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Known credits:
142
Birthday:
1937-07-06
Place of birth:
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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Ned Beatty

Overview

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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Known for

Acting
2014 The Big Ask Actor Old Man Carl 58
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2014 And the Oscar Goes To... Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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2013 Baggage Claim Actor Mr. Donaldson 57
Average
2012 Casting By Actor Self 59
Average
2011 Rampart Actor Hartshorn 57
Average
2011 Rango Actor Mayor (voice) 67
Fair
2010 Toy Story 3 Actor Lotso (voice) 77
Good
2010 The Killer Inside Me Actor Chester Conway 58
Average
2009 In the Electric Mist Actor Twinky LeMoyne 59
Average
2007 Charlie Wilson's War Actor Doc Long 63
Fair
2007 Shooter Actor Senator Charles F. Meachum 70
Good
2007 The Walker Actor Jack Delorean 58
Average
2006 Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut Actor Otis 64
Fair
2006 Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
2006 The Making of 'Network' Actor Self N/A
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2005 Sweet Land Actor Harmo 59
Average
2004 The Wool Cap Actor Gigot's Father 59
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2003 Where the Red Fern Grows Actor Sheriff Abe McConnell 59
Average
2002 Thunderpants Actor Gen. Ed Sheppard 55
Average
2002 Roughing It Actor Slade 59
Average
2001 I Was a Rat Actor Mudduck N/A
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2000 Spring Forward Actor Murph 59
Average
2000 Homicide: The Movie Actor Stanley Bolander 59
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1999 Life Actor Dexter Wilkins 63
Fair
1999 Cookie's Fortune Actor Lester Boyle 60
Fair
1998 He Got Game Actor Warden Wyatt 63
Fair
1996 The Curse of Inferno Actor Moles Huddenel 58
Average
1996 Crazy Horse Actor Dr. McGillicuddy 59
Average
1996 Gulliver's Travels Actor Farmer Grultrad 70
Good
1995 Streets of Laredo Actor Judge Roy Bean 67
Fair
1995 The Affair Actor Col. Banning 58
Average
1995 Just Cause Actor McNair 60
Fair
1995 Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart Actor Sam Lawrence 58
Average
1994 Radioland Murders Actor General Whalen 59
Average
1994 Replikator Actor Insp. Victor Valiant 58
Average
1993 La Classe américaine Actor Frédéric (archive footage) 64
Fair
1993 Warren Oates: Across the Border Actor Narrator (voice) 58
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1993 Rudy Actor Daniel Ruettiger 67
Fair
1993 The Boys Actor Herbert Francis 'Bert' Greenblatt N/A
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1993 Ed and His Dead Mother Actor Uncle Benny 58
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1992 Lincoln Actor Dennis Hanks (voice) 59
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1992 T Bone N Weasel Actor Doc Tatum 58
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1992 Illusions Actor Landlord 59
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1992 Earth and the American Dream Actor Reader (voice) 59
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1992 Prelude to a Kiss Actor Dr. Boyle 58
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1992 Blind Vision Actor Sgt. Logan 58
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1992 Trial: The Price of Passion Actor Scoot Shepard N/A
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1991 Hear My Song Actor Josef Locke 59
Average
1991 Tennessee Nights Actor Charlie Kiefer 58
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1991 Angel Square Actor N/A
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1991 Going Under Actor Admiral Malice 58
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1990 Captain America Actor Sam Kolawetz 52
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1990 The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story Actor Edward C. Acker 59
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1990 Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn Actor Duke of Bridgewater 59
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1990 Repossessed Actor Ernest Weller 56
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1990 A Cry in the Wild Actor Pilot 58
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1990 Chattahoochee Actor Dr. Harwood 58
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1990 Big Bad John Actor Charlie Mitchelle 58
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1989 Spy Actor Thomas Ludlow 59
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1989 Last Train Home Actor Cornelius van Horne N/A
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1989 Ministry of Vengeance Actor Rev. Bloor 58
Average
1989 Time Trackers Actor Harry Orth 58
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1989 Physical Evidence Actor James Nicks 58
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1989 Sex and Buttered Popcorn Actor Self - Host 58
Average
1988 Purple People Eater Actor Grandpa 58
Average
1988 Go Toward the Light Actor George 59
Average
1988 After the Rain Actor Matthew Bonner N/A
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1988 Midnight Crossing Actor Ellis 58
Average
1988 The Unholy Actor Lt. Stern 58
Average
1988 Switching Channels Actor Roy Ridnitz 59
Average
1988 Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide Actor Self N/A
N/A
1988 Shadows in the Storm Actor Thelonious Pitt 58
Average
1987 The Trouble with Spies Actor Harry Lewis 58
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1987 Rolling Vengeance Actor Tiny Doyle 59
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1987 The Haunting of Barney Palmer Actor Cole Scholar N/A
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1987 The Fourth Protocol Actor Borisov 59
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1987 Kiwi Magic Actor N/A
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1986 The Big Easy Actor Jack Kellom 59
Average
1986 Back to School Actor Dean Martin 60
Fair
1985 Hostage Flight Actor Art Hofstadter 59
Average
1985 Konrad Actor Mr. Thomas 59
Average
1985 Restless Natives Actor Bender 59
Average
1985 The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Actor Larry Broome (segment "Incident in a Small Jail") N/A
N/A
1985 Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom Actor Rev. Mansfield French N/A
N/A
1985 Robert Kennedy & His Times Actor J. Edgar Hoover 70
Good
1985 Answers Actor Senator William Blaine (Segment "The Constituent") N/A
N/A
1984 The Last Days of Pompeii Actor Diomed 69
Fair
1984 Celebrity Actor Otto Leo 68
Fair
1984 Don't Ask Me, Ask God Actor [Self] N/A
N/A
1983 Touched Actor Herbie 59
Average
1983 The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez Actor Lynch Mob Leader 59
Average
1983 Stroker Ace Actor Clyde Torkle 58
Average
1983 Kentucky Woman Actor Luke Telford 58
Average
1982 The Toy Actor Sydney Morehouse 58
Average
1982 Rumpelstiltskin Actor The King 59
Average
1982 A Woman Called Golda Actor Sen. Durward 59
Average
1982 A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion Actor Benjamin Hammett 58
Average
1982 Pray TV Actor Rev. Freddy Stone N/A
N/A
1981 All the Way Home Actor Ralph Follet 59
Average
1981 Splendor in the Grass Actor Ace Stamper 59
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1981 The Violation of Sarah McDavid Actor Dr. Walter Keys 59
Average
1981 The Incredible Shrinking Woman Actor Dan Beame 57
Average
1980 Superman II Actor Otis 65
Fair
1980 Friendly Fire Actor Gene Mullen 59
Average
1980 Hopscotch Actor Myerson 61
Fair
1980 All God's Children Actor Mike Naponic N/A
N/A
1980 Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones Actor Rep. Leo Ryan 70
Good
1980 The American Success Company Actor Mr. Elliott 58
Average
1980 The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' Actor Self 59
Average
1979 1941 Actor Ward Douglas 58
Average
1979 Promises in the Dark Actor Bud Koenig 59
Average
1979 Wise Blood Actor Hoover Shoates 59
Average
1978 Superman Actor Otis 69
Fair
1978 A Question of Love Actor Dwayne Stabler 58
Average
1978 The Great Bank Hoax Actor Julius Taggart 58
Average
1978 Gray Lady Down Actor Mickey 59
Average
1977 Alambrista! Actor Anglo Coyote 59
Average
1977 Szysznyk Actor N/A
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1977 Exorcist II: The Heretic Actor Edwards 50
Average
1977 Our Town Actor Dr. Gibbs 59
Average
1977 Lucan Actor Larry MacElwaine N/A
N/A
1977 Tail Gunner Joe Actor Sylvester 58
Average
1977 The Gardener's Son Actor Pinky 58
Average
1976 Mikey and Nicky Actor Kinney 61
Fair
1976 Silver Streak Actor Bob Sweet 62
Fair
1976 Network Actor Arthur Jensen 73
Good
1976 Gator Actor Sheriff J.C. Connors (uncredited) 57
Average
1976 The Big Bus Actor Shorty Scotty 57
Average
1976 All the President's Men Actor Dardis 72
Good
1975 The Deadly Tower Actor Allan Crum 59
Average
1975 Nashville Actor Delbert Reese 64
Fair
1975 W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings Actor Country Bull 59
Average
1975 Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan Actor Ollie Thompson 58
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1974 The Execution of Private Slovik Actor Father Stafford 59
Average
1973 Dying Room Only Actor Tom King 59
Average
1973 White Lightning Actor Sheriff J.C. Connors 59
Average
1973 The Last American Hero Actor Hackel 58
Average
1973 The Marcus-Nelson Murders Actor Det. Dan Corrigan 59
Average
1973 The Thief Who Came to Dinner Actor Deams 59
Average
1972 The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean Actor Tector Crites 60
Fair
1972 Footsteps Actor Frank Powell N/A
N/A
1972 Deliverance Actor Bobby Trippe 69
Fair