1937-07-06 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).
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The Big Ask | Old Man Carl | 2014-05-30 |
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Baggage Claim | Mr. Donaldson | 2013-09-27 |
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Casting By | Self | 2012-11-01 |
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Rango | Mayor (voice) | 2011-03-02 |
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Rampart | Hartshorn | 2011-11-23 |
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The Killer Inside Me | Chester Conway | 2010-02-19 |
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Toy Story 3 | Lotso (voice) | 2010-06-16 |
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In the Electric Mist | Twinky LeMoyne | 2009-04-15 |
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Shooter | Senator Charles F. Meachum | 2007-03-22 |
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Charlie Wilson's War | Doc Long | 2007-12-19 |
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The Walker | Jack Delorean | 2007-02-13 |
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Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut | Otis | 2006-11-02 |
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The Making of 'Network' | Self | 2006-02-28 |
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Sweet Land | Harmo | 2005-10-21 |
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The Wool Cap | Gigot's Father | 2004-11-20 |
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Where the Red Fern Grows | Sheriff Abe McConnell | 2003-05-03 |
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Thunderpants | Gen. Ed Sheppard | 2002-05-24 |
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Roughing It | Slade | 2002-03-16 |
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I Was a Rat | Mudduck | 2001-12-09 |
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Homicide: The Movie | Stanley Bolander | 2000-02-13 |
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Spring Forward | Murph | 2000-12-10 |
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Cookie's Fortune | Lester Boyle | 1999-03-24 |
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Life | Dexter Wilkins | 1999-04-16 |
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He Got Game | Warden Wyatt | 1998-05-01 |
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The Curse of Inferno | Moles Huddenel | 1996-12-30 |
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Crazy Horse | Dr. McGillicuddy | 1996-07-07 |
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Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart | Sam Lawrence | 1995-02-17 |
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The Affair | Col. Banning | 1995-10-14 |
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Just Cause | McNair | 1995-02-17 |
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Radioland Murders | General Whalen | 1994-10-21 |
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Replikator | Insp. Victor Valiant | 1994-01-01 |
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Warren Oates: Across the Border | Narrator (voice) | 1993-11-10 |
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Rudy | Daniel Ruettiger | 1993-09-17 |
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Ed and His Dead Mother | Uncle Benny | 1993-06-04 |
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La Classe américaine | Frédéric (archive footage) | 1993-12-31 |
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Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) | 1992-10-01 |
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Blind Vision | Sgt. Logan | 1992-07-07 |
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T Bone N Weasel | Doc Tatum | 1992-11-02 |
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Trial: The Price of Passion | Scoot Shepard | 1992-05-03 |
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Prelude to a Kiss | Dr. Boyle | 1992-07-10 |
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Lincoln | Dennis Hanks (voice) | 1992-12-26 |
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Illusions | Landlord | 1992-10-14 |
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Hear My Song | Josef Locke | 1991-12-27 |
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Going Under | Admiral Malice | 1991-08-23 |
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Angel Square | 1991-10-11 | |
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The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story | Edward C. Acker | 1990-11-26 |
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Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn | Duke of Bridgewater | 1990-10-21 |
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Big Bad John | Charlie Mitchelle | 1990-02-01 |
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Captain America | Sam Kolawetz | 1990-12-14 |
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A Cry in the Wild | Pilot | 1990-06-01 |
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Chattahoochee | Dr. Harwood | 1990-04-20 |
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Repossessed | Ernest Weller | 1990-09-14 |
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Time Trackers | Harry Orth | 1989-05-01 |
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Ministry of Vengeance | Rev. Bloor | 1989-11-03 |
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Tennessee Nights | Charlie Kiefer | 1989-08-06 |
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Sex and Buttered Popcorn | Self - Host | 1989-01-01 |
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Last Train Home | Cornelius van Horne | 1989-11-30 |
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Physical Evidence | James Nicks | 1989-01-27 |
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Spy | Thomas Ludlow | 1989-12-28 |
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Go Toward the Light | George | 1988-11-01 |
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Midnight Crossing | Ellis | 1988-05-13 |
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Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide | Self | 1988-01-11 |
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Shadows in the Storm | Thelonious Pitt | 1988-01-01 |
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The Unholy | Lt. Stern | 1988-04-22 |
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After the Rain | Matthew Bonner | 1988-09-23 |
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Switching Channels | Roy Ridnitz | 1988-03-05 |
