
Ned Beatty
Acting
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).
TV Shows(37)

Go On
Coach Spence
2012

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Dr. David Lowry
2000

E! True Hollywood Story
1996

Gulliver's Travels
Farmer Grultrad
1996

Streets of Laredo
Judge Roy Bean
1995

Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
The Boys
Herbert Francis 'Bert' Greenblatt
1993

Homicide: Life on the Street
Stanley Bolander
1993

The Golden Palace
Tad Hollingsworth
1992

Law & Order
Malcolm Reynolds
1990

B.L. Stryker
1989

Roseanne
Ed Conner
1988
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Self
1988

Robert Kennedy & His Times
J. Edgar Hoover
1985

Murder, She Wrote
Roy Gunderson
1984

Highway to Heaven
Bill Cassidy
1984

The Last Days of Pompeii
Diomed
1984

Celebrity
Otto Leo
1984

Faerie Tale Theatre
The King
1982

A Woman Called Golda
Senator Durward
1982

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Rep. Leo Ryan
1980
Szysznyk
1977

Nashville 99
Randy Blair
1977

Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
1977

Delvecchio
Wakefield
1976
NBC Special Treat
Big Henry
1975

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

The Rockford Files
Leon Fielder
1974

Petrocelli
Gage
1974

The Streets of San Francisco
Eddie Boggs
1972

M*A*S*H
Colonel Hollister
1972

The Waltons
Curtis Norton
1972

The Rookies
1972

Hawaii Five-O
Caldwell
1968

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962

Gunsmoke
Karp
1955

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Movies(133)

The Big Ask
Old Man Carl
2014

Baggage Claim
Mr. Donaldson
2013

Casting By
Self
2012

Rampart
Hartshorn
2011

Rango
Mayor (voice)
2011

Toy Story 3
Lotso (voice)
2010

The Killer Inside Me
Chester Conway
2010

In the Electric Mist
Twinky LeMoyne
2009

Charlie Wilson's War
Doc Long
2007

Shooter
Senator Charles F. Meachum
2007

The Walker
Jack Delorean
2007

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Otis
2006

The Making of 'Network'
Self
2006

Sweet Land
Harmo
2005

The Wool Cap
Gigot's Father
2004

Where the Red Fern Grows
Sheriff Abe McConnell
2003

Thunderpants
Gen. Ed Sheppard
2002

Roughing It
Slade
2002

I Was a Rat
Mudduck
2001

Spring Forward
Murph
2000

Homicide: The Movie
Stanley Bolander
2000

Life
Dexter Wilkins
1999

Cookie's Fortune
Lester Boyle
1999

He Got Game
Warden Wyatt
1998

The Curse of Inferno
Moles Huddenel
1996

Crazy Horse
Dr. McGillicuddy
1996

The Affair
Col. Banning
1995

Just Cause
McNair
1995

Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
Sam Lawrence
1995

Radioland Murders
General Whalen
1994

Replikator
Insp. Victor Valiant
1994

La Classe américaine
Frédéric (archive footage)
1993

Warren Oates: Across the Border
Narrator (voice)
1993

Rudy
Daniel Ruettiger
1993

Ed and His Dead Mother
Uncle Benny
1993
Lincoln
Dennis Hanks (voice)
1992

T Bone N Weasel
Doc Tatum
1992

Illusions
Landlord
1992

Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
1992

Prelude to a Kiss
Dr. Boyle
1992

Blind Vision
Sgt. Logan
1992

Trial: The Price of Passion
Scoot Shepard
1992

Hear My Song
Josef Locke
1991

Angel Square
1991

Going Under
Admiral Malice
1991

Captain America
Sam Kolawetz
1990

The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
Edward C. Acker
1990

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

Repossessed
Ernest Weller
1990

A Cry in the Wild
Pilot
1990

Chattahoochee
Dr. Harwood
1990

Big Bad John
Charlie Mitchelle
1990

Spy
Thomas Ludlow
1989

Last Train Home
Cornelius van Horne
1989

Ministry of Vengeance
Rev. Bloor
1989

Tennessee Nights
Charlie Kiefer
1989

Time Trackers
Harry Orth
1989

Physical Evidence
James Nicks
1989

Sex and Buttered Popcorn
Self - Host
1989

Purple People Eater
Grandpa
1988

Go Toward the Light
George
1988

After the Rain
Matthew Bonner
1988

Midnight Crossing
Ellis
1988

The Unholy
Lt. Stern
1988

Switching Channels
Roy Ridnitz
1988
Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide
Self
1988

Shadows in the Storm
Thelonious Pitt
1988

The Trouble with Spies
Harry Lewis
1987

Rolling Vengeance
Tiny Doyle
1987

The Haunting of Barney Palmer
Cole Scholar
1987

The Fourth Protocol
Borisov
1987

Kiwi Magic
1987

The Big Easy
Jack Kellom
1986

Back to School
Dean Martin
1986

Hostage Flight
Art Hofstadter
1985

Konrad
Mr. Thomas
1985

Restless Natives
Bender
1985

Answers
Senator William Blaine (Segment "The Constituent")
1985

Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
Rev. Mansfield French
1985

Don't Ask Me, Ask God
Self
1984

Touched
Herbie
1983

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
Lynch Mob Leader
1983

Stroker Ace
Clyde Torkle
1983

Kentucky Woman
Luke Telford
1983

The Toy
Sydney Morehouse
1982

Rumpelstiltskin
The King
1982

A Woman Called Golda
Sen. Durward
1982

A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
Benjamin Hammett
1982

Pray TV
Rev. Freddy Stone
1982

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Self
1982

All the Way Home
Ralph Follet
1981

Splendor in the Grass
Ace Stamper
1981

The Violation of Sarah McDavid
Dr. Walter Keys
1981

The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Dan Beame
1981

Superman II
Otis
1980

Friendly Fire
Gene Mullen
1980

Hopscotch
Myerson
1980

All God's Children
Mike Naponic
1980

The American Success Company
Mr. Elliott
1980

1941
Ward Douglas
1979

Promises in the Dark
Bud Koenig
1979

Wise Blood
Hoover Shoates
1979

Superman
Otis
1978

A Question of Love
Dwayne Stabler
1978

The Great Bank Hoax
Julius Taggart
1978

Gray Lady Down
Mickey
1978

Alambrista!
Anglo Coyote
1977

Exorcist II: The Heretic
Edwards
1977

Our Town
Dr. Gibbs
1977

Lucan
Larry MacElwaine
1977

Tail Gunner Joe
Sylvester
1977

The Gardener's Son
Pinky
1977

Mikey and Nicky
Kinney
1976

Silver Streak
Bob Sweet
1976

Network
Arthur Jensen
1976

Gator
Sheriff J.C. Connors (uncredited)
1976

The Big Bus
Shorty Scotty
1976

All the President's Men
Dardis
1976

The Deadly Tower
Allan Crum
1975

Nashville
Delbert Reese
1975

W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
Country Bull
1975

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

The Execution of Private Slovik
Father Stafford
1974

Dying Room Only
Tom King
1973

White Lightning
Sheriff J.C. Connors
1973

The Last American Hero
Hackel
1973

The Marcus-Nelson Murders
Det. Dan Corrigan
1973

The Thief Who Came to Dinner
Deams
1973

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Tector Crites
1972

Footsteps
Frank Powell
1972

Deliverance
Bobby Trippe
1972

The Dangerous World of 'Deliverance'
Self
1972
Fat Monroe
Fat Monroe