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Ned Beatty

Acting 83 (deceased) years old Louisville, Kentucky, USA ★ 1.7
Born: July 6, 1937
Died: June 13, 2021

Biography

Ned Thomas Beatty (July 6, 1937 – June 13, 2021) was an American actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award; and won a Drama Desk Award.

These nominations stemmed from his performances in films and TV series like Network (1976), Friendly Fire (1979), Last Train Home (1990), Hear My Song (1991) and the adaptation movie "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (2004).

He had great commercial success in memorable roles such as the executive Bobby Trippe in Deliverance (1972), Tennessee lawyer Delbert Reese in Nashville (1975), general attorney Dardis in All the President's Men (1976), the priest Edwards in Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), Lex Luthor's henchman Otis in Superman (1978) and Superman II (1980), Bates' right hand man Sydney Morehouse in The Toy (1982), twice characters Borisov and Pavel Petrovic in The Fourth Protocol (1987), TV presenter Ernest Weller in Repossessed (1990), Rudy Ruettiger's father in Rudy (1993), detective McNair in Just Cause (1995), Ray and Claude's warden/employer Dexter Wilkins in Life (1999), the simple sheriff in Where the Red Fern Grows (2003), the corrupt Senator Charles F. Meachum in Shooter (2007), United States Congressman Doc Long in Charlie Wilson's War (2007) and the voice of antagonist Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear in Toy Story 3 (2010).

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Known For

Rango
Rango Mayor (voice) 2011
Superman
Superman Otis 1978
Toy Story 3
Toy Story 3 Lotso (voice) 2010
Shooter
Shooter Senator Charles F. Meachum 2007
Superman II
Superman II Otis 1980

Filmography

Acting Credits (169)

