Ned Beatty

Ned Beatty

Known for
Acting
Born
July 6, 1937
Died
June 13, 2021 (aged 83)
Birthplace
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).

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Filmography

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Fat Monroe

Fat Monroe

Movie · as Fat Monroe

2014
The Big Ask poster

The Big Ask

Movie · as Old Man Carl

2013
Baggage Claim poster

Baggage Claim

Movie · as Mr. Donaldson

2012
Casting By poster

Casting By

Movie · as Self

2012
Go On poster

Go On

TV · as Coach Spence · 1 ep

2011
Rango poster

Rango

Movie · as Mayor (voice)

2011
Rampart poster

Rampart

Movie · as Hartshorn

2010
Toy Story 3 poster

Toy Story 3

Movie · as Lotso (voice)

2010
The Killer Inside Me poster

The Killer Inside Me

Movie · as Chester Conway

2009
In the Electric Mist poster

In the Electric Mist

Movie · as Twinky LeMoyne

2007
Charlie Wilson's War poster

Charlie Wilson's War

Movie · as Doc Long

2007
Shooter poster

Shooter

Movie · as Senator Charles F. Meachum

2007
The Walker poster

The Walker

Movie · as Jack Delorean

2006
The Making of 'Network' poster

The Making of 'Network'

Movie · as Self

2006
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut poster

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

Movie · as Otis

2005
Sweet Land poster

Sweet Land

Movie · as Harmo

2004
The Wool Cap poster

The Wool Cap

Movie · as Gigot's Father

2003
Where the Red Fern Grows poster

Where the Red Fern Grows

Movie · as Sheriff Abe McConnell

2002
Thunderpants poster

Thunderpants

Movie · as Gen. Ed Sheppard

2002
Roughing It poster

Roughing It

Movie · as Slade

2002
Roughing It poster

Roughing It

TV · as Slade · 2 eps

2001
I Was a Rat poster

I Was a Rat

Movie · as Mudduck

2000
Homicide: The Movie poster

Homicide: The Movie

Movie · as Stanley Bolander

2000
Spring Forward poster

Spring Forward

Movie · as Murph

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Dr. David Lowry · 1 ep

1999
Cookie's Fortune poster

Cookie's Fortune

Movie · as Lester Boyle

1999
Life poster

Life

Movie · as Dexter Wilkins

1998
He Got Game poster

He Got Game

Movie · as Warden Wyatt

1996
The Curse of Inferno poster

The Curse of Inferno

Movie · as Moles Huddenel

1996
Crazy Horse poster

Crazy Horse

Movie · as Dr. McGillicuddy

1996
E! True Hollywood Story poster

E! True Hollywood Story

TV · 1 ep

1996
Gulliver's Travels poster

Gulliver's Travels

TV · as Farmer Grultrad · 2 eps

1995
Just Cause poster

Just Cause

Movie · as McNair

1995
The Affair poster

The Affair

Movie · as Col. Banning

1995
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart poster

Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart

Movie · as Sam Lawrence

1995
Streets of Laredo poster

Streets of Laredo

TV · as Judge Roy Bean · 3 eps

1994
Radioland Murders poster

Radioland Murders

Movie · as General Whalen

1994
Replikator poster

Replikator

Movie · as Insp. Victor Valiant

1994
Inside the Actors Studio poster

Inside the Actors Studio

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1993
Rudy poster

Rudy

Movie · as Daniel Ruettiger

1993
Ed and His Dead Mother poster

Ed and His Dead Mother

Movie · as Uncle Benny

1993
Warren Oates: Across the Border poster

Warren Oates: Across the Border

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1993
La Classe américaine poster

La Classe américaine

Movie · as Frédéric (archive footage)

1993
Homicide: Life on the Street poster

Homicide: Life on the Street

TV · as Stanley Bolander · 33 eps

1993
The Boys

The Boys

TV · as Herbert Francis 'Bert' Greenblatt · 6 eps

1992
Prelude to a Kiss poster

Prelude to a Kiss

Movie · as Dr. Boyle

1992
Illusions poster

Illusions

Movie · as Landlord

1992
Lincoln

Lincoln

Movie · as Dennis Hanks (voice)

1992
Blind Vision poster

Blind Vision

Movie · as Sgt. Logan

1992
T Bone N Weasel poster

T Bone N Weasel

Movie · as Doc Tatum

1992
Earth and the American Dream poster

Earth and the American Dream

Movie · as Reader (voice)

