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Rip Torn | |
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| File:Rip Torn 2015 (cropped).jpg Torn in 2015 | |
| Born | Elmore Rual Torn Jr.[1] February 6, 1931 Temple, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupations | Actor, voice artist, comedian |
| Years active | 1956–present |
| Spouses | Ann Wedgeworth
(m. 1955; div. 1961)Geraldine Page
(m. 1963; died 1987)Amy Wright
(m. 1989) |
| Children | 6, including Angelica Page |
| Relatives | Sissy Spacek (cousin) |
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Elmore Rual Torn Jr. (born February 6, 1931), known within his family and professionally as Rip Torn, is an American actor, voice artist, and comedian.
Torn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his part as Marsh Turner in Cross Creek (1983). 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.
Early life[]
Torn was born Elmore Rual Torn Jr.[1] in Temple, Texas, on February 6, 1931, the son of Elmore Rual Torn Sr., an agriculturalist and economist, and Thelma Mary (née Spacek),[1] aunt of actress Sissy Spacek. The family is of German, Austrian, and Czech/Moravian ancestry.[2] The nickname "Rip" is a family tradition in the Torn family.[3] Torn graduated from Taylor High School in Taylor, Texas in 1948.[4]
Torn was a member of the Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets, although he graduated from the University of Texas[5] where he studied acting under Shakespearean professor B. Iden Payne,[6] and was a member of the Alpha Nu chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity. After graduation, he served in the Military Police in the United States Army.[7]
Career[]
Film and television[]
After moving to Hollywood, Torn made his film debut in the 1956 film Baby Doll. Torn then studied at the Actors Studio in New York under Lee Strasberg, becoming a prolific stage actor, appearing in the original cast of Tennessee Williams' play Sweet Bird of Youth, and reprising the role in the film and television adaptations. While in New York, Torn introduced his cousin Sissy Spacek to the entertainment business, and helped her enroll in the Actors Studio.[8]
One of Torn's earliest roles was in Pork Chop Hill, portraying the brother-in-law of Gregory Peck's character. He also had an uncredited role in A Face in the Crowd as Barry Mills. In 1957, Torn portrayed Jody in an early episode of The Restless Gun. In 1957, he starred as incarcerated Steve Morgan in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Number Twenty-Two," and on the same series in 1961 he played a recently released prisoner, Ernie Walters, in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Kiss-Off."[9]
After portraying Judas, betrayer of Jesus, in 1961's epic film King of Kings, Torn appeared as a graduate student with multiple degrees in 1963's television series Channing, and as Roy Kendall in the Breaking Point episode "Millions of Faces." In 1964, Torn appeared as Eddie Sanderson in the episode "The Secret in the Stone" in The Eleventh Hour and in the premiere of The Reporter.
In 1965, in the film The Cincinnati Kid, he played Slade, a corrupt New Orleans millionaire who pressures Steve McQueen during a high-stakes poker game. On television that year, Torn portrayed Colonel Royce in the episode "The Lorelei" of 12 O-Clock High.
Since then, he has been a character actor in numerous films (see Filmography below).
The part of George Hanson in Easy Rider was written for Torn by Terry Southern, but according to Southern's biographer Lee Hill, Torn withdrew from the project after he and co-director Dennis Hopper got into a bitter argument in a New York restaurant (see On-Set Conflicts section below). Jack Nicholson played Hanson instead in a career-launching performance.
In 1972, Torn won rave reviews for his portrayal of a country & western singer in the cult film Payday. He co-starred with singer David Bowie in a 1975 science-fiction film, The Man Who Fell to Earth.
Torn received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his role in 1983's Cross Creek as a poor neighbor of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings in the orange groves of Florida. He portrayed a Southern senator in 1979's The Seduction of Joe Tynan, opposite Alan Alda and Meryl Streep, and a music producer in Paul Simon's 1980 film One Trick Pony.
In 1982, Torn played a role as a holy man in the sword-and-sorcery movie The Beastmaster. He also co-starred in Jinxed!, a comedy with Bette Midler, and appeared as an airline executive in Airplane II: The Sequel. He co-starred with John Candy as a man who helps a tourist win a sailboat race in the 1985 comedy Summer Rental. He had a brief role as Sheriff Hank Pearson in Extreme Prejudice.
Torn in 1993
In 1988, he ventured into directing with The Telephone. The screenplay was written by Terry Southern and Harry Nilsson and the film was produced by their company Hawkeye. The story, which focused on an unhinged, out-of-work actor, had been written with Robin Williams in mind. After he turned it down, Whoopi Goldberg expressed a strong interest, but when production began, Torn reportedly had to contend with Goldberg constantly digressing and improvising and he had to plead with her to perform takes that stuck to the script.
Goldberg was backed by the studio, who also allowed her to replace Torn's chosen DP, veteran cinematographer John Alonzo, with her then-husband. As a result of the power struggle, Torn, Southern, and Nilsson cut their own version of the film, using the takes that adhered to the script and this was screened at the Sundance Film Festival, but the studio put together a rival version using other takes and it was poorly reviewed when it premiered in January 1988.[10]
In 1990, he portrayed Colonel Fargo in By Dawn's Early Light, a film from HBO about a fictional world war.
