Rip Torn
Born February 06, 1931 (Age: 95)
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Temple, Texas, USA
Biography
Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr. (February 6, 1931 – July 9, 2019) was an American actor whose career spanned more than 60 years. He was best known for his roles as Zed in the Men in Black franchise (1997-2002) and Patches O'Houlihan in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004). Torn received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 1983 film Cross Creek. His work includes the role of Artie, the producer, on The Larry Sanders Show, for which he was nominated for six Emmy Awards, winning in 1996. Torn also won an American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Male in a Series, and two CableACE Awards for his work on the show, and was nominated for a Satellite Award in 1997 as well.
Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr. (February 6, 1931 – July 9, 2019) was an American actor whose career spanned more than 60 years. He was best known for his roles as Zed in the Men in Black franchise (1997-2002) and Patches O'Houlihan in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004).
Torn received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 1983 film Cross Creek. His work includes the role of Artie, the producer, on The Larry Sanders Show, for which he was nominated for six Emmy Awards, winning in 1996. Torn also won an American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Male in a Series, and two CableACE Awards for his work on the show, and was nominated for a Satellite Award in 1997 as well.
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Filmography
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Bridge of Names
2012
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as Tom
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Age: 81
Men in Black 3
2012
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as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
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Age: 81
Happy Tears
2009
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as Joe
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Age: 78
Bee Movie
2007
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as Lou Lo Duca (voice)
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Age: 76
The Making of Marie Antoinette
2007
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as Self
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Age: 76
Zoom
2006
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as Larraby
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Age: 75
Marie Antoinette
2006
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as Louis XV
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Age: 75
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Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
2006
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as Self
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Age: 75
Yours, Mine & Ours
2005
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as Commandant Sherman
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Age: 74
The Sisters
2005
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as Dr. Chebrin
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Age: 74
Eulogy
2004
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as Edmund Collins
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Age: 73
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004
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as Patches O'Houlihan
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Age: 73
Welcome to Mooseport
2004
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as Bert Langdon
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Age: 73
Men in Black II
2002
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as Zed
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Age: 71
Freddy Got Fingered
2001
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as Jim Brody
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Age: 70
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000
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as Self
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Age: 69
Wonder Boys
2000
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as Q
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Age: 69
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
2000
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as Detective Manny Garett
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Age: 69
The Insider
1999
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as John Scanlon
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Age: 68
Senseless
1998
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as Randall Tyson
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Age: 67
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The Mouse
1997
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as Trucker 'God'
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Age: 66
Men in Black
1997
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as Zed
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Age: 66
Hercules
1997
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as Zeus (voice)
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Age: 66
Trial and Error
1997
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as Benny Gibbs
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Age: 66
The Hindenburg
1996
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as Narrator
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Age: 65
Down Periscope
1996
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as Admiral Winslow
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Age: 65
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
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as Arthur
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Age: 64
James Dean: A Portrait
1995
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as Self (Narrator)
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Age: 64
Canadian Bacon
1995
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as General Dick Panzer
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Age: 64
For Better or Worse
1995
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as Capt. Cole
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Age: 64
Where the Rivers Flow North
1993
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as Noel Lord
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Age: 62
Beyond the Law
1993
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as Deputy Prescott
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Age: 62
RoboCop 3
1993
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as The CEO
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Age: 61
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
1992
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as Bill Morgan
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Age: 61
T Bone N Weasel
1992
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as Happy Sam
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Age: 61
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
1992
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as Admiral Paul Yost
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Age: 61
Fires of Kuwait
1992
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 61
My Son Johnny
1991
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as Brian Stansbury
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Age: 60
Dolly Dearest
1991
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as Karl Resnick
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Age: 60
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
1991
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as Captain Jack Parsons
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Age: 60
Defending Your Life
1991
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as Bob Diamond
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Age: 60
Death Falls
1991
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as Dub Farley
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Age: 59
Beautiful Dreamers
1990
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as Walt Whitman
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Age: 59
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
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as Colonel Fargo
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Age: 59
Kojak: None So Blind
1990
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as Gideon Hogarth
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Age: 59
Pair of Aces
1990
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as Capt. Jack Parsons
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Age: 58
Sweet Bird of Youth
1989
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as Boss Finley
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Age: 58
Silence Like Glass
1989
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as Dr. Markowitz
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Age: 58
Cold Feet
1989
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as Sheriff
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Age: 58
Hit List
1989
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as Vic Luca
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Age: 58
April Morning
1988
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as Solomon Chandler
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Age: 57
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The King of Love
1987
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as Jack Kraft
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Age: 56
Laguna Heat
1987
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as Joe Datilla
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Age: 56
Nadine
1987
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as Buford Pope
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Age: 56
Destination: America
1987
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as Corbet St. James IV
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Age: 56
J. Edgar Hoover
1987
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as Lyndon Baines Johnson
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Age: 55
Beer
1985
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as Buzz Beckerman
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Age: 54
Summer Rental
1985
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as Scully
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Age: 54
The Execution
1985
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as Wilheim Gehbert
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Age: 53
City Heat
1984
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as Primo Pitt
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Age: 53
Songwriter
1984
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as Dino McLeish
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Age: 53
Misunderstood
1983
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as Will
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Age: 52
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
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as Bud Kruger / President Reagan
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Age: 51
A Stranger Is Watching
1982
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as Artie Taggart
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Age: 51
The Beastmaster
1982
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as Maax
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Age: 51
First Family
1980
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as General G. E. Dumpston
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Age: 49
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
1980
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as Charles Burt
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Age: 49
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980
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as Carlo Ponti
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Age: 49
One Trick Pony
1980
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as Walter Fox
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Age: 49
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979
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as Senator Kittner
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Age: 48
Steel Cowboy
1978
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as K.W. Hicks
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Age: 47
Betrayal
1978
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as Dr. Hartogs
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Age: 47
Coma
1978
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as Dr. George
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Age: 46
Crazy Joe
1974
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as Richie
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Age: 43
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973
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as George Oldenburg
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Age: 42
Payday
1973
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as Maury Dann
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Age: 42
Cotter
1973
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as Roy
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Age: 41
Slaughter
1972
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as Dominic Hoffo
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Age: 41
Coming Apart
1969
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as Joe
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Age: 38
Lions Love
1969
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as The Beard Director (uncredited)
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Age: 38
The Cincinnati Kid
1965
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as William Jefferson Slade
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Age: 34
Critic's Choice
1963
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as Dion Kapakos
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Age: 32
Hero's Island
1962
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as Nicholas Gates
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Age: 31
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962
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as Tom Finley Jr.
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Age: 31
King of Kings
1961
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as Judas
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Age: 30
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
1961
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as Paul
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Age: 30
Pork Chop Hill
1959
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as Lt. Walter Russell
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Age: 28
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Johnny Belinda
1958
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as Locky McCormick
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Age: 27
Bomber's Moon
1958
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as Lieutenant Harrison
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Age: 27
Baby Doll
1956
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as The Dentist (uncredited)
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Age: 25