Rip Torn
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Columbo
Leon Lamarr
1971
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
Bonanza
Will Hewitt
1959
Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Jules Copeland
2001
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
30 Rock
Don Geiss
2006
Series
Will & Grace
Lionel Banks
1998
Series
Chicago Hope
Warren Shutt
1994
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Series
Mannix
Victor Roarke
1967
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Series
American Playhouse
Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
1982
Series
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Nicholas Keefe
1961
Series
Naked City
Ansel Boake
1958
Series
Combat!
Avery
1962
Series
The Untouchables
Harry Strauss
1959
Series
The Untouchables
Johnny Mizo
1959
Series
Rawhide
Jacob Yellow-Sun
1959
Series
Ben Casey
1961
Series
Route 66
Alvah Clayhorne
1960
Series
The Larry Sanders Show
Arthur
1992
Series
Kraft Television Theatre
Somers
1947
Series
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Steve Morgan #22
1955
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Ernie Walters
1955
Series
12 O'Clock High
Col. Mark Royce
1964
Series
The John Larroquette Show
Bernard Galvin
1993
Series
Omnibus
1952
Series
Thriller
Duncan Corey
1960
Series
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Alexander
1964
Series
North and South
Adolphus
1985
Film
Men in Black
Zed
1997
Film
Hercules
Zeus (voice)
1997
Series
The Restless Gun
Jody Gilman
1957
Series
Ghost Story
Jonathon
1972
Film
Men in Black 3
Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
2012
Series
The Dick Powell Show
Joel Coles
1961
Film
Men in Black II
Zed
2002
Film
Bee Movie
Lou Lo Duca (voice)
2007
Series
The Great Adventure
Lieutenant John C. Freemont
1963
Series
The Lieutenant
Sgt. Karl Kasten
1963
Series
The Lyon's Den
2003
Film
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Patches O'Houlihan
2004
Series
Soul Food
Peter Redmond
2000
Film
Marie Antoinette
Louis XV
2006
Series
Channing
Donald Burrows
1963
Series
Breaking Point
1963
Film
Airplane II: The Sequel
Bud Kruger / President Reagan
1982
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Locky McCormick
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Solomon Chandler
1951
Extreme Dodgeball
2004
Series
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978
Film
Zoom
Larraby
2006
Film
Down Periscope
Admiral Winslow
1996
Film
The Insider
John Scanlon
1999
Film
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Nathan Bryce
1976
Film
RoboCop 3
The CEO
1993
Film
Yours, Mine & Ours
Commandant Sherman
2005
Series
The Blue and the Gray
Ulysses S. Grant
1982
Series
The Atlanta Child Murders
Lewis Slaton
1985
Series
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Glen Tuttle
1975
Film
Coma
Dr. George
1978
Series
Blind Ambition
Richard M. Nixon
1979
Film
Beyond the Law
Deputy Prescott
1993
Film
The Beastmaster
Maax
1982
Film
How to Make an American Quilt
Arthur
1995
Film
Making Marie Antoinette
Self (archive footage)
2026
Film
Wonder Boys
Q
2000
Series
Ghost Stories
The Narrator
1997
Film
King of Kings
Judas
1961
Film
Freddy Got Fingered
Jim Brody
2001
Film
Senseless
Randall Tyson
1998
Film
Defending Your Life
Bob Diamond
1991
Film
The Cincinnati Kid
William Jefferson Slade
1965
Film
Cotter
Roy
1973
Film
A Face in the Crowd
Barry Mills (uncredited)
1957
Film
Happy Tears
Joe
2009
Film
Welcome to Mooseport
Bert Langdon
2004
Film
Baby Doll
The Dentist (uncredited)
1956
Film
Extreme Prejudice
Sheriff Hank Pearson
1987
Film
Summer Rental
Scully
1985
Film
Sweet Bird of Youth
Tom Finley Jr.
