Ned Beatty

Born

July 6, 1937

Died

June 13, 2021 (83 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Louisville, Kentucky, USA

IMDb

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

Toy Story 3
7.8

Toy Story 3

Rango
6.9

Rango

Shooter
7.1

Shooter

Superman
7.1

Superman

Superman II
6.7

Superman II

The Big Ask

The Big Ask

Old Man Carl

4.8

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...

Self (archive footage)

7.0

2014

Baggage Claim

Baggage Claim

Mr. Donaldson

5.3

2013

Casting By

Casting By

Self

7.1

2012

Go On

Go On

Coach Spence · (1 episode)

6.4

2012

Rampart

Rampart

Hartshorn

5.4

2011

Rango

Rango

Mayor (voice)

6.9

2011

Toy Story 3

Toy Story 3

Lotso (voice)

7.8

2010

The Killer Inside Me

The Killer Inside Me

Chester Conway

5.8

2010

In the Electric Mist

In the Electric Mist

Twinky LeMoyne

6.1

2009

Charlie Wilson's War

Charlie Wilson's War

Doc Long

6.5

2007

Shooter

Shooter

Senator Charles F. Meachum

7.1

2007

The Walker

The Walker

Jack Delorean

5.3

2007

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

Otis

7.4

2006

Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman

Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman

Self (archive footage)

7.5

2006

The Making of 'Network'

The Making of 'Network'

Self

0.0

2006

Sweet Land

Sweet Land

Harmo

6.4

2005

The Wool Cap

The Wool Cap

Gigot's Father

6.2

2004

Where the Red Fern Grows

Where the Red Fern Grows

Sheriff Abe McConnell

5.9

2003

Thunderpants

Thunderpants

Gen. Ed Sheppard

3.5

2002

Roughing It

Roughing It

Slade

4.7

2002

I Was a Rat

I Was a Rat

Mudduck

0.0

2001

Spring Forward

Spring Forward

Murph

6.4

2000

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Dr. David Lowry · (1 episode)

7.6

2000

Homicide: The Movie

Homicide: The Movie

Stanley Bolander

6.8

2000

Life

Life

Dexter Wilkins

6.7

1999

Cookie's Fortune

Cookie's Fortune

Lester Boyle

6.4

1999

He Got Game

He Got Game

Warden Wyatt

6.7

1998

The Curse of Inferno

The Curse of Inferno

Moles Huddenel

4.8

1996

E! True Hollywood Story

E! True Hollywood Story

(1 episode)

8.1

1996

Crazy Horse

Crazy Horse

Dr. McGillicuddy

9.6

1996

Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels

Farmer Grultrad · (2 episodes)

7.1

1996

Streets of Laredo

Streets of Laredo

Judge Roy Bean · (3 episodes)

6.3

1995

The Affair

The Affair

Col. Banning

3.8

1995

Just Cause

Just Cause

McNair

6.2

1995

Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart

Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart

Sam Lawrence

5.0

1995

Radioland Murders

Radioland Murders

General Whalen

5.9

1994

Inside the Actors Studio

Inside the Actors Studio

Self · (1 episode)

7.5

1994

Replikator

Replikator

Insp. Victor Valiant

3.4

1994

La Classe américaine

La Classe américaine

Frédéric (archive footage)

7.6

1993

Warren Oates: Across the Border

Warren Oates: Across the Border

Narrator (voice)

5.7

1993

Rudy

Rudy

Daniel Ruettiger

7.4

1993

The Boys

Herbert Francis 'Bert' Greenblatt · (7 episodes)

0.0

1993

Ed and His Dead Mother

Ed and His Dead Mother

Uncle Benny

5.5

1993

Homicide: Life on the Street

Homicide: Life on the Street

Stanley Bolander · (33 episodes)

8.0

1993

Lincoln

Dennis Hanks (voice)

6.8

1992

T Bone N Weasel

T Bone N Weasel

Doc Tatum

3.0

1992

Illusions

Illusions

Landlord

4.0

1992

Earth and the American Dream

Earth and the American Dream

Reader (voice)

6.7

1992

The Golden Palace

The Golden Palace

Tad Hollingsworth · (1 episode)

