Rip Torn
Also known as Elmore Rual Torn
American actor (1931–2019)
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5 total works indexed
- Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property
· 2011 · cited 5,274x
- Mineral control of soil organic carbon storage and turnover
· 1997 · cited 1,388x
- The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data
· 2020 · cited 1,208x
- Branched TiO<sub>2</sub> Nanorods for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production
· 2011 · cited 879x
- Persistence of soil organic carbon caused by functional complexity
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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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