Cast & creator
Rip Torn
Best known for The Mike Douglas Show, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Columbo
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.
Also known as: Elmore Rual Torn Jr., Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr., Elmor Torn, ریپ تورن
142
film credits
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television credits
189
1944–2026 · acting roles
6.3
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (192)
Showing 192 of 192 credits
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Jules Copeland
2001
Columbo
Leon Lamarr
1971
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Chicago Hope
Warren Shutt
1994
Bonanza
Will Hewitt
1959
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
30 Rock
Don Geiss
2006
Will & Grace
Lionel Banks
1998
American Playhouse
Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
1982
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Mannix
Victor Roarke
1967
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Nicholas Keefe
1961
Naked City
Ansel Boake
1958
The Untouchables
Harry Strauss
1959The Untouchables
Johnny Mizo
1959
Ben Casey
1961
Rawhide
Jacob Yellow-Sun
1959
The Larry Sanders Show
Arthur
1992
Combat!
Avery
1962
Route 66
Alvah Clayhorne
1960
Omnibus
1952
Kraft Television Theatre
Somers
1947Kraft Television Theatre
1947
Thriller
Duncan Corey
1960
The John Larroquette Show
Bernard Galvin
1993
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Alexander
1964
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Steve Morgan #22
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Ernie Walters
1955
Bee Movie
Lou Lo Duca (voice)
2007
North and South
Adolphus
1985
12 O'Clock High
Col. Mark Royce
1964
Men in Black II
Zed
2002
Men in Black
Zed
1997
Hercules
Zeus (voice)
1997
Ghost Story
Jonathon
1972
Men in Black 3
Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
2012
The Great Adventure
Lieutenant John C. Freemont
1963
The Dick Powell Show
Joel Coles
1961
The Restless Gun
Jody Gilman
1957
The Lieutenant
Sgt. Karl Kasten
1963
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Patches O'Houlihan
2004
The Lyon's Den
2003
The Insider
John Scanlon
1999
Marie Antoinette
Louis XV
2006
Breaking Point
1963
Soul Food
Peter Redmond
2000
Airplane II: The Sequel
Bud Kruger / President Reagan
1982
Seasons of Love
Spence
1999
RoboCop 3
The CEO
1993
Down Periscope
Admiral Winslow
1996
Ghost Stories
The Narrator
1997
Yours, Mine & Ours
Commandant Sherman
2005
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978
The Blue and the Gray
Ulysses S. Grant
1982
Zoom
Larraby
2006
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Locky McCormick
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
Solomon Chandler
1951
Channing
Donald Burrows
1963
Blind Ambition
Richard M. Nixon
1979Extreme Dodgeball
2004
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Nathan Bryce
1976
Wonder Boys
Q
2000
The Atlanta Child Murders
Lewis Slaton
1985
The Beastmaster
Maax
1982
How to Make an American Quilt
Arthur
1995
King of Kings
Judas
1961
Defending Your Life
Bob Diamond
1991
Freddy Got Fingered
Jim Brody
2001
By Dawn's Early Light
Colonel Fargo
1990
Beyond the Law
Deputy Prescott
1993
A Face in the Crowd
Barry Mills (uncredited)
1957
Summer Rental
Scully
1985
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Glen Tuttle
1975
Senseless
Randall Tyson
1998
The Cincinnati Kid
William Jefferson Slade
1965
Canadian Bacon
General Dick Panzer
1995
Extreme Prejudice
Sheriff Hank Pearson
1987
Coma
Dr. George
1978
Welcome to Mooseport
Bert Langdon
2004
City Heat
Primo Pitt
1984
Sweet Bird of Youth
Tom Finley Jr.
