Rip Torn
AKA: Elmore Rual Torn Jr.
Birthday: 1931-02-06
Died: 2019-07-09
Birthplace: 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.
Filmography
Character: William Jefferson Slade
Character: General Dick Panzer
Character: Bud Kruger / President Reagan
Character: Sheriff Hank Pearson
Character: Lou Lo Duca (voice)
Character: Admiral Winslow
Character: Patches O'Houlihan
Character: Thomas 'Tom' J. Finley, Jr.
Character: I.H. Chanticleer
Character: Lt. Walter Russell
Character: Edmund Collins
Character: Lt. George Miller
Character: Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
Character: Senator Kittner
Character: Deputy Prescott
Character: Buzz Beckerman
Character: Solomon Chandler
Character: General G. E. Dumpston
Character: Father Maximilian
Character: Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
Character: Dano Villanova
Character: Nicholas Gates
Character: Father Robert Grant
Character: Detective Manny Garett
Character: Commandant Sherman
Character: Wilheim Gehbert
Character: Dr. Leonard Bailey
Character: David Sterling
Character: George Oldenburg
Character: Stuart Blankfort
Character: Brian Stansbury
Character: The Beard Director (uncredited)
Character: Gideon Hogarth
Character: The Dentist (uncredited)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
Character: Captain Jack Parsons
Character: Admiral Paul Yost - Presidential Delegation
Character: Barry Mills (uncredited)
Character: Locky McCormick
Character: Lyndon Baines Johnson
Character: Corbet St. James IV
Character: Capt. Jack Parsons
Character: Lieutenant Harrison
Character: Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)