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