Ned Beatty
Born July 06, 1937 (Age: 88)
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Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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).
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).
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Filmography
Baggage Claim
2013
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as Mr. Donaldson
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Age: 76
Casting By
2012
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as Self
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Age: 75
Rampart
2011
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as Hartshorn
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Age: 74
Rango
2011
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as Mayor (voice)
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Age: 73
Toy Story 3
2010
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as Lotso (voice)
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Age: 72
The Killer Inside Me
2010
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as Chester Conway
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Age: 72
Charlie Wilson's War
2007
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as Doc Long
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Age: 70
Shooter
2007
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as Senator Charles F. Meachum
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Age: 69
The Walker
2007
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as Jack Delorean
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Age: 69
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006
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as Otis
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Age: 69
The Making of 'Network'
2006
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as Self
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Age: 68
Thunderpants
2002
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as Gen. Ed Sheppard
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Age: 64
Roughing It
2002
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as Slade
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Age: 64
Spring Forward
2000
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as Murph
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Age: 63
Homicide: The Movie
2000
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as Stanley Bolander
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Age: 62
Life
1999
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as Dexter Wilkins
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Age: 61
Cookie's Fortune
1999
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as Lester Boyle
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Age: 61
He Got Game
1998
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as Warden Wyatt
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Age: 60
The Curse of Inferno
1996
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as Moles Huddenel
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Age: 59
Crazy Horse
1996
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as Dr. McGillicuddy
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Age: 59
Just Cause
1995
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as McNair
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Age: 57
La Classe américaine
1993
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as Frédéric (archive footage)
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Age: 56
Warren Oates: Across the Border
1993
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 56
Rudy
1993
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as Daniel Ruettiger
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Age: 56
Ed and His Dead Mother
1993
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as Uncle Benny
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Age: 55
No Image
Lincoln
1992
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as Dennis Hanks (voice)
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Age: 55
T Bone N Weasel
1992
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as Doc Tatum
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Age: 55
Illusions
1992
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as Landlord
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Age: 55
Earth and the American Dream
1992
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as Reader (voice)
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Age: 55
Prelude to a Kiss
1992
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as Dr. Boyle
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Age: 55
Blind Vision
1992
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as Sgt. Logan
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Age: 55
Trial: The Price of Passion
1992
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as Scoot Shepard
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Age: 54
Hear My Song
1991
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as Josef Locke
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Age: 54
Angel Square
1991
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as
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Age: 54
Going Under
1991
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as Admiral Malice
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Age: 54
Captain America
1990
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as Sam Kolawetz
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Age: 53
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
1990
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as Edward C. Acker
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Age: 53
Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
1990
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as Duke of Bridgewater
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Age: 53
Repossessed
1990
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as Ernest Weller
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Age: 53
A Cry in the Wild
1990
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as Pilot
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Age: 52
Chattahoochee
1990
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as Dr. Harwood
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Age: 52
Big Bad John
1990
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as Charlie Mitchelle
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Age: 52
Spy
1989
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as Thomas Ludlow
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Age: 52
Last Train Home
1989
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as Cornelius van Horne
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Age: 52
Ministry of Vengeance
1989
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as Rev. Bloor
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Age: 52
Tennessee Nights
1989
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as Charlie Kiefer
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Age: 52
Time Trackers
1989
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as Harry Orth
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Age: 51
Physical Evidence
1989
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as James Nicks
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Age: 51
Sex and Buttered Popcorn
1989
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as Self - Host
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Age: 51
Purple People Eater
1988
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as Grandpa
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Age: 51
Go Toward the Light
1988
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as George
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Age: 51
After the Rain
1988
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as Matthew Bonner
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Age: 51
Midnight Crossing
1988
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as Ellis
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Age: 50
The Unholy
1988
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as Lt. Stern
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Age: 50
Switching Channels
1988
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as Roy Ridnitz
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Age: 50
No Image
Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide
1988
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as Self
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Age: 50
Shadows in the Storm
1988
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as Thelonious Pitt
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Age: 50
The Trouble with Spies
1987
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as Harry Lewis
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Age: 50
Rolling Vengeance
1987
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as Tiny Doyle
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Age: 50
The Haunting of Barney Palmer
1987
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as Cole Scholar
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Age: 49
The Fourth Protocol
1987
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as Borisov
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Age: 49
Kiwi Magic
1987
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as
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Age: 49
The Big Easy
1986
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as Jack Kellom
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Age: 49
Back to School
1986
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as Dean Martin
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Age: 48
Hostage Flight
1985
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as Art Hofstadter
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Age: 48
Konrad
1985
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as Mr. Thomas
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Age: 48
Restless Natives
1985
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as Bender
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Age: 47
Answers
1985
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as Senator William Blaine (Segment "The Constituent")
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Age: 47
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
1985
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as Rev. Mansfield French
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Age: 47
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
1984
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as Self
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Age: 46
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
1983
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as Lynch Mob Leader
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Age: 46
Stroker Ace
1983
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as Clyde Torkle
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Age: 45
The Toy
1982
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as Sydney Morehouse
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Age: 45
All the Way Home
1981
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as Ralph Follet
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Age: 44
Splendor in the Grass
1981
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as Ace Stamper
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Age: 44
The Violation of Sarah McDavid
1981
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as Dr. Walter Keys
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Age: 43
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
1981
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as Dan Beame
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Age: 43
Superman II
1980
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as Otis
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Age: 43
Friendly Fire
1980
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as Gene Mullen
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Age: 43
Hopscotch
1980
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as Myerson
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Age: 43
All God's Children
1980
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as Mike Naponic
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Age: 42
The American Success Company
1980
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as Mr. Elliott
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Age: 42
1941
1979
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as Ward Douglas
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Age: 42
Superman
1978
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as Otis
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Age: 41
A Question of Love
1978
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as Dwayne Stabler
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Age: 41
The Great Bank Hoax
1978
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as Julius Taggart
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Age: 41
Gray Lady Down
1978
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as Mickey
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Age: 40
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
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as Edwards
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Age: 39
Lucan
1977
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as Larry MacElwaine
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Age: 39
Silver Streak
1976
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as Bob Sweet
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Age: 39
Network
1976
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as Arthur Jensen
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Age: 39
Gator
1976
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as Sheriff J.C. Connors (uncredited)
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Age: 39
All the President's Men
1976
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as Dardis
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Age: 38
Nashville
1975
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as Delbert Reese
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Age: 37
The Execution of Private Slovik
1974
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as Father Stafford
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Age: 36
Dying Room Only
1973
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as Tom King
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Age: 36
White Lightning
1973
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as Sheriff J.C. Connors
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Age: 36
The Last American Hero
1973
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as Hackel
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Age: 36
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
1973
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as Det. Dan Corrigan
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Age: 35
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
1973
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as Deams
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Age: 35
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972
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as Tector Crites
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Age: 35
Footsteps
1972
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as Frank Powell
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Age: 35
Deliverance
1972
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as Bobby Trippe
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Age: 35