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