In 1991, he portrayed Albert Brooks' character's celestial defense attorney in Defending Your Life. He was a jeweler who murdered his own nephew to steal a winning lottery ticket in an episode of Columbo that year on TV, "Death Hits the Jackpot."
In 1993, Torn portrayed the OCP CEO in RoboCop 3, then opposite Tantoo Cardinal in Where the Rivers Flow North.[11] He was a Naval officer presiding over a wager in the Kelsey Grammer submarine comedy Down Periscope in 1996.
Men in Black, a 1997 hit film starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, featured Torn as their boss, Zed (a role he reprised in 2002 in Men in Black II).
In 2001, Torn portrayed James "Jim" Brody in Freddy Got Fingered.
Stage career[]
Broadway[]
Torn has appeared in 10 Broadway plays and directed one. In 1959, he made his feature Broadway debut when he played Tom Junior in Sweet Bird of Youth, for which he won a Theater World Award and also received a Tony Award nomination.
He returned next in 1962 in the play Daughter of Silence as Carlo, following that with a role in the 1963 production of Strange Interlude. In 1964, he played Lyle Britten in Blues for Mister Charlie, and four years later he was Roberto in The Cuban Thing for its only performance on September 24, 1968.
In 1971, he portrayed Edgar in Dance of Death, and directed his first Broadway play in 1973: Look Away. In 1975, he portrayed the Son in the Broadway revival of The Glass Menagerie and 5 years later, portrayed Don in Mixed Couples. For 13 years, Torn was absent from Broadway, but returned in 1993 to portray Chris Christopherson in Anna Christie. In his last Broadway appearance in 1997, Torn portrayed Will Kidder in The Young Man from Atlanta.
Off-Broadway[]
Torn made his feature Off Broadway acting debut as Eben Cabot in the play Desire Under the Elms, followed by Peter in The Kitchen at the 81st Street Theatre. His third Off Broadway role was Marion-Faye-A-Pimp in The Deer Park, for which he won the 1967 Obie Award for Distinguished Performance. He performed at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in the play Dream of a Blacklisted Actor, and later in the Joseph Papp Public Theater's Anspacher Theater as William McLeod in Barbary Shore. He last acted Off Broadway at the American Place Theatre as Henry Hackamore in the play Seduced.
Torn's Off Broadway debut as director was for the Evergreen Theater with the play The Beard; he won the 1968 Obie for Distinguished Direction for that work. He next directed The Honest-to-God Schnozzia at the Gramercy Arts Theater, followed by Strindberg's Creditors and The Stronger – in which he acted beside his wife at the time, Geraldine Page and his future wife, Pasha Dabiri – for the Joseph Papp Public Theater. Torn and Page also co-produced that production, and had previously presented the two plays along with Miss Julie at the off-off-Broadway Hudson Guild Theatre the year before.
The Larry Sanders Show[]
From 1992 to 1998, Torn portrayed Artie in The Larry Sanders Show. For his work, Torn received 6 consecutive Emmy award nominations as Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and won the award once (1996). Torn was the only actor in the series who won an Emmy Award for his work. Other than the Emmys, he received two American Comedy Awards nominations for Funniest Male Performance in a Series, winning once, and two CableACE Awards for his work on the series.
Later career[]
Following The Larry Sanders Show, Torn has appeared in many comedic roles in films (see Filmography below). He is also known for his voice work and has done voice-overs for many animated films.
In 2007 and 2008, he made 5 guest appearances on 30 Rock as the fictional Chief Executive Officer of General Electric, Don Geiss. He was nominated for an Emmy Award in the category for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, but lost to Tim Conway, who guest starred in the same sitcom. Torn's character was reportedly killed off as a direct result of his 2010 arrest,[12] though Tina Fey denied this in a DVD commentary. Torn voiced the character of Hephaestus in the 2010 video game, God of War III.
Torn also appears in the music video for the They Might Be Giants song "Can't Keep Johnny Down", from their 2011 album Join Us.
In 2015, he reprised his role as Zed in a Men in Black safety video for Air New Zealand.[13]
Personal life[]
Family[]
Torn has been married three times and has six children.