1992
Trial: The Price of Passion poster

Trial: The Price of Passion

Movie · as Scoot Shepard

1992
The Golden Palace poster

The Golden Palace

TV · as Tad Hollingsworth · 1 ep

1991
Hear My Song poster

Hear My Song

Movie · as Josef Locke

1991
Going Under poster

Going Under

Movie · as Admiral Malice

1991
Angel Square poster

Angel Square

Movie

1990
Repossessed poster

Repossessed

Movie · as Ernest Weller

1990
A Cry in the Wild poster

A Cry in the Wild

Movie · as Pilot

1990
Captain America poster

Captain America

Movie · as Sam Kolawetz

1990
Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn poster

Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn

Movie · as Duke of Bridgewater

1990
Big Bad John poster

Big Bad John

Movie · as Charlie Mitchelle

1990
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story poster

The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story

Movie · as Edward C. Acker

1990
Chattahoochee poster

Chattahoochee

Movie · as Dr. Harwood

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Malcolm Reynolds · 1 ep

1989
Physical Evidence poster

Physical Evidence

Movie · as James Nicks

1989
Time Trackers poster

Time Trackers

Movie · as Harry Orth

1989
Ministry of Vengeance poster

Ministry of Vengeance

Movie · as Rev. Bloor

1989
Spy poster

Spy

Movie · as Thomas Ludlow

1989
Tennessee Nights poster

Tennessee Nights

Movie · as Charlie Kiefer

1989
Last Train Home poster

Last Train Home

Movie · as Cornelius van Horne

1989
Sex and Buttered Popcorn poster

Sex and Buttered Popcorn

Movie · as Self - Host

1989
B.L. Stryker poster

B.L. Stryker

TV · 1 ep

1988
Switching Channels poster

Switching Channels

Movie · as Roy Ridnitz

1988
Midnight Crossing poster

Midnight Crossing

Movie · as Ellis

1988
The Unholy poster

The Unholy

Movie · as Lt. Stern

1988
Shadows in the Storm poster

Shadows in the Storm

Movie · as Thelonious Pitt

1988
The Passage poster

The Passage

Movie · as Matthew Bonner

1988
Purple People Eater poster

Purple People Eater

Movie · as Grandpa

1988
Go Toward the Light poster

Go Toward the Light

Movie · as George

1988
Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide

Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide

Movie · as Self

1988
Roseanne poster

Roseanne

TV · as Ed Conner · 6 eps

1988
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1987
The Fourth Protocol poster

The Fourth Protocol

Movie · as Borisov

1987
Rolling Vengeance poster

Rolling Vengeance

Movie · as Tiny Doyle

1987
The Trouble with Spies poster

The Trouble with Spies

Movie · as Harry Lewis

1987
The Haunting of Barney Palmer poster

The Haunting of Barney Palmer

Movie · as Cole Scholar

1987
Kiwi Magic poster

Kiwi Magic

Movie

1986
The Big Easy poster

The Big Easy

Movie · as Jack Kellom

1986
Back to School poster

Back to School

Movie · as Dean Martin

1985
Restless Natives poster

Restless Natives

Movie · as Bender

1985
Konrad poster

Konrad

Movie · as Mr. Thomas

1985
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom poster

Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom

Movie · as Rev. Mansfield French

1985
Answers poster

Answers

Movie · as Senator William Blaine (Segment "The Constituent")

1985
Hostage Flight poster

Hostage Flight

Movie · as Art Hofstadter

1985
Robert Kennedy & His Times poster

Robert Kennedy & His Times

TV · as J. Edgar Hoover · 3 eps

1984
Don't Ask Me, Ask God poster

Don't Ask Me, Ask God

Movie · as Self

1984
Highway to Heaven poster

Highway to Heaven

TV · as Bill Cassidy · 2 eps

1984
The Last Days of Pompeii poster

The Last Days of Pompeii

TV · as Diomed · 3 eps

1984
Celebrity poster

Celebrity

TV · as Otto Leo · 3 eps

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Roy Gunderson · 1 ep

1983
Stroker Ace poster

Stroker Ace

Movie · as Clyde Torkle

1983
Touched poster

Touched

Movie · as Herbie

1983
Kentucky Woman poster

Kentucky Woman

Movie · as Luke Telford

1983
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez poster

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

Movie · as Lynch Mob Leader

1982
The Toy poster

The Toy

Movie · as Sydney Morehouse

1982
A Woman Called Golda poster

A Woman Called Golda

Movie · as Sen. Durward

1982
Rumpelstiltskin poster

Rumpelstiltskin

Movie · as The King

1982
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' poster

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

Movie · as Self

1982
Pray TV poster

Pray TV

Movie · as Rev. Freddy Stone

1982
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion poster

A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion

Movie · as Benjamin Hammett

1982
Faerie Tale Theatre poster

Faerie Tale Theatre

TV · as The King · 1 ep

1982
A Woman Called Golda poster

A Woman Called Golda

TV · as Senator Durward · 2 eps

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Lynch Mob Leader, Reverend Mansfield French · 1 ep

1981
The Incredible Shrinking Woman poster

The Incredible Shrinking Woman

Movie · as Dan Beame

1981
The Violation of Sarah McDavid poster

The Violation of Sarah McDavid

Movie · as Dr. Walter Keys

1981
All the Way Home poster

All the Way Home

Movie · as Ralph Follet

1981
Splendor in the Grass poster

Splendor in the Grass

Movie · as Ace Stamper

1980
The American Success Company poster

The American Success Company

Movie · as Mr. Elliott

1980
Superman II poster

Superman II

Movie · as Otis

1980
Hopscotch poster

Hopscotch

Movie · as Myerson

1980
Friendly Fire poster

Friendly Fire

Movie · as Gene Mullen

1980
All God's Children poster

All God's Children

Movie · as Mike Naponic

1980
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones poster

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

TV · as Rep. Leo Ryan · 2 eps

1979
1941 poster

1941

Movie · as Ward Douglas

1979
Wise Blood poster

Wise Blood

Movie · as Hoover Shoates

1979
Promises in the Dark poster

Promises in the Dark

Movie · as Bud Koenig

1978
Superman poster

Superman

Movie · as Otis

1978
Gray Lady Down poster

Gray Lady Down

Movie · as Mickey

1978
The Great Bank Hoax poster

The Great Bank Hoax

Movie · as Julius Taggart

1978
A Question of Love poster

A Question of Love

Movie · as Dwayne Stabler

1977
Alambrista! poster

Alambrista!

Movie · as Anglo Coyote

1977
Our Town poster

Our Town

Movie · as Dr. Gibbs

1977
Tail Gunner Joe poster

Tail Gunner Joe

Movie · as Sylvester

1977
Exorcist II: The Heretic poster

Exorcist II: The Heretic

Movie · as Edwards

1977
Lucan poster

Lucan

Movie · as Larry MacElwaine

1977
The Gardener's Son poster

The Gardener's Son

Movie · as Pinky

1977
Szysznyk

Szysznyk

TV · 15 eps

1977
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected poster

Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected

TV · 1 ep

1977
Nashville 99 poster

Nashville 99

TV · as Randy Blair · 1 ep

1976
All the President's Men poster

All the President's Men

Movie · as Dardis

1976
Network poster

Network

Movie · as Arthur Jensen

1976
The Big Bus poster

The Big Bus

Movie · as Shorty Scotty

1976
Mikey and Nicky poster

Mikey and Nicky

Movie · as Kinney

1976
Silver Streak poster

Silver Streak

Movie · as Bob Sweet

1976
Gator poster

Gator

Movie · as Sheriff J.C. Connors (uncredited)

1976
Delvecchio poster

Delvecchio

TV · as Wakefield · 1 ep

1975
Nashville poster

Nashville

Movie · as Delbert Reese

1975
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings poster

W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings

Movie · as Country Bull

1975
The Deadly Tower poster

The Deadly Tower

Movie · as Allan Crum

1975
NBC Special Treat

NBC Special Treat

TV · as Big Henry · 1 ep

1975
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan poster

Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

TV · as Ollie Thompson · 2 eps

1974
The Execution of Private Slovik poster

The Execution of Private Slovik

Movie · as Father Stafford

1974
The Rockford Files poster

The Rockford Files

TV · as Leon Fielder, Al Brennan · 2 eps

1974
Petrocelli poster

Petrocelli

TV · as Gage · 1 ep

1973
White Lightning poster

White Lightning

Movie · as Sheriff J.C. Connors

1973
The Last American Hero poster

The Last American Hero

Movie · as Hackel

1973
The Thief Who Came to Dinner poster

The Thief Who Came to Dinner

Movie · as Deams

1973
Dying Room Only poster

Dying Room Only

Movie · as Tom King

1973
The Marcus-Nelson Murders poster

The Marcus-Nelson Murders

Movie · as Det. Dan Corrigan

1972
Deliverance poster

Deliverance

Movie · as Bobby Trippe

1972
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean poster

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

Movie · as Tector Crites

1972
Footsteps poster

Footsteps

Movie · as Frank Powell

1972
The Dangerous World of 'Deliverance' poster

The Dangerous World of 'Deliverance'

Movie · as Self

1972
M*A*S*H poster

M*A*S*H

TV · as Colonel Hollister · 1 ep

1972
The Rookies poster

The Rookies

TV · 1 ep

1972
The Streets of San Francisco poster

The Streets of San Francisco

TV · as Eddie Boggs · 1 ep

1972
The Waltons poster

The Waltons

TV · as Curtis Norton · 1 ep

1969
Hawaii Five-O poster

Hawaii Five-O

TV · as Caldwell · 1 ep

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1955
Gunsmoke poster

Gunsmoke

TV · as Karp · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep