
Rip Torn
Known for: Acting
Born: February 6, 1931
Died: July 9, 2019
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…
Known for

Forty Shades of Blue
2005

Balloon Farm
1999

Heartland
1981

Where the Rivers Flow North
1993

Scarab
1984

Coming Apart
1969

Payday
1973

Tropic of Cancer
1970

Beyond the Law
1968

Death Falls
1991

The Hindenburg
1996

Fires of Kuwait
1992

The Man Who Fell to Earth
1976

A Stranger Is Watching
1982

Freddy Got Fingered
2001

Turn the River
2008

Beach Red
1967

Beer
1985

1 P.M.
1971

Cross Creek
1983

Maidstone
1971

Three Days to Vegas
2007

J. Edgar Hoover
1987

Passing Glory
1999

Steel Cowboy
1978

The Execution
1985

Birch Interval
1976

Beautiful Dreamers
1990

24 Hours in a Woman's Life
1961

The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
2007

A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
1992

Betrayal
1978

The Golden Boys
2008

James Dean: A Portrait
1995

Heartland

Men in Black II
2002

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984

RoboCop 3
1993

Defending Your Life
1991

Dolly Dearest
1991

One Trick Pony
1980

Pork Chop Hill
1959

Nadine
1987

The Beastmaster
1982

Flashpoint
1984

Summer Rental
1985

Misunderstood
1983

Slaughter
1972

Jinxed!
1982

One Spy Too Many
1966
Johnny Belinda
1958
The King of Love
1987

Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
1980

Laguna Heat
1987

Letter to My Killer
1995

Cotter
1973
The Mouse
1997

Airplane II: The Sequel
1982

Coma
1978

Senseless
1998

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004

You're a Big Boy Now
1966

Love Object
2004

The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979

Songwriter
1984

Critic's Choice
1963

Crazy Joe
1974
The Afterlight
2009

Pair of Aces
1990

Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980

Men in Black
1997

Canadian Bacon
1995

Marie Antoinette
2006

Extreme Prejudice
1987

Sweet Bird of Youth
1962

American Cowslip
2009

Happy Tears
2009

City Heat
1984

Cold Feet
1989

Hit List
1989

Norman Mailer: The American
2012

Sol Madrid
1968

Hero's Island
1962

Silence Like Glass
1989

Montserrat
1971

A Shining Season
1979

Sweet Bird of Youth
1989

Lucky Days
2008

Wonder Boys
2000

By Dawn's Early Light
1990

Rolling Kansas
2003

Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
1991

Trial and Error
1997

April Morning
1988

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977

The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
1999

Bomber's Moon
1958

A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
2000

Heart of a Child
1994

The President's Plane Is Missing
1973

When She Says No
1984

The Cincinnati Kid
1965
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
2006

Down Periscope
1996

Welcome to Mooseport
2004

Time Limit
1957

National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
2011

Eulogy
2004

First Family
1980

Manhunt for Claude Dallas
1986

T Bone N Weasel
1992

She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
1995

Hercules
1997

Zoom
2006

Beyond the Law
1993

Destination: America
1987

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000

August
2008

My Son Johnny
1991

3 Weeks to Daytona
2011

King of Kings
1961

The Sisters
2005

Nasty Habits
1977

Baby Doll
1956

How to Make an American Quilt
1995

Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
1992

The Insider
1999

The Making of Marie Antoinette
2007

Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975

Kojak: None So Blind
1990

Bee Movie
2007

Yours, Mine & Ours
2005
Maniac Magee
2003

A Face in the Crowd
1957

Lions Love
1969
Bridge of Names
2012

For Better or Worse
1995

Lionpower from MGM
1967

Men in Black 3
2012

The Great Adventure
1963

The Larry Sanders Show
1992

Route 66
1960

Omnibus
1952

Naked City
1958

Soul Food
2000

Mannix
1967

Combat!
1962

30 Rock
2006

Will & Grace
1998

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

The Lyon's Den
2003

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993

Chicago Hope
1994

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Extreme Dodgeball
2004

Thriller
1960

Ben Casey
1961

The Lieutenant
1963

The Blue and the Gray
1982

Breaking Point
1963

Dr. Kildare
1961

Ghost Story
1972

The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978

Channing
1963

North and South
1985

Seasons of Love
1999

Blind Ambition
1979

The Atlanta Child Murders
1985

Bonanza
1959

Columbo
1971

The Dick Powell Show
1961

Ghost Stories
1997

The John Larroquette Show
1993

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

The Restless Gun
1957

Golden Globe Awards
1944

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964

12 O'Clock High
1964

Rawhide
1959

The Untouchables
1959

Kraft Television Theatre
1947

Tony Awards
1956

Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975