# Coolest name in the Movie industry (Rip Torn)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 14, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112 "2020-08-14T18:03:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Loggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/1 "2020-08-14T18:03:51Z")
There are a lot of weird names amongst actors/actresses and directors. What are some worth mentioning? I got 4 actors/actresses i think have bad ass names: Rip Torn Powers Boothe Brad Pitt Tallulah Bankhead So any other suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Loggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/2 "2020-08-14T18:04:42Z")
Oh Rock Hudson! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/3 "2020-08-14T18:11:07Z")
Helen Twelvetrees (silent movie star) Joy Bang (best known for being in _Play it Again Sam_) Hermes Pan (actor and choreographer, worked heavily with Fred Astaire. real name Hermes Panagiotopoulos) ---
**Author:** ![Loggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/4 "2020-08-14T18:12:28Z")
Honeysuckle Weeks Cute british actress, great too! ---
**Author:** ![Loggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/5 "2020-08-14T18:13:28Z")
River Phoenix isnt a bad name ---
**Author:** ![Loggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/6 "2020-08-14T18:14:38Z")
Thanks CalMeacham 3 new names to me ---
**Author:** ![Loggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/7 "2020-08-14T18:19:37Z")
Ronald Pickup British super-actor famous for amongst other things “The Mission” ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Sponge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dark_sponge/32/121_2.png) [@Dark\_Sponge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Sponge)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/8 "2020-08-14T18:27:28Z")
Hard to beat River Phoenix. Jack Black is a pretty cool name too. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/9 "2020-08-14T18:28:19Z")
Frank Military. ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/10 "2020-08-14T18:28:22Z")
Moon Bloodgood ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/11 "2020-08-14T18:31:17Z")
Finn Wolfhard (“Stranger Things” kid) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/12 "2020-08-14T18:55:48Z")
> [@Loggins](#): > > I got 4 actors/actresses i think have bad ass names: Any time I see that construction, I always stop and think about wether the writer means (bad ass) names, or bad (ass names). Damn you Randall Munroe!! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/13 "2020-08-14T19:34:13Z")
Butterfly McQueen, who played Prissy in **Gone With The Wind** ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/14 "2020-08-14T19:43:23Z")
If tv counts, I always thought Soleil Moon Frye was a cool name, and apparently it is her real name. Jude Law is just badass and sexy. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/15 "2020-08-14T19:46:57Z")
The name ‘Tom Cruise’ doesn’t look bad on the poster for an action flick. ---
**Author:** ![Loggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/16 "2020-08-14T20:02:04Z")
Great name 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/17 "2020-08-14T20:18:20Z")
Lee Ving ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/18 "2020-08-14T20:28:39Z")
Quvenzhané Wallis, nominated for Best Actress in _Beasts of the Southern Wild._ certainly deserves mention ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/19 "2020-08-14T20:52:17Z")
Imogen Poots. Sounds like a very sophisticated fart. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/20 "2020-08-14T20:58:10Z")
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