His first marriage to actress Ann Wedgeworth lasted from 1956 to 1961. They had a daughter, Danae Torn.[citation needed]
In 1963, Torn married Geraldine Page, and they remained married until her death in 1987. They had a daughter, actress Angelica Page, and twin sons: actor Tony Torn, Jon Torn (an assistant professor of Electronic Media and Film at Northern Arizona University[14]). Torn apparently delighted in the fact that the doorbell of their New York townhouse read Torn Page.[15]
Torn married actress Amy Wright in 1989. They have two children, Katie and Claire Torn.[16][17]
Legal troubles[]
On January 29, 2010, he was arrested after breaking into a Litchfield Bancorp branch office in Lakeville, Connecticut, where he maintains a residence. He was charged with carrying a firearm without a permit, carrying a firearm while intoxicated, first-degree burglary, second-degree criminal trespassing and third-degree criminal mischief. The Connecticut State Police said Torn broke into the bank thinking it was his home.[18] At his court appearance his attorney told the judge his client needed help with alcohol abuse and that he could start treatment immediately in New York state. Torn was released on $100,000 bail.[19]
As a condition of his release, Torn had to be evaluated for substance abuse. On August 11, 2010, Torn was denied special probation, which would have allowed his name to be cleared of charges. The judge in the case cited Torn's history of alcohol abuse and the possession of a loaded weapon while intoxicated, which carries a minimum one-year sentence.[20] On December 14, 2010, Torn pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment, criminal trespass, criminal mischief and the illegal carrying of a firearm, and was given a two-and-a-half-year suspended jail sentence, and three years probation.[21][22]
On-set conflicts[]
Appearing as an interview subject in Studs Terkel's 1974 oral-history book Working, Torn confessed, "I have certain flaws in my make-up. Something called irascibility. I get angry easily. I get saddened by things easily."[23]
While filming Maidstone (1970), Torn struck director and star Norman Mailer in the head with a hammer.[24][25] With the camera rolling, Mailer bit Torn's ear and they wrestled to the ground. The fight continued until it was broken up by cast and crew members.[24] The fight is featured in the film. Although the scene may have been planned by Torn, the blood shed by both actors was real,[24] and Torn was reportedly outraged by Mailer's direction.[25]
In 1994, he filed a defamation lawsuit against Dennis Hopper over a story Hopper told on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.[10] Hopper claimed that Torn pulled a knife on him during pre-production of the film Easy Rider (1969).
According to Hopper, Torn was originally cast in the film but was replaced with Jack Nicholson after the incident. Torn claimed in his lawsuit that Hopper pulled the knife on him. A trial court judge ruled in Torn's favor and Hopper was ordered to pay $475,000 in compensatory damages but denied Torn's request for punitive damages, ruling Hopper had not acted with malice. Hopper appealed. A California appellate court upheld the ruling for compensatory damages, and reversed the ruling for the punitive damages, requiring Hopper to pay another $475,000.[26][27]
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | A Butler's Night Off | A crook | |
| 1951 | Let's Make It Legal | Jamie | |
| 1951 | An American in Paris | Tom | |
| 1952 | With a Song in My Heart | Mooseblood | |
| 1952 | Singin' in the Rain | Raziel | |
| 1952 | Stars and Stripes Forever | Barry | |
| 1952 | What Price Glory? | Sean | |
| 1953 | Beneath the 12-Mile Reef | Jon | |
| 1953 | Titanic | Geoffery | |
| 1953 | The Silver Whip | Jim | |
| 1953 | The Robe | Jean | |
| 1954 | Broken Lance | Flint | |
| 1954 | Prince Valiant | Gumball | |
| 1954 | The Silver Chalice | Owen | |
| 1955 | East of Eden | J.K. | |
| 1955 | The Far Horizons | Joe | |
| 1955 | Rebel Without a Cause | R.J. | |
| 1956 | Forbidden Planet | Guy | |
| 1956 | The Ten Commandments | Christopher Teller | |
| 1956 | Giant | Horne | |
| 1956 | Baby Doll | The Dentist | |
| 1957 | A Face in the Crowd | Barry Mills | |
| 1957 | Time Limit | Lt. George Miller | |
| 1958 | The Big Country | Walden | |
| 1959 | Pork Chop Hill | Lt. Walter Russel | |
| 1960 | The Magnificent Seven | Barry | |
| 1961 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | The White | |
| 1961 | King of Kings | Judas Iscariot | |
| 1961 | West Side Story | George | |
| 1962 | Sweet Bird of Youth | Thomas J. Finley, Jr. | |
| 1962 | Hero's Island | Nicholas Gates | |
