Birthday
1931/02/06
Day of death
2019/07/09 (88 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Temple, Texas, USA
Also know as
Elmore Rual Torn Jr., Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr., Elmor 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...Read more
(1965) The Cincinnati Kid
as William Jefferson Slade
(1976) The Man Who Fell to Earth
as Nathan Bryce
(1997) Men in Black
as Zed
(2002) Men in Black II
as Zed
(1995) Canadian Bacon
as General Dick Panzer
(2006) Marie Antoinette
as Louis XV
(1982) Airplane II: The Sequel
as Bud Kruger / President Reagan
(2006) Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
as Self
(1984) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
as Big Daddy
(1987) Extreme Prejudice
as Sheriff Hank Pearson
(2000) Wonder Boys
as Q
(1982) A Stranger Is Watching
as Artie Taggart
(1993) RoboCop 3
as The CEO
(2007) Bee Movie
as Lou Lo Duca (voice)
(1990) By Dawn's Early Light
as Colonel Fargo
(1978) Coma
as Dr. George
(2005) Forty Shades of Blue
as Alan James
(1995) How to Make an American Quilt
as Arthur
(1997) Hercules
as Zeus (voice)
(1991) Defending Your Life
as Bob Diamond
(1999) The Insider
as John Scanlon
(1998) Senseless
as Randall Tyson
(2004) DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
as Patches O'Houlihan
(1996) Down Periscope
as Admiral Winslow
(1962) Sweet Bird of Youth
as Thomas 'Tom' J. Finley, Jr.
(2003) Rolling Kansas
as Oldman
(2001) Freddy Got Fingered
as Jim Brody
(1999) Balloon Farm
as Harvey Potter
(1991) Dolly Dearest
as Karl Resnick
(2006) Zoom
as Larraby
(2008) Turn the River
as Quinette
(1980) One Trick Pony
as Walter Fox
(1961) King of Kings
as Judas
(1966) You're a Big Boy Now
as I.H. Chanticleer
(1959) Pork Chop Hill
as Lt. Walter Russell
(1987) Nadine
as Buford Pope
(2009) American Cowslip
as Trevor O'Hart
(1991) Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
as Captain Jack Parsons
(2004) Eulogy
as Edmund Collins
(1982) The Beastmaster
as Maax
(2004) Welcome to Mooseport
as Bert Langdon
(2005) The Sisters
as Dr. Chebrin
(2009) Happy Tears
as Joe
(1992) Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
as Admiral Paul Yost - Presidential Delegation
(1967) Beach Red
as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
(1984) City Heat
as Primo Pitt
(2004) Love Object
as Novak
(1957) Time Limit
as Lt. George Miller
(1979) The Seduction of Joe Tynan
as Senator Kittner
(1997) Trial and Error
as Benny Gibbs
(1984) Flashpoint
as Sheriff Wells
(1993) Beyond the Law
as Deputy Prescott
(1979) Heartland
as Clyde Stewart
(1993) Where the Rivers Flow North
as Noel Lord
(1985) Summer Rental
as Scully
(1984) Scarab
as Khepera
(1984) Songwriter
as Dino McLeish
(1969) Coming Apart
as Joe
(1973) Payday
as Maury Dann
(2011) National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
as King Looney
(1984) Misunderstood
as Will
(1972) Slaughter
as Dominic Hoffo
(1985) Beer
as Buzz Beckerman
(1963) Critic's Choice
as Dion Kapakos
(1982) Jinxed!
as Harold Benson
(1966) One Spy Too Many
as Alexander
(1989) Cold Feet
as Sheriff
(1988) April Morning
as Solomon Chandler
(1970) Tropic of Cancer
as Henry Miller
(1989) Hit List
as Vic Luca
(2012) Norman Mailer: The American
as Self
(1977) The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
as Dwight Webb
(1974) Crazy Joe
as Richie
(1980) First Family
as General G. E. Dumpston
(1971) 1 P.M.