1962
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Dwight Webb
1977
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Senator Kittner
1979
Baby Doll
The Dentist (uncredited)
1956
Dolly Dearest
Karl Resnick
1991
Happy Tears
Joe
2009
Pork Chop Hill
Lt. Walter Russell
1959
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
King Looney
2011
Eulogy
Edmund Collins
2004
Silence Like Glass
Dr. Markowitz
1989
For Better or Worse
Capt. Cole
1995
When She Says No
Stuart Blankfort
1984
The President's Plane Is Missing
George Oldenburg
1973
Beach Red
Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
1967
Lions Love
The Beard Director (uncredited)
1969
One Spy Too Many
Alexander
1966
Nadine
Buford Pope
1987
Turn the River
Quinette
2008
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
Captain Jack Parsons
1991
Trial and Error
Benny Gibbs
1997
Heart of a Child
Dr. Leonard Bailey
1994
Sweet Bird of Youth
Boss Finley
1989
August
David Sterling
2008
The Sisters
Dr. Chebrin
2005
Where the Rivers Flow North
Noel Lord
1993
T Bone N Weasel
Happy Sam
1992
You're a Big Boy Now
I.H. Chanticleer
1966
Harlan County U.S.A.
Thanks
1976
Cross Creek
Marsh Turner
1983
Love Object
Novak
2004
Time Limit
Lt. George Miller
1957
A Stranger Is Watching
Artie Taggart
1982
Three Days to Vegas
Joe Wallace
2007
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
Admiral Paul Yost
1992
The Making of Marie Antoinette
Self
2007
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
Royce
1999
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Self
2000
Betrayal
Dr. Hartogs
1978
Forty Shades of Blue
Alan James
2005
One Trick Pony
Walter Fox
1980
Flashpoint
Sheriff Wells
1984
Cotter
Roy
1973
Heartland
Clyde Stewart
1981
Sol Madrid
Dano Villanova
1968
Lionpower from MGM
Self - Dano Villanova (archive footage) (uncredited)
1967The Mouse
Trucker 'God'
1997
Balloon Farm
Harvey Potter
1999
Crazy Joe
Richie
1974
American Cowslip
Trevor O'Hart
2009
Slaughter
Dominic Hoffo
1972
Kojak: None So Blind
Gideon Hogarth
1990
James Dean: A Portrait
Self (Narrator)
1995
Songwriter
Dino McLeish
1984
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
Detective Manny Garett
2000
April Morning
Solomon Chandler
1988The King of Love
Jack Kraft
1987
Norman Mailer: The American
Self
2012
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
Paul
1961
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
Adm. Snyder
1995
Critic's Choice
Dion Kapakos
1963
First Family
General G. E. Dumpston
1980
The Telephone
Director
1988
Nasty Habits
Father Maximilian
1977
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
Charles Burt
1980
Tropic of Cancer
Henry Miller
1970
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Carlo Ponti
1980
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt
1984
The Hindenburg
Narrator
1996
Hit List
Vic Luca
1989
Cold Feet
Sheriff
1989
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
Tim Nettleton
1986
Letter to My Killer
1995
Hero's Island
Nicholas Gates
1962
J. Edgar Hoover
Lyndon Baines Johnson
1987
The Golden Boys
Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
2008
Destination: America
Corbet St. James IV
1987
Making Marie Antoinette
Self
2026
Steel Cowboy
K.W. Hicks
1978
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
Bill Morgan
1992
The Execution
Wilheim Gehbert
1985
Coming Apart
Joe
1969Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
Self
2006
Death Falls
Dub Farley
1991
Heartland
3 Weeks to Daytona
Sal
2011
Misunderstood
Will
1983
My Son Johnny
Brian Stansbury
1991
A Shining Season
Jack Baker
1979
Rolling Kansas
Oldman
2003
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
Arthur
2007
Passing Glory
Father Robert Grant
1999
Jinxed!
Harold Benson
1982
Bomber's Moon
Lieutenant Harrison
1958
The Afterlight
Carl
2009
Maidstone
Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
1971
Scarab
Khepera
1984
Beer
Buzz Beckerman
1985
Fires of Kuwait
Narrator (voice)
1992Maniac Magee
George McNab
2003Bridge of Names
Tom
2012
Lucky Days
Bobo
2008Lucky Days
Executive Producer
2008
Laguna Heat
Joe Datilla
1987
Beyond the Law
Popcorn
1968
Payday
Maury Dann
1973
Pair of Aces
Capt. Jack Parsons
1990
Montserrat
Izquierdo
1971
Beautiful Dreamers
Walt Whitman
1990
Birch Interval
Thomas
1976
1 P.M.
Self
1971Johnny Belinda
Locky McCormick
1958