| 1963 | Critic's Choice | Dion Kapakos | |
| 1963 | The Great Escape | R.J. | |
| 1963 | Irma la Douce | The Lemon | |
| 1964 | Zulu | Mr. Lee | |
| 1964 | Lady in a Cage | Lone Starr | |
| 1965 | The Cincinnati Kid | Slade | |
| 1965 | The Glory Guys | The Pickle | |
| 1965 | Red Line 7000 | The Grilled | |
| 1966 | You're a Big Boy Now | I.H. Chanticleer | |
| 1966 | Fantastic Voyage | Alex | |
| 1966 | One Spy Too Many | Alexander | |
| 1966 | El Dorado | Marlin | |
| 1967 | Beach Red | Sergeant Honeywell | |
| 1967 | Bonnie and Clyde | Hank Anderson | |
| 1968 | Beyond the Law | Popcorn | |
| 1969 | Coming Apart | Joe | |
| 1970 | M*A*S*H | Flint | |
| 1970 | Maidstone | Raoul Rey O'Houlihan | |
| 1970 | Tropic of Cancer | Henry Miller | |
| 1971 | The Omega Man | Boo | |
| 1972 | Cotter | Roy | |
| 1972 | Slaughter | Dominic Hoffo | |
| 1972 | Payday | Maury Dann | |
| 1973 | The President's Plane is Missing | George Oldenburg | |
| 1973 | Mean Streets | Harvey | |
| 1973 | Westworld | Steve | |
| 1974 | Crazy Joe | Richie | |
| 1974 | The Towering Inferno | Sullivan | |
| 1975 | Nashville | The Cowboy | |
| 1975 | Rollerball | Jolly | |
| 1976 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | Dr. Nathan Bryce | |
| 1972 | Birch Interval | Thomas | |
| 1977 | Nasty Habits | Father Maximilian | |
| 1977 | The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover | Dwight Webb | |
| 1977 | A Bridge Too Far | Hic | |
| 1978 | Coma | Dr. George | |
| 1979 | The Seduction of Joe Tynan | Senator Kittner | |
| 1979 | The Muppet Movie | Austin | |
| 1979 | More American Graffiti | Mickey | |
| 1979 | Heartland | Clyde Stewart | |
| 1979 | Star Trek: The Motion Picture | Jerry | |
| 1980 | Cruising | Coffee | |
| 1980 | Hide in Plain Sight | Ted | |
| 1980 | When Time Ran Out... | Marty | |
| 1980 | One Trick Pony | Walter Fox | |
| 1980 | First Family | General G. E. Dumpston | |
| 1980 | Altered States | Richard | |
| 1981 | Thief | The Car | |
| 1981 | Excalibur | Jim | |
| 1981 | Outland | Bill | |
| 1981 | History of the World, Part I | Spike | |
| 1981 | Looker | Rodney | |
| 1981 | Time Bandits | Scott | |
| 1982 | A Stranger Is Watching | Artie Taggart | |
| 1982 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | Jerry | |
| 1982 | The Beastmaster | Maax | |
| 1982 | Jinxed! | Harold Benson | |
| 1982 | Airplane II: The Sequel | Bud Kruger | |
| 1982 | Kiss Me Goodbye | Peter | |
| 1984 | Cross Creek | Marsh Turner | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 1984 | This Is Spinal Tap | Rufus | |
| 1984 | Once Upon a Time in America | Goldberg | |
| 1984 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | Jerry | |
| 1984 | Flashpoint | Sheriff Wells | |
| 1984 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | Brady | |
| 1984 | City Heat | Primo Pitt | |
| 1984 | Misunderstood | Will | |
| 1984 | Songwriter | Dino McLeish | |
| 1985 | Brazil | Gilliam | |
| 1985 | Ladyhawke | Alferd the Father | |
| 1985 | Summer Rental | Scully | |
| 1985 | Beer | Buzz Beckerman | |
| 1986 | Short Circuit | Dade | |
| 1986 | Howard the Duck | The Comic | |
| 1986 | The Fly | Terry | |
| 1986 | Sid and Nancy | Larry | |
| 1986 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | Jerry | |
| 1986 | Solarbabies | Charlie | |
| 1987 | Extreme Prejudice | Sheriff Pearson | |
| 1987 | Gardens of Stone | The CDA | |
| 1987 | Spaceballs | The Captain | |
| 1987 | Nadine | Bufford Pope | |
| 1988 | Killer Klowns from Outer Space | May | |
| 1988 | Alien Nation | Snotty | |
| 1989 | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | Dub | |
| 1989 | Zwei Frauen | Dr. Markowitz | |
| 1989 | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | Jerry | |
| 1989 | Hit List | Vic Luca | |
| 1989 | Cold Feet | Sheriff | |
| 1989 | Back to the Future Part II | Luke Matthews | |
| 1990 | Hard to Kill | The Prisident | |
| 1990 | Beautiful Dreamers | Walt Whitman | |
| 1990 | By Dawn's Early Light | Colonel Fargo | |
| 1990 | Dick Tracy | Garth | |
| 1990 | The Exorcist III | Roddy | |
| 1990 | Goodfellas | Eddie | |
| 1990 | Misery | Mr. Smith | |
| 1991 | The Doors | Grover | |
| 1991 | Defending Your Life | Bob Diamond | |
| 1991 | Out for Justice | Earl | |
| 1991 | Thelma and Louise | The Soda Fry | |
| 1991 | Hot Shots! | Frenchy | |
| 1991 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | Jerry | |
| 1991 | The Last Boy Scout | Roderik | |
| 1992 | Wayne's World | Donkey | |
| 1992 | My Cousin Vinny | Luke Matthews | |
| 1992 | Dolly Dearest | Karl Resnick | |
| 1992 | Honeymoon in Vegas | The Las Vegas | |
| 1992 | Beyond the Law | Deputy Butch Prescott | |
| 1993 | RoboCop 3 | The CEO | |
| 1993 | Where the Rivers Flow North | Noel Lord | |
