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Rip Torn was born Elmore Rual Torn, Jr. on February 6, 1931 in Temple, Texas. "Rip" is a family name, taken by generations of Torn men and bestowed on Elmore by his father, who was also called "Rip". Torn attended Texas A & M and the University of Texas, where he majored in animal husbandry. Extremely naive when he was young... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActor (186 titles)
2013 Johnny Kidd (pre-production)
Frank (rumored)
 
2012 Bridge of Names
Tom
 
2011 3 Weeks to Daytona
Sal
 
2011 The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
King Looney
 
2010 God of War III (Video Game)
Hephaestus (voice)
 
2009 The Afterlight
Carl
 
2007-2009 30 Rock (TV series)
Don Geiss
Larry King (2009) … Don Geiss
Reunion (2008) … Don Geiss
Sandwich Day (2008) … Don Geiss
Succession (2008) … Don Geiss
 
2009 Happy Tears
Joe
 
2008 The Golden Boys
Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
 
2008 Lucky Days
Bobo
 
2007 Bee Movie
Lou Lo Duca (voice)
 
2007 Turn the River
Quinette
 
2006 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV series)
Jules Copeland
Bedfellows (2006) … Jules Copeland
 
2006 Zoom
Larraby
 
2005 Yours, Mine and Ours
Commandant Sherman
 
2005 Forty Shades of Blue
Alan James
 
2004 Eulogy
Edmund Collins
 
2003 Love Object
Novak
 
2003 Maniac Magee (TV movie)
George McNab
 
2003 Rolling Kansas
Oldman
 
2002 Will & Grace (TV series)
Lionel Banks
Bacon and Eggs (2002) … Lionel Banks
 
2002 Soul Food (TV series)
Peter Redmond
Ultimate Power (2002) … Peter Redmond
 
2000 Wonder Boys
Quentin 'Q' Morewood
 
2000 A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle (TV movie)
Detective Manny Garett
 
1999 Balloon Farm (TV movie)
Harvey H. Potter
 
1999 Seasons of Love (TV movie)
Spence
 
1999 Passing Glory (TV movie)
Father Robert Grant
 
1998 The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery (TV movie)
Royce
 
1992-1998 The Larry Sanders Show (TV series)
Arthur
Flip (1998) … Arthur
I Buried Sid (1998) … Arthur
Beverly's Secret (1998) … Arthur
 
1997-1998 Ghost Stories (TV series)
Narrator
Winner Takes All (1998) … Narrator
Consumers (1998) … Narrator
At Death's Door (1998) … Narrator
The State of Grace (1998) … Narrator
The Stainless Blade (1998) … Narrator
 
1997 Men in Black
Zed
 
1997 Hercules
Zeus (voice)
 
1997 Fox After Breakfast (TV series)
Guest
Episode dated 2 April 1997 (1997) … Guest
 
1997 Hercules (Video Game)
Zeus (voice)
 
1996 The Mouse
Trucker 'God'
 
1995 Chicago Hope (TV series)
Dr. Warren Shutt
Hello Goodbye (1995) … Dr. Warren Shutt
 
1995 Letter to My Killer (TV movie)
Russel Vanik
 
1995 She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal (TV movie)
Adm. Snyder
 
1995 For Better or Worse
Captain Cole
 
1995 The John Larroquette Show (TV series)
Art Professor
You Bet Your Life (1995) … Art Professor
 
1994 Heart of a Child (TV movie)
Dr. Leonard Bailey
 
1994 Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III (TV mini-series)
Adolphus
Episode #1.3 (1994) … Adolphus (credit only)
Episode #1.2 (1994) … Adolphus
Episode #1.1 (1994) … Adolphus
 
1993 RoboCop 3
The CEO
 
1993 Beyond the Law
Deputy Butch Prescott
 
1992 Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster (TV movie)
Admiral Paul Yost - Presidential Delegation
 
1992 A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story (TV movie)
Bill Morgan
 
1992 T Bone N Weasel (TV movie)
Happy Sam
 
1991 Columbo (TV series)
Leon Lamarr
Death Hits the Jackpot (1991) … Leon Lamarr
 
1991 My Son Johnny (TV movie)
Brian Stansbury
 
1991 Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind (TV movie)
Captain Jack Parsons
 
