Rip Torn
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Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr. (February 6, 1931 – July 9, 2019) was an American actor, voice artist, and comedian.
To an international audience he is fondly remembered for his roles in Coming Apart, The Man Who Fell to Earth and Henry & June.
He was married to Geraldine Page. The book Cult Movie Stars praises his integrity and says that he "took parts only in films that he considered artistic and/or politically correct."
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Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Baby Doll | The Dentist | Uncredited |
| 1957 | A Face in the Crowd | Barry Mills | Uncredited |
| Time Limit | Lt. George Miller | ||
| 1959 | Pork Chop Hill | Lt. Walter B. Russell | |
| 1961 | King of Kings | Judas Iscariot | |
| 1962 | Sweet Bird of Youth | Thomas J. Finley, Jr. | |
| Hero's Island | Nicholas Gates | ||
| 1963 | Critic's Choice | Dion Kapakos | |
| 1965 | The Cincinnati Kid | Slade | |
| 1966 | You're a Big Boy Now | I.H. Chanticleer | |
| One Spy Too Many | Alexander | (archive footage) | |
| 1967 | Beach Red | Sergeant Honeywell | |
| 1968 | Sol Madrid | Dano Villanova | |
| Beyond the Law | Popcorn | ||
| 1969 | Lions Love | THE BEARD Director | Uncredited |
| Coming Apart | Joe | ||
| Tropic of Cancer | Henry Miller | ||
| 1970 | Maidstone | Raoul Rey O'Houlihan | |
| 1972 | Slaughter | Dominic Hoffo | |
| Payday | Maury Dann | ||
| 1973 | The President's Plane Is Missing | George Oldenburg | TV movie |
| Cotter | Roy | ||
| 1974 | Crazy Joe | Richie | |
| 1976 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | Dr. Nathan Bryce | |
| Birch Interval | Thomas | ||
| 1977 | Nasty Habits | Father Maximilian | |
| The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover | Dwight Webb | ||
| 1978 | Coma | Dr. George | |
| 1979 | The Seduction of Joe Tynan | Senator Kittner | |
| Heartland | Clyde Stewart | ||
| 1980 | One Trick Pony | Walter Fox | |
| First Family | General G. E. Dumpston | ||
| 1982 | A Stranger Is Watching | Artie Taggart | |
| The Beastmaster | Maax | ||
| Jinxed! | Harold Benson | ||
| Airplane II: The Sequel | Bud Kruger | ||
| 1983 | Cross Creek | Marsh Turner | Nominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 1984 | Misunderstood | Will | |
| Flashpoint | Sheriff Wells | ||
| Songwriter | Dino McLeish | ||
| City Heat | Primo Pitt | ||
| 1985 | Summer Rental | Scully | |
| Beer | Buzz Beckerman | ||
| 1987 | Extreme Prejudice | Sheriff Hank Pearson | |
| Nadine | Bufford Pope | ||
| 1988 | Blind Curve | Maheu | |
| 1989 | Hit List | Vic Luca | |
| Cold Feet | Sheriff | ||
| Zwei Frauen | Dr. Markowitz | ||
| 1990 | Beautiful Dreamers | Walt Whitman | |
| By Dawn's Early Light | Colonel Fargo | TV movie | |
| 1991 | Defending Your Life | Bob Diamond | |
| 1992 | Dolly Dearest | Karl Resnick | |
| Beyond the Law | Deputy Butch Prescott | ||
| 1993 | RoboCop 3 | OCP CEO | |
| Where the Rivers Flow North | Noel Lord | ||
| 1995 | For Better or Worse | Captain Cole | |
| Canadian Bacon | General Dick Panzer | ||
| How to Make an American Quilt | Arthur | ||
| 1996 | Down Periscope | Vice Adm. Dean Winslow | |
| The Mouse | Trucker 'God' | ||
| 1997 | Trial and Error | Benny Gibbs | |
| Hercules | Zeus (voice)<ref name="btva">https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Rip-Torn/</ref> | ||
| Men in Black | Zed | Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | |
| 1998 | Senseless | Randall Tyson | |
| 1999 | The Insider | John Scanlon | |
| 2000 | Wonder Boys | Quentin "Q" Morewood | |
| 2001 | Freddy Got Fingered | Jim Brody | Nominated – Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor |
| 2002 | Men in Black II | Zed | |
| 2003 | Rolling Kansas | Oldman | |
| Love Object | Novak | ||
| 2004 | Welcome to Mooseport | Bert Langdon | |
| DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story | Patches O'Houlihan | ||
| Eulogy | Edmund Collins | ||
| 2005 | Forty Shades of Blue | Alan James | |
| The Sisters | Dr. Chebrin | ||
| Yours, Mine & Ours | Commandant Sherman | ||
| 2006 | Marie Antoinette | Louis XV | |
| Zoom | Larraby | ||
| 2007 | Turn the River | Teddy Quinette | |
| Bee Movie | Lou Lo Duca (voice)<ref name="btva" /> | ||
| Three Days to Vegas | Joe Wallace | ||
| 2008 | August | David Sterling | |
| Lucky Days | Bobo | ||
| The Golden Boys | Captain Jeremiah "Jerry" Burgess | ||
| 2009 | Happy Tears | Joe | |
| American Cowslip | Trevor O'Hart | ||
| The Afterlight | Carl | ||
| 2011 | The Legend of Awesomest Maximus | King Looney | |
| 3 Weeks to Daytona | Sal | ||
| 2012 | Men in Black 3 | Large-Headed Alien at Funeral | Uncredited |
| Bridge of Names | Tom | ||
| 2013 | Johnny Kidd | Frank | Final film appearance |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Steve Morgan #22 | Episode: "Number Twenty-Two<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0508218/</ref>" |
| 1961 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Ernie Walters | Episode: "The Kiss-Off<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0508311//</ref>" |
| 1962 | Naked City | Ansel Boake | Episode: "A Case of Two Savages" |
| 1962, 1964 | Dr. Kildare | John Burroughs/Dr. Keefe | 2 episodes |
| 1963 | The Lieutenant | GySgt Karl Kasten | Episode: "The Proud and the Angry" |
| 1964 | Combat! | Sgt Avery | Episode: "A Gift of Hope" |
| 1965 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Mr. Alexander | 2 episodes |
| Mannix | Victor Roarke | Episode: "The Open Web" | |
| Rawhide | Chiricahua Chief Jacob Yellow-Sun | Episode: "Escort to Doom" | |
| 1971 | Bonanza | Will Hewitt | Episode: "Blind Hunch" |
| 1978 | Steel Cowboy | K.W. Hicks | Television film |
| The Eddie Capra Mysteries | Kilraine | Episode: "The Intimate Friends of Janet Wilde" | |
| Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case | Charles Burt | Television film | |
| 1980 | Sophia Loren: Her Own Story | Carlo Ponti | Television film |
| 1982 | Blind Ambition | Richard Nixon | Miniseries Unknown episodes |
| The Blue and the Gray | Gen. Ulysses S. Grant | Miniseries 3 episodes | |
| 1984 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Big Daddy | Showtime production Nominated for CableACE Award for Actor in a Theatrical or Dramatic Special |
| 1985 | The Atlanta Child Murders | Lewis Slaton | Miniseries 3 episodes |
| 1986 | Dream West | Kit Carson | Miniseries 2 episodes |
| 1988 | April Morning | Solomon Chandler | Television film |
| 1989 | Sweet Bird of Youth | Boss Finley | Television film |
| 1991 | Columbo | Leon Lamarr | Episode: "Death Hits the Jackpot" |
| Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind | Captain Jack Parsons | Television film | |
| 1992–1998 | The Larry Sanders Show | Artie | 89 episodes |
| 1994 | Heaven and Hell: North and South Book III | Adolphus | Miniseries 3 episodes |
| 1995 | Letter to My Killer | Russel Vanik | Television film |
| 1997–1998 | Ghost Stories | Narrator | 44 episodes |
| 1999 | Balloon Farm | Harvey H. Potter | Television film |
| 2002 | Maniac Magee | George McNab | Television film |
| Will & Grace | Lionel Banks | 4 episodes | |
| 2006 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Jules Copeland | Episode: "Bedfellows" |
| 2007–2009 | 30 Rock | Don Geiss | 7 episodes |
| 2016 | TripTank | M (voice)<ref name="btva" /> | Episode: "#InsideRoy" Final appearance before his death |
Video games
| Year | Title | Voice role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Hercules | Zeus | <ref name="btva" /> | |
| 1998 | Hercules Animated StoryBook | <ref name="btva" /> | ||
| 2010 | God of War III | Hephaestus | <ref name="btva" /> |
Films
Filmography of Rip Torn
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