1931-02-06 Temple, Texas, USA
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.
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Men in Black 3 | Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited) | 2012-05-23 |
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Norman Mailer: The American | Self | 2012-05-18 |
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3 Weeks to Daytona | Sal | 2011-12-01 |
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National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus | King Looney | 2011-08-05 |
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Happy Tears | Joe | 2009-10-16 |
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The Afterlight | Carl | 2009-10-10 |
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American Cowslip | Trevor O'Hart | 2009-07-24 |
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Turn the River | Quinette | 2008-05-09 |
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August | David Sterling | 2008-05-16 |
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Lucky Days | Bobo | 2008-04-25 |
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The Golden Boys | Capt. Jeremiah Burgess | 2008-12-11 |
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Bee Movie | Lou Lo Duca (voice) | 2007-10-28 |
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Three Days to Vegas | Joe Wallace | 2007-02-02 |
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The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show' | Arthur | 2007-04-17 |
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The Making of Marie Antoinette | Self | 2007-07-02 |
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Zoom | Larraby | 2006-08-11 |
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Marie Antoinette | Louis XV | 2006-05-24 |
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Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time | Self | 2006-05-02 |
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Yours, Mine & Ours | Commandant Sherman | 2005-11-23 |
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The Sisters | Dr. Chebrin | 2005-04-23 |
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Forty Shades of Blue | Alan James | 2005-12-07 |
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DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story | Patches O'Houlihan | 2004-06-18 |
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Love Object | Novak | 2004-02-13 |
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Welcome to Mooseport | Bert Langdon | 2004-02-24 |
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Eulogy | Edmund Collins | 2004-10-15 |
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Maniac Magee | George McNab | 2003-02-23 |
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Rolling Kansas | Oldman | 2003-01-24 |
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Men in Black II | Zed | 2002-07-03 |
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Freddy Got Fingered | Jim Brody | 2001-04-20 |
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Wonder Boys | Q | 2000-02-22 |
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Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows | Self | 2000-09-27 |
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A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle | Detective Manny Garett | 2000-02-09 |
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Balloon Farm | Harvey Potter | 1999-03-28 |
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The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery | Royce | 1999-07-21 |
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Passing Glory | Father Robert Grant | 1999-02-21 |
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The Insider | John Scanlon | 1999-10-28 |
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Senseless | Randall Tyson | 1998-02-20 |
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Men in Black | Zed | 1997-07-02 |
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Hercules | Zeus (voice) | 1997-06-13 |
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Trial and Error | Benny Gibbs | 1997-05-30 |
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The Hindenburg | Narrator | 1996-09-24 |
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Down Periscope | Admiral Winslow | 1996-03-01 |
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James Dean: A Portrait | Self (Narrator) | 1995-09-30 |
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For Better or Worse | Capt. Cole | 1995-03-19 |
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Letter to My Killer | 1995-08-09 | |
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She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal | Adm. Snyder | 1995-05-22 |
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How to Make an American Quilt | Arthur | 1995-10-06 |
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Canadian Bacon | General Dick Panzer | 1995-06-08 |
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Heart of a Child | Dr. Leonard Bailey | 1994-05-09 |
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RoboCop 3 | The CEO | 1993-01-21 |
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Where the Rivers Flow North | Noel Lord | 1993-06-14 |
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Beyond the Law | Deputy Prescott | 1993-04-22 |
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Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster | Admiral Paul Yost - Presidential Delegation | 1992-09-13 |
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Fires of Kuwait | Narrator (voice) | 1992-06-09 |
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T Bone N Weasel | Happy Sam | 1992-11-02 |
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A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story | Bill Morgan | 1992-11-29 |
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Death Falls | Dub Farley | 1991-01-01 |
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Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind | Captain Jack Parsons | 1991-01-01 |
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Defending Your Life | Bob Diamond | 1991-03-22 |
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My Son Johnny | Brian Stansbury | 1991-11-10 |
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Dolly Dearest | Karl Resnick | 1991-09-01 |
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Kojak: None So Blind | Gideon Hogarth | 1990-04-07 |
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Beautiful Dreamers | Walt Whitman | 1990-06-05 |
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By Dawn's Early Light | Colonel Fargo | 1990-05-19 |
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Pair of Aces | Capt. Jack Parsons | 1990-01-14 |
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Sweet Bird of Youth | Boss Finley | 1989-10-01 |
