
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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