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