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Zwei Frauen | Dr. Markowitz | 1989-07-06 |
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Cold Feet | Sheriff | 1989-05-19 |
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Hit List | Vic Luca | 1989-03-03 |
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April Morning | Solomon Chandler | 1988-04-24 |
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J. Edgar Hoover | Lyndon Baines Johnson | 1987-01-11 |
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The King of Love | Jack Kraft | 1987-11-19 |
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Destination: America | Corbet St. James IV | 1987-04-03 |
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Extreme Prejudice | Sheriff Hank Pearson | 1987-04-24 |
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Nadine | Buford Pope | 1987-08-07 |
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Laguna Heat | Joe Datilla | 1987-11-15 |
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Manhunt for Claude Dallas | Tim Nettleton | 1986-10-26 |
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Beer | Buzz Beckerman | 1985-08-30 |
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The Execution | Wilheim Gehbert | 1985-01-14 |
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Summer Rental | Scully | 1985-08-09 |
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When She Says No | Stuart Blankfort | 1984-01-30 |
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Songwriter | Dino McLeish | 1984-10-14 |
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Big Daddy | 1984-08-19 |
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Scarab | Khepera | 1984-06-22 |
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Flashpoint | Sheriff Wells | 1984-04-19 |
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City Heat | Primo Pitt | 1984-12-07 |
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Cross Creek | Marsh Turner | 1983-09-21 |
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Misunderstood | Will | 1983-12-10 |
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A Stranger Is Watching | Artie Taggart | 1982-10-28 |
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Jinxed! | Harold Benson | 1982-10-22 |
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Airplane II: The Sequel | Bud Kruger / President Reagan | 1982-12-10 |
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The Beastmaster | Maax | 1982-08-16 |
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One Trick Pony | Walter Fox | 1980-10-03 |
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Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case | Charles Burt | 1980-10-30 |
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Sophia Loren: Her Own Story | Carlo Ponti | 1980-10-26 |
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First Family | General G. E. Dumpston | 1980-12-25 |
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A Shining Season | Jack Baker | 1979-12-26 |
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The Seduction of Joe Tynan | Senator Kittner | 1979-08-17 |
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Heartland | Clyde Stewart | 1979-09-22 |
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Steel Cowboy | K.W. Hicks | 1978-12-06 |
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Coma | Dr. George | 1978-01-06 |
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Betrayal | Dr. Hartogs | 1978-11-13 |
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Nasty Habits | Father Maximilian | 1977-01-28 |
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The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover | Dwight Webb | 1977-12-01 |
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Birch Interval | Thomas | 1976-05-02 |
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The Man Who Fell to Earth | Nathan Bryce | 1976-03-18 |
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Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan | Glen Tuttle | 1975-02-20 |
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Crazy Joe | Richie | 1974-02-08 |
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Payday | Maury Dann | 1973-09-22 |
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Cotter | Roy | 1973-01-01 |
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The President's Plane Is Missing | George Oldenburg | 1973-10-23 |
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Slaughter | Dominic Hoffo | 1972-08-16 |
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1 P.M. | Self | 1971-06-08 |
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Montserrat | Izquierdo | 1971-03-02 |
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Maidstone | Raoul Rey O'Houlihan | 1971-03-09 |
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Tropic of Cancer | Henry Miller | 1970-02-27 |
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Coming Apart | Joe | 1969-10-26 |
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Lions Love | The Beard Director (uncredited) | 1969-10-12 |
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Sol Madrid | Dano Villanova | 1968-02-07 |
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Beyond the Law | Popcorn | 1968-04-02 |
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Lionpower from MGM | 1967-01-01 | |
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Beach Red | Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell | 1967-08-03 |
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You're a Big Boy Now | I.H. Chanticleer | 1966-12-09 |
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One Spy Too Many | Alexander | 1966-08-05 |
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The Cincinnati Kid | William Jefferson Slade | 1965-10-15 |
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Critic's Choice | Dion Kapakos | 1963-02-24 |
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Sweet Bird of Youth | Thomas 'Tom' J. Finley, Jr. | 1962-03-21 |
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Hero's Island | Nicholas Gates | 1962-09-16 |
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24 Hours in a Woman's Life | Paul | 1961-03-20 |
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King of Kings | Judas | 1961-10-11 |
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Pork Chop Hill | Lt. Walter Russell | 1959-05-29 |
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Johnny Belinda | Locky McCormick | 1958-10-13 |
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Bomber's Moon | Lieutenant Harrison | 1958-08-07 |
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A Face in the Crowd | Barry Mills (uncredited) | 1957-05-29 |
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Time Limit | Lt. George Miller | 1957-10-23 |
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Baby Doll | The Dentist (uncredited) | 1956-12-29 |
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