1991 Death Falls
Dub Farley
 
1990 By Dawn's Early Light (TV movie)
Colonel Fargo
 
1990 Kojak: None So Blind (TV movie)
Gideon Hogarth
 
1990 Pair of Aces (TV movie)
Capt. Jack Parsons
 
1989 Sweet Bird of Youth (TV movie)
Boss Finley
 
1989 Silence Like Glass
Dr. Markowitz
 
1989 Cold Feet
Sheriff
 
1989 Hit List
Vic Luca
 
1988 April Morning (TV movie)
Solomon Chandler
 
1988 Blind Curve
Maheu
 
1987 The King of Love (TV movie)
Jack Kraft
 
1987 Laguna Heat (TV movie)
Joe Datilla
 
1987 Nadine
Buford Pope
 
1987 Destination America (TV movie)
Corbet St. James IV
 
1986 Manhunt for Claude Dallas (TV movie)
Tim Nettleton
 
1986 Dream West (TV mini-series)
Kit Carson
 
1985 Beer
Buzz Beckerman
 
1985 The Atlanta Child Murders (TV mini-series)
Lewis Slaton
 
1985 The Execution (TV movie)
Wilheim Gehbert
 
1984 City Heat
Primo Pitt
 
1984 Songwriter
Dino McLeish
 
1984 Flashpoint
Sheriff Wells
 
1984 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (TV movie)
Big Daddy
 
1984 When She Says No (TV movie)
Stuart Blankfort
 
1983 Scarab (video)
Khepera
 
1982 The Blue and the Gray (TV mini-series)
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
Part 3 (1982) … Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
Part 2 (1982) … Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
Part 1 (1982) … Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
 
1982 Jinxed!
Harold Benson
 
1982 A Stranger Is Watching
Artie Taggart
 
1980 First Family
JCS Chairman G. E. Dumpston
 
1980 Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case (TV movie)
Charles Burt
 
1980 One Trick Pony
Walter Fox
 
1979 A Shining Season (TV movie)
Jack Baker
 
1979 Heartland
Clyde Stewart
 
1979 The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Senator Kittner
 
1979 Blind Ambition (TV mini-series)
Richard M. Nixon
 
1978 Betrayal (TV movie)
Doctor Hartogs
 
1978 Coma
Dr. George
 
1977 Most Wanted (TV series)
Van Wyck
The Dutchman (1977) … Van Wyck
 
1977 Nasty Habits
Father Maximilian
 
1976 Steel Cowboy (TV movie)
K.W. Hicks
 
1976 Birch Interval
Thomas
 
1976 Song of Myself (short)
Walt Whitman
 
1975 Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan (TV movie)
Glen Tuttle
 
1974 Crazy Joe
Richie
 
1973 The President's Plane Is Missing (TV movie)
George Oldenburg
 
1973 Payday
Maury Dann
 
1973 Cotter
Roy
 
1972 Circle of Fear (TV series)
Jonathon
Touch of Madness (1972) … Jonathon
 
1972 Mannix (TV series)
Victor Roarke
The Open Web (1972) … Victor Roarke
 
1972 Slaughter
Dominic Hoffo
 
1971 Bonanza (TV series)
Will Hewett
Blind Hunch (1971) … Will Hewett
 
1971/I Montserrat (TV movie)
Izquierdo
 
1970 Maidstone
Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
 
1969 Coming Apart
Joe
 
1969 Lions Love
THE BEARD Director (uncredited)
 
1968 Sol Madrid
Dano Villanova
 
1968 Beyond the Law
Popcorn
 
1967 Beach Red
Sergeant Honeywell
 
1966 One Spy Too Many
Alexander
 
1966 The Long Hunt of April Savage (TV movie)
Noah Delahunty
 
1965 The Cincinnati Kid
Slade
 
1965 Rawhide (TV series)
Jacob Yellow-Sun
Escort to Doom (1965) … Jacob Yellow-Sun
 
1965 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Alexander
Alexander the Greater Affair: Part Two (1965) … Alexander
Alexander the Greater Affair: Part One (1965) … Alexander
 
1965 12 O'Clock High (TV series)
Col. Herb Royce
The Lorelei (1965) … Col. Herb Royce
 
1962-1964 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Dr. Nicholas Keefe / John Burroughs
An Exchange of Gifts (1964) … John Burroughs
The Chemistry of Anger (1962) … Dr. Nicholas Keefe
 
1964 Combat! (TV series)
Avery
A Gift of Hope (1964) … Avery
 
1964 Ben Casey (TV series)
Paul Vrolic
But Who Shall Beat the Drums? (1964) … Paul Vrolic
 
1964 The Reporter (TV series)
Albert Vince
Extension Seven (1964) … Albert Vince
 
1964 The Great Adventure (TV series)
Lieutenant John C. Freemont
The Pathfinder (1964) … Lieutenant John C. Freemont
 
1964 The Eleventh Hour (TV series)
Eddie Sanderson
The Secret in the Stone (1964) … Eddie Sanderson
 
1963 Breaking Point (TV series)
Roy Kendall
Millions of Faces (1963) … Roy Kendall
 
1963 Channing (TV series)
Donald Burrows
A Doll's House with Pom Pom and Trophies (1963) … Donald Burrows
 
1963 The Lieutenant (TV series)
Sgt. Karl Kasten
The Proud and the Angry (1963) … Sgt. Karl Kasten
 
1963 Route 66 (TV series)
Alvah Clayhorne
Who Will Cheer My Bonnie Bride (1963) … Alvah Clayhorne
 
1961-1963 The Untouchables (TV series)
Harry Strauss / Johnny Mizo
The Spoiler (1963) … Johnny Mizo
The Masterpiece (1961) … Harry Strauss
 
1962 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
Joel Coles
Crazy Sunday (1962) … Joel Coles
 
