# 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:** 3
**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, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/41 "2020-08-15T13:52:26Z")
Jet Li, Max Screck fatastic names ---
**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 15, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/42 "2020-08-15T14:03:10Z")
Quentin Tarantino. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/43 "2020-08-15T14:21:11Z")
Wings Hauser Titus Welliver Cush Jumbo ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/44 "2020-08-15T14:27:09Z")
Zoltan Korda. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/45 "2020-08-15T14:27:19Z")
Ethan Hawke. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/46 "2020-08-15T14:36:30Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Benicio del Toro (actor) Whenever I see this name I can’t not picture Chicago Bulls mascot “Benny the Bull.” ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/47 "2020-08-15T14:50:40Z")
Hunter Ellis ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/48 "2020-08-15T17:15:15Z")
Montgomery Clift. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/49 "2020-08-15T17:25:55Z")
Keanu Reeves another vote for Lash LaRue Basil Rathbone ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/50 "2020-08-15T17:48:48Z")
Rutger Hauer (maybe that only works in German, where Hauer means beater. Maybe also in Dutch). ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/51 "2020-08-15T18:01:52Z")
Anyone remember an obscure bit-part actor named “Slim Pickens”? Who had a brother who went by “Easy Pickens”? Then there was a Donna Lee Hickey whose first credited role in The Caine Mutiny identified the actor as “May Wynn” (or, you know, may not) which was the name of her character and the name she was thereafter credited under. ---
**Author:** ![Marine\_One](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marine_one/32/3461_2.png) [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/52 "2020-08-15T20:30:32Z")
**Wolf Blitzer** was in _Skyfall_ and a few others. Yeah, I know… ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/53 "2020-08-15T20:41:28Z")
Charlton Heston used as his “first name” the surname of his stepfather, and “Heston” was his mother’s maiden name. Using his birthname would have been cool, John Carter. ---
**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, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/54 "2020-08-15T21:04:48Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Anyone remember an obscure bit-part actor named “Slim Pickens”? Well, I did, back in post #31. 😉 While he played mostly bit parts, I wouldn’t really call him obscure, since he featured in [one of the most memorable scenes in movie history](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3edi2Wkr5YI) in _Dr. Strangelove_ (Major “King” Kong"), and [was also a significant character in \*Blazing Saddles.](https://youtu.be/VPIP9KXdmO0?t=43)\* ---
**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, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/55 "2020-08-15T22:39:16Z")
Prunella Scales! ---
**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, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/56 "2020-08-15T22:40:22Z")
I remember him well, great character actor ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/57 "2020-08-15T23:03:21Z")
Wright King ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/58 "2020-08-15T23:04:07Z")
Max von Sydow ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/59 "2020-08-16T02:38:28Z")
Fanny Ardant Edward Woodward [esp in English pronunciation which is Ed Wood Wood Wood] And, since we’re referencing a lot of landforms, Nick Cave ---
**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 16, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/60 "2020-08-16T02:45:31Z")
> [@Banksiaman](#): > > Edward Woodward [esp in English pronunciation which is Ed Wood Wood Wood] He’s like a real-life version of Bob Loblaw. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112.md?page=4)