The Big Ask
The Big Ask Old Man Carl 2014
Baggage Claim
Baggage Claim Mr. Donaldson 2013
Casting By
Casting By Self 2012
Go On
Go On Coach Spence 2012
Rampart
Rampart Hartshorn 2011
Rango
Rango Mayor (voice) 2011
Toy Story 3
Toy Story 3 Lotso (voice) 2010
The Killer Inside Me
The Killer Inside Me Chester Conway 2010
In the Electric Mist
In the Electric Mist Twinky LeMoyne 2009
Charlie Wilson's War
Charlie Wilson's War Doc Long 2007
Shooter
Shooter Senator Charles F. Meachum 2007
The Walker
The Walker Jack Delorean 2007
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut Otis 2006
The Making of 'Network'
The Making of 'Network' Self 2006
Sweet Land
Sweet Land Harmo 2005
The Wool Cap
The Wool Cap Gigot's Father 2004
Where the Red Fern Grows
Where the Red Fern Grows Sheriff Abe McConnell 2003
Thunderpants
Thunderpants Gen. Ed Sheppard 2002
Roughing It
Roughing It Slade 2002
I Was a Rat
I Was a Rat Mudduck 2001
Spring Forward
Spring Forward Murph 2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Dr. David Lowry 2000
Homicide: The Movie
Homicide: The Movie Stanley Bolander 2000
Life
Life Dexter Wilkins 1999
Cookie's Fortune
Cookie's Fortune Lester Boyle 1999
He Got Game
He Got Game Warden Wyatt 1998
The Curse of Inferno
The Curse of Inferno Moles Huddenel 1996
E! True Hollywood Story
E! True Hollywood Story 1996
Crazy Horse
Crazy Horse Dr. McGillicuddy 1996
Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels Farmer Grultrad 1996
Streets of Laredo
Streets of Laredo Judge Roy Bean 1995
The Affair
The Affair Col. Banning 1995
Just Cause
Just Cause McNair 1995
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart Sam Lawrence 1995
Radioland Murders
Radioland Murders General Whalen 1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Inside the Actors Studio Self 1994
Replikator
Replikator Insp. Victor Valiant 1994
La Classe américaine
La Classe américaine Frédéric (archive footage) 1993
Warren Oates: Across the Border
Warren Oates: Across the Border Narrator (voice) 1993
Rudy
Rudy Daniel Ruettiger 1993
The Boys
The Boys Herbert Francis 'Bert' Greenblatt 1993
Ed and His Dead Mother
Ed and His Dead Mother Uncle Benny 1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street Stanley Bolander 1993
Lincoln
Lincoln Dennis Hanks (voice) 1992
T Bone N Weasel
T Bone N Weasel Doc Tatum 1992
Illusions
Illusions Landlord 1992
Earth and the American Dream
Earth and the American Dream Reader (voice) 1992
The Golden Palace
The Golden Palace Tad Hollingsworth 1992
Prelude to a Kiss
Prelude to a Kiss Dr. Boyle 1992
Blind Vision
Blind Vision Sgt. Logan 1992
Trial: The Price of Passion
Trial: The Price of Passion Scoot Shepard 1992
Hear My Song
Hear My Song Josef Locke 1991
Angel Square
Angel Square 1991
Going Under
Going Under Admiral Malice 1991
Captain America
Captain America Sam Kolawetz 1990
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story Edward C. Acker 1990
Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn Duke of Bridgewater 1990
Repossessed
Repossessed Ernest Weller 1990
Law & Order
Law & Order Malcolm Reynolds 1990
A Cry in the Wild
A Cry in the Wild Pilot 1990
Chattahoochee
Chattahoochee Dr. Harwood 1990
Big Bad John
Big Bad John Charlie Mitchelle 1990
Spy
Spy Thomas Ludlow 1989
Last Train Home
Last Train Home Cornelius van Horne 1989
Ministry of Vengeance
Ministry of Vengeance Rev. Bloor 1989
Tennessee Nights
Tennessee Nights Charlie Kiefer 1989
Time Trackers
Time Trackers Harry Orth 1989
B.L. Stryker
B.L. Stryker 1989
Physical Evidence
Physical Evidence James Nicks 1989
Sex and Buttered Popcorn
Sex and Buttered Popcorn Self - Host 1989
Purple People Eater
Purple People Eater Grandpa 1988
Go Toward the Light
Go Toward the Light George 1988
Roseanne
Roseanne Ed Conner 1988
After the Rain
After the Rain Matthew Bonner 1988
Midnight Crossing
Midnight Crossing Ellis 1988
The Unholy
The Unholy Lt. Stern 1988
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Self 1988
Switching Channels
Switching Channels Roy Ridnitz 1988
Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide
Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide Self 1988
Shadows in the Storm
Shadows in the Storm Thelonious Pitt 1988
The Trouble with Spies
The Trouble with Spies Harry Lewis 1987
Rolling Vengeance
Rolling Vengeance Tiny Doyle 1987
The Haunting of Barney Palmer
The Haunting of Barney Palmer Cole Scholar 1987
The Fourth Protocol
The Fourth Protocol Borisov 1987
Kiwi Magic
Kiwi Magic 1987
The Big Easy
The Big Easy Jack Kellom 1986
Back to School
Back to School Dean Martin 1986
Hostage Flight
