Ned Beatty

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

169

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

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • M*A*S*H

    M*A*S*H

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • The Waltons

    The Waltons

  • The Rockford Files

    The Rockford Files

  • The Rockford Files

    The Rockford Files

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • Homicide: Life on the Street

    Homicide: Life on the Street

  • Highway to Heaven

    Highway to Heaven

  • Toy Story 3

    Toy Story 3

  • Faerie Tale Theatre

    Faerie Tale Theatre

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Shooter

    Shooter

  • Rango

    Rango

  • The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

    The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

  • The Rookies

    The Rookies

  • The Streets of San Francisco

    The Streets of San Francisco

  • Life

    Life

  • Superman

    Superman

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

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

  • Silver Streak

    Silver Streak

  • Petrocelli

    Petrocelli

  • Roseanne

    Roseanne

  • Blind Vision

    Blind Vision

  • Superman II

    Superman II

  • Captain America

    Captain America

  • Repossessed

    Repossessed

  • Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom

    Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom

  • Replikator

    Replikator

  • Wise Blood

    Wise Blood

  • Nashville

    Nashville

  • The Toy

    The Toy

  • Footsteps

    Footsteps

  • The Fourth Protocol

    The Fourth Protocol

  • Gulliver's Travels

    Gulliver's Travels

  • Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

    Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

  • Warren Oates: Across the Border

    Warren Oates: Across the Border

  • Kentucky Woman

    Kentucky Woman

  • The Golden Palace

    The Golden Palace

  • Answers

    Answers

  • Lucan

    Lucan

  • Our Town

    Our Town

  • Just Cause

    Just Cause

  • Going Under

    Going Under

  • Gator

    Gator

  • Rolling Vengeance

    Rolling Vengeance

  • Exorcist II: The Heretic

    Exorcist II: The Heretic

  • 1941

    1941

  • Konrad

    Konrad

  • Alambrista!

    Alambrista!

  • The Violation of Sarah McDavid

    The Violation of