6.2

1992

Prelude to a Kiss

Prelude to a Kiss

Dr. Boyle

5.6

1992

Blind Vision

Blind Vision

Sgt. Logan

2.3

1992

Trial: The Price of Passion

Trial: The Price of Passion

Scoot Shepard

0.0

1992

Hear My Song

Hear My Song

Josef Locke

6.0

1991

Angel Square

Angel Square

0.0

1991

Going Under

Going Under

Admiral Malice

3.7

1991

Captain America

Captain America

Sam Kolawetz

4.5

1990

The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story

The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story

Edward C. Acker

6.5

1990

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

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

Duke of Bridgewater

6.1

1990

Repossessed

Repossessed

Ernest Weller

5.2

1990

Law & Order

Law & Order

Malcolm Reynolds · (1 episode)

7.4

1990

A Cry in the Wild

A Cry in the Wild

Pilot

5.7

1990

Chattahoochee

Chattahoochee

Dr. Harwood

5.7

1990

Big Bad John

Big Bad John

Charlie Mitchelle

4.0

1990

Spy

Spy

Thomas Ludlow

6.9

1989

Last Train Home

Last Train Home

Cornelius van Horne

0.5

1989

Ministry of Vengeance

Ministry of Vengeance

Rev. Bloor

3.0

1989

Tennessee Nights

Tennessee Nights

Charlie Kiefer

5.5

1989

Time Trackers

Time Trackers

Harry Orth

3.3

1989

B.L. Stryker

B.L. Stryker

(1 episode)

6.0

1989

Physical Evidence

Physical Evidence

James Nicks

5.1

1989

Sex and Buttered Popcorn

Sex and Buttered Popcorn

Self - Host

4.8

1989

Purple People Eater

Purple People Eater

Grandpa

4.8

1988

Go Toward the Light

Go Toward the Light

George

7.4

1988

Roseanne

Roseanne

Ed Conner · (6 episodes)

6.8

1988

After the Rain

After the Rain

Matthew Bonner

0.0

1988

Midnight Crossing

Midnight Crossing

Ellis

4.5

1988

The Unholy

The Unholy

Lt. Stern

5.3

1988

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

Self · (1 episode)

7.0

1988

Switching Channels

Switching Channels

Roy Ridnitz

6.1

1988

Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide

Self

0.0

1988

Shadows in the Storm

Shadows in the Storm

Thelonious Pitt

4.2

1988

The Trouble with Spies

The Trouble with Spies

Harry Lewis

4.4

1987

Rolling Vengeance

Rolling Vengeance

Tiny Doyle

5.7

1987

The Haunting of Barney Palmer

The Haunting of Barney Palmer

Cole Scholar

0.0

1987

The Fourth Protocol

The Fourth Protocol

Borisov

6.3

1987

Kiwi Magic

Kiwi Magic

0.0

1987

The Big Easy

The Big Easy

Jack Kellom

6.2

1986

Back to School

Back to School

Dean Martin

6.3

1986

Hostage Flight

Hostage Flight

Art Hofstadter

5.9

1985

Konrad

Konrad

Mr. Thomas

5.6

1985

Restless Natives

Restless Natives

Bender

6.7

1985

Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom

Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom

Rev. Mansfield French

0.0

1985

Robert Kennedy & His Times

Robert Kennedy & His Times

J. Edgar Hoover · (3 episodes)

7.0

1985

Answers

Answers

Senator William Blaine (Segment "The Constituent")

0.0

1985

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Roy Gunderson · (1 episode)

7.5

1984

Highway to Heaven

Highway to Heaven

Bill Cassidy · (2 episodes)

7.3

1984

The Last Days of Pompeii

The Last Days of Pompeii

Diomed · (3 episodes)

7.3

1984

Celebrity

Celebrity

Otto Leo · (3 episodes)

6.0

1984

Don't Ask Me, Ask God

Don't Ask Me, Ask God

[Self]

0.0

1984

Touched

Touched

Herbie

7.0

1983

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

Lynch Mob Leader

6.9

1983

Stroker Ace

Stroker Ace

Clyde Torkle

5.0

1983

Kentucky Woman

Kentucky Woman

Luke Telford

6.0

1983

The Toy

The Toy

Sydney Morehouse

5.9

1982

Rumpelstiltskin

Rumpelstiltskin

The King

5.8

1982

Faerie Tale Theatre

Faerie Tale Theatre

The King · (1 episode)

8.1

1982

A Woman Called Golda

A Woman Called Golda

Sen. Durward

8.1

1982

A Woman Called Golda

A Woman Called Golda

Senator Durward · (2 episodes)

