Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn, Jr. was an American film and television actor. For Disney, he voiced Zeus in the 1997 Disney animated feature film Hercules. He also played Harvey Potter in Balloon Farm, Randall Tyson in Senseless, and John Scanlon in The Insider.
Elmore Rual Torn, Jr. was born on February 6, 1931, in Temple, Texas and graduated from Taylor High School in Taylor, Texas, in 1948. After graduating from the University of Texas where he studied acting, Torn served in the Korean War with the 2nd Infantry Division with the military police in the United States Army. Following the war, he began his career in Hollywood.
He was known for several film roles, such as Zed, the head of MIB in the 1997 film Men in Black and its 2002 sequel Men in Black II, and Patches O'Houlihan in the 2004 comedy Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. He also appeared in King of Kings, Sweet Bird of Youth, Critic's Choice, The Cincinnati Kid, The Man Who Fell to Earth, The Beastmaster, Airplane II: The Sequel, Cross Creek, RoboCop 3, Down Periscope, Freddy Got Fingered, and Bee Movie.
In television, he played the role of Artie in The Larry Sanders Show. His other television credits included Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Untouchables, Dr. Kildare, Combat!, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Rawhide, Bonanza, Columbo, Will & Grace, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and 30 Rock.
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(Balloon Farm)
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- He was also the husband and widower of Geraldine Page, who voiced Madame Medusa in The Rescuers and Mrs. Duke in The Happiest Millionaire.
- His cousin, Sissy Spacek, also acted for Disney with the film Tuck Everlasting.
