Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1931-02-06
- Day of Death2019-07-09 (88 years)
- Place of BirthTemple, Texas, USA
- Also Known AsElmore Rual Torn Jr.Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr.Elmor Torn
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 2012
Men in Black 3
As: Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
- 2011
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
As: King Looney
- 2009
Happy Tears
As: Joe
- 2009
American Cowslip
As: Trevor O'Hart
- 2008
The Golden Boys
As: Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
- 2008
August
As: David Sterling
- 2008
Turn the River
As: Quinette
- 2008
Lucky Days
As: Bobo
- 2007
Bee Movie
As: Lou Lo Duca (voice)
2007The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
As: Arthur
2007Three Days to Vegas
As: Joe Wallace
200630 Rock
As: Don Geiss
2006Zoom
As: Larraby
2006Marie Antoinette
As: Louis XV
2005Forty Shades of Blue
As: Alan James
2005Yours, Mine & Ours
As: Commandant Sherman
2005The Sisters
As: Dr. Chebrin
2004Eulogy
As: Edmund Collins
2004DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
As: Patches O'Houlihan
2004Welcome to Mooseport
As: Bert Langdon
2004Love Object
As: Novak
2003Rolling Kansas
As: Oldman
- 2002
Men in Black II
As: Zed
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent
As: Jules Copeland
2001Freddy Got Fingered
As: Jim Brody
2000Soul Food
As: Peter Redmond
2000Wonder Boys
As: Q
1999The Insider
As: John Scanlon
1999The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
As: Royce
1999Seasons of Love
As: Spence
1999Balloon Farm
As: Harvey Potter
1999Passing Glory
As: Father Robert Grant
1998Will & Grace
As: Lionel Banks
1998Senseless
As: Randall Tyson
1997Ghost Stories
As: The Narrator
- 1997
Men in Black
As: Zed
- 1997
Hercules
As: Zeus (voice)
1997Trial and Error
As: Benny Gibbs
1996The Hindenburg
As: Narrator
1996Down Periscope
As: Admiral Winslow
1995How to Make an American Quilt
As: Arthur
1995Canadian Bacon
As: General Dick Panzer
1995She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
As: Adm. Snyder
1994Heart of a Child
As: Dr. Leonard Bailey
1993The John Larroquette Show
As: Bernard Galvin
1993Where the Rivers Flow North
As: Noel Lord
1993Beyond the Law
As: Deputy Prescott
1993RoboCop 3
As: The CEO
1992A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
As: Bill Morgan
1992T Bone N Weasel
As: Happy Sam
1992Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
As: Admiral Paul Yost - Presidential Delegation
1992The Larry Sanders Show
As: Arthur
1992Fires of Kuwait
As: Narrator (voice)
1991My Son Johnny
As: Brian Stansbury
1991Dolly Dearest
As: Karl Resnick
1991Defending Your Life
As: Bob Diamond
1991Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
As: Captain Jack Parsons
1991Death Falls
As: Dub Farley
1990Beautiful Dreamers
As: Walt Whitman
1990By Dawn's Early Light
As: Colonel Fargo
1990Kojak: None So Blind
As: Gideon Hogarth
1990Pair of Aces
As: Capt. Jack Parsons
1989Sweet Bird of Youth
As: Boss Finley
1989Silence Like Glass
As: Dr. Markowitz
1989Cold Feet
As: Sheriff
1989Hit List
As: Vic Luca
1988April Morning
As: Solomon Chandler
1987Laguna Heat
As: Joe Datilla
1987Nadine
As: Buford Pope
1987Extreme Prejudice
As: Sheriff Hank Pearson
1987Destination: America
As: Corbet St. James IV
1987J. Edgar Hoover
As: Lyndon Baines Johnson
1986Manhunt for Claude Dallas
As: Tim Nettleton
1985North and South
As: Adolphus
1985Beer
As: Buzz Beckerman
1985Summer Rental
As: Scully
1985The Atlanta Child Murders
As: Lewis Slaton
1985The Execution
As: Wilheim Gehbert
1984City Heat
As: Primo Pitt
1984Songwriter
As: Dino McLeish
1984Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
As: Big Daddy
1984Scarab
As: Khepera
1984Flashpoint
As: Sheriff Wells
1984Misunderstood
As: Will
1984When She Says No
As: Stuart Blankfort
1983Cross Creek
As: Marsh Turner
1982Airplane II: The Sequel
As: Bud Kruger / President Reagan
1982The Blue and the Gray
As: Ulysses S. Grant
1982A Stranger Is Watching
As: Artie Taggart
1982Jinxed!
