Ned Beatty
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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
Credits
Toy Story 3 (2010)
as Lotso (voice)
Shooter (2007)
as Senator Charles F. Meachum
Superman (1978)
as Otis
Rango (2011)
as Mayor (voice)
All the President's Men (1976)
as Dardis
Superman II (1980)
as Otis
Network (1976)
as Arthur Jensen
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
as Doc Long
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
as Edwards
Life (1999)
as Dexter Wilkins
1941 (1979)
as Ward Douglas
Deliverance (1972)
as Bobby Trippe
Back to School (1986)
as Dean Martin
He Got Game (1998)
as Warden Wyatt
Silver Streak (1976)
as Bob Sweet
Just Cause (1995)
as McNair
Rudy (1993)
as Daniel Ruettiger
The Killer Inside Me (2010)
as Chester Conway
In the Electric Mist (2009)
as Twinky LeMoyne
Nashville (1975)
as Delbert Reese
Repossessed (1990)
as Ernest Weller
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
as Otis
The Fourth Protocol (1987)
as Borisov
Rampart (2011)
as Hartshorn
The Big Bus (1976)
as Shorty Scotty
White Lightning (1973)
as Sheriff J.C. Connors
Captain America (1990)
as Sam Kolawetz
Mikey and Nicky (1976)
as Kinney
Switching Channels (1988)
as Roy Ridnitz
Where the Red Fern Grows (2003)
as Sheriff Abe McConnell
The Big Easy (1986)
as Jack Kellom
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
as Tector Crites
Thunderpants (2002)
as Gen. Ed Sheppard
Gator (1976)
as Sheriff J.C. Connors (uncredited)
Hopscotch (1980)
as Myerson
Baggage Claim (2013)
as Mr. Donaldson
The Toy (1982)
as Sydney Morehouse
Radioland Murders (1994)
as General Whalen
Wise Blood (1979)
as Hoover Shoates
The Unholy (1988)
as Lt. Stern
Gray Lady Down (1978)
as Mickey
Roughing It (2002)
as Slade
Physical Evidence (1989)
as James Nicks
La Classe américaine (1993)
as Frédéric (archive footage)
The Last American Hero (1973)
as Hackel
Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
as Dr. Boyle
The Walker (2007)
as Jack Delorean
The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
as Dan Beame
Crazy Horse (1996)
as Dr. McGillicuddy
Cookie's Fortune (1999)
as Lester Boyle
The Affair (1995)
as Col. Banning
Stroker Ace (1983)
as Clyde Torkle
Ed and His Dead Mother (1993)
as Uncle Benny
Hear My Song (1991)
as Josef Locke
Homicide: The Movie (2000)
as Stanley Bolander
Sweet Land (2005)
as Harmo
Earth and the American Dream (1992)
as Reader (voice)
Casting By (2012)
as Self
A Woman Called Golda (1982)
as Sen. Durward
Going Under (1991)
as Admiral Malice
The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)
as Deams
Rolling Vengeance (1987)
as Tiny Doyle
Purple People Eater (1988)
as Grandpa
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1983)
as Lynch Mob Leader
The Big Ask (2014)
as Old Man Carl
Angel Square (1991)
Actor
Ministry of Vengeance (1989)
as Rev. Bloor
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story (1990)
as Edward C. Acker
The Deadly Tower (1975)
as Allan Crum
Midnight Crossing (1988)
as Ellis
Splendor in the Grass (1981)
as Ace Stamper
Restless Natives (1985)
as Bender
The Execution of Private Slovik (1974)
as Father Stafford
Don't Ask Me, Ask God (1984)
as Self
Promises in the Dark (1979)
as Bud Koenig
Trial: The Price of Passion (1992)
as Scoot Shepard
A Cry in the Wild (1990)
as Pilot
Kiwi Magic (1987)
Actor
Touched (1983)
as Herbie
All the Way Home (1981)
as Ralph Follet
Lincoln (1992)
as Dennis Hanks (voice)
Go Toward the Light (1988)
as George
Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1990)
as Duke of Bridgewater
T Bone N Weasel (1992)
as Doc Tatum
The Dangerous World of 'Deliverance' (1972)
as Self
The Wool Cap (2004)
as Gigot's Father
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' (1982)
as Self
Friendly Fire (1980)
as Gene Mullen
Konrad (1985)
as Mr. Thomas
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom (1985)
as Rev. Mansfield French
Tennessee Nights (1989)
as Charlie Kiefer
The Making of 'Network' (2006)
as Self
The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973)
as Det. Dan Corrigan
Answers (1985)
as Senator William Blaine (Segment "The Constituent")
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart (1995)
as Sam Lawrence
Warren Oates: Across the Border (1993)
as Narrator (voice)
Tail Gunner Joe (1977)
as Sylvester
A Question of Love (1978)
as Dwayne Stabler
The Curse of Inferno (1996)
as Moles Huddenel
Alambrista! (1977)
as Anglo Coyote
After the Rain (1988)
as Matthew Bonner
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975)
as Country Bull
Footsteps (1972)
as Frank Powell
Hostage Flight (1985)
as Art Hofstadter
Last Train Home (1989)
as Cornelius van Horne
The Great Bank Hoax (1978)
as Julius Taggart
Time Trackers (1989)
as Harry Orth
Spring Forward (2000)
as Murph
Illusions (1992)
as Landlord
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion (1982)
as Benjamin Hammett
Replikator (1994)
as Insp. Victor Valiant
The Trouble with Spies (1987)
as Harry Lewis
Chattahoochee (1990)
as Dr. Harwood
Blind Vision (1992)
as Sgt. Logan
Dying Room Only (1973)
as Tom King
Shadows in the Storm (1988)
as Thelonious Pitt
Kentucky Woman (1983)
as Luke Telford
Our Town (1977)
as Dr. Gibbs
Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide (1988)
as Self
Big Bad John (1990)
as Charlie Mitchelle
The American Success Company (1980)
as Mr. Elliott
Rumpelstiltskin (1982)
as The King
The Violation of Sarah McDavid (1981)
as Dr. Walter Keys
Pray TV (1982)
as Rev. Freddy Stone
I Was a Rat (2001)
as Mudduck
The Gardener's Son (1977)
as Pinky
Sex and Buttered Popcorn (1989)
as Self - Host
Lucan (1977)
as Larry MacElwaine
Spy (1989)
as Thomas Ludlow
All God's Children (1980)
as Mike Naponic
The Haunting of Barney Palmer (1987)
as Cole Scholar
Fat Monroe (—)
as Fat Monroe