| 1993 | Manhattan Murder Mystery | Lex | |
| 1993 | The Program | The Bird | |
| 1993 | Demolition Man | Stamp | |
| 1993 | Flesh and Bone | Dad | |
| 1993 | Tombstone | Pip | |
| 1994 | On Deadly Ground | The Snow | |
| 1994 | The Hudsucker Proxy | Big Lion | |
| 1994 | Blown Away | Hal | |
| 1994 | Speed | Hugo | |
| 1994 | Airheads | Henry | |
| 1994 | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Rowlf | |
| 1994 | Natural Born Killers | Lloyd | |
| 1994 | Timecop | Bender | |
| 1994 | Pulp Fiction | Whitmore | |
| 1994 | Star Trek Generations | Jerry | |
| 1995 | A Boy Called Hate | The Blood | |
| 1995 | For Better or Worse | Captain Cole | |
| 1995 | Die Hard with a Vengeance | Fee | |
| 1995 | Canadian Bacon | General Dick Panzer | |
| 1995 | How to Make an American Quilt | Arthur | |
| 1995 | The American Prisdent | George Washington | |
| 1995 | Heat | Pedro | |
| 1996 | North Star | Freddie | |
| 1996 | Broken Arrow | Gary | |
| 1996 | Bottle Rocket | The Gun | |
| 1996 | Down Periscope | Vice Adm. Dean Winslow | |
| 1996 | Eraser | Mr. Smith | |
| 1996 | Bulletproof | Linclon | |
| 1996 | The Long Kiss Goodnight | Nigel | |
| 1996 | Star Trek: First Contact | Jerry | |
| 1997 | Breakdown | Walsh | |
| 1997 | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | Bruce | |
| 1997 | Trial and Error | Benny Gibbs | |
| 1997 | Hercules | Zeus (voice) | |
| 1997 | Men in Black | Zed | Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture |
| 1997 | Cop Land | Berg | |
| 1997 | The Full Monty | The Toad | |
| 1997 | L.A. Confidential | Daniel | |
| 1997 | Titanic | Leonard | |
| 1998 | Senseless | Randall Tyson | |
| 1998 | The Odd Couple II | Grant | |
| 1998 | Lethal Weapon 4 | The Warden | |
| 1998 | Soldier | Emile | |
| 1998 | Star Trek: Insurrection | Jerry | |
| 1998 | This Is My Father | The Plants | |
| 1999 | The Insider | John Scanlon | |
| 1999 | Fight Club | Darwin | |
| 2000 | The Yards | The Hamburger | |
| 2000 | Wonder Boys | Quentin 'Q' Morewood | |
| 2000 | The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle | William | |
| 2000 | Get Carter | Cheese | |
| 2000 | Little Nicky | General Milo | |
| 2000 | Proof of Life | Sheen | |
| 2000 | Dude, Where's My Car? | Riff Raff | |
| 2000 | Miss Congeniality | Sparks | |
| 2001 | The Pledge | The Texas | |
| 2001 | Exit Wounds | Cockroach | |
| 2001 | Joe Dirt | Sandler | |
| 2001 | Freddy Got Fingered | Jim Brody | Nominated - Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor |
| 2001 | Swordfish | Field | |
| 2001 | Planet of the Apes | The Evil | |
| 2001 | Rat Race | Spooky | |
| 2001 | Driven | The Cube | |
| 2001 | Training Day | Felix | |
| 2001 | Bandits | Jackie | |
| 2001 | Shallow Hal | Bradly | |
| 2001 | Black Knight | Ash | |
| 2001 | Joe Somebody | Woody | |
| 2002 | Rollerball | Gordon | |
| 2002 | Men in Black II | Zed | |
| 2002 | Star Trek: Nemesis | Jerry | |
| 2002 | City of Ghosts | Marshmallow | |
| 2003 | Rolling Kansas | Oldman | |
| 2003 | Just Married | Dad | |
| 2003 | Love Object | Novak | |
| 2003 | Elf | Marvin | |
| 2004 | Welcome to Mooseport | Bert Langdon | |
| 2004 | Eulogy | Edmund Collins | |
| 2004 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | Patches O'Houlihan | |
| 2004 | The Aviator | The Chief | |
| 2005 | Forty Shades of Blue | Alan James | |
| 2005 | The Sisters | Dr. Chebrin | |
| 2005 | Yours, Mine and Ours | Commandant Sherman | |
| 2005 | Harsh Times | Harvey | |
| 2006 | Firewall | Terry | |
| 2006 | V for Vendetta | Whitey | |
| 2006 | Poseiden | French Fry | |
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand | Orange | |
| 2006 | Marie Antoinette | Louis XV | |
| 2006 | Zoom | Larraby | |
| 2006 | Everyone's Hero | Buster (voice) | |
| 2006 | The Fountain | Stephen | |
| 2006 | The Departed | Sylvester | |
| 2006 | Blood Diamond | Smith | |
| 2006 | Night at the Museum | Hank | |
| 2007 | Blood & Chocolate | Jackman | |
| 2007 | Reno 911!: Miami | Lennon | |
| 2007 | Wild Hogs | Foo | |
| 2007 | Zodiac | Cable | |
| 2007 | 300 | Bobby | |
| 2007 | Pathfinder | Watermelon | |
| 2007 | Mr. Brooks | Bigmouth | |
| 2007 | Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer | Rooney | |
| 2007 | Three Days to Vegas | Joe Wallace | |
| 2007 | Turn the River | Teddy Quinette | |
| 2007 | Bee Movie | Lou Lo Duca & the Pollen Jocks General (voice) | |
| 2008 | The Golden Boys | Captain Jeremiah Burgess | |
| 2008 | August | David Sterling | |
| 2009 | Crank: High Voltage | General Hank | |
| 2009 | American Cowslip | Trevor O'Hart | |
| 2009 | Happy Tears | Joe | |
| 2009 | Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva | Mr. Robinson (voice) | |
