I would like to see a picture of Rip Torn as a young man. Was he good-looking? I used to think he was the character on Beverly Hillbillies they kept fixing Ellie Mae up with, but the character's name was Dash Riprock.
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shareHe was pretty good looking. I had the pleasure of seeing him in King of Kings where he played Judas. I could hardly tell it was the same guy.
There's a picture of him from that movie (although not the most ideal one) on the bottom left corner of this page:
http://www.moredesktop.com/Movies/K/King_Of_Kings/index.cfm
thanks--I couldn't tell it was him,really, so I will look for this movie and watch it,too.
shareIf you watch The Man Who Fell To Earth, you'll see.... quite a bit ... of a younger Rip Torn.
I would have never even thought to wonder what Rip Torn of all people looked like as a younger man, but I just watched "The Cincinnati Kid" with Steve McQueen and was shocked to learn the character Slade was Torn. I've always enjoyed his characters, and seeing him here was a bit a shocker. First off, he looks nothing like the Rip Torn that I know best from "Larry Sanders Show", nor does he sound much like him. Anyway, in "CK", he's probably about 34 years old, and plays a conniving, bitter wannabe card shark. A fine performance, but still hard to believe it's Rip...
"You kids better pray to the god of skinny punks this wind doesn't pick up..."
In Love Object he looks almost exactly like Abraham Lincoln, except hes shorter and weighs more.
shareThen immediately watch him in Dodgeball like I did. You'll be pretty surprised.
shareGot to back Dunbar22 up on this one. I've just finished watching the Cincinatti Kid and couldn't believe that slim good-looking texan dude was Rip Torn! He's literally unrecognisable but I suppose I will be too in forty years.
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