Rip Torn

Rip Torn

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 San...

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The Cincinnati Kid

As William Jefferson Slade

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The Man Who Fell to Earth

As Nathan Bryce

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Men in Black

As Zed

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Men in Black II

As Zed

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Canadian Bacon

As General Dick Panzer

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Marie Antoinette

As Louis XV

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Airplane II: The Sequel

As Bud Kruger / President Reagan

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Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time

As Self

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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

As Big Daddy

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Extreme Prejudice

As Sheriff Hank Pearson

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Wonder Boys

As Q

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A Stranger Is Watching

As Artie Taggart

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RoboCop 3

As The CEO

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Bee Movie

As Lou Lo Duca (voice)

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By Dawn's Early Light

As Colonel Fargo

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Coma

As Dr. George

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Forty Shades of Blue

As Alan James

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How to Make an American Quilt

As Arthur

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Hercules

As Zeus (voice)

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Defending Your Life

As Bob Diamond

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The Insider

As John Scanlon

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Senseless

As Randall Tyson

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DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story

As Patches O'Houlihan

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Down Periscope

As Admiral Winslow

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Sweet Bird of Youth

As Thomas 'Tom' J. Finley, Jr.

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Rolling Kansas

As Oldman

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Freddy Got Fingered

As Jim Brody

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Balloon Farm

As Harvey Potter

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Dolly Dearest

As Karl Resnick

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Zoom

As Larraby

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Turn the River

As Quinette

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One Trick Pony

As Walter Fox

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King of Kings

As Judas

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You're a Big Boy Now

As I.H. Chanticleer

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Pork Chop Hill

As Lt. Walter Russell

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Nadine

As Buford Pope

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American Cowslip

As Trevor O'Hart

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Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind

As Captain Jack Parsons

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Eulogy

As Edmund Collins

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The Beastmaster

As Maax

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Welcome to Mooseport

As Bert Langdon

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The Sisters

As Dr. Chebrin

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Happy Tears

As Joe

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Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster

As Admiral Paul Yost - Presidential Delegation

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Beach Red

As Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell

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City Heat

As Primo Pitt

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Love Object

As Novak

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Time Limit

As Lt. George Miller

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The Seduction of Joe Tynan

As Senator Kittner

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Trial and Error

As Benny Gibbs

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Flashpoint

As Sheriff Wells

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Beyond the Law

As Deputy Prescott

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Heartland

As Clyde Stewart

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Where the Rivers Flow North

As Noel Lord

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Summer Rental

As Scully

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Scarab

As Khepera

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Songwriter

As Dino McLeish

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Coming Apart

As Joe

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Payday

As Maury Dann

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National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus

As King Looney

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Misunderstood

As Will

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Slaughter

As Dominic Hoffo

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Beer

As Buzz Beckerman

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Critic's Choice

As Dion Kapakos

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Jinxed!

As Harold Benson

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One Spy Too Many

As Alexander

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Cold Feet

As Sheriff

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April Morning

As Solomon Chandler

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Tropic of Cancer

As Henry Miller

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Hit List

As Vic Luca

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Norman Mailer: The American

As Self

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The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

As Dwight Webb

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Crazy Joe

As Richie

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First Family

As General G. E. Dumpston

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1 P.M.

As Self

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Nasty Habits

As Father Maximilian

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A Face in the Crowd

As Barry Mills (uncredited)

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Johnny Belinda

As Locky McCormick

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Cross Creek

As Marsh Turner

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The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery

As Royce

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Maidstone

As Raoul Rey O'Houlihan

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Beyond the Law

As Popcorn

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Sol Madrid

As Dano Villanova

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Hero's Island

As Nicholas Gates

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The Making of Marie Antoinette

As Self

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Bomber's Moon

As Lieutenant Harrison

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Three Days to Vegas

As Joe Wallace

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Silence Like Glass

As Dr. Markowitz

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J. Edgar Hoover

As Lyndon Baines Johnson

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Men in Black 3

As Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)

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Destination: America

As Corbet St. James IV

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Passing Glory

As Father Robert Grant

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Steel Cowboy

As K.W. Hicks

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A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle

As Detective Manny Garett

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Yours, Mine & Ours

As Commandant Sherman

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The Afterlight

As Carl

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Pair of Aces

As Capt. Jack Parsons

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The King of Love

As Jack Kraft

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The Execution

As Wilheim Gehbert

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Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

As Self

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Heart of a Child

As Dr. Leonard Bailey

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Death Falls

As Dub Farley

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Montserrat

As Izquierdo

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August

As David Sterling

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Birch Interval

As Thomas

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Manhunt for Claude Dallas

As Tim Nettleton

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Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case

As Charles Burt

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Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

As Glen Tuttle

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Sophia Loren: Her Own Story

As Carlo Ponti

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The President's Plane Is Missing

As George Oldenburg

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A Shining Season

As Jack Baker

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Sweet Bird of Youth

As Boss Finley

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When She Says No

As Stuart Blankfort

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My Son Johnny

As Brian Stansbury

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Beautiful Dreamers

As Walt Whitman

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Laguna Heat

As Joe Datilla

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Letter to My Killer

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Lions Love

As The Beard Director (uncredited)

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Kojak: None So Blind

As Gideon Hogarth

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Baby Doll

As The Dentist (uncredited)

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The Hindenburg

As Narrator

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T Bone N Weasel

As Happy Sam

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Lucky Days

As Bobo

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Cotter

As Roy

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24 Hours in a Woman's Life

As Paul

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She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal

As Adm. Snyder

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The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'

As Arthur

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Fires of Kuwait

As Narrator (voice)

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Maniac Magee

As George McNab

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A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story

As Bill Morgan

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Betrayal

As Dr. Hartogs

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The Golden Boys

As Capt. Jeremiah Burgess

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The Great Adventure

As Lieutenant John C. Freemont

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The Larry Sanders Show

As Arthur

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Route 66

As Alvah Clayhorne

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Omnibus

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Naked City

As Ansel Boake

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Soul Food

As Peter Redmond

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Mannix

As Victor Roarke

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Combat!

As Avery

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30 Rock

As Don Geiss

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Will & Grace

As Lionel Banks

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

As Locky McCormick

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The Lyon's Den

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Late Night with Conan O'Brien

As Self - Guest

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Chicago Hope

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

As Steve Morgan #22

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Extreme Dodgeball

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Thriller

As Duncan Corey

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Ben Casey

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The Lieutenant

As Sgt. Karl Kasten

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The Blue and the Gray

As Ulysses S. Grant

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Breaking Point

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Dr. Kildare

As Dr. Nicholas Keefe

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Ghost Story

As Jonathon

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The Eddie Capra Mysteries

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Channing

As Donald Burrows

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North and South

As Adolphus

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Seasons of Love

As Spence

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Blind Ambition

As Richard M. Nixon

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The Atlanta Child Murders

As Lewis Slaton

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Bonanza

As Will Hewitt

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Columbo

As Leon Lamarr

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The Dick Powell Show

As Joel Coles

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Ghost Stories

As The Narrator

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The John Larroquette Show

As Bernard Galvin

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Law & Order: Criminal Intent

As Jules Copeland

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The Mike Douglas Show

As Self

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The Restless Gun

As Jody Gilman

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Golden Globe Awards

As Self - Presenter

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The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

As Alexander

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12 O'Clock High

As Col. Mark Royce

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Tony Awards

As Self - Presenter

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Rawhide

As Jacob Yellow-Sun

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The Untouchables

As Harry Strauss

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Kraft Television Theatre

As Somers