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After portraying Judas, betrayer of Jesus, in 1961 epic film King of Kings, Torn appeared as a graduate student with multiple degrees in 1963 television series Channing, and as Roy Kendall in the Breaking Point episode 'Millions of Faces'. In 1957, he starred as incarcerated Steve Morgan in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode 'Number Twenty-Two', and on the same series in 1961, he played a recently released prisoner, Ernie Walters, in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode 'The Kiss-Off'. In 1957, Torn portrayed Jody in an early episode of The Restless Gun. He also had an uncredited role in A Face in the Crowd as Barry Mills. One of Torn's earliest roles was in Pork Chop Hill, portraying the brother-in-law of Gregory Peck's character. Along with Baldwin and numerous mutual friends he was active in the Civil Rights movement from the '50s forward, as Baldwin's biographer David Leeming relates. He also appeared in the first production of his friend James Baldwin's Blues For Mister Charlie. Torn later helped his younger cousin Sissy Spacek enroll in the Actors Studio. Torn then studied at the Actors Studio in New York under Lee Strasberg, becoming a prolific stage actor, appearing in the original cast of Tennessee Williams' play Sweet Bird of Youth, and reprising the role in the film and television adaptations. ( July 2019) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īfter moving to Hollywood, Torn made his film debut in the 1956 film Baby Doll. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This section needs additional citations for verification. After graduation, he served in the military police in the United States Army. Iden Payne, and was a member of the Alpha Nu chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity. Torn was a member of the Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets, although he graduated from the University of Texas where he studied acting under the Shakespeare professor B. Torn graduated from Taylor High School in Taylor, Texas, in 1948. The nickname 'Rip' is a family tradition among men in the Torn family, having been used by his father, uncle, and a cousin. The family is of German, Austrian, and Czech/ Moravian ancestry. Thelma was an aunt of actress Sissy Spacek.

The senior Elmore was an agriculturalist and economist who worked to promote the consumption of black-eyed peas, particularly as a custom on New Year's Day. was born on Februin Temple, Texas, the son of Elmore Rual 'Tiger' Torn, Sr.

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