| 2009 | The Afterlight | Carl | |
| 2011 | The Legend of Awesomest Maximus | King Looney | |
| 2012 | 3 Weeks to Daytona | Sal | |
| 2012 | Men in Black 3 | Large-Headed Alien at Funeral | Uncredited |
| 2012 | Bridge of Names | Tom | |
| 2013 | Johnny Kidd | Frank |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | The Lone Ranger | Mike | Episode: "Backtrail" |
| 1951 | Studio One In Hollywood | Paul | Episode: "Hangman's House" |
| 1951 | The Bigelow Theatre | Himself | Episode: "Man First Debt" |
| 1951 | I Love Lucy | Penny | Episode: "The Seance" |
| 1952 | Tales of Tomorrow | Smith | Episode: "The Children's Room" |
| 1952 | Suspense | Marshal | Episode: "Her Last Adventure" |
| 1953 | Jukebox Jury | Himself | 1 episode |
| 1953 | Death Valley Days | Kevin | Episode: "The Rival Hash Houses" |
| 1955 | Crossroads | Curly | Episode: "Broadway Trust" |
| 1956 | Front Row Center | Fred | Episode: "The Ainsley Case" |
| 1956-1957 | The Alcoa Hour | Kino / Pierro | 2 episodes |
| 1956-1958 | The United States Steel Hour | Will Dare | 3 episodes |
| 1956-1958 | Kraft Theatre | Somers | 4 episodes |
| 1957 | The Kaiser Aluminum Hour | O'Hara | Episode: "So Short a Season" |
| 1957 | The Alcoa Hour | Gas | Episode: "Ride the Wild Mare" |
| 1957 | The United States Steel Hour | Ben | Episode: "They Never Forget" |
| 1957 | The Seven Lively Arts | Himself | Episode: "The Changing Ways of Love" |
| 1957 | The Restless Gun | Jody Gilman | Episode: "Jody" |
| 1957-1961 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Ernie Walters / Steve Morgan #22 | 2 episodes |
| 1958 | Matinee Theatre | Himself | Episode: "The Quiet Street" |
| 1958 | Johnny Belinda | Locky McCormick | Television film |
| 1958 | Pursuit | Himself | Episode: "Epitaph for a Golden Girl" |
| 1958-1959 | Playhouse 90 | Lt. Douty / Harold Eutland Jr. / Lieutenant Harrison | 3 episodes |
| 1958 | The Frank Sinatra Show | The Apple | Episode: "A Time to Cry" |
| 1958-1961 | Felix the Cat | George (voice) | 134 episodes |
| 1959 | Sunday Showcase | The Android | Episode: "Murder and the Android" |
| 1959 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | The Warden | Episode: "Lepke" |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Runt | Episode: "Walking Distance" |
| 1959-1964 | The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show | Bud (voice) | 163 episodes |
| 1960 | Thriller | Duncan Corey | Episode: "The Purple Room" |
| 1961 | Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life | Paul | Television film |
| 1961 | Frontier Circus | Jess Evans | Episode: "The Hunter and the Hunted" |
| 1961 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | The Fry | Episode: "Death of the Temple Bay" |
| 1961 | The Dick Powell Theatre | General Goody | Episode: "Who Killed Julie Greer?" |
| 1961 | Alcoa Premiere | Hugh | Episode: "The Fortress" |
| 1961-1963 | The Untouchables | Johnny Mizo / Harry Strauss | 2 episodes |
| 1962 | Naked City | Ansel Boake | Episode: "A Case of Two Savages" |
| 1962 | The Lloyd Bridges Show | Benson | Episode: "The Sound of Angels" |
| 1962 | Festival | Carlo | Episode: "The Gambler" |
| 1962 | The Dick Powell Theatre | Joel Coles | Episode: "Crazy Sunday" |
| 1962-1964 | Dr. Kildare | John Burroughs / Dr. Nicholas Keefe | 2 episodes |
| 1963 | Route 66 | Alvah Clayhorne | Episode: "Who Will Cheer My Bonnie Bride" |
| 1963 | The Lieutenant | GySgt Karl Kasten | Episode: "The Proud and the Angry" |
| 1963 | Channing | Donald Burrows | Episode: "A Doll's House with Pompoms and Trophies" |
| 1963 | Breaking Point | Roy Kendall | Episode: "Millions of Faces" |
| 1964 | The Eleventh Hour | Eddie Sanderson | Episode: "The Secret in the Stone" |
| 1964 | The Great Adventure | Lt. John C. Freemont | Episode: "The Pathfibder" |
| 1964 | The Reporter | Albert Vince | Episode: "Extension Seven" |
| 1964 | Ben Casey | Paul Vrolic | Episode: "But Who Shall Beat the Drums?" |
| 1964 | Combat! | Avery | Episode: "A Gift of Hope" |
| 1964-1967 | Underdog | Todd (voice) | 124 episodes |
| 1965 | 12 O'Clock High | Col. Mark Royce | Episode: "The Lorelei" |
| 1965 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Mr. Alexander | Episode: "Alexander the Greater Affair" |
| 1965 | Rawhide | Jacob Yellow-Sun | Episode: "Escort to Doom" |
| 1967 | The Long Hunt of April Savage | Noah Delahunty | Television film |
| 1966-1969 | Star Trek: The Original Series | Jerry | 79 episodes |
| 1968 | CBS Playhouse | Allen | Episode: "The People Next Door" |
| 1969 | The Silent Gun | Hal | Television film |
| 1971 | Montserrat | Izquierdo | Television film |
| 1971 | Bonanza | Will Hewett | Episode: "Blind Hunch" |
| 1972 | Hollywood Television Theatre: Two by Chekhov | Himself | Television film |
