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