"Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive, and Describe Rip Torn Here."
Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr. (February 6, 1931 – July 9, 2019) was an American actor and voice actor.
He had a career that spanned over 60 years and comprised often quirky roles from just about every genre.
Torn was married to Ann Wedgeworth, Geraldine Page, and Amy Wright, and had six children, including Angelica Page.
Works with TV Tropes pages:
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Film roles
- Baby Doll (1956) as Dentist (uncredited) – his first feature film role
- A Face in the Crowd (1957) as Barry Mills (uncredited)
- Pork Chop Hill (1959) as Lt. Walter Russel
- King of Kings (1961) as Judas
- The Cincinnati Kid (1965) as Slade
- Beyond the Law (1968) as Popcorn
- Payday (1973) as Maury Dunn
- The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) as Nathan Bryce
- Coma (1978) as Dr. George
- One-Trick Pony (1980) as Walter Fox
- The Beastmaster (1982) as Maax
- Airplane II: The Sequel (1982) as Bud Kruger
- Flashpoint (1984) as Sheriff Wells
- City Heat (1984) as Primo Pitt
- Summer Rental (1985) as Scully
- Extreme Prejudice (1987) as Sheriff Hank Pearson
- Defending Your Life (1991) as Bob Diamond
- Beyond the Law (1993) as Deputy Butch Prescott
- RoboCop 3 (1993) as The CEO
- Canadian Bacon (1995) as Gen. Dick Panzer
- How to Make an American Quilt (1995) as Arthur
- Down Periscope (1996) as Adm. Winslow
- Men in Black (1997) as Zed
- Men in Black II (2002) as Zed
- Men in Black 3 (2012) as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
- Senseless (1998) as Randall Tyson
- The Insider (1999) as John Scanlon
- Wonder Boys (2000) as Q
- Freddy Got Fingered (2001) as Jim Brody
- Welcome to Mooseport (2004) as Bert Langdon
- DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004) as Patches O'Houlihan
- Yours, Mine, and Ours (2005) as Commandant Sherman
- Marie Antoinette (2006) as Louis XV
- Zoom: Academy for Superheroes (2006) as Larraby
- The Legend of Awesomest Maximus (2011) as King Looney
Television roles
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (2 episodes, 1957–61) as Steve Morgan #22/Ernie Walters
- Playhouse 90 (3 episodes, 1958–59) as Lt. Harrison/Harold Rutland Jr./Lt. Douty
- Thriller (1 episode, 1960) as Duncan Corey
- Frontier Circus (1 episode, 1961) as Jesse Evans
- The Untouchables (2 episodes, 1961–63) as Harry Strauss/Johnny Mizo
- Dr. Kildare (2 episodes, 1962–64) as Dr. Nicholas Keefe/John Burroughs
- Route 66 (1 episode, 1963) as Alvah Clayhorne
- Combat! (1 episode, 1964) as Avery
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2 episodes, 1965) as Alexander
- Rawhide (1 episode, 1965) as Jacob Yellow-Sun
- Bonanza (1 episode, 1971) as Will Hewitt
- Mannix (1 episode, 1972) as Victor Roarke
- The Blue and the Gray (3 episodes, 1982) as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (TV movie, 1984) as Big Daddy
- By Dawn's Early Light (TV movie, 1990) as Col. Fargo
- Columbo (1 episode, 1991) as Leon Lamarr
- The Larry Sanders Show (89 episodes, 1992–98) as Arthur
- North and South Book III: Heaven and Hell (3 episodes, 1994) as Adolphus
- The John Larroquette Show (1 episode, 1995) as Bernard Galvin
- Chicago Hope (1 episode, 1995) as Dr. Warren Shutt
- Ghost Stories (8 episodes, 1997–98) as Narrator
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1 episode, 1999) as Harvey H. Potter
- Will & Grace (4 episodes, 2002) as Lionel Banks
- Maniac Magee (TV movie, 2003) as George McNab
- The Lyon's Den (4 episodes, 2003) as Sen. Harlan M. Turner
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (1 episode, 2006) as Jules Copeland
- 30 Rock (7 episodes, 2007–09) as Don Geiss
Voice roles
- The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (4 episodes, 1995–96) as Voices (uncredited)
- Hercules (1997) as Zeus
- Disney's Hercules (1997) as Zeus
- Disney's Hades Challenge (1998) as Zeus
- Bee Movie (2007) as Lou Lo Duca
- God of War III (2010) as Hephaestus
- TripTank (1 episode, 2016) as M