| 1972 | Mannix | Victor Roarke | Episode: "The Open Web" |
| 1972 | Circle of Fear | Jonathon | Episode: "Touch of Madness" |
| 1973 | The President's Plane is Missing | George Oldenburg | Television film |
| 1975 | Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan | Glen Tuttle | Television film |
| 1976 | The American Parade | Walt Whitman | Episode: "Song of Myself" |
| 1977 | Most Wanted | Van Wyck | Episode: "The Dutchman" |
| 1978 | Steel Cowboy | K.W. Hicks | Television film |
| 1978 | The Eddie Capra Mysteries | Kilraine | Episode: "The Intimate Friends of Janet Wilde" |
| 1978 | Betrayal | Doctor Hartogs | Television film |
| 1979 | Blind Ambition | Richard M. Nixon | Miniseries: 4 episodes |
| 1979 | A Shining Season | Jack Baker | Television film |
| 1980 | Sophia Loren: Her Own Story | Carlo Ponti | Television film |
| 1980 | Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case | Charles Burt | Television film |
| 1980 | Hammer House of Horror | Randall | Episode: "The Silent Scream" |
| 1981 | The Muppet Show | Rip Torn | Episode: "Rip Torn" |
| 1982 | The Blue and the Gray | Gen. Ulysses S. Grant | Miniseries: 3 episodes |
| 1982 | Minder | Seth | Episode: "In" |
| 1984 | When She Says No | Stuart Blankfort | Television film |
| 1984 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Big Daddy | Television film |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | Hader | Episode: "Heart of Darkness" |
| 1985 | V | Jason | Episode: "The Return" |
| 1985 | The Execution | Wilheim Gehbert | Television film |
| 1985 | The Atlanta Child Murders | Lewis Slanton | Miniseries: 2 episodes |
| 1987 | Dream West | Kit Carson | Miniseries: 2 episodes |
| 1987 | Manhunt for Claude Dallas | Tim Nettleton | Television film |
| 1987 | J. Edgar Hoover | Lyndon Baines Johnson | Television film |
| 1987 | Screenplay | Frank | Episode: "Road" |
| 1987 | Destination America | Corbet St. James IV | Television film |
| 1987 | Laguna Heat | Joe Tatilla | Television film |
| 1987 | The King of Love | Jack Kraft | Television film |
| 1988 | April Morning | Solomon Chandler | Television film |
| 1989 | Sweet Bird of Youth | Boss Finley | Television film |
| 1990 | Pair of Aces | Capt. Jack Parsons | Television film |
| 1990 | Kojack: None So Blind | Gideon Hogarth | Television film |
| 1990 | By Dawn's Early Light | Colonel Fargo | Television film |
| 1991 | Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind | Capt. Jack Parsons | Television film |
| 1991 | My Son Johnny | Brian Stansbury | Television film |
| 1991 | Columbo | Leon Lamarr | Episode: "Death Hits the Jackpot" |
| 1992 | T Bone N Weasel | Happy Sam | Television film |
| 1992 | MacGyver | Lee | Episode: "The Mountain of Youth" |
| 1992 | A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story | Bill Morgan | Television film |
| 1992 | Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster | Admiral Paul Yost - Presidential Delegation | Television film |
| 1992-1998 | The Larry Sanders Show | Arthur | 89 episodes |
| 1994 | Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III | Adolphus | Miniseries: 3 episodes |
| 1994 | Heart of a Child | Dr. Leonard Bailey | Television film |
| 1995 | The John Larroquette Show | Bernard Galvin | Episode: "You Bet Your Life" |
| 1995 | She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal | Adm. Snyder | Television film |
| 1995 | Letter to My Killer | Russel Vanik | Television film |
| 1995 | Chicago Hope | Dr. Warren Shutt | Episode: "Hello Goodbye" |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Torn | Episode: "Sandkings" |
| 1995 | The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat | Voices | 5 episodes |
| 1995 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Sam | Episode: "Get a Job" |
| 1997 | Seinfeld | The Toad | Episode: "The Yada Yada" |
| 1997 | Fox After Breakfast | Guest | Episode: "Episode dated 2 April 1997" |
| 1997 | The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery | Royce | Television film |
| 1997 | Ned and Stacey | Rip Torn | Episode: "Skippy's Revenge" |
| 1997-1998 | Ghost Stories | Narrator | 8 episodes |
| 1998 | Spin City | The Jackie | Episode: "Single White Male" |
| 1999 | Seasons of Love | Spence | 2 episodes |
| 1999 | Passing Glory | Father Robert Grant | Television film |
| 1999 | Balloon Farm | Harvey H. Potter | Television film |
| 2000 | A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle | Detective Manny Garett | Television film |
| 2001 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Mila | Episode: "Triangle" |
| 2002 | The Simpsons | Mel (voice) | Episode: "Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge" |
| 2002 | Soul Food | Peter Redmond | Episode: "Ultimate Power" |
| 2002 | Will & Grace | Lionel Banks | 3 episodes |
| 2002 | The X-Files | Ross | Episode: "Improbable" |
| 2002 | Maniac Magee | George McNab | Television film |
| 2003 | The Lyon's Den | Senator Harlan M. Turner | 4 episodes |
| 2004 | Alias | The Warders | Episode: "Hourglass" |
| 2004 | The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody | Danny | Television film |
| 2005 | The King of Queens | Mr. Burt | Episode: "Hi, School" |
| 2005 | That '70s Show | Cox | Episode: "Bohemian Rhapsody" |
| 2006 | Las Vegas | R.J. | Episode: "Cash Springs Eternal" |
| 2006 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Jules Copeland | Episode: "Bedfellows" |
| 2007-2009 | 30 Rock | Don Geiss | 7 episodes |
| 2008 | Pretty/Handsome | The Food | Television film |
| 2009 | Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! | Roddy (voice) | Episode: "Hoop Dreamz" |
| 2009 | Yin Yang Yo! | Leo (voice) | Episode: "Yin, Yang...Who?, Part 1/Yin, Yang...Who?, Part 2" |
| 2011 | Scaredy Squirrel | Alan (voice) | Episode: "Pranks for Nothing" |
| 2012 | The Amazing World of Gumball | Luke (voice) | Episode: "The Microwave" |
| 2013 | My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic | Buster (voice) | Episode: "Games Ponies Play" |
| 2015 | Star vs. The Forces of Evil | Sid (voice) | Episode: "Star Comes to Eath" |
| 2015 | Steven Universe | Nicky (voice) | Episode: "Keystone Motel" |
| 2015 | Harvey Beaks | Tim (voice) | Episode: "Randl's Scandl" |
| 2016 | The Loud House | Mr. Craw (voice) | Episode: "Hand-Me-Downer/Sleuth or Consequences" |
| 2016 | TripTank | M (voice) | Episode: "InsideRoy" |
Video Games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Disney's Animated Storybook: Hercules | Zeus | Voice only |
| 1997 | Hercules | Zeus | Voice only |
| 1998 | Disney's Hades Challenge | Zeus | Voice only |
| 2010 | God of War III | Hephaestus | Voice only |
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- ↑ Battle, Robert. "Ancestry of Rip Torn". Retrieved 2008-07-10.
- ↑ "Rip Torn : Biography". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
- ↑ "Rip Torn honored at school reunion". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. October 18, 1998. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ↑ "Rip Torn". Texas Monthly.
- ↑ Dominus, Susan (7 May 2006). "Rip Torn Won't Go Gentle Into That Good Night". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ↑ Biskind, Peter (1998). Easy Riders, Raging Bulls. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 68. ISBN 0-684-80996-6.
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- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Hill, Lee (2001). A Grand Guy: The Life and Art of Terry Southern. Bloomsbury.
- ↑ "Where the Rivers Flow North (1993)". IMDb.com. 4 March 1994. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
- ↑ "Rip Torn Pleads Not Guilty in Drunken Bank Robbery". Thehollywoodgossip.com. 30 March 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ↑ "Air NZ teams up with All Blacks for new safety video". stuff.co.nz. August 13, 2015.
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- ↑ "Rip Torn : Biography". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
- ↑ Hayes, Kevin (March 30, 2010). "Rip Torn Pleads "Not Guilty" in Alleged Booze-Fueled Bank Break-in". CBS News.
- ↑ Rip Torn Pleads Not Guilty in Bank Break-in. YouTube. 30 March 2010.
- ↑ "Judge Rejects Rip Torn's Probation Request". E! Online. 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
- ↑ "Rip Torn Pleads Guilty in Bank Break-In Case". Tmz.com. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ↑ "Actor Rip Torn Pleads Guilty In Connecticut Bank Break-in". Foxnews.com. 14 December 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ↑ Terkel, Studs (1974). Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do. New York: Pantheon Books. p. 82. ISBN 0-394-47884-3.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Scott, A.O. (2007-07-20). "Norman Mailer, Unbound and on Film: Revisiting His Bigger-Than-Life Selves". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Rollyson, Carl (1991). The Lives of Norman Mailer: A Biography. Paragon House. pp. 210–211. ISBN 1-55778-193-1.
- ↑ JANET SHPRINTZ (1998-04-02). "Appeals court upholds judgment vs. Hopper:Torn wins defamation case and punitive damages". Variety. Retrieved 2012-07-26. Italic or bold markup not allowed in:
|publisher=(help) - ↑ Sandler, Adam (11 May 1999). "Torn rips Hopper coin". Variety.com. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
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