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Purple People Eater | Grandpa | 1988-12-01 |
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Kiwi Magic | 1987-01-01 | |
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The Haunting of Barney Palmer | Cole Scholar | 1987-03-28 |
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The Trouble with Spies | Harry Lewis | 1987-12-04 |
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Rolling Vengeance | Tiny Doyle | 1987-10-02 |
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The Fourth Protocol | Borisov | 1987-03-20 |
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The Big Easy | Jack Kellom | 1986-11-27 |
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Back to School | Dean Martin | 1986-06-13 |
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Konrad | Mr. Thomas | 1985-10-13 |
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Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom | Rev. Mansfield French | 1985-02-25 |
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Answers | Senator William Blaine (Segment "The Constituent") | 1985-04-30 |
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Restless Natives | Bender | 1985-06-01 |
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Hostage Flight | Art Hofstadter | 1985-11-17 |
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Don't Ask Me, Ask God | Self | 1984-01-01 |
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Stroker Ace | Clyde Torkle | 1983-07-01 |
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Kentucky Woman | Luke Telford | 1983-01-11 |
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The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez | Lynch Mob Leader | 1983-08-19 |
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Touched | Herbie | 1983-10-01 |
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Pray TV | Rev. Freddy Stone | 1982-02-01 |
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The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' | Self | 1982-01-24 |
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Rumpelstiltskin | The King | 1982-10-16 |
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A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion | Benjamin Hammett | 1982-02-17 |
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A Woman Called Golda | Sen. Durward | 1982-04-26 |
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The Toy | Sydney Morehouse | 1982-12-10 |
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All the Way Home | Ralph Follet | 1981-12-21 |
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The Violation of Sarah McDavid | Dr. Walter Keys | 1981-05-19 |
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Splendor in the Grass | Ace Stamper | 1981-10-26 |
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The Incredible Shrinking Woman | Dan Beame | 1981-01-30 |
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All God's Children | Mike Naponic | 1980-04-28 |
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Hopscotch | Myerson | 1980-09-26 |
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Friendly Fire | Gene Mullen | 1980-11-09 |
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Superman II | Otis | 1980-12-12 |
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The American Success Company | Mr. Elliott | 1980-03-01 |
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1941 | Ward Douglas | 1979-12-14 |
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Wise Blood | Hoover Shoates | 1979-10-24 |
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Promises in the Dark | Bud Koenig | 1979-11-02 |
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A Question of Love | Dwayne Stabler | 1978-11-26 |
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Superman | Otis | 1978-12-14 |
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The Great Bank Hoax | Julius Taggart | 1978-11-01 |
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Gray Lady Down | Mickey | 1978-03-10 |
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Lucan | Larry MacElwaine | 1977-05-22 |
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Visions: The Gardener's Son | Pinky | 1977-01-06 |
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Tail Gunner Joe | Sylvester | 1977-02-06 |
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Our Town | Dr. Gibbs | 1977-05-30 |
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Alambrista! | Anglo Coyote | 1977-10-16 |
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Exorcist II: The Heretic | Edwards | 1977-06-17 |
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Gator | Sheriff J.C. Connors (uncredited) | 1976-08-25 |
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Mikey and Nicky | Kinney | 1976-12-21 |
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Silver Streak | Bob Sweet | 1976-12-03 |
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The Big Bus | Shorty Scotty | 1976-06-23 |
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All the President's Men | Dardis | 1976-04-09 |
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Network | Arthur Jensen | 1976-11-19 |
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Nashville | Delbert Reese | 1975-06-11 |
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Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan | Ollie Thompson | 1975-02-20 |
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W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings | Country Bull | 1975-05-21 |
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The Deadly Tower | Allan Crum | 1975-10-18 |
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The Execution of Private Slovik | Father Stafford | 1974-03-13 |
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White Lightning | Sheriff J.C. Connors | 1973-08-06 |
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Dying Room Only | Tom King | 1973-09-18 |
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The Last American Hero | Hackel | 1973-07-27 |
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The Thief Who Came to Dinner | Deams | 1973-03-01 |
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The Marcus-Nelson Murders | Det. Dan Corrigan | 1973-03-08 |
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Deliverance | Bobby Trippe | 1972-08-18 |
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Footsteps | Frank Powell | 1972-10-03 |
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The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | Tector Crites | 1972-12-18 |
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Fat Monroe | Fat Monroe |
