Rip 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 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

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Columbo

Bonanza

The Mike Douglas Show

Golden Globe Awards

Tony Awards

Mannix

30 Rock

All Movies (139)

• Bridge of Names2012 · as Tom
• Men in Black 32012 · as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
• Norman Mailer: The American2012 · as Self
• 3 Weeks to Daytona2011 · as Sal
• National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus2011 · as King Looney
• Happy Tears2009 · as Joe
• The Afterlight2009 · as Carl
• American Cowslip2009 · as Trevor O'Hart
• The Golden Boys2008 · as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
• August2008 · as David Sterling
• Turn the River2008 · as Quinette
• Lucky Days2008 · as Bobo
• Bee Movie2007 · as Lou Lo Duca (voice)
• The Making of Marie Antoinette2007 · as Self
• The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'2007 · as Arthur
• Three Days to Vegas2007 · as Joe Wallace
• Zoom2006 · as Larraby
• Marie Antoinette2006 · as Louis XV
• Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time2006 · as Self
• Forty Shades of Blue2005 · as Alan James
• Yours, Mine & Ours2005 · as Commandant Sherman
• The Sisters2005 · as Dr. Chebrin
• Eulogy2004 · as Edmund Collins
• DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story2004 · as Patches O'Houlihan
• Welcome to Mooseport2004 · as Bert Langdon
• Love Object2004 · as Novak
• Maniac Magee2003 · as George McNab
• Rolling Kansas2003 · as Oldman
• Men in Black II2002 · as Zed
• Freddy Got Fingered2001 · as Jim Brody
• Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows2000 · as Self
• Wonder Boys2000 · as Q
• A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle2000 · as Detective Manny Garett
• The Insider1999 · as John Scanlon
• The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery1999 · as Royce
• Balloon Farm1999 · as Harvey Potter
• Passing Glory1999 · as Father Robert Grant
• Senseless1998 · as Randall Tyson
• The Mouse1997 · as Trucker 'God'
• Men in Black1997 · as Zed
• Hercules1997 · as Zeus (voice)
• Trial and Error1997 · as Benny Gibbs
• The Hindenburg1996 · as Narrator
• Down Periscope1996 · as Admiral Winslow
• How to Make an American Quilt1995 · as Arthur
• James Dean: A Portrait1995 · as Self (Narrator)
• Letter to My Killer1995
• Canadian Bacon1995 · as General Dick Panzer
• She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal1995 · as Adm. Snyder
• For Better or Worse1995 · as Capt. Cole
• Heart of a Child1994 · as Dr. Leonard Bailey
• Where the Rivers Flow North1993 · as Noel Lord
• Beyond the Law1993 · as Deputy Prescott
• RoboCop 31993 · as The CEO
• A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story1992 · as Bill Morgan
• T Bone N Weasel1992 · as Happy Sam
• Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster1992 · as Admiral Paul Yost
• Fires of Kuwait1992 · as Narrator (voice)
• My Son Johnny1991 · as Brian Stansbury
• Dolly Dearest1991 · as Karl Resnick
• Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind1991 · as Captain Jack Parsons
• Defending Your Life1991 · as Bob Diamond
• Death Falls1991 · as Dub Farley
• Beautiful Dreamers1990 · as Walt Whitman
• By Dawn's Early Light1990 · as Colonel Fargo
• Kojak: None So Blind1990 · as Gideon Hogarth
• Pair of Aces1990 · as Capt. Jack Parsons
• Sweet Bird of Youth1989 · as Boss Finley
• Silence Like Glass1989 · as Dr. Markowitz
• Cold Feet1989 · as Sheriff
• Hit List1989 · as Vic Luca
• April Morning1988 · as Solomon Chandler
• The King of Love1987 · as Jack Kraft
• Laguna Heat1987 · as Joe Datilla
• Nadine1987 · as Buford Pope
• Extreme Prejudice1987 · as Sheriff Hank Pearson
• Destination: America1987 · as Corbet St. James IV
• J. Edgar Hoover1987 · as Lyndon Baines Johnson
• Manhunt for Claude Dallas1986 · as Tim Nettleton
• Beer1985 · as Buzz Beckerman
• Summer Rental1985 · as Scully
• The Execution1985 · as Wilheim Gehbert
• City Heat1984 · as Primo Pitt
• Songwriter1984 · as Dino McLeish
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof1984 · as Big Daddy
• Scarab1984 · as Khepera
• Flashpoint1984 · as Sheriff Wells
• When She Says No1984 · as Stuart Blankfort
• Misunderstood1983 · as Will
• Cross Creek1983 · as Marsh Turner
• Airplane II: The Sequel1982 · as Bud Kruger / President Reagan
• Jinxed!1982 · as Harold Benson
• The Beastmaster1982 · as Maax
• A Stranger Is Watching1982 · as Artie Taggart
• Heartland1981 · as Clyde Stewart
• First Family1980 · as General G. E. Dumpston
• Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case1980 · as Charles Burt
• Sophia Loren: Her Own Story1980 · as Carlo Ponti
• One Trick Pony1980 · as Walter Fox
• A Shining Season1979 · as Jack Baker
• The Seduction of Joe Tynan1979 · as Senator Kittner
• Steel Cowboy1978 · as K.W. Hicks
• Betrayal1978 · as Dr. Hartogs
• Coma1978 · as Dr. George
• The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover1977 · as Dwight Webb
• Nasty Habits1977 · as Father Maximilian
• Birch Interval1976 · as Thomas
• The Man Who Fell to Earth1976 · as Nathan Bryce
• Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan1975 · as Glen Tuttle
• Crazy Joe1974 · as Richie
• The President's Plane Is Missing1973 · as George Oldenburg
• Payday1973 · as Maury Dann
• Cotter1973 · as Roy
• Slaughter1972 · as Dominic Hoffo
• 1 P.M.1971 · as Self
• Maidstone1971 · as Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
• Montserrat1971 · as Izquierdo
• Tropic of Cancer1970 · as Henry Miller
• Coming Apart1969 · as Joe
• Lions Love1969 · as The Beard Director (uncredited)
• Beyond the Law1968 · as Popcorn
• Sol Madrid1968 · as Dano Villanova
• Beach Red1967 · as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
• Lionpower from MGM1967 · as Self - Dano Villanova (archive footage) (uncredited)
• You're a Big Boy Now1966 · as I.H. Chanticleer
• One Spy Too Many1966 · as Alexander
• The Cincinnati Kid1965 · as William Jefferson Slade
• Critic's Choice1963 · as Dion Kapakos
• Hero's Island1962 · as Nicholas Gates
• Sweet Bird of Youth1962 · as Tom Finley Jr.
• King of Kings1961 · as Judas
• 24 Hours in a Woman's Life1961 · as Paul
• Pork Chop Hill1959 · as Lt. Walter Russell
• Johnny Belinda1958 · as Locky McCormick
• Bomber's Moon1958 · as Lieutenant Harrison
• Time Limit1957 · as Lt. George Miller
• A Face in the Crowd1957 · as Barry Mills (uncredited)
• Baby Doll1956 · as The Dentist (uncredited)
• Heartland—

