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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1931
- Works
- 1
Top works
- GadgetMania
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Sankt-Peterburg
Discography
- Grethen EP2017
- Ridin' With Me2018
- Internal EP2018
- Anaxios EP2019
- Forsaken EP2019
- Aphelion2020
- Distorted2020
- Pangea EP2020
- G2020
- Fatum EP2021
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 42
- Total plays
- 242
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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· 2011 · cited 5,397x
- Mineral control of soil organic carbon storage and turnover
· 1997 · cited 1,410x
- The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data
· 2020 · cited 1,264x
- Branched TiO<sub>2</sub> Nanorods for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production
· 2011 · cited 882x
- Persistence of soil organic carbon caused by functional complexity
· 2020 · cited 827x
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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
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Encyclopedic overview
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).
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rip Torn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.