Alcohol-addicted 78-year-old actor Rip Torn was so drunk when police picked him up off the floor of a closed Connecticut bank last Friday night, he thought he had been dozing off in his own living room, law enforcement sources told The New York Post Monday.
State police say Torn was arrested after authorities found him inside the Litchfield Bancorp in Salisbury with a loaded revolver. The actor was so drunk he had no idea he was in a bank, insiders say.
Torn is scheduled to appear in a Connecticut court this afternoon on charges of burglary, criminal-trespass and criminal-mischief after spending the weekend in jail. The Men in Black actor is being held on $100,000 bond.
Bank President Mark Macomber told TMZ.com that no one was in the bank during the break-in and that the only damage was the smashed window in the back of the building that Torn seemingly thought was his front door.
In 2004, the actor was arrested in Manhattan after crashing his car into a taxi while under the influence. He was found not guilty, despite launching into a vicious tirade on police. Torn was given probation in a Connecticut drunk driving case and granted permission to enter an alcohol education program. Torn, whose real name is Elmore Torn, has starred in scores of films and television shows over the past 60 years. He won an Emmy for The Larry Sanders Show in 1992 and was nominated for an Oscar in 1983 for Cross Creek.