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Rip Torn
Actor, Director, Producer
Born February 6, 1931Died July 9, 2019 (88 years)
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.
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.
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Filmography
| 2014 | TripTank (TV Series) · as M |
| 2012 | Men in Black³ · as Large-Headed Alien At Funeral (uncredited) |
| 2011 | 3 Weeks to Daytona · as Sal |
| 2011 | The Legend of Awesomest Maximus · as King Looney |
| 2009 | Happy Tears · as Joe |
| 2009 | The Afterlight · as Carl |
| 2009 | American Cowslip · as Trevor O'hart |
| 2008 | The Golden Boys · as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess |
| 2008 | August · as David Sterling |
| 2008 | Lucky Days · as Bobo |
| 2007 | Turn the River · as Quinette |
| 2007 | Bee Movie · as Lou Lo Duca (voice) |
| 2007 | The Making of 'the Larry Sanders Show' · as Arthur |
| 2007 | Three Days to Vegas · as Joe Wallace |
| 2006 | 30 Rock (TV Series) · as Don Geiss |
| 2006 | Zoom · as Larraby |
| 2006 | Marie Antoinette · as Louis Xv |
| 2005 | Forty Shades of Blue · as Alan James |
| 2005 | Yours, Mine & Ours · as Commandant Sherman |
| 2005 | The Sisters · as Dr. Chebrin |
| 2004 | Eulogy · as Edmund Collins |
| 2004 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story · as Patches O'houlihan |
| 2004 | Extreme Dodgeball (TV Series) |
| 2004 | Welcome to Mooseport · as Bert Langdon |
| 2004 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story - Deleted Scenes · as Patches O'houlihan |
| 2003 | The Lyon's Den (TV Series) |
| 2003 | Love Object · as Novak |
| 2003 | Maniac Magee · as George Mcnab |
| 2003 | Rolling Kansas · as Oldman |
| 2002 | Men in Black II · as Zed |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) · as Jules Copeland |
| 2001 | Freddy Got Fingered · as Jim Brody |
| 2001 | Nine Hundred Nights · as Narrator |
| 2001 | Freddy Got Fingered · as Jim Brody |
| 2000 | Soul Food (TV Series) · as Peter Redmond |
| 2000 | Wonder Boys · as Q |
| 2000 | A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle · as Detective Manny Garett |
| 2000 | Men in Black Alien Attack · as Agent Zed |
| 1999 | The Insider · as John Scanlon |
| 1999 | Seasons of Love (TV Series) · as Spence |
| 1999 | Balloon Farm · as Harvey Potter |
| 1999 | Passing Glory · as Father Robert Grant |
| 1998 | Will & Grace (TV Series) · as Lionel Banks |
| 1998 | Senseless · as Randall Tyson |
| 1997 | Ghost Stories (1997) (TV Series) · as The Narrator |
| 1997 | The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery · as Royce |
| 1997 | Men in Black · as Zed |
| 1997 | Hercules · as Zeus (voice) |
| 1997 | Trial and Error · as Benny Gibbs |
| 1996 | The Mouse · as Trucker 'god' |
| 1996 | Down Periscope · as Admiral Winslow |
| 1995 | How to Make an American Quilt · as Arthur |
| 1995 | James Dean: A Portrait · as Narrator |
| 1995 | |
| 1995 | Canadian Bacon · as General Dick Panzer |
| 1995 | She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal · as Adm. Snyder |
| 1995 | For Better or Worse · as Captain Cole |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope (TV Series) |
| 1994 | Heart of a Child · as Dr. Leonard Bailey |
| 1993 | The John Larroquette Show (TV Series) · as Bernard Galvin |
| 1993 | Where the Rivers Flow North · as Noel Lord |
| 1993 | RoboCop 3 · as The Ceo |
| 1993 | Beyond the Law · as Deputy Prescott |
| 1992 | 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 | The Larry Sanders Show (TV Series) · as Arthur |
| 1992 | Fires of Kuwait · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1991 | Columbo: Death Hits the Jackpot · as Leon Lamarr |
| 1991 | My Son Johnny · as Brian Stansbury |
| 1991 | Dolly Dearest · as Karl Resnick |
| 1991 | Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind · as Captain Jack Parsons |
| 1991 | Defending Your Life · as Bob Diamond |
| 1991 | Death Falls · as Dub Farley |
| 1990 | 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 |
| 1989 | 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 |
| 1988 | April Morning · as Solomon Chandler |
| 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 |
| 1986 | Oggy and the Cockroaches (TV Series) · as Marky |
| 1986 | Manhunt for Claude Dallas · as Tim Nettleton |
| 1986 | Dream West (TV Series) · as Kit Carson |
| 1985 | North and South (TV Series) · as Adolphus |
| 1985 | Beer · as Buzz Beckerman |
| 1985 | Summer Rental · as Scully |
| 1985 | The Atlanta Child Murders (TV Series) · as Lewis Slaton |
