# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 5
**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 22, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/81 "2020-08-22T19:17:23Z")
Strother Martin Rudy Valee Harpo, Zeppo and Groucho Marx ---
**Author:** ![its\_the\_daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bb73d2/32.png) [@its\_the\_daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/its_the_daddy)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/82 "2020-08-23T09:02:28Z")
> [@Banksiaman](#): > > Edward Woodward [esp in English pronunciation which is Ed Wood Wood Wood] Old joke: Why does Edward Woodward have four ‘D’s’ in his name? 'Cos if he didn’t he’d be E-wah Woo-wah ---
**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 23, 2020, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/83 "2020-08-23T12:05:38Z")
As funny as it is technically correct. I last heard that while Callan [an E-war Woo-war star vehicle] was on TV in the 1970s. ---
**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/84 "2020-08-23T15:22:51Z")
Titus Welliver Charisma Carpenter Callista Flockhart And while it’s AAA, not the majors, I really like the name Holliday Grainger. ---
**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 30, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/85 "2020-08-30T17:02:24Z")
Two not so well known British actresses: Honeysuckle Weeks Cinnamon Bone ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/86 "2020-08-30T17:13:49Z")
Thurl Ravenscroft! ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/87 "2020-08-30T18:05:09Z")
^ Uh, yeah. _And_ the voice. ---
**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 30, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/88 "2020-08-30T18:15:30Z")
I know it’s a wide stretch from the movies to esports coaches, but I just stumbled across the coach of the esports team of German club Schalke 04, a big name in real soccer, [Dylan Falco](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_S7-iLAf5s). A fabulous name, two musical icons in one. (yeah, though you might know him only as two hit wonder in the USA, Falco is a musical icon in Austria and Germany). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/89 "2020-09-18T20:53:34Z")
Billy Drago. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/90 "2020-09-18T21:08:14Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Are you worthy of . . . _the Malachi Throne_ Throw him in the ZaSu Pitts! ---
**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/91 "2020-09-19T10:40:05Z")
Alan Smithee! ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/92 "2020-09-19T13:28:26Z")
There’s a crew member on The Closer named Duppy Demetrious. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112/93 "2020-09-19T16:40:12Z")
Cordwainer Bird. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112.md?page=4)