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).
Known for
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movieThe Big Ask
2014
Old Man Carl
movieBaggage Claim
2013
Mr. Donaldson
tvGo On
2012
Coach Spence
movieRampart
2011
Hartshorn
movieRango
2011
Mayor (voice)
movieToy Story 3
2010
Lotso (voice)
movieThe Killer Inside Me
2010
Chester Conway
movieIn the Electric Mist
2009
Twinky LeMoyne
movieCharlie Wilson's War
2007
Doc Long
movieShooter
2007
Senator Charles F. Meachum
movieThe Walker
2007
Jack Delorean
movieSweet Land
2005
Harmo
movieThe Wool Cap
2004
Gigot's Father
movieWhere the Red Fern Grows
2003
Sheriff Abe McConnell
movieThunderpants
2002
Gen. Ed Sheppard
movieRoughing It
2002
Slade
tvRoughing It
2002
Slade
movieI Was a Rat
2001
Mudduck
tvCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Dr. David Lowry
movieHomicide: The Movie
2000
Stanley Bolander
movieLife
1999
Dexter Wilkins
movieCookie's Fortune
1999
Lester Boyle
movieHe Got Game
1998
Warden Wyatt
movieThe Curse of Inferno
1996
Moles Huddenel
movieCrazy Horse
1996
Dr. McGillicuddy
tvGulliver's Travels
1996
Farmer Grultrad
tvStreets of Laredo
1995
Judge Roy Bean
movieThe Affair
1995
Col. Banning
movieJust Cause
1995
McNair
movieOutlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
1995
Sam Lawrence
movieRadioland Murders
1994
General Whalen
movieReplikator
1994
Insp. Victor Valiant
movieLa Classe américaine
1993
Frédéric (archive footage)
movieWarren Oates: Across the Border
1993
Narrator (voice)
movieRudy
1993
Daniel Ruettiger
The Boys
1993
Herbert Francis 'Bert' Greenblatt
movieEd and His Dead Mother
1993
Uncle Benny
tvHomicide: Life on the Street
1993
Stanley Bolander
Lincoln
1992
Dennis Hanks (voice)
movieT Bone N Weasel
1992
Doc Tatum
movieIllusions
1992
Landlord
movieEarth and the American Dream
1992
Reader (voice)
tvThe Golden Palace
1992
Tad Hollingsworth
moviePrelude to a Kiss
1992
Dr. Boyle
movieBlind Vision
1992
Sgt. Logan
movieTrial: The Price of Passion
1992
Scoot Shepard
movieHear My Song
1991
Josef Locke
movieGoing Under
1991
Admiral Malice
movieCaptain America
1990
Sam Kolawetz
movieThe Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
1990
Edward C. Acker
movieBack to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
1990
Duke of Bridgewater
movieRepossessed
1990
Ernest Weller
tvLaw & Order
1990
Malcolm Reynolds
movieChattahoochee
1990
Dr. Harwood
movieBig Bad John
1990
Charlie Mitchelle
movieSpy
1989
Thomas Ludlow
movieLast Train Home
1989
Cornelius van Horne
movieMinistry of Vengeance
1989
Rev. Bloor
movieTennessee Nights
1989
Charlie Kiefer
movieTime Trackers
1989
Harry Orth
moviePhysical Evidence
1989
James Nicks
movieSex and Buttered Popcorn
1989
Self - Host
moviePurple People Eater
1988
Grandpa
tvRoseanne
1988
Ed Conner
movieAfter the Rain
1988
Matthew Bonner
movieThe Unholy
1988
Lt. Stern
movieSwitching Channels
1988
Roy Ridnitz
movieShadows in the Storm
1988
Thelonious Pitt
movieThe Trouble with Spies
1987
Harry Lewis
movieRolling Vengeance
1987
Tiny Doyle
movieThe Haunting of Barney Palmer
1987
Cole Scholar
movieThe Fourth Protocol
1987
Borisov
movieThe Big Easy
1986
Jack Kellom
movieBack to School
1986
Dean Martin
movieHostage Flight
1985
Art Hofstadter
movieKonrad
1985
Mr. Thomas
movieAnswers
1985
Senator William Blaine (Segment "The Constituent")
movieCharlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
1985
Rev. Mansfield French
tvRobert Kennedy & His Times
1985
J. Edgar Hoover
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984
Roy Gunderson
tvHighway to Heaven
1984
Bill Cassidy
tvCelebrity
1984
Otto Leo
movieTouched
1983
Herbie
movieThe Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
1983
Lynch Mob Leader
movieStroker Ace
1983
Clyde Torkle
movieKentucky Woman
1983
Luke Telford
movieThe Toy
1982
Sydney Morehouse
movieRumpelstiltskin
1982
The King
tvFaerie Tale Theatre
1982
The King
movieA Woman Called Golda
1982
Sen. Durward
tvA Woman Called Golda
1982
Senator Durward
movieA House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
1982
Benjamin Hammett
moviePray TV
1982
Rev. Freddy Stone
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Lynch Mob Leader / Reverend Mansfield French
movieAll the Way Home
1981
Ralph Follet
movieSplendor in the Grass
1981
Ace Stamper
movieThe Violation of Sarah McDavid
1981
Dr. Walter Keys
movieFriendly Fire
1980
Gene Mullen
movieHopscotch
1980
Myerson
movieAll God's Children
1980
Mike Naponic
tvGuyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980
Rep. Leo Ryan
movieThe American Success Company
1980
Mr. Elliott
movie1941
1979
Ward Douglas
moviePromises in the Dark
1979
Bud Koenig
movieWise Blood
1979
Hoover Shoates
movieA Question of Love
1978
Dwayne Stabler
movieThe Great Bank Hoax
1978
Julius Taggart
movieGray Lady Down
1978
Mickey
movieAlambrista!
1977
Anglo Coyote
movieOur Town
1977
Dr. Gibbs
movieLucan
1977
Larry MacElwaine
tvNashville 99
1977
Randy Blair
movieTail Gunner Joe
1977
Sylvester
movieMikey and Nicky
1976
Kinney
movieSilver Streak
1976
Bob Sweet
movieNetwork
1976
Arthur Jensen
tvDelvecchio
1976
Wakefield
movieGator
1976
Sheriff J.C. Connors (uncredited)
movieThe Big Bus
1976
Shorty Scotty
movieThe Deadly Tower
1975
Allan Crum
movieNashville
1975
Delbert Reese
movieW.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
1975
Country Bull
movieAttack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975
Ollie Thompson
tvAttack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975
Ollie Thompson
tvThe Rockford Files
1974
Leon Fielder / Al Brennan
tvPetrocelli
1974
Gage
movieThe Execution of Private Slovik
1974
Father Stafford
movieDying Room Only
1973
Tom King
movieWhite Lightning
1973
Sheriff J.C. Connors
movieThe Marcus-Nelson Murders
1973
Det. Dan Corrigan
movieThe Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972
Tector Crites
movieFootsteps
1972
Frank Powell
tvThe Streets of San Francisco
1972
Eddie Boggs
tvM*A*S*H
1972
Colonel Hollister
tvThe Waltons
1972
Curtis Norton
movieDeliverance
1972
Bobby Trippe
tvHawaii Five-O
1968
Caldwell
tvGunsmoke
1955
Karp
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee
Fat Monroe
Fat Monroe