Ned Beatty
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 6, 1937
- Died
- June 13, 2021
- Birthplace
- Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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).
Filmography
- Fat Monroe
Fat Monroe TBA
as Fat Monroe
The Big Ask 2014
as Old Man Carl
Baggage Claim 2013
as Mr. Donaldson
Casting By 2012
as Self
Rampart 2011
as Hartshorn
Rango 2011
as Mayor (voice)
Toy Story 3 2010
as Lotso (voice)
The Killer Inside Me 2010
as Chester Conway
In the Electric Mist 2009
as Twinky LeMoyne
Charlie Wilson's War 2007
as Doc Long
Shooter 2007
as Senator Charles F. Meachum
The Walker 2007
as Jack Delorean
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut 2006
as Otis
The Making of 'Network' 2006
as Self
Sweet Land 2005
as Harmo
The Wool Cap 2004
as Gigot's Father
Where the Red Fern Grows 2003
as Sheriff Abe McConnell
Thunderpants 2002
as Gen. Ed Sheppard
Roughing It 2002
as Slade
I Was a Rat 2001
as Mudduck
Spring Forward 2000
as Murph
Homicide: The Movie 2000
as Stanley Bolander
Life 1999
as Dexter Wilkins
Cookie's Fortune 1999
as Lester Boyle
He Got Game 1998
as Warden Wyatt
The Curse of Inferno 1996
as Moles Huddenel
Crazy Horse 1996
as Dr. McGillicuddy
The Affair 1995
as Col. Banning
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart 1995
as Sam Lawrence
Just Cause 1995
as McNair
Radioland Murders 1994
as General Whalen
Replikator 1994
as Insp. Victor Valiant
La Classe américaine 1993
as Frédéric (archive footage)
Warren Oates: Across the Border 1993
as Narrator (voice)
Rudy 1993
as Daniel Ruettiger
Ed and His Dead Mother 1993
as Uncle Benny
- Lincoln
Lincoln 1992
as Dennis Hanks (voice)
T Bone N Weasel 1992
as Doc Tatum
Illusions 1992
as Landlord
Earth and the American Dream 1992
as Reader (voice)
Prelude to a Kiss 1992
as Dr. Boyle
Blind Vision 1992
as Sgt. Logan
Trial: The Price of Passion 1992
as Scoot Shepard
Hear My Song 1991
as Josef Locke
Angel Square 1991
Actor
Going Under 1991
as Admiral Malice
Captain America 1990
as Sam Kolawetz
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story 1990
as Edward C. Acker
Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn 1990
as Duke of Bridgewater
Repossessed 1990
as Ernest Weller
A Cry in the Wild 1990
as Pilot
Chattahoochee 1990
as Dr. Harwood
Big Bad John 1990
as Charlie Mitchelle
Spy 1989
as Thomas Ludlow
Last Train Home 1989
as Cornelius van Horne
Ministry of Vengeance 1989
as Rev. Bloor
Tennessee Nights 1989
as Charlie Kiefer
Time Trackers 1989
as Harry Orth
Physical Evidence 1989
as James Nicks
Sex and Buttered Popcorn 1989
as Self - Host
Purple People Eater 1988
as Grandpa
Go Toward the Light 1988
as George
The Passage 1988
as Matthew Bonner
Midnight Crossing 1988
as Ellis
The Unholy 1988
as Lt. Stern
Switching Channels 1988
as Roy Ridnitz
- Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide
Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide 1988
as Self
Shadows in the Storm 1988
as Thelonious Pitt
The Trouble with Spies 1987
as Harry Lewis
Rolling Vengeance 1987
as Tiny Doyle
The Haunting of Barney Palmer 1987
as Cole Scholar
The Fourth Protocol 1987
as Borisov
Kiwi Magic 1987
Actor
The Big Easy 1986
as Jack Kellom
Back to School 1986
as Dean Martin
Hostage Flight 1985
as Art Hofstadter
Konrad 1985
as Mr. Thomas
Restless Natives 1985
as Bender
Answers 1985
as Senator William Blaine (Segment "The Constituent")
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom 1985
as Rev. Mansfield French
Don't Ask Me, Ask God 1984
as Self
Touched 1983
as Herbie
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez 1983
as Lynch Mob Leader
Stroker Ace 1983
as Clyde Torkle
Kentucky Woman 1983
as Luke Telford
The Toy 1982
as Sydney Morehouse
Rumpelstiltskin 1982
as The King
A Woman Called Golda 1982
as Sen. Durward
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion 1982
as Benjamin Hammett
Pray TV 1982
as Rev. Freddy Stone
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' 1982
as Self
All the Way Home 1981
as Ralph Follet
Splendor in the Grass 1981
as Ace Stamper
The Violation of Sarah McDavid 1981
as Dr. Walter Keys
The Incredible Shrinking Woman 1981
as Dan Beame
Superman II 1980
as Otis
Friendly Fire 1980
as Gene Mullen
Hopscotch 1980
as Myerson
All God's Children 1980
as Mike Naponic
The American Success Company 1980
as Mr. Elliott
1941 1979
as Ward Douglas
Promises in the Dark 1979
as Bud Koenig
Wise Blood 1979
as Hoover Shoates
Superman 1978
as Otis
A Question of Love 1978
as Dwayne Stabler
The Great Bank Hoax 1978
as Julius Taggart
Gray Lady Down 1978
as Mickey
Alambrista! 1977
as Anglo Coyote
Exorcist II: The Heretic 1977
as Edwards
Our Town 1977
as Dr. Gibbs
Lucan 1977
as Larry MacElwaine
Tail Gunner Joe 1977
as Sylvester
The Gardener's Son 1977
as Pinky
Mikey and Nicky 1976
as Kinney
Silver Streak 1976
as Bob Sweet
Network 1976
as Arthur Jensen
Gator 1976
as Sheriff J.C. Connors (uncredited)
The Big Bus 1976
as Shorty Scotty
All the President's Men 1976
as Dardis
The Deadly Tower 1975
as Allan Crum
Nashville 1975
as Delbert Reese
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings 1975
as Country Bull
The Execution of Private Slovik 1974
as Father Stafford
Dying Room Only 1973
as Tom King
White Lightning 1973
as Sheriff J.C. Connors
The Last American Hero 1973
as Hackel
The Marcus-Nelson Murders 1973
as Det. Dan Corrigan
The Thief Who Came to Dinner 1973
as Deams
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean 1972
as Tector Crites
Footsteps 1972
as Frank Powell
Deliverance 1972
as Bobby Trippe
The Dangerous World of 'Deliverance' 1972
as Self
Credits from TMDB.