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