0.0

1982

A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion

A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion

Benjamin Hammett

6.0

1982

Pray TV

Pray TV

Rev. Freddy Stone

0.0

1982

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

Self

6.3

1982

All the Way Home

All the Way Home

Ralph Follet

7.0

1981

Splendor in the Grass

Splendor in the Grass

Ace Stamper

6.4

1981

The Violation of Sarah McDavid

The Violation of Sarah McDavid

Dr. Walter Keys

3.5

1981

The Incredible Shrinking Woman

The Incredible Shrinking Woman

Dan Beame

5.4

1981

Superman II

Superman II

Otis

6.7

1980

Friendly Fire

Friendly Fire

Gene Mullen

7.5

1980

Hopscotch

Hopscotch

Myerson

7.0

1980

All God's Children

All God's Children

Mike Naponic

4.0

1980

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

Rep. Leo Ryan · (2 episodes)

7.2

1980

The American Success Company

The American Success Company

Mr. Elliott

5.3

1980

1941

1941

Ward Douglas

5.8

1979

Promises in the Dark

Promises in the Dark

Bud Koenig

6.1

1979

Wise Blood

Wise Blood

Hoover Shoates

6.3

1979

Superman

Superman

Otis

7.1

1978

A Question of Love

A Question of Love

Dwayne Stabler

5.3

1978

The Great Bank Hoax

The Great Bank Hoax

Julius Taggart

4.2

1978

Gray Lady Down

Gray Lady Down

Mickey

6.4

1978

Alambrista!

Alambrista!

Anglo Coyote

5.9

1977

Szysznyk

(15 episodes)

0.0

1977

Exorcist II: The Heretic

Exorcist II: The Heretic

Edwards

4.5

1977

Our Town

Our Town

Dr. Gibbs

9.0

1977

Lucan

Lucan

Larry MacElwaine

0.0

1977

Nashville 99

Nashville 99

Randy Blair · (1 episode)

0.0

1977

Tail Gunner Joe

Tail Gunner Joe

Sylvester

6.0

1977

Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected

Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected

(1 episode)

6.0

1977

The Gardener's Son

The Gardener's Son

Pinky

4.4

1977

Mikey and Nicky

Mikey and Nicky

Kinney

6.9

1976

Silver Streak

Silver Streak

Bob Sweet

6.7

1976

Network

Network

Arthur Jensen

7.8

1976

Delvecchio

Delvecchio

Wakefield · (1 episode)

0.0

1976

Gator

Gator

Sheriff J.C. Connors (uncredited)

5.2

1976

The Big Bus

The Big Bus

Shorty Scotty

5.2

1976

All the President's Men

All the President's Men

Dardis

7.6

1976

NBC Special Treat

Big Henry · (1 episode)

0.0

1975

The Deadly Tower

The Deadly Tower

Allan Crum

6.6

1975

Nashville

Nashville

Delbert Reese

7.2

1975

W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings

W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings

Country Bull

5.9

1975

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

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

Ollie Thompson

5.0

1975

The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files

Leon Fielder · (2 episodes)

7.5

1974

The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files

Al Brennan · (1 episode)

7.5

1974

Petrocelli

Petrocelli

Gage · (1 episode)

7.1

1974

The Execution of Private Slovik

The Execution of Private Slovik

Father Stafford

7.2

1974

Dying Room Only

Dying Room Only

Tom King

6.6

1973

White Lightning

White Lightning

Sheriff J.C. Connors

6.2

1973

The Last American Hero

The Last American Hero

Hackel

5.7

1973

The Marcus-Nelson Murders

The Marcus-Nelson Murders

Det. Dan Corrigan

6.9

1973

The Thief Who Came to Dinner

The Thief Who Came to Dinner

Deams

6.9

1973

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

Tector Crites

6.4

1972

Footsteps

Footsteps

Frank Powell

0.0

1972

The Streets of San Francisco

The Streets of San Francisco

Eddie Boggs · (1 episode)

6.9

1972

M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H

Colonel Hollister · (1 episode)

7.9

1972

The Waltons

The Waltons

Curtis Norton · (1 episode)

7.1

1972

The Rookies

The Rookies

(1 episode)

6.8

1972

Deliverance

Deliverance

Bobby Trippe

7.3

1972

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

Caldwell · (1 episode)

7.1

1968

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self · (2 episodes)

7.5

1962

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

Karp · (1 episode)

6.6

1955

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Nominee · (1 episode)

7.2

1944