All TV Shows (49)

• 30 Rock2006 · as Don Geiss
• Extreme Dodgeball2004
• The Lyon's Den2003
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Jules Copeland
• Soul Food2000 · as Peter Redmond
• Seasons of Love1999 · as Spence
• Will & Grace1998 · as Lionel Banks
• Ghost Stories1997 · as The Narrator
• Chicago Hope1994 · as Warren Shutt
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• The John Larroquette Show1993 · as Bernard Galvin
• The Larry Sanders Show1992 · as Arthur
• North and South1985 · as Adolphus
• The Atlanta Child Murders1985 · as Lewis Slaton
• The Blue and the Gray1982 · as Ulysses S. Grant
• Blind Ambition1979 · as Richard M. Nixon
• The Eddie Capra Mysteries1978
• Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan1975 · as Glen Tuttle
• Ghost Story1972 · as Jonathon
• Columbo1971 · as Leon Lamarr
• Mannix1967 · as Victor Roarke
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1964 · as Alexander
• 12 O'Clock High1964 · as Col. Mark Royce
• The Great Adventure1963 · as Lieutenant John C. Freemont
• Channing1963 · as Donald Burrows
• Breaking Point1963
• The Lieutenant1963 · as Sgt. Karl Kasten
• Combat!1962 · as Avery
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• Ben Casey1961
• Dr. Kildare1961 · as Dr. Nicholas Keefe
• The Dick Powell Show1961 · as Joel Coles
• Route 661960 · as Alvah Clayhorne
• Thriller1960 · as Duncan Corey
• The Untouchables1959 · as Harry Strauss
• The Untouchables1959 · as Johnny Mizo
• Bonanza1959 · as Will Hewitt
• Rawhide1959 · as Jacob Yellow-Sun
• Naked City1958 · as Ansel Boake
• The Restless Gun1957 · as Jody Gilman
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Steve Morgan #22
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Ernie Walters
• Omnibus1952
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Locky McCormick
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Solomon Chandler
• Kraft Television Theatre1947 · as Somers
• Kraft Television Theatre1947
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter