Rip Torn

RECENT CREDITS
The Afterlight (FILM)  Sep. 10, 2011
Lucky Days (FILM)  Aug. 6, 2010
Happy Tears (FILM)  Feb. 19, 2010
American Cowslip (FILM)  Jul. 24, 2009
The Golden Boys (FILM)  Apr. 17, 2009
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HIGHLIGHTS
Studied animal husbandry in college before switching to acting.
Served as a U.S. Army military police officer after college.
In 1970, a bullet was fired through the window of his home after he spoke out against the Vietnam War on The Dick Cavett Show.
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

The Afterlight  2011 -Carl
Actor
Film


American Cowslip  2009 -Trevor O'Hart
Actor
Film


August  2008 -David Sterling
Actor
Film


Turn the River  2008 -Quinn
Actor
Film


Bee Movie  2007 -Lou Lo Duca
Voice
Film


Marie Antoinette  2006 -Louis XV
Actor
Film


Zoom  2006 -General Larraby
Actor
Film


The Sisters  2006 -Dr. Chebrin
Actor
Film


Yours, Mine & Ours  2005 -Commandant Sherman
Actor
Film


Forty Shades of Blue  2005 -Alan James
Actor
Film


Eulogy  2004 -Edmund "Grandpa" Collins
Actor
Film


Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story  2004 -Patches O'Houlihan
Actor
Film


Welcome to Mooseport  2004 -Langdon, Bert
Actor
Film


Love Object  2004 -Mr. Novak
Actor
Film


Men in Black II  2002 -Zed
Actor
Film


Freddy Got Fingered  2001 -Jim Brody
Actor
Film


Wonder Boys  2000 -Q
Actor
Film


The Insider  1999 -John Scanlon
Actor
Film


Hard Promises  1992
Actor
Film


Dolly Dearest  1992 -Dr. Karl Resnick
Actor
Film


Beautiful Dreamers  1991 -Walt Whitman
Actor
Film


Defending Your Life  1991 -Bob Diamond
Actor
Film


Cold Feet  1989 -Sheriff
Actor
Film


Hit List  1989 -Vic Luca
Actor
Film


The Telephone  1988
Director
Film


Nadine  1987 -Buford Pope
Actor
Film


Extreme Prejudice  1987 -Sheriff Hank Pearson
Actor
Film


Coma  1978 -Dr. George
Actor
Film


Crazy Joe  1974 -Richie
Actor
Film


30 Rock  2007 -Don Geiss
Actor
TV
Expand


A Shining Season  
Actor
TV


A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle   -Det. Manny Garrett
Actor
TV


April Morning  
Actor
TV


Columbo   -Leon Lamarr
Actor
TV


Dream West   -Kit Carson
Actor
TV


James Dean: A Portrait  
Narrator
TV


Laguna Heat  
Actor
TV


Larry Sanders Show  2002-2003 -Artie
Actor
TV
Expand


Letter to My Killer   -Russell Vanik
Actor
TV


Love on the Land   -Vitt
Actor
TV


Lyon's Den  2003 -Sen. H.M. Turner
Actor
TV
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My Son Johnny   -Brian Stansbury
Actor
TV


Passing Glory   -Father Grant
Actor
TV


She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal   -Rear Adm. Jack Snyder
Actor
TV


Sweet Bird of Youth  
Actor
TV


T Bone N Weasel   -Happy Sam
Actor
TV


The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery   -Bob Royce
Actor
TV


The King of Love  
Actor
TV


When She Says No  
Actor
TV


Will & Grace  2002 -Lionel Banks, Lionel Banls
Actor, Actor
TV
Expand


Lucky Days  2010
Actor
Film


Happy Tears  2010 -Joe
Actor
Film


The Golden Boys  2009 -Captain Jerry
Actor
Film


Slaughter  2000 -Dominick
Actor
Film


Senseless  1998 -Randall Tyson
Actor
Film


The Mouse  1997
Actor
Film


Men in Black  1997 -Zed
Actor
Film


Hercules  1997 -Zeus
Voice
Film


Trial and Error  1997 -Benny Gibbs
Actor
Film


Down Periscope  1996 -Adm. Dean Winslow
Actor
Film


How to Make an American Quilt  1995 -Arthur Cleary
Actor
Film


Canadian Bacon  1995 -Gen. Dick Panzer
Actor
Film


Where the Rivers Flow North  1993 -Noel Lourdes
Actor
Film


Fires of Kuwait  1992 -Narrator, Narrator
Actor, Voice
Film


Beer  1985 -Buzz Beckerman
Actor
Film


Heartland  1980 -Clyde Stewart
Actor
Film


The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover  1977 -Dwight Webb
Actor
Film


Nasty Habits  1977 -Maximilian
Actor
Film


The Man Who Fell to Earth  1976 -Nathan Bryce
Actor
Film


The Birch Interval  1976 -Thomas
Actor
Film


Payday  1972 -Maury Dann
Actor
Film


Maidstone  1971 -Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
Actor
Film


Tropic of Cancer  1970 -Henry Miller
Actor
Film


Coming Apart  1969 -Joe Glazer
Actor
Film


Sol Madrid  1968 -Dano Villanova
Actor
Film


Beach Red  1967 -Sgt. Honeywell
Actor
Film


One Spy Too Many  1966 -Alexander
Actor
Film


You're a Big Boy Now  1966 -I.H. Chanticleer
Actor
Film


The Cincinnati Kid  1965 -Slade
Actor
Film


Sweet Bird of Youth  1962 -Thomas J. Finley, Jr.
Actor
Film


King of Kings  1961 -Judas
Actor
Film


Pork Chop Hill  1959 -Lt. Russell
Actor
Film


Time Limit  1957 -Lt. George Miller
Actor
Film


A Face in the Crowd  1957
Actor
Film


Baby Doll  1956 -Brick
Actor
Film


Balloon Farm  
Actor
Film


Cat on a Hot Tin Roof   -Big Daddy Pollitt
Actor
Film


City Heat   -Primo Pitt
Actor
Film


Cotter  
Actor
Film


Critic's Choice   -Dion Kapakos
Actor
Film


Cross Creek   -Marsh Turner
Actor
Film


First Family   -Gen. Dumpston
Actor
Film


Flashpoint   -Sheriff
Actor
Film


Hero's Island   -Nicholas Gates
Actor
Film


Heart of a Child   -Dr. Leonard Bailey
Actor
Film


Dream West   -Kit Carson
Actor
Film


Fast Line Fever  
Actor
Film


Destination: America   -Corbet St. James IV
Actor
Film


A Pair of Aces   -Capt. Jack Parsons
Actor
Film


A Shining Season  
Actor
Film


A Stranger Is Watching   -Artie Taggart
Actor
Film


Airplane II: The Sequel   -Kruger
Actor
Film


Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind   -Parsons
Actor
Film


April Morning  
Actor
Film


Betrayal   -Doctor Hartogs
Actor
Film


Beyond the Law   -Popcorn
Actor
Film


Beyond the Law   -Prescott
Actor
Film


Blind Ambition   -Richard M. Nixon
Actor
Film


By Dawn's Early Light   -Colonel Fargo
Actor
Film


When She Says No   -Stuart Blankfort
Actor
Film


Zwei Frauen   -Dr. Markowitz
Actor
Film


Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle   -Det. Manny Garett
Actor
Film


Three Days to Vegas  
Actor
Film


The Spy in the Green Hat  
Actor
Film


The Execution  
Actor
Film


The Atlanta Child Murders   -Lewis Slaton
Actor
Film


The Beastmaster   -Maax
Actor
Film


The King of Love   -Jack Kraft
Actor
Film


The Seduction of Joe Tynan   -Sen. Kittner
Actor
Film


The President's Plane Is Missing   -George Oldenburg
Actor
Film


Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case   -Charles Burt
Actor
Film


Robocop 3   -Merritt W. MortonCEO
Actor
Film


Rolling Kansas   -Oldman
Actor
Film


Scarab  
Actor
Film


One Trick Pony   -Walter Fox
Actor
Film


Passing Glory   -Father Robert Grant
Actor
Film


On the Line   -Narrator
Voice
Film


T-Bone N Weasel  
Actor
Film


She Stood Alone: the Tailhook Scandal   -Adm. Snyder
Actor
Film


Songwriter   -Dino McLeish
Actor
Film


Sophia Loren: Her Own Story   -Carlo Ponti (4)
Actor
Film


Steel Cowboy  
Actor
Film


Summer Rental   -Scully
Actor
Film


Sweet Bird of Youth  
Actor
Film


Kojak: None So Blind   -Gideon Hogarth
Actor
Film


Laguna Heat   -Joe Datilla
Actor
Film


Letter to My Killer  
Actor
Film


J. Edgar Hoover   -Lyndon Baines Johnson
Actor
Film


Jinxed!   -Harold
Actor
Film


Manhunt for Claude Dallas   -Tim Nettleton
Actor
Film


Love on the Land   -Spence
Actor
Film


Misunderstood   -Will
Actor
Film


My Son, Johnny   -Brian Stansbury
Actor
Film




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Highlights

Studied animal husbandry in college before switching to acting.
Served as a U.S. Army military police officer after college.
In 1970, a bullet was fired through the window of his home after he spoke out against the Vietnam War on The Dick Cavett Show.


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