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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Toy Story 3 | Lotso (voice) | 2010-06-16 |
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The Killer Inside Me | Chester Conway | 2010-02-19 |
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In the Electric Mist | Twinky LeMoyne | 2009-04-15 |
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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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Shooter | Senator Charles F. Meachum | 2007-03-22 |
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The Making of 'Network' | Self | 2006-02-28 |
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Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut | Otis | 2006-11-02 |
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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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Roughing It | Slade | 2002-03-16 |
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Thunderpants | Gen. Ed Sheppard | 2002-05-24 |
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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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The Affair | Col. Banning | 1995-10-14 |
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Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart | Sam Lawrence | 1995-02-17 |
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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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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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Rudy | Daniel Ruettiger | 1993-09-17 |
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Warren Oates: Across the Border | Narrator (voice) | 1993-11-10 |
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Illusions | Landlord | 1992-10-14 |
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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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Blind Vision | Sgt. Logan | 1992-07-07 |
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Lincoln | Dennis Hanks (voice) | 1992-12-26 |
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Prelude to a Kiss | Dr. Boyle | 1992-07-10 |
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Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) | 1992-10-01 |
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Hear My Song | Josef Locke | 1991-12-27 |
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Angel Square | 1991-10-11 | |
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Going Under | Admiral Malice | 1991-08-23 |
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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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The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story | Edward C. Acker | 1990-11-26 |
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Big Bad John | Charlie Mitchelle | 1990-02-01 |
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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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Captain America | Sam Kolawetz | 1990-12-14 |
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Time Trackers | Harry Orth | 1989-05-01 |
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Sex and Buttered Popcorn | Self - Host | 1989-01-01 |
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Tennessee Nights | Charlie Kiefer | 1989-08-06 |
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Spy | Thomas Ludlow | 1989-12-28 |
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Last Train Home | Cornelius van Horne | 1989-11-30 |
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Ministry of Vengeance | Rev. Bloor | 1989-11-03 |
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Physical Evidence | James Nicks | 1989-01-27 |
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Shadows in the Storm | Thelonious Pitt | 1988-01-01 |
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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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After the Rain | Matthew Bonner | 1988-09-23 |
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Purple People Eater | Grandpa | 1988-12-01 |
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Switching Channels | Roy Ridnitz | 1988-03-05 |
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The Unholy | Lt. Stern | 1988-04-22 |
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Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide | Self | 1988-01-11 |
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The Fourth Protocol | Borisov | 1987-03-20 |
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The Haunting of Barney Palmer | Cole Scholar | 1987-03-28 |
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Rolling Vengeance | Tiny Doyle | 1987-10-02 |
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Kiwi Magic | 1987-01-01 | |
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The Trouble with Spies | Harry Lewis | 1987-12-04 |
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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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Restless Natives | Bender | 1985-06-01 |
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Answers | Senator William Blaine (Segment "The Constituent") | 1985-04-30 |
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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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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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Kentucky Woman | Luke Telford | 1983-01-11 |
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Stroker Ace | Clyde Torkle | 1983-07-01 |
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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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The Toy | Sydney Morehouse | 1982-12-10 |
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Rumpelstiltskin | The King | 1982-10-16 |
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The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' | Self | 1982-01-24 |
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A Woman Called Golda | Sen. Durward | 1982-04-26 |
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Pray TV | Rev. Freddy Stone | 1982-02-01 |
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A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion | Benjamin Hammett | 1982-02-17 |
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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 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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All God's Children | Mike Naponic | 1980-04-28 |
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Friendly Fire | Gene Mullen | 1980-11-09 |
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Superman II | Otis | 1980-12-04 |
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The American Success Company | Mr. Elliott | 1980-03-01 |
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Hopscotch | Myerson | 1980-09-26 |
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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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1941 | Ward Douglas | 1979-12-14 |
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Gray Lady Down | Mickey | 1978-03-10 |
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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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Our Town | Dr. Gibbs | 1977-05-30 |
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Exorcist II: The Heretic | Edwards | 1977-06-17 |
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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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Alambrista! | Anglo Coyote | 1977-10-16 |
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Lucan | Larry MacElwaine | 1977-05-22 |
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Mikey and Nicky | Kinney | 1976-12-21 |
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All the President's Men | Dardis | 1976-04-09 |
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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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Network | Arthur Jensen | 1976-11-27 |
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Gator | Sheriff J.C. Connors (uncredited) | 1976-08-25 |
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Nashville | Delbert Reese | 1975-06-11 |
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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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Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan | Ollie Thompson | 1975-02-20 |
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The Execution of Private Slovik | Father Stafford | 1974-03-13 |
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The Marcus-Nelson Murders | Det. Dan Corrigan | 1973-03-08 |
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The Thief Who Came to Dinner | Deams | 1973-03-01 |
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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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White Lightning | Sheriff J.C. Connors | 1973-08-06 |
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The Dangerous World of 'Deliverance' | Self | 1972-01-01 |
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The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | Tector Crites | 1972-12-01 |
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Deliverance | Bobby Trippe | 1972-08-18 |
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Footsteps | Frank Powell | 1972-10-03 |
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