# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/21 "2020-08-14T21:02:47Z")
Angelababy – Stage name of Hong Kong actress Angela Yeung Wing Blue Demon – Famous Mexican _luchador_ and actor Cosmo Sardo – Usually uncredited yet ubiquitous bit-part actor with 506 IMDB credits (1939-82) Jet Li – An upgraded evocation of Bruce Lee László Kovács/Vilmos Zsigmond – Hungarian cinematographers with ultra-cool names (the former is used by Jean-Paul Belmondo as an alias in Godard’s _Breathless_). Max Schreck – “Terrible Max” was the star of _Nosferatu_ (1922) Noble Johnson – Dignified African-American actor (and producer) who rarely played his own race in Hollywood movies. Retired in the 1950s and lived the rest of his life as a white man in CA. Prince Randian, “the Human Torso,” unforgettable in _Freaks_ - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince\_Randian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Randian) Q’orianka Kilcher – Exotic cool Sabu – Indian star of _The Thief of Bagdad_ (1940) and other films Sir Lancelot – Calypso singer in a dozen or so features Skelton Knaggs – His face made him a natural for sinister henchman roles, though he played a sympathetic part in _The Ghost Ship_ (1943) Tuesday Weld – Arresting combo of industrial verb and day of the week Zamba – His incredible life story: [Zamba - Biography - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3815917/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm) ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/22 "2020-08-14T21:38:11Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > Jude Law is just badass and sexy. Lucy Lawless is better. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/23 "2020-08-14T21:42:29Z")
[Rockets Redglare.](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714871/) ---
**Author:** ![TCMF-2L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tcmf-2l/32/16553_2.png) [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/24 "2020-08-14T21:55:09Z")
It’s actually a genuine Lucy F Lawless (the F standing for Frances) hence the nickname Flawless Lawless. TCMF-2L ---
**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, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/25 "2020-08-14T22:01:10Z")
Dirk Bogarde was a pretty cool name. And Bela Lugosi. ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/26 "2020-08-14T22:20:45Z")
Forest Whitaker - Forest with one R, like the word forest, not the usual double-R spelling when it’s someone’s name. Great name with a lot of character for a great actor with a lot of character. ---
**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 15, 2020, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/27 "2020-08-15T01:17:10Z")
Chill Wills Bela Lugosi Boris Karloff ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/28 "2020-08-15T01:27:50Z")
FX artist Greg Killmaster. ---
**Author:** ![Ynnad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4491bb/32.png) [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/29 "2020-08-15T01:30:37Z")
Dash Riprock ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/30 "2020-08-15T01:31:14Z")
John Shrapnel often played intimidating villains, appropriately. He sadly died recently. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/31 "2020-08-15T01:36:52Z")
Carmen Electra Lady Gaga ---
**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 15, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/32 "2020-08-15T01:55:29Z")
Lash LaRue Shia LaBeouf Benedict Cumberbatch Slim Pickens ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/33 "2020-08-15T02:00:54Z")
Jon St. John It’s his real name. He’s a voice actor best known for doing the voice of Duke Nukem. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/34 "2020-08-15T02:08:03Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Carmen Electra Her real name is Tara Patrick. And there’s a porn actress known as Tera Patrick whose real name is Linda Shapiro. And the joke going around twenty years ago was that somewhere out there was an accountant born with the name Carmen Electra who legally changed it to Linda Shapiro so people would take her seriously. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/35 "2020-08-15T02:11:57Z")
Veronica Lake (actress) Faye Wray (actress) Madeleine Stowe (actress) Shane Black (writer/director) Benicio del Toro (actor) Chow Yun-Fat (actor) ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/36 "2020-08-15T03:40:50Z")
Randy Rainbow [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6kOesPt7iBY/maxresdefault.jpg "COVER YOUR FREAKIN' FACE! - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kOesPt7iBY) ---
**Author:** ![Eclipse\_Chaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Eclipse\_Chaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eclipse_Chaser)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/37 "2020-08-15T12:37:19Z")
Woody Strode ---
**Author:** ![Eclipse\_Chaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Eclipse\_Chaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eclipse_Chaser)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/38 "2020-08-15T12:39:31Z")
And Nehemiah Persoff. ---
**Author:** ![Eclipse\_Chaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Eclipse\_Chaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eclipse_Chaser)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/39 "2020-08-15T13:01:50Z")
Sorry for the multi posts, I keep thinking of more … Stepin Fetchit. ---
**Author:** ![Loggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/40 "2020-08-15T13:48:27Z")
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