Ned Beatty

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

168

Gender

Male

Birthday

1937-07-06

Day of death

2021-06-13 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Ned Beatty

Biography

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).

Known For

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • M*A*S*H

    M*A*S*H

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • The Waltons

    The Waltons

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • The Rockford Files

    The Rockford Files

  • The Rockford Files

    The Rockford Files

  • Highway to Heaven

    Highway to Heaven

  • Homicide: Life on the Street

    Homicide: Life on the Street

  • Toy Story 3

    Toy Story 3

  • The Rookies

    The Rookies

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • The Streets of San Francisco

    The Streets of San Francisco

  • Shooter

    Shooter

  • Faerie Tale Theatre

    Faerie Tale Theatre

  • Rango

    Rango

  • Petrocelli

    Petrocelli

  • Exorcist II: The Heretic

    Exorcist II: The Heretic

  • Superman

    Superman

  • The Golden Palace

    The Golden Palace

  • Go On

    Go On

  • Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

    Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

  • Charlie Wilson's War

    Charlie Wilson's War

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

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

  • Deliverance

    Deliverance

  • 1941

    1941

  • The Trouble with Spies

    The Trouble with Spies

  • Life

    Life

  • Superman II

    Superman II

  • The Big Easy

    The Big Easy

  • Back to School

    Back to School

  • Gulliver's Travels

    Gulliver's Travels

  • Gray Lady Down

    Gray Lady Down

  • Repossessed

    Repossessed

  • Going Under

    Going Under

  • Delvecchio

    Delvecchio

  • Roseanne

    Roseanne

  • Silver Streak

    Silver Streak

  • The Incredible Shrinking Woman

    The Incredible Shrinking Woman

  • Captain America

    Captain America

  • Rolling Vengeance

    Rolling Vengeance

  • Rudy

    Rudy

  • Replikator

    Replikator

  • The Big Bus

    The Big Bus

  • Blind Vision

    Blind Vision

  • Nashville

    Nashville

  • Homicide: The Movie

    Homicide: The Movie

  • Where the Red Fern Grows

    Where the Red Fern Grows

  • The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

    The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

  • Rampart

    Rampart

  • Wise Blood

    Wise Blood

  • Just Cause

    Just Cause

  • Network

    Network

  • The Fourth Protocol

    The Fourth Protocol

  • In the Electric Mist

    In the Electric Mist

  • The Making of 'Network'

    The Making of 'Network'

  • Splendor in the Grass

    Splendor in the Grass

  • Hostage Flight

    Hostage Flight

  • The Great Bank Hoax

    The Great Bank Hoax

  • Warren Oates: Across the Border

    Warren Oates: Across the Border

  • Cookie's Fortune

    Cookie's Fortune

  • Alambrista!

    Alambrista!

  • The Walker

    The Walker

  • The Marcus-Nelson Murders

    The Marcus-Nelson Murders

  • White Lightning

    White Lightning

  • Tennessee Nights

    Tennessee Nights

  • Casting By

    Casting By

  • B.L. Stryker

    B.L. Stryker

  • All the President's Men

    All the President's Men

  • The Killer Inside Me

    The Killer Inside Me

  • Gator

    Gator

  • Lucan

    Lucan

  • The Deadly Tower

    The Deadly Tower

  • Hopscotch

    Hopscotch

  • Our Town

    Our Town

  • Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide

    Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide

  • Kentucky Woman

    Kentucky Woman

  • Baggage Claim

    Baggage Claim

  • Earth and the American Dream

    Earth and the American Dream

  • The Toy

    The Toy

  • The Wool Cap

    The Wool Cap

  • Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart

    Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart

  • The Last Days of Pompeii

    The Last Days of Pompeii

  • The Execution of Private Slovik

    The Execution of Private Slovik

  • Sweet Land

    Sweet Land

  • La Classe américaine

    La Classe américaine

  • Go Toward the Light

    Go Toward the Light

  • Friendly Fire

    Friendly Fire

  • Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

    Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

  • Restless Natives

    Restless Natives

  • Tail Gunner Joe

    Tail Gunner Joe

  • The Violation of Sarah McDavid

    The Violation of Sarah McDavid

  • All the Way Home

    All the Way Home

  • Lincoln

    Lincoln

  • The Curse of Inferno

    The Curse of Inferno

  • Spring Forward

    Spring Forward

  • Purple People Eater

    Purple People Eater

  • Streets of Laredo

    Streets of Laredo

  • He Got Game

    He Got Game

  • Promises in the Dark

    Promises in the Dark

  • Big Bad John

    Big Bad John

  • The American Success Company

    The American Success Company

  • A Cry in the Wild

    A Cry in the Wild

  • Pray TV

    Pray TV

  • I Was a Rat

    I Was a Rat

  • The Thief Who Came to Dinner

    The Thief Who Came to Dinner

  • Footsteps

    Footsteps

  • Thunderpants

    Thunderpants

  • Last Train Home

    Last Train Home

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

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

  • All God's Children

    All God's Children

  • Stroker Ace

    Stroker Ace

  • Szysznyk

    Szysznyk

  • Robert Kennedy & His Times

    Robert Kennedy & His Times

  • Answers

    Answers

  • Trial: The Price of Passion

    Trial: The Price of Passion

  • The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

    The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

  • Illusions

    Illusions

  • The Last American Hero

    The Last American Hero

  • A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion

    A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion

  • E! True Hollywood Story

    E! True Hollywood Story

  • The Affair

    The Affair

  • Switching Channels

    Switching Channels

  • Celebrity

    Celebrity

  • A Question of Love

    A Question of Love

  • Angel Square

    Angel Square

  • Ed and His Dead Mother

    Ed and His Dead Mother

  • W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings

    W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings

  • Chattahoochee

    Chattahoochee

  • The Boys

    The Boys

  • Crazy Horse

    Crazy Horse

  • The Gardener's Son

    The Gardener's Son

  • Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected

    Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected

  • Roughing It

    Roughing It

  • Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom

    Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom

  • The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

    The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

  • Physical Evidence

    Physical Evidence

  • Hear My Song

    Hear My Song

  • Shadows in the Storm

    Shadows in the Storm

  • Nashville 99

    Nashville 99

  • Spy

    Spy

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • NBC Special Treat

    NBC Special Treat

  • Don't Ask Me, Ask God

    Don't Ask Me, Ask God

  • T Bone N Weasel

    T Bone N Weasel

  • Mikey and Nicky

    Mikey and Nicky

  • The Unholy

    The Unholy

  • Prelude to a Kiss

    Prelude to a Kiss

  • The Big Ask

    The Big Ask

  • Rumpelstiltskin

    Rumpelstiltskin

  • Dying Room Only

    Dying Room Only

  • A Woman Called Golda

    A Woman Called Golda

  • After the Rain

    After the Rain

  • Radioland Murders

    Radioland Murders

  • A Woman Called Golda

    A Woman Called Golda

  • Konrad

    Konrad

  • Time Trackers

    Time Trackers

  • The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story

    The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story

  • Ministry of Vengeance

    Ministry of Vengeance

  • Touched

    Touched

  • The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

    The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

  • Sex and Buttered Popcorn

    Sex and Buttered Popcorn

  • Midnight Crossing

    Midnight Crossing

  • The Haunting of Barney Palmer

    The Haunting of Barney Palmer

  • Kiwi Magic

    Kiwi Magic