Ned Beatty
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).
Known For
Dardis
All the President's Men
Lotso (voice)
Toy Story 3
Delbert Reese
Nashville
Otis
Superman
Dr. Boyle
Prelude to a Kiss
Bobby Trippe
Deliverance
Arthur Jensen
Network
Borisov
The Fourth Protocol
Jack Kellom
The Big Easy
Sheriff J.C. Connors
White Lightning
Ernest Weller
Repossessed
Sheriff Abe McConnell
Where the Red Fern Grows
Ward Douglas
1941
Stanley Bolander
Homicide: The Movie
Mr. Elliott
The American Success Company
Harmo
Sweet Land
Doc Long
Charlie Wilson's War
Sydney Morehouse
The Toy
Senator Charles F. Meachum
Shooter
General Whalen
Radioland Murders
Hackel
The Last American Hero
Mickey
Gray Lady Down
Otis
Superman II
Myerson
Hopscotch
Pilot
A Cry in the Wild
Insp. Victor Valiant
Replikator
Lester Boyle
Cookie's Fortune
McNair
Just Cause
Dan Beame
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Tector Crites
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Jack Delorean
The Walker
Roy Ridnitz
Switching Channels
Tiny Doyle
Rolling Vengeance
Twinky LeMoyne
In the Electric Mist
Sam Kolawetz
Captain America
Hoover Shoates
Wise Blood
Daniel Ruettiger
Rudy
James Nicks
Physical Evidence
Bender
Restless Natives
Chester Conway
The Killer Inside Me
Uncle Benny
Ed and His Dead Mother
Mayor (voice)
Rango
Ellis
Midnight Crossing
Country Bull
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
Shorty Scotty
The Big Bus
Murph
Spring Forward
Clyde Torkle
Stroker Ace
Gigot's Father
The Wool Cap
Josef Locke
Hear My Song
Allan Crum
The Deadly Tower
Deams
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
Hartshorn
Rampart
Moles Huddenel
The Curse of Inferno
Lt. Stern
The Unholy
Tom King
Dying Room Only
Father Stafford
The Execution of Private Slovik
Anglo Coyote
Alambrista!
Kinney
Mikey and Nicky
Mr. Thomas
Konrad
Julius Taggart
The Great Bank Hoax
Col. Banning
The Affair
Harry Orth
Time Trackers
Landlord
Illusions
Dr. Gibbs
Our Town
Bud Koenig
Promises in the Dark
Harry Lewis
The Trouble with Spies
Rev. Bloor
Ministry of Vengeance
Admiral Malice
Going Under
Old Man Carl
The Big Ask
Thomas Ludlow
Spy
Duke of Bridgewater
Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
Charlie Mitchelle
Big Bad John
Charlie Kiefer
Tennessee Nights
Thelonious Pitt
Shadows in the Storm
Gen. Ed Sheppard
Thunderpants
Gene Mullen
Friendly Fire
Edward C. Acker
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
Bob Sweet
Silver Streak
Sylvester
Tail Gunner Joe
Herbie
Touched
Edwards
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Rev. Mansfield French
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
Matthew Bonner
After the Rain
Grandpa
Purple People Eater
Larry MacElwaine
Lucan
Dr. McGillicuddy
Crazy Horse
Sen. Durward
A Woman Called Golda
Dr. Walter Keys
The Violation of Sarah McDavid
Angel Square
Senator William Blaine (Segment "The Constituent")
Answers
George
Go Toward the Light
Dennis Hanks (voice)
Lincoln
Warden Wyatt
He Got Game
Dwayne Stabler
A Question of Love
Narrator (voice)
Warren Oates: Across the Border
Self
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
Ralph Follet
All the Way Home
Dr. Harwood
Chattahoochee
Dean Martin
Back to School
Art Hofstadter
Hostage Flight
Ollie Thompson
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Sam Lawrence
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
The King
Rumpelstiltskin
Sgt. Logan
Blind Vision
Mike Naponic
All God's Children
Self
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Det. Dan Corrigan
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
Ace Stamper
Splendor in the Grass
Cornelius van Horne
Last Train Home
Frank Powell
Footsteps
Self - Host
Sex and Buttered Popcorn
Mudduck
I Was a Rat
Rev. Freddy Stone
Pray TV
Self
The Making of 'Network'
Slade
Roughing It
Dexter Wilkins
Life
Otis
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Doc Tatum
T Bone N Weasel
Pinky
Visions: The Gardener's Son
Reader (voice)
Earth and the American Dream
Frédéric (archive footage)
La Classe américaine
Mr. Donaldson
Baggage Claim
Scoot Shepard
Trial: The Price of Passion
Cole Scholar
The Haunting of Barney Palmer
Luke Telford
Kentucky Woman
Self
Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide
Sheriff J.C. Connors (uncredited)
Gator
Benjamin Hammett
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
Self
Casting By
Kiwi Magic
Lynch Mob Leader
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
Fat Monroe
Fat Monroe
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
132
Gender
Male
Birthday
1937-07-06
Place of Birth
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Also Known As
Ned Thomas Beatty