As: Harold Benson
1982The Beastmaster
As: Maax
1980First Family
As: General G. E. Dumpston
1980Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
As: Charles Burt
1980One Trick Pony
As: Walter Fox
1979A Shining Season
As: Jack Baker
1979Heartland
As: Clyde Stewart
1979The Seduction of Joe Tynan
As: Senator Kittner
1979Blind Ambition
As: Richard M. Nixon
1978Steel Cowboy
As: K.W. Hicks
1978Betrayal
As: Dr. Hartogs
1978Coma
As: Dr. George
1977The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
As: Dwight Webb
1977Nasty Habits
As: Father Maximilian
1976Birch Interval
As: Thomas
1976The Man Who Fell to Earth
As: Nathan Bryce
1975Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
As: Glen Tuttle
1974Crazy Joe
As: Richie
1973The President's Plane Is Missing
As: George Oldenburg
1973Payday
As: Maury Dann
1973Cotter
As: Roy
1972Ghost Story
As: Jonathon
1972Slaughter
As: Dominic Hoffo
1971Columbo
As: Leon Lamarr
1971Maidstone
As: Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
1971Montserrat
As: Izquierdo
1970Tropic of Cancer
As: Henry Miller
1969Coming Apart
As: Joe
1969Lions Love
As: The Beard Director (uncredited)
1968Beyond the Law
As: Popcorn
1968Sol Madrid
As: Dano Villanova
1967Mannix
As: Victor Roarke
1967Beach Red
As: Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
1966You're a Big Boy Now
As: I.H. Chanticleer
1966One Spy Too Many
As: Alexander
1965The Cincinnati Kid
As: William Jefferson Slade
1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
As: Alexander
196412 O'Clock High
As: Col. Mark Royce
1963The Great Adventure
As: Lieutenant John C. Freemont
1963Channing
As: Donald Burrows
1963The Lieutenant
As: Sgt. Karl Kasten
1963Critic's Choice
As: Dion Kapakos
1962Combat!
As: Avery
1962Hero's Island
As: Nicholas Gates
1962Sweet Bird of Youth
As: Thomas 'Tom' J. Finley, Jr.
1961King of Kings
As: Judas
1961Dr. Kildare
As: Dr. Nicholas Keefe
1961The Dick Powell Show
As: Joel Coles
196124 Hours in a Woman's Life
As: Paul
1960Route 66
As: Alvah Clayhorne
1960Thriller
As: Duncan Corey
1959The Untouchables
As: Harry Strauss
- 1959
The Untouchables
As: Johnny Mizo
1959Bonanza
As: Will Hewitt
1959Pork Chop Hill
As: Lt. Walter Russell
1959Rawhide
As: Jacob Yellow-Sun
1958Naked City
As: Ansel Boake
1958Bomber's Moon
As: Lieutenant Harrison
1957Time Limit
As: Lt. George Miller
1957The Restless Gun
As: Jody Gilman
1957A Face in the Crowd
As: Barry Mills (uncredited)
1956Baby Doll
As: The Dentist (uncredited)
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As: Steve Morgan #22
- 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As: Ernie Walters
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Locky McCormick
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Solomon Chandler
1947Kraft Television Theatre
As: Somers