Hostage Flight Art Hofstadter 1985
Konrad
Konrad Mr. Thomas 1985
Restless Natives
Restless Natives Bender 1985
Answers
Answers Senator William Blaine (Segment "The Constituent") 1985
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom Rev. Mansfield French 1985
Robert Kennedy & His Times
Robert Kennedy & His Times J. Edgar Hoover 1985
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote Roy Gunderson 1984
Highway to Heaven
Highway to Heaven Bill Cassidy 1984
The Last Days of Pompeii
The Last Days of Pompeii Diomed 1984
Celebrity
Celebrity Otto Leo 1984
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
Don't Ask Me, Ask God Self 1984
Touched
Touched Herbie 1983
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez Lynch Mob Leader 1983
Stroker Ace
Stroker Ace Clyde Torkle 1983
Kentucky Woman
Kentucky Woman Luke Telford 1983
The Toy
The Toy Sydney Morehouse 1982
Rumpelstiltskin
Rumpelstiltskin The King 1982
Faerie Tale Theatre
Faerie Tale Theatre The King 1982
A Woman Called Golda
A Woman Called Golda Sen. Durward 1982
A Woman Called Golda
A Woman Called Golda Senator Durward 1982
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion Benjamin Hammett 1982
Pray TV
Pray TV Rev. Freddy Stone 1982
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' Self 1982
All the Way Home
All the Way Home Ralph Follet 1981
Splendor in the Grass
Splendor in the Grass Ace Stamper 1981
The Violation of Sarah McDavid
The Violation of Sarah McDavid Dr. Walter Keys 1981
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
The Incredible Shrinking Woman Dan Beame 1981
Superman II
Superman II Otis 1980
Friendly Fire
Friendly Fire Gene Mullen 1980
Hopscotch
Hopscotch Myerson 1980
All God's Children
All God's Children Mike Naponic 1980
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones Rep. Leo Ryan 1980
The American Success Company
The American Success Company Mr. Elliott 1980
1941
1941 Ward Douglas 1979
Promises in the Dark
Promises in the Dark Bud Koenig 1979
Wise Blood
Wise Blood Hoover Shoates 1979
Superman
Superman Otis 1978
A Question of Love
A Question of Love Dwayne Stabler 1978
The Great Bank Hoax
The Great Bank Hoax Julius Taggart 1978
Gray Lady Down
Gray Lady Down Mickey 1978
Alambrista!
Alambrista! Anglo Coyote 1977
Szysznyk
Szysznyk 1977
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Exorcist II: The Heretic Edwards 1977
Our Town
Our Town Dr. Gibbs 1977
Lucan
Lucan Larry MacElwaine 1977
Nashville 99
Nashville 99 Randy Blair 1977
Tail Gunner Joe
Tail Gunner Joe Sylvester 1977
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected 1977
The Gardener's Son
The Gardener's Son Pinky 1977
Mikey and Nicky
Mikey and Nicky Kinney 1976
Silver Streak
Silver Streak Bob Sweet 1976
Network
Network Arthur Jensen 1976
Delvecchio
Delvecchio Wakefield 1976
Gator
Gator Sheriff J.C. Connors (uncredited) 1976
The Big Bus
The Big Bus Shorty Scotty 1976
All the President's Men
All the President's Men Dardis 1976
NBC Special Treat
NBC Special Treat Big Henry 1975
The Deadly Tower
The Deadly Tower Allan Crum 1975
Nashville
Nashville Delbert Reese 1975
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings Country Bull 1975
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan Ollie Thompson 1975
The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files Leon Fielder 1974
The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files Al Brennan 1974
Petrocelli
Petrocelli Gage 1974
The Execution of Private Slovik
The Execution of Private Slovik Father Stafford 1974
Dying Room Only
Dying Room Only Tom King 1973
White Lightning
White Lightning Sheriff J.C. Connors 1973
The Last American Hero
The Last American Hero Hackel 1973
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
The Marcus-Nelson Murders Det. Dan Corrigan 1973
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
The Thief Who Came to Dinner Deams 1973
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean Tector Crites 1972
Footsteps
Footsteps Frank Powell 1972
The Streets of San Francisco
The Streets of San Francisco Eddie Boggs 1972
M*A*S*H
M*A*S*H Colonel Hollister 1972
The Waltons
The Waltons Curtis Norton 1972
The Rookies
The Rookies 1972
Deliverance
Deliverance Bobby Trippe 1972
Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O Caldwell 1968
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Self 1962
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke Karp 1955
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self - Nominee 1944
Fat Monroe
Fat Monroe Fat Monroe

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