie
19746.6
The President's Plane Is Missing
George Oldenburg
19736.3
Payday
Maury Dann
19736.1
Cotter
Roy
19734.5
Slaughter
Dominic Hoffo
19725.6
1 P.M.
Self
19716.2
Maidstone
Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
19714.2
Montserrat
Izquierdo
197110.0
Tropic of Cancer
Henry Miller
19704.8
Coming Apart
Joe
19696.2
Lions Love
The Beard Director (uncredited)
19695.9
Beyond the Law
Popcorn
19685.6
Sol Madrid
Dano Villanova
19686.9
Beach Red
Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
19676.5
Lionpower from MGM
Self - Dano Villanova (archive footage) (uncredited)
19676.3
You're a Big Boy Now
I.H. Chanticleer
19666.1
One Spy Too Many
Alexander
19665.1
The Cincinnati Kid
William Jefferson Slade
19657.0
Critic's Choice
Dion Kapakos
19635.6
Hero's Island
Nicholas Gates
19625.6
Sweet Bird of Youth
Tom Finley Jr.
19626.7
King of Kings
Judas
19617.1
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
Paul
19615.0
Pork Chop Hill
Lt. Walter Russell
19596.7
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Johnny Belinda
Locky McCormick
1958
Bomber's Moon
Lieutenant Harrison
1958
Time Limit
Lt. George Miller
19577.2
A Face in the Crowd
Barry Mills (uncredited)
19577.6
Baby Doll
The Dentist (uncredited)
19567.1
Heartland
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