Rip Torn
Acting
🎂 1931-02-06
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.
Cast credits(181)
Jules Copeland
2001
Self - Guest
1993
Self
1961
Leon Lamarr
1971
Dr. Nicholas Keefe
1961
Will Hewitt
1959
Victor Roarke
1967
Arthur
1992
Self - Presenter
1944
Don Geiss
2006
Duncan Corey
1960
Alvah Clayhorne
1960
1952
Alexander
1964
Sgt. Karl Kasten
1963
Somers
1947
1947
Avery
1962
1961
Bernard Galvin
1993
Joel Coles
1961
Self - Presenter
1956
1978
Jacob Yellow-Sun
1959
2003
Lionel Banks
1998
Jody Gilman
1957
Adolphus
1985
Donald Burrows
1963
1963
Locky McCormick
1951
Solomon Chandler
1951
1994
Ansel Boake
1958
Harry Strauss
1959
Johnny Mizo
1959
Lieutenant John C. Freemont
1963
Steve Morgan #22
1955
Ernie Walters
1955
Col. Mark Royce
1964
Zed
1997
The Narrator
1997
Zeus (voice)
1997
2004
Jonathon
1972
Lou Lo Duca (voice)
2007
Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
2012
Lewis Slaton
1985
Zed
2002
Spence
1999
Patches O'Houlihan
2004
Ulysses S. Grant
1982
The CEO
1993
Bud Kruger / President Reagan
1982
Peter Redmond
2000
Louis XV
2006
Admiral Winslow
1996
Judas
1961
John Scanlon
1999
Clyde Stewart
1979
Richard M. Nixon
1979
Randall Tyson
1998
Q
2000
Bob Diamond
1991
Maax
1982
Commandant Sherman
2005
Larraby
2006
Nathan Bryce
1976
Jim Brody
2001
Dr. George
1978
William Jefferson Slade
1965
Arthur
1995
Deputy Prescott
1993
Scully
1985
Thomas 'Tom' J. Finley, Jr.
1962
Edmund Collins
2004
Sheriff Hank Pearson
1987
The Dentist (uncredited)
1956
Barry Mills (uncredited)
1957
Primo Pitt
1984
General Dick Panzer
1995
Colonel Fargo
1990
Trevor O'Hart
2009
Buford Pope
1987
Dwight Webb
1977
Bert Langdon
2004
Will
1983
Lt. Walter Russell
1959
King Looney
2011
David Sterling
2008
Karl Resnick
1991
Alan James
2005
Harold Benson
1982
Boss Finley
1989
Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
1967
Benny Gibbs
1997
Alexander
1966
Sheriff Wells
1984
Novak
2004
The Beard Director (uncredited)
1969
Royce
1999
Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
2008
Richie
1974
Senator Kittner
1979
Admiral Paul Yost - Presidential Delegation
1992
Dino McLeish
1984
Wilheim Gehbert
1985
Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
1971
Dano Villanova
1968
Solomon Chandler
1988
Oldman
2003
I.H. Chanticleer
1966
Captain Jack Parsons
1991
General G. E. Dumpston
1980
Maury Dann
1973
Lt. George Miller
1957
Vic Luca
1989
Sheriff
1989
Self
2000
Walter Fox
1980
Dion Kapakos
1963
Bill Morgan
1992
1995
Henry Miller
1970
K.W. Hicks
1978
Dominic Hoffo
1972
Happy Sam
1992
Capt. Cole
1995
Dr. Markowitz
1989
Dr. Leonard Bailey
1994
Glen Tuttle
1975
Artie Taggart
1982
Jack Baker
1979
Quinette
2008
Tim Nettleton
1986
Gideon Hogarth
1990
Buzz Beckerman
1985
Self
1971
Big Daddy
1984
Dr. Chebrin
2005
Harvey Potter
1999
Nicholas Gates
1962
Lyndon Baines Johnson
1987
Marsh Turner
1983
Father Maximilian
1977
Self
2012
Walt Whitman
1990
Joe Wallace
2007
Joe Datilla
1987
Brian Stansbury
1991
Capt. Jack Parsons
1990
Joe
2009
Noel Lord
1993
Khepera
1984
Joe
1969
Charles Burt
1980
George Oldenburg
1973
Detective Manny Garett
2000
Narrator (voice)
1992
Self
2007
Corbet St. James IV
1987
Lieutenant Harrison
1958
Dub Farley
1991
Popcorn
1968
Stuart Blankfort
1984
Dr. Hartogs
1978
George McNab
2003
Adm. Snyder
1995
Arthur
2007
Locky McCormick
1958
Izquierdo
1971
Bobo
2008
Jack Kraft
1987
Father Robert Grant
1999
Roy
1973
Carlo Ponti
1980
Self
2006
Paul
1961
Carl
2009
Thomas
1976
Narrator
1996
