Ned Beatty
Known for Acting · 170 credits
- Born
- 1937-07-06
- Died
- 2021-06-13
- Place of birth
- Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- Also known as
- Ned Thomas Beatty · ند بیتی
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).
Known For
TV Shows (37)
Law & Order
1990
as Malcolm Reynolds
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Dr. David Lowry
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Roy Gunderson
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Caldwell
M*A*S*H
1972
as Colonel Hollister
The Waltons
1972
as Curtis Norton
The Rockford Files
1974
as Leon Fielder / Al Brennan
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Stanley Bolander
Highway to Heaven
1984
as Bill Cassidy
The Rookies
1972
Gunsmoke
1955
as Karp
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
as Eddie Boggs
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as The King
Petrocelli
1974
as Gage
The Golden Palace
1992
as Tad Hollingsworth
Go On
2012
as Coach Spence
Roseanne
1988
as Ed Conner
Delvecchio
1976
as Wakefield
B.L. Stryker
1989
Gulliver's Travels
1996
as Farmer Grultrad
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980
as Rep. Leo Ryan
Streets of Laredo
1995
as Judge Roy Bean
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Celebrity
1984
as Otto Leo
The Last Days of Pompeii
1984
as Diomed
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
1977
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1988
as Self
Robert Kennedy & His Times
1985
as J. Edgar Hoover
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Szysznyk
1977
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975
as Ollie Thompson
The Boys
1993
as Herbert Francis 'Bert' Greenblatt
NBC Special Treat
1975
as Big Henry
Nashville 99
1977
as Randy Blair
A Woman Called Golda
1982
as Senator Durward
Movies (133)
Toy Story 3
2010
as Lotso (voice)
Rango
2011
as Mayor (voice)
Shooter
2007
as Senator Charles F. Meachum
Superman
1978
as Otis
Superman II
1980
as Otis
Life
1999
as Dexter Wilkins
Deliverance
1972
as Bobby Trippe
1941
1979
as Ward Douglas
Network
1976
as Arthur Jensen
All the President's Men
1976
as Dardis
Rudy
1993
as Daniel Ruettiger
He Got Game
1998
as Warden Wyatt
Charlie Wilson's War
2007
as Doc Long
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006
as Otis
Baggage Claim
2013
as Mr. Donaldson
Just Cause
1995
as McNair
In the Electric Mist
2009
as Twinky LeMoyne
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
as Edwards
The Fourth Protocol
1987
as Borisov
Silver Streak
1976
as Bob Sweet
Back to School
1986
as Dean Martin
Rampart
2011
as Hartshorn
Gator
1976
as Sheriff J.C. Connors (uncredited)
Physical Evidence
1989
as James Nicks
Prelude to a Kiss
1992
as Dr. Boyle
White Lightning
1973
as Sheriff J.C. Connors
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
1981
as Dan Beame
Repossessed
1990
as Ernest Weller
Captain America
1990
as Sam Kolawetz
The Big Easy
1986
as Jack Kellom
Crazy Horse
1996
as Dr. McGillicuddy
The Killer Inside Me
2010
as Chester Conway
Nashville
1975
as Delbert Reese
Radioland Murders
1994
as General Whalen
Friendly Fire
1980
as Gene Mullen
The Big Bus
1976
as Shorty Scotty
Homicide: The Movie
2000
as Stanley Bolander
Earth and the American Dream
1992
as Reader (voice)
Thunderpants
2002
as Gen. Ed Sheppard
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972
as Tector Crites
Midnight Crossing
1988
as Ellis
Warren Oates: Across the Border
1993
as Narrator (voice)
Where the Red Fern Grows
2003
as Sheriff Abe McConnell
Hopscotch
1980
as Myerson
Sweet Land
2005
as Harmo
The Toy
1982
as Sydney Morehouse
Casting By
2012
as Self
The Last American Hero
1973
as Hackel
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975
as Ollie Thompson
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
1973
as Det. Dan Corrigan
Gray Lady Down
1978
as Mickey
Chattahoochee
1990
as Dr. Harwood
Cookie's Fortune
1999
as Lester Boyle
The Violation of Sarah McDavid
1981
as Dr. Walter Keys
Rolling Vengeance
1987
as Tiny Doyle
La Classe américaine
1993
as Frédéric (archive footage)
Roughing It
2002
as Slade
Ministry of Vengeance
1989
as Rev. Bloor
Ed and His Dead Mother
1993
as Uncle Benny
Going Under
1991
as Admiral Malice
Stroker Ace
1983
as Clyde Torkle
The Big Ask
2014
as Old Man Carl
Switching Channels
1988
as Roy Ridnitz
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982
as Self
Blind Vision
1992
as Sgt. Logan
Mikey and Nicky
1976
as Kinney
I Was a Rat
2001
as Mudduck
Wise Blood
1979
as Hoover Shoates
Hear My Song
1991
as Josef Locke
The Affair
1995
as Col. Banning
The Walker
2007
as Jack Delorean
A Cry in the Wild
1990
as Pilot
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
1990
as Edward C. Acker
The Unholy
1988
as Lt. Stern
The Deadly Tower
1975
as Allan Crum
Tail Gunner Joe
1977
as Sylvester
The Execution of Private Slovik
1974
as Father Stafford
Purple People Eater
1988
as Grandpa
The Trouble with Spies
1987
as Harry Lewis
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
1983
as Lynch Mob Leader
Lincoln
1992
as Dennis Hanks (voice)
Splendor in the Grass
1981
as Ace Stamper
Pray TV
1982
as Rev. Freddy Stone
Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
1990
as Duke of Bridgewater
Go Toward the Light
1988
as George
Dying Room Only
1973
as Tom King
Tennessee Nights
1989
as Charlie Kiefer
T Bone N Weasel
1992
as Doc Tatum
Replikator
1994
as Insp. Victor Valiant
A Woman Called Golda
1982
as Sen. Durward
The Curse of Inferno
1996
as Moles Huddenel
Spy
1989
as Thomas Ludlow
Footsteps
1972
as Frank Powell
The Wool Cap
2004
as Gigot's Father
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
1982
as Benjamin Hammett
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
1985
as Rev. Mansfield French
Spring Forward
2000
as Murph
Trial: The Price of Passion
1992
as Scoot Shepard
The Making of 'Network'
2006
as Self
Restless Natives
1985
as Bender
Konrad
1985
as Mr. Thomas
Big Bad John
1990
as Charlie Mitchelle
Hostage Flight
1985
as Art Hofstadter
All the Way Home
1981
as Ralph Follet
All God's Children
1980
as Mike Naponic
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
1995
as Sam Lawrence
Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide
1988
as Self
A Question of Love
1978
as Dwayne Stabler
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
1973
as Deams
Alambrista!
1977
as Anglo Coyote
Answers
1985
as Senator William Blaine (Segment "The Constituent")
Angel Square
1991
Touched
1983
as Herbie
Time Trackers
1989
as Harry Orth
Illusions
1992
as Landlord
Lucan
1977
as Larry MacElwaine
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
1975
as Country Bull
The American Success Company
1980
as Mr. Elliott
Kentucky Woman
1983
as Luke Telford
Last Train Home
1989
as Cornelius van Horne
About Ned Beatty
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… With 170 credits spanning from 1944 to 2014, Ned Beatty has appeared in 133 films and 37 TV shows.
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Most Popular Ned Beatty Movies
- Toy Story 3 (2010) — as Lotso (voice)
- Rango (2011) — as Mayor (voice)
- Shooter (2007) — as Senator Charles F. Meachum
- Superman (1978) — as Otis
- Superman II (1980) — as Otis
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