Ned Beatty
Acting1937Louisville, 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).
Known For
Acting History
Future
Fat Monroe
as Fat Monroe
2014
The Big Ask
as Old Man Carl
2013
Baggage Claim
as Mr. Donaldson
Go On
TVas Coach Spence• 1 eps
2012
Casting By
as Self
2010
The Killer Inside Me
as Chester Conway
Toy Story 3
as Lotso (voice)
2009
In the Electric Mist
as Twinky LeMoyne
2008
Law & Order
TVas Malcolm Reynolds• 1 eps
2007
Charlie Wilson's War
as Doc Long
Shooter
as Senator Charles F. Meachum
The Walker
as Jack Delorean
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TVas Dr. David Lowry• 1 eps
2006
2005
Sweet Land
as Harmo
2004
The Wool Cap
as Gigot's Father
2003
Where the Red Fern Grows
as Sheriff Abe McConnell
2002
Roughing It
as Slade
Thunderpants
as Gen. Ed Sheppard
2001
I Was a Rat
as Mudduck
2000
Spring Forward
as Murph
Homicide: The Movie
as Stanley Bolander
1999
Condenados a escaparse
as Dexter Wilkins
Cookie's Fortune
as Lester Boyle
1998
He Got Game
as Warden Wyatt
1996
The Curse of Inferno
as Moles Huddenel
Crazy Horse
as Dr. McGillicuddy
Gulliver's Travels
TVas Farmer Grultrad• 2 eps
1995
Just Cause
as McNair
The Affair
as Col. Banning
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
as Sam Lawrence
Streets of Laredo
TVas Judge Roy Bean
1994
Replikator
as Insp. Victor Valiant
Radioland Murders
as General Whalen
Inside the Actors Studio
TVas Self
1993
Rudy
as Daniel Ruettiger
Ed and His Dead Mother
as Uncle Benny
La Classe américaine
as Frédéric (archive footage)
Warren Oates: Across the Border
as Narrator (voice)
Homicide: Life on the Street
TVas Stanley Bolander• 33 eps
The Boys
TVas Herbert Francis 'Bert' Greenblatt
1992
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
Blind Vision
as Sgt. Logan
Lincoln
as Dennis Hanks (voice)
Prelude to a Kiss
as Dr. Boyle
Illusions
as Landlord
T Bone N Weasel
as Doc Tatum
Trial: The Price of Passion
as Scoot Shepard
The Golden Palace
TVas Tad Hollingsworth
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self - Nominee• 1 eps
1991
1990
Big Bad John
as Charlie Mitchelle
Captain America
as Sam Kolawetz
Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
as Duke of Bridgewater
A Cry in the Wild
as Pilot
Repossessed
as Ernest Weller
Chattahoochee
as Dr. Harwood
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
as Edward C. Acker
1989
Time Trackers
as Harry Orth
Spy
as Thomas Ludlow
Physical Evidence
as James Nicks
Ministry of Vengeance
as Rev. Bloor
Last Train Home
as Cornelius van Horne
Tennessee Nights
as Charlie Kiefer
Sex and Buttered Popcorn
as Self - Host
1988
The Unholy
as Lt. Stern
Go Toward the Light
as George
Switching Channels
as Roy Ridnitz
Midnight Crossing
as Ellis
Purple People Eater
as Grandpa
Shadows in the Storm
as Thelonious Pitt
After the Rain
as Matthew Bonner
Roseanne
TVas Ed Conner
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
TVas Self
1987
Rolling Vengeance
as Tiny Doyle
The Trouble with Spies
as Harry Lewis
The Haunting of Barney Palmer
as Cole Scholar
The Fourth Protocol
as Borisov
1986
Back to School
as Dean Martin
The Big Easy
as Jack Kellom
1985
Restless Natives
as Bender
Hostage Flight
as Art Hofstadter
Konrad
as Mr. Thomas
Answers
as Senator William Blaine (Segment "The Constituent")
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
as Rev. Mansfield French
Robert Kennedy & His Times
TVas J. Edgar Hoover
Highway to Heaven
TVas Bill Cassidy• 2 eps
1984
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
as Self
Murder, She Wrote
TVas Roy Gunderson• 1 eps
The Last Days of Pompeii
TVas Diomed
Celebrity
TVas Otto Leo
1983
Stroker Ace
as Clyde Torkle
Touched
as Herbie
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
as Lynch Mob Leader
Kentucky Woman
as Luke Telford
1982
The Toy
as Sydney Morehouse
Pray TV
as Rev. Freddy Stone
Rumpelstiltskin
as The King
A Woman Called Golda
as Sen. Durward
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
as Benjamin Hammett
Faerie Tale Theatre
TVas The King• 1 eps
A Woman Called Golda
TVas Senator Durward
1981
All the Way Home
as Ralph Follet
Splendor in the Grass
as Ace Stamper
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
as Dan Beame
The Violation of Sarah McDavid
as Dr. Walter Keys
1980
The American Success Company
as Mr. Elliott
Superman II
as Otis
Friendly Fire
as Gene Mullen
Hopscotch
as Myerson
All God's Children
as Mike Naponic
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
TVas Rep. Leo Ryan
1979
1978
Superman
as Otis
A Question of Love
as Dwayne Stabler
Gray Lady Down
as Mickey
The Great Bank Hoax
as Julius Taggart
1977
Exorcist II: The Heretic
as Edwards
Alambrista!
as Anglo Coyote
Lucan
as Larry MacElwaine
Our Town
as Dr. Gibbs
Tail Gunner Joe
as Sylvester
The Gardener's Son
as Pinky
Delvecchio
TVas Wakefield• 1 eps
The Streets of San Francisco
TVas Eddie Boggs• 1 eps
Nashville 99
TVas Randy Blair
1976
Mikey and Nicky
as Kinney
Gator
as Sheriff J.C. Connors (uncredited)
All the President's Men
as Dardis
The Big Bus
as Shorty Scotty
Silver Streak
as Bob Sweet
Network
as Arthur Jensen
Hawaii Five-O
TVas Caldwell• 1 eps
The Rockford Files
TVas Leon Fielder / Al Brennan• 1 eps
1975
The Deadly Tower
as Allan Crum
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
as Country Bull
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
as Ollie Thompson
Nashville
as Delbert Reese
Gunsmoke
TVas Karp• 1 eps
Petrocelli
TVas Gage• 1 eps
M*A*S*H
TVas Colonel Hollister• 1 eps
NBC Special Treat
TVas Big Henry
1974
The Execution of Private Slovik
as Father Stafford
1973
White Lightning
as Sheriff J.C. Connors
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
as Deams
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
as Det. Dan Corrigan
The Last American Hero
as Hackel
Dying Room Only
as Tom King
The Waltons
TVas Curtis Norton• 1 eps
1972
Footsteps
as Frank Powell
Deliverance
as Bobby Trippe
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
as Tector Crites
1962