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- Listeners
- 42
- Total plays
- 242
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Key facts
- Born
- Elmore Rual Torn Jr. , ( 1931-02-06 ) February 6, 1931, Temple, Texas , U.S.
- Died
- July 9, 2019 (2019-07-09) (aged 88), Lakeville, Connecticut , U.S.
- Burial place
- Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1956–2019
- Spouses
- Ann Wedgeworth ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1955 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1961 ) Geraldine Page ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1963 ; died 1987 ) Amy Wright ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1989 )
- Children
- 6, including Angelica Page and Tony Torn
- Relatives
- Sissy Spacek (cousin), David Torn (cousin)
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr. (February 6, 1931 – July 9, 2019) was an American actor whose career spanned roughly 60 years. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing Marsh Turner in Cross Creek (1983). Torn's portrayal of Artie the producer on The Larry Sanders Show (1992–1998) received six Emmy Award nominations, winning in 1996. Torn was also known for his roles as Judas Iscariot in King of Kings (1961), Thomas J. Finley, Jr. in Sweet Bird of Youth (1962), Dr. Nathan Bryce in The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), Bob Diamond in Defending Your Life (1991), Zeus in Hercules (1997), Zed in the Men in Black franchise (1997, 2002), Jim Brody in Freddy Got Fingered (2001), Patches O'Houlihan in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004), and Louis XV in Marie Antoinette (2006).
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1931 births2019 deaths20th-century American male actors21st-century American male actorsActors from Bell County, TexasActors from Williamson County, TexasActors Studio alumniAmerican anti–Vietnam War activistsAmerican male film actorsAmerican male stage actorsAmerican male television actorsAmerican male voice actors