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