as Self
(1977) Nasty Habits
as Father Maximilian
(1957) A Face in the Crowd
as Barry Mills (uncredited)
(1958) Johnny Belinda
as Locky McCormick
(1983) Cross Creek
as Marsh Turner
(1999) The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
as Royce
(1971) Maidstone
as Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
(1968) Beyond the Law
as Popcorn
(1968) Sol Madrid
as Dano Villanova
(1962) Hero's Island
as Nicholas Gates
(2007) The Making of Marie Antoinette
as Self
(1958) Bomber's Moon
as Lieutenant Harrison
(2007) Three Days to Vegas
as Joe Wallace
(1989) Silence Like Glass
as Dr. Markowitz
(1987) J. Edgar Hoover
as Lyndon Baines Johnson
(2012) Men in Black 3
as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
(1987) Destination: America
as Corbet St. James IV
(1999) Passing Glory
as Father Robert Grant
(1978) Steel Cowboy
as K.W. Hicks
(2000) A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
as Detective Manny Garett
(2005) Yours, Mine & Ours
as Commandant Sherman
(2009) The Afterlight
as Carl
(1990) Pair of Aces
as Capt. Jack Parsons
(1987) The King of Love
as Jack Kraft
(1985) The Execution
as Wilheim Gehbert
(2000) Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
as Self
(1994) Heart of a Child
as Dr. Leonard Bailey
(1991) Death Falls
as Dub Farley
(1971) Montserrat
as Izquierdo
(2008) August
as David Sterling
(1976) Birch Interval
as Thomas
(1986) Manhunt for Claude Dallas
as Tim Nettleton
(1980) Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
as Charles Burt
(1975) Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
as Glen Tuttle
(1980) Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
as Carlo Ponti
(1973) The President's Plane Is Missing
as George Oldenburg
(1979) A Shining Season
as Jack Baker
(1989) Sweet Bird of Youth
as Boss Finley
(1984) When She Says No
as Stuart Blankfort
(1991) My Son Johnny
as Brian Stansbury
(1990) Beautiful Dreamers
as Walt Whitman
(1987) Laguna Heat
as Joe Datilla
(1995) Letter to My Killer
as ---
(1969) Lions Love
as The Beard Director (uncredited)
(1990) Kojak: None So Blind
as Gideon Hogarth
(1956) Baby Doll
as The Dentist (uncredited)
(1996) The Hindenburg
as Narrator
(1992) T Bone N Weasel
as Happy Sam
(2008) Lucky Days
as Bobo
(1973) Cotter
as Roy
(1961) 24 Hours in a Woman's Life
as Paul
(1995) She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
as Adm. Snyder
(2007) The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
as Arthur
(1992) Fires of Kuwait
as Narrator (voice)
(2003) Maniac Magee
as George McNab
(1992) A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
as Bill Morgan
(1978) Betrayal
as Dr. Hartogs
(2008) The Golden Boys
as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
(1963) The Great Adventure
as Lieutenant John C. Freemont
(1992) The Larry Sanders Show
as Arthur
(1960) Route 66
as Alvah Clayhorne
(1952) Omnibus
as ---
(1958) Naked City
as Ansel Boake
(2000) Soul Food
as Peter Redmond
(1967) Mannix
as Victor Roarke
(1962) Combat!
as Avery
(2006) 30 Rock
as Don Geiss
(1998) Will & Grace
as Lionel Banks
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Locky McCormick
(2003) The Lyon's Den
as ---
(1993) Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
(1994) Chicago Hope
as ---
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Steve Morgan #22
(2004) Extreme Dodgeball
as ---
(1960) Thriller
as Duncan Corey
(1961) Ben Casey
as ---
(1963) The Lieutenant
as Sgt. Karl Kasten
(1982) The Blue and the Gray
as Ulysses S. Grant
(1963) Breaking Point
as ---
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Nicholas Keefe
(1972) Ghost Story
as Jonathon
(1978) The Eddie Capra Mysteries
as ---
(1963) Channing
as Donald Burrows
(1985) North and South
as Adolphus
(1999) Seasons of Love
as Spence
(1979) Blind Ambition
as Richard M. Nixon
(1985) The Atlanta Child Murders
as Lewis Slaton
(1959) Bonanza
as Will Hewitt
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Ernie Walters
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Solomon Chandler
(1971) Columbo
as Leon Lamarr
(1961) The Dick Powell Show
as Joel Coles
(1997) Ghost Stories
as The Narrator
(1993) The John Larroquette Show
as Bernard Galvin
(2001) Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Jules Copeland
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1957) The Restless Gun
as Jody Gilman
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
(1964) The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Alexander
(1964) 12 O'Clock High
as Col. Mark Royce
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
(1959) Rawhide
as Jacob Yellow-Sun
(1959) The Untouchables
as Harry Strauss
(1959) The Untouchables
as Johnny Mizo
(1947) Kraft Television Theatre
as Somers
(1947) Kraft Television Theatre
as ---