1962
Film
City Heat
Primo Pitt
1984
Film
Time Limit
Lt. George Miller
1957
Film
By Dawn's Early Light
Colonel Fargo
1990
Film
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
King Looney
2011
Film
Eulogy
Edmund Collins
2004
The Mouse
Trucker 'God'
1997
Film
Pork Chop Hill
Lt. Walter Russell
1959
Film
Canadian Bacon
General Dick Panzer
1995
Film
Lions Love
The Beard Director (uncredited)
1969
Series
Seasons of Love
Spence
1999
Film
Dolly Dearest
Karl Resnick
1991
Film
Flashpoint
Sheriff Wells
1984
Film
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Senator Kittner
1979
Film
Silence Like Glass
Dr. Markowitz
1989
Film
You're a Big Boy Now
I.H. Chanticleer
1966
Film
August
David Sterling
2008
Film
Sweet Bird of Youth
Boss Finley
1989
Film
Betrayal
Dr. Hartogs
1978
Film
A Stranger Is Watching
Artie Taggart
1982
Film
One Trick Pony
Walter Fox
1980
Film
Crazy Joe
Richie
1974
Film
One Spy Too Many
Alexander
1966
Film
For Better or Worse
Capt. Cole
1995
Film
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Dwight Webb
1977
Bridge of Names
Tom
2012
Film
Misunderstood
Will
1983
Film
Love Object
Novak
2004
Film
The Execution
Wilheim Gehbert
1985
Film
Letter to My Killer
1995
Film
Slaughter
Dominic Hoffo
1972
Film
Critic's Choice
Dion Kapakos
1963
Film
Nadine
Buford Pope
1987
Film
Beach Red
Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
1967
Film
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
Admiral Paul Yost
1992
Film
Three Days to Vegas
Joe Wallace
2007
Film
Cold Feet
Sheriff
1989
Film
Forty Shades of Blue
Alan James
2005
Film
First Family
General G. E. Dumpston
1980
Film
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
Captain Jack Parsons
1991
Film
The President's Plane Is Missing
George Oldenburg
1973
Film
Where the Rivers Flow North
Noel Lord
1993
Film
Turn the River
Quinette
2008
Film
Trial and Error
Benny Gibbs
1997
Film
The Making of Marie Antoinette
Self
2007
Film
Heartland
Clyde Stewart
1981
Film
T Bone N Weasel
Happy Sam
1992
Film
Jinxed!
Harold Benson
1982
Film
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
Royce
1999
Film
Balloon Farm
Harvey Potter
1999
Film
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
Charles Burt
1980
Film
Beer
Buzz Beckerman
1985
Film
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
1984
Film
When She Says No
Stuart Blankfort
1984
Film
Coming Apart
Joe
1969
Film
3 Weeks to Daytona
Sal
2011
Film
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Self
2000
Film
J. Edgar Hoover
Lyndon Baines Johnson
1987
Film
Cross Creek
Marsh Turner
1983
Film
Sol Madrid
Dano Villanova
1968
Film
American Cowslip
Trevor O'Hart
2009
Film
Songwriter
Dino McLeish
1984
Film
Heart of a Child
Dr. Leonard Bailey
1994
Film
James Dean: A Portrait
Self (Narrator)
1995
Film
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
Paul
1961
Film
The Sisters
Dr. Chebrin
2005
The King of Love
Jack Kraft
1987
Film
Rolling Kansas
Oldman
2003
Film
Scarab
Khepera
1984
Film
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
Bill Morgan
1992
Film
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
Tim Nettleton
1986
Film
Lionpower from MGM
Self - Dano Villanova (archive footage) (uncredited)
1967
Film
April Morning
Solomon Chandler
1988
Film
Tropic of Cancer
Henry Miller
1970
Film
Kojak: None So Blind
Gideon Hogarth
1990
Film
The Hindenburg
Narrator
1996
Film
A Shining Season
Jack Baker
1979
Film
Fires of Kuwait
Narrator (voice)
1992
Film
Laguna Heat
Joe Datilla
1987
Film
Destination: America
Corbet St. James IV
1987
Film
My Son Johnny
Brian Stansbury
1991
Film
Payday
Maury Dann
1973
Film
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Carlo Ponti
1980
Film
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
Detective Manny Garett
2000
Film
Nasty Habits
Father Maximilian
1977
Film
Maidstone
Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
1971
Film
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
Adm. Snyder
1995
Film
Passing Glory
Father Robert Grant
1999
Film
Steel Cowboy
K.W. Hicks
1978
Film
Hero's Island
Nicholas Gates
1962
Film
Birch Interval
Thomas
1976
Film
Maniac Magee
George McNab
2003
Film
Hit List
Vic Luca
1989
Film
Pair of Aces
Capt. Jack Parsons
1990
Film
Death Falls
Dub Farley
1991
Film
Norman Mailer: The American
Self
2012
Film
The Golden Boys
Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
2008
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
Self
2006
Film
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
Arthur
2007
Film
Montserrat
Izquierdo
1971
Film
Beautiful Dreamers
Walt Whitman
1990
Johnny Belinda
Locky McCormick
1958
Film
Beyond the Law
Popcorn
1968
Film
Heartland
Film
Lucky Days
Bobo
2008
Film
Bomber's Moon
Lieutenant Harrison
1958
Film
The Afterlight
Carl
2009
Film
1 P.M.
Self
1971