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).
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Movies (41)
The Big Ask
as Old Man Carl
2014
Baggage Claim
as Mr. Donaldson
2013
Casting By
as Self
2012
Rampart
as Hartshorn
2011
Rango
as Mayor (voice)
2011
Toy Story 3
as Lotso (voice)
2010
The Killer Inside Me
as Chester Conway
2010
In the Electric Mist
as Twinky LeMoyne
2009
Charlie Wilson's War
as Doc Long
2007
Shooter
as Senator Charles F. Meachum
2007
The Walker
as Jack Delorean
2007
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
as Otis
2006
The Making of 'Network'
as Self
2006
Sweet Land
as Harmo
2005
The Wool Cap
as Gigot's Father
2004
Where the Red Fern Grows
as Sheriff Abe McConnell
2003
Thunderpants
as Gen. Ed Sheppard
2002
Roughing It
as Slade
2002
I Was a Rat
as Mudduck
2001
Spring Forward
as Murph
2000
Homicide: The Movie
as Stanley Bolander
2000
Life
as Dexter Wilkins
1999
Cookie's Fortune
as Lester Boyle
1999
He Got Game
as Warden Wyatt
1998
The Curse of Inferno
as Moles Huddenel
1996
Crazy Horse
as Dr. McGillicuddy
1996
The Affair
as Col. Banning
1995
Just Cause
as McNair
1995
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
as Sam Lawrence
1995
Radioland Murders
as General Whalen
1994
Replikator
as Insp. Victor Valiant
1994
La Classe américaine
as Frédéric (archive footage)
1993
Warren Oates: Across the Border
as Narrator (voice)
1993
Rudy
as Daniel Ruettiger
1993
Ed and His Dead Mother
as Uncle Benny
1993
Lincoln
as Dennis Hanks (voice)
1992
T Bone N Weasel
as Doc Tatum
1992
Illusions
as Landlord
1992
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
1992
Prelude to a Kiss
as Dr. Boyle
1992
Blind Vision
as Sgt. Logan
1992
TV Shows (9)
Go On
as Coach Spence
2012
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Dr. David Lowry
2000
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Gulliver's Travels
as Farmer Grultrad
1996
Streets of Laredo
as Judge Roy Bean
1995
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1994
The Boys
as Herbert Francis 'Bert' Greenblatt
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Stanley Bolander
1993
The Golden Palace
as Tad Hollingsworth
1992