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 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.
Filmography
William Jefferson Slade
Nathan Bryce
Zed
General Dick Panzer
Louis XV
Bud Kruger / President Reagan
Big Daddy
Sheriff Hank Pearson
Artie Taggart
The CEO
Lou Lo Duca (voice)
Colonel Fargo
Dr. George
Alan James
Zeus (voice)
Bob Diamond
John Scanlon
Randall Tyson
Patches O'Houlihan
Admiral Winslow
Thomas 'Tom' J. Finley, Jr.
Oldman
Jim Brody
Harvey Potter
Karl Resnick
Larraby
Quinette
Walter Fox
Judas
I.H. Chanticleer
Lt. Walter Russell
Buford Pope
Trevor O'Hart
Captain Jack Parsons
Edmund Collins
Maax
Bert Langdon
Dr. Chebrin
Joe
Admiral Paul Yost - Presidential Delegation
Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
Primo Pitt
Novak
Lt. George Miller
Senator Kittner
Benny Gibbs
Sheriff Wells
Deputy Prescott
Clyde Stewart
Noel Lord
Scully
Khepera
Dino McLeish
Joe
Maury Dann
Will
Dominic Hoffo
Buzz Beckerman
Dion Kapakos
Harold Benson
Alexander
Sheriff
Solomon Chandler
Henry Miller
Vic Luca
Dwight Webb
Richie
General G. E. Dumpston
Self
Father Maximilian
Barry Mills (uncredited)
Locky McCormick
Marsh Turner
Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
Popcorn
Dano Villanova
Nicholas Gates
Lieutenant Harrison
Joe Wallace
Dr. Markowitz
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
Corbet St. James IV
Father Robert Grant
K.W. Hicks
Detective Manny Garett
Commandant Sherman
Carl
Capt. Jack Parsons
Jack Kraft
Wilheim Gehbert
Dr. Leonard Bailey
Dub Farley
Izquierdo
David Sterling
Thomas
Tim Nettleton
Charles Burt
Carlo Ponti
George Oldenburg
Jack Baker
Boss Finley
Stuart Blankfort
Brian Stansbury
Walt Whitman
Joe Datilla
The Beard Director (uncredited)
Gideon Hogarth
The Dentist (uncredited)
Narrator
Happy Sam
Bobo
Roy
Adm. Snyder
Narrator (voice)
George McNab
Bill Morgan
Dr. Hartogs
Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
Capt. Cole
Self (Narrator)
