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