| 1985 | The Execution · as Wilheim Gehbert |
| 1984 | City Heat · as Primo Pitt |
| 1984 | Songwriter · as Dino Mcleish |
| 1984 | Flashpoint · as Sheriff Wells |
| 1984 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof · as Big Daddy |
| 1984 | Misunderstood · as Will |
| 1984 | When She Says No · as Stuart Blankfort |
| 1983 | Scarab · as Khepera |
| 1983 | Cross Creek · as Marsh Turner |
| 1982 | Airplane II: The Sequel · as Bud Kruger / President Reagan |
| 1982 | The Blue and the Gray (TV Series) · as Ulysses S. Grant |
| 1982 | Jinxed! · as Harold Benson |
| 1982 | The Beastmaster · as Maax |
| 1982 | A Stranger Is Watching · as Artie Taggart |
| 1980 | 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 |
| 1979 | A Shining Season · as Jack Baker |
| 1979 | |
| 1979 | The Wobblies · as Voices |
| 1979 | The Seduction of Joe Tynan · as Senator Kittner |
| 1979 | Blind Ambition (TV Series) · as Richard M. Nixon |
| 1978 | Steel Cowboy · as K.w. Hicks |
| 1978 | Betrayal · as Dr. Hartogs |
| 1978 | The Eddie Capra Mysteries (TV Series) |
| 1978 | Coma · as Dr. George |
| 1977 | The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover · as Dwight Webb |
| 1977 | Nasty Habits · as Father Maximilian |
| 1976 | Birch Interval · as Thomas |
| 1976 | The Man Who Fell to Earth · as Nathan Bryce |
| 1976 | Most Wanted (TV Series) · as Christian Van Wyck |
| 1975 | Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan · as Glen Tuttle |
| 1974 | Crazy Joe · as Richie |
| 1973 | The President's Plane Is Missing · as George Oldenburg |
| 1973 | Payday · as Maury Dann |
| 1973 | Cotter · as Roy |
| 1972 | Slaughter · as Dominic Hoffo |
| 1972 | Ghost Story (TV Series) · as Jonathon |
| 1971 | Columbo (TV Series) · as Leon Lamarr |
| 1970 | Maidstone · as Raoul Rey O'houlihan |
| 1970 | Tropic of Cancer · as Henry Miller |
| 1969 | Coming Apart · as Joe |
| 1969 | Lions Love (... and Lies) · as The Beard Director (uncredited) |
| 1968 | Beyond the Law · as Popcorn |
| 1968 | Sol Madrid · as Dano Villanova |
| 1967 | Beach Red · as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell |
| 1967 | Mannix (TV Series) · as Victor Roarke |
| 1966 | You're a Big Boy Now · as I.h. Chanticleer |
| 1966 | One Spy Too Many · as Alexander |
| 1965 | The Cincinnati Kid · as William Jefferson Slade |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) · as Alexander |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock High (TV Series) · as Col. Mark Royce |
| 1963 | The Great Adventure (TV Series) · as Lieutenant John C. Freemont |
| 1963 | Channing (TV Series) · as Donald Burrows |
| 1963 | Breaking Point (TV Series) |
| 1963 | The Lieutenant (TV Series) · as Sgt. Karl Kasten |
| 1963 | Critic's Choice · as Dion Kapakos |
| 1962 | The Eleventh Hour (TV Series) · as Eddie Sanderson |
| 1962 | Combat! (TV Series) · as Avery |
| 1962 | Hero's Island · as Nicholas Gates |
| 1962 | Sweet Bird of Youth · as Thomas 'tom' J. Finley, Jr. |
| 1961 | King of Kings · as Judas |
| 1961 | Frontier Circus (TV Series) · as Jess Evans |
| 1961 | Ben Casey (TV Series) |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare (TV Series) · as Dr. Nicholas Keefe |
| 1961 | The Dick Powell Show (TV Series) · as Joel Coles |
| 1961 | Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life · as Paul |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Thriller (TV Series) · as Duncan Corey |
| 1959 | Sunday Showcase (TV Series) · as The Android |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Pork Chop Hill · as Lt. Walter Russell |
| 1959 | The Untouchables (TV Series) · as Johnny Mizo |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Jacob Yellow-Sun |
| 1958 | Pursuit (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1958 | Naked City (TV Series) · as Ansel Boake |
| 1957 | Time Limit · as Lt. George Miller |
| 1957 | The Restless Gun (TV Series) · as Jody Gilman |
| 1957 | A Face in the Crowd · as Barry Mills (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Baby Doll · as The Dentist (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Harold Rutland Jr. |
| 1956 | Kaiser Aluminum Hour (TV Series) · as O'hara |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1955 | Alcoa Hour (TV Series) · as Kino |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Ernie Walters |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as Jacinto |
| 1952 | Omnibus (TV Series) |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Solomon Chandler |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre (TV Series) · as Somers |