Ned Beatty
Acting
Born: July 6, 1937 · Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Died: June 13, 2021 (aged 83)
Highest Rated
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
Toy Story 3
2010
Rango
2011
Shooter
2007
Superman
1978
Superman II
1980
All the President's Men
1976
Network
1976
Deliverance
1972
Charlie Wilson's War
2007
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Life
1999
He Got Game
1998
Photos (4)
Movies (123)
Toy Story 3
Lotso (voice)
Shooter
Senator Charles F. Meachum
Superman
Otis
Rango
Mayor (voice)
The Fourth Protocol
Borisov
Superman II
Otis
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Edwards
Charlie Wilson's War
Doc Long
All the President's Men
Dardis
Network
Arthur Jensen
Life
Dexter Wilkins
1941
Ward Douglas
Deliverance
Bobby Trippe
Back to School
Dean Martin
The Killer Inside Me
Chester Conway
He Got Game
Warden Wyatt
Silver Streak
Bob Sweet
Repossessed
Ernest Weller
Rudy
Daniel Ruettiger
White Lightning
Sheriff J.C. Connors
Just Cause
McNair
In the Electric Mist
Twinky LeMoyne
Rampart
Hartshorn
The Unholy
Lt. Stern
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Otis
Nashville
Delbert Reese
Captain America
Sam Kolawetz
The Toy
Sydney Morehouse
The Big Bus
Shorty Scotty
The Big Easy
Jack Kellom
Mikey and Nicky
Kinney
Gator
Sheriff J.C. Connors (uncredited)
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
Deams
Where the Red Fern Grows
Sheriff Abe McConnell
Hopscotch
Myerson
Prelude to a Kiss
Dr. Boyle
Switching Channels
Roy Ridnitz
Gray Lady Down
Mickey
Roughing It
Slade
The Curse of Inferno
Moles Huddenel
Baggage Claim
Mr. Donaldson
Thunderpants
Gen. Ed Sheppard
The Last American Hero
Hackel
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Tector Crites
Spring Forward
Murph
The Walker
Jack Delorean
Tail Gunner Joe
Sylvester
Wise Blood
Hoover Shoates
Radioland Murders
General Whalen
Physical Evidence
James Nicks
Stroker Ace
Clyde Torkle
A Woman Called Golda
Sen. Durward
Cookie's Fortune
Lester Boyle
Crazy Horse
Dr. McGillicuddy
A Cry in the Wild
Pilot
The Affair
Col. Banning
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Dan Beame
Homicide: The Movie
Stanley Bolander
La Classe américaine
Frédéric (archive footage)
Hear My Song
Josef Locke
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
Lynch Mob Leader
Angel Square
1991
Hostage Flight
Art Hofstadter
The Wool Cap
Gigot's Father
Purple People Eater
Grandpa
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
Answers
Senator William Blaine (Segment "The Constituent")
The Deadly Tower
Allan Crum
Dying Room Only
Tom King
Ed and His Dead Mother
Uncle Benny
Trial: The Price of Passion
Scoot Shepard
Going Under
Admiral Malice
Chattahoochee
Dr. Harwood
Rolling Vengeance
Tiny Doyle
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
Edward C. Acker
Ministry of Vengeance
Rev. Bloor
Konrad
Mr. Thomas
Sweet Land
Harmo
Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
Duke of Bridgewater
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
Country Bull
The Great Bank Hoax
Julius Taggart
A Question of Love
Dwayne Stabler
Touched
Herbie
Friendly Fire
Gene Mullen
Warren Oates: Across the Border
Narrator (voice)
Splendor in the Grass
Ace Stamper
T Bone N Weasel
Doc Tatum
Midnight Crossing
Ellis
The Execution of Private Slovik
Father Stafford
Illusions
Landlord
Time Trackers
Harry Orth
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
Det. Dan Corrigan
The Big Ask
Old Man Carl
After the Rain
Matthew Bonner
Alambrista!
Anglo Coyote
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
Benjamin Hammett
Restless Natives
Bender
Kiwi Magic
1987
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
Rev. Mansfield French
All the Way Home
Ralph Follet
Promises in the Dark
Bud Koenig
The Trouble with Spies
Harry Lewis
Replikator
Insp. Victor Valiant
The Gardener's Son
Pinky
Tennessee Nights
Charlie Kiefer
Last Train Home
Cornelius van Horne
The American Success Company
Mr. Elliott
Go Toward the Light
George
Footsteps
Frank Powell
Pray TV
Rev. Freddy Stone
Blind Vision
Sgt. Logan
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
Sam Lawrence
I Was a Rat
Mudduck
Big Bad John
Charlie Mitchelle
Our Town
Dr. Gibbs
Kentucky Woman
Luke Telford
The Violation of Sarah McDavid
Dr. Walter Keys
Spy
Thomas Ludlow
Rumpelstiltskin
The King
All God's Children
Mike Naponic
Shadows in the Storm
Thelonious Pitt
Lucan
Larry MacElwaine
The Haunting of Barney Palmer
Cole Scholar
TV Shows (34)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Dr. David Lowry · 1 eps
Law & Order
Malcolm Reynolds · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Roy Gunderson · 1 eps
Homicide: Life on the Street
Stanley Bolander · 33 eps
Hawaii Five-O
Caldwell · 1 eps
M*A*S*H
Colonel Hollister · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Lynch Mob Leader · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Reverend Mansfield French · 1 eps
The Rockford Files
Leon Fielder · 2 eps
The Rockford Files
Al Brennan · 1 eps
The Waltons
Curtis Norton · 1 eps
The Streets of San Francisco
Eddie Boggs · 1 eps
Highway to Heaven
Bill Cassidy · 2 eps
Gunsmoke
Karp · 1 eps
The Rookies
1 eps
Faerie Tale Theatre
The King · 1 eps
Petrocelli
Gage · 1 eps
Go On
Coach Spence · 1 eps
The Golden Palace
Tad Hollingsworth · 1 eps
Roseanne
Ed Conner · 6 eps
Delvecchio
Wakefield · 1 eps
B.L. Stryker
1 eps
Gulliver's Travels
Farmer Grultrad · 2 eps
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Rep. Leo Ryan · 2 eps
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
1 eps
The Last Days of Pompeii
Diomed · 3 eps
Streets of Laredo
Judge Roy Bean · 3 eps
A Woman Called Golda
Senator Durward · 2 eps
E! True Hollywood Story
1 eps
Robert Kennedy & His Times
J. Edgar Hoover · 3 eps
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Ollie Thompson · 2 eps
Celebrity
Otto Leo · 3 eps
Nashville 99
Randy Blair · 1 eps
Roughing It
Slade · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (9)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
Casting By
Self
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Self
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
Self
The Making of 'Network'
Self
The Dangerous World of 'Deliverance'
Self
Sex and Buttered Popcorn
Self - Host