1962 Festival (TV series)
The Gambler (1962)
 
1962 Hero's Island
Nicholas Gates
 
1962 Sweet Bird of Youth
Thomas J. Finley, Jr.
 
1962 Naked City (TV series)
Ansel Boake
A Case Study of Two Savages (1962) … Ansel Boake
 
1961 Frontier Circus (TV series)
Jess Evans
The Hunter and the Hunted (1961) … Jess Evans
 
1961 Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life (TV movie)
Paul
 
1957-1961 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Ernie Walters / Steve Morgan #22
The Kiss-Off (1961) … Ernie Walters
Number Twenty-Two (1957) … Steve Morgan #22
 
1960 Thriller (TV series)
Duncan Corey
The Purple Room (1960) … Duncan Corey
 
1958-1959 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Harold Rutland Jr. / Lieutenant Harrison / Lt. Douty
The Tunnel (1959) … Lt. Douty
Face of a Hero (1959) … Harold Rutland Jr.
Bomber's Moon (1958) … Lieutenant Harrison
 
1959 Sunday Showcase (TV series)
The Android
Murder and the Android (1959) … The Android
 
1959 Pork Chop Hill
Lt. Walter Russel
 
1958 Pursuit (TV series)
 
1958 Johnny Belinda (TV movie)
Locky McCormick
 
1956-1958 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
Somers
Eddie (1958)
The Killer Instinct (1957)
Mock Trial (1956) … Somers
 
1956-1958 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Will Dare
The Charmer (1958) … Will Dare
Wetback Run (1956)
 
1957 The Restless Gun (TV series)
Jody
Jody (1957) … Jody
 
1957 The Seven Lively Arts (TV series)
 
1957 Time Limit
Lt. George Miller
 
1956-1957 The Alcoa Hour (TV series)
Kino / Pierre
Hostages to Fortune (1957) … Pierre
The Big Wave (1956) … Kino
 
1957 A Face in the Crowd
Barry Mills (uncredited)
 
1957 The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (TV series)
O'Hara
So Short a Season (1957) … O'Hara
 
1956 Baby Doll
The Dentist (uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (2 titles)
2008 Lucky Days (executive producer)
 
2006 The Convention (short) (executive producer)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1993-1995 The Larry Sanders Show (TV series)
Arthur After Hours (1995) (performer: "I Wanna Be Around" - uncredited)
Hank's Wedding (1993) (performer: "The Way You Look Tonight" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (2 titles)
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2000 American Masters (TV series documentary) (thanks - 1 episode)
 
1976 Harlan County U.S.A. (documentary) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (38 titles)
2010 Norman Mailer: The American (documentary)
 
2007 The Making of 'The Larry Sanders Show' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2007 The World's Greatest Comedy Characters (TV movie)
Himself/Arthur
 
2006 Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time (video short)
Himself
 
2004 Extreme Dodgeball (TV series)
Himself/Commissioner (2005 -)
 
2001 Nine Hundred Nights (video documentary)
Narrator
 
2000 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself - Actor
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows (2000) … Himself - Actor
 
1998 The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Spporting Actor in a Comedy Series
 
1997 The 51st Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1997 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 25 March 1997 (1997) … Himself
 
1997 The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
 
1996 The 18th Annual CableACE Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1996 48th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
 
1996 Lauren Hutton and... (TV series)
Himself
Rip Torn (1996) … Himself
 
1996 2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1996 The Hindenburg (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1996 James Dean: A Portrait (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1995 The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
 
1995 The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter: Best Actress/Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
 
1994 The 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
 
1994 The 16th Annual CableACE Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1993 The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series & Presenter: Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Special
 
1993 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.110 (1993) … Himself
 
1993 The Howard Stern Interview (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.16 (1993) … Himself
 
1992 Fires of Kuwait (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1989 Ghost Towns of the Old West (TV documentary)
Himself (narrator)
 
1986 The 58th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Audience Member (uncredited)
 
1984 The 56th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in Supporting Role
 
1983 The 9th Annual People's Choice Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Accepting Award for Favourite Mini-Series
 
1981 Tomorrow Coast to Coast (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 1 December 1981 (1981) … Himself
 
1977 On the Line (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1972 The Galloping Gourmet (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 11 April 1972 (1972) … Himself
 
1972 1 P.M. (documentary)
 
1968 Listen, America! (short)
Himself
 
1966 Today (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 5 August 1966 (1966) … Himself
 
1964 The 18th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1960 About Faces (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 29 March 1960 (1960) … Himself
 
1959 The 13th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2007 The Making of 'Marie Antoinette' (video short)
Himself
 
1997 Chicago Hope (TV series)
 
1981 Clapper Board (TV series)
 
1967 Lionpower from MGM (short)
Dano Villanova (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1963) Stage: Appeared in Eugene O'Neill's play, "Desire Under the Elms", at the Circle in the Square Theatre in New York City with George C. Scott and Colleen Dewhurst in the cast. José Quintero was the director. See more »

Publicity Listings:

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Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on receiving his first Oscar nomination] People are finally realizing I'm one of the few actors who has never missed a performance. I've worked with broken legs, arms, ankles. I once passed a kidney stone during the opening night of a show. See more »

Trivia:

Has played three American presidents: Ulysses S. Grant, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon. See more »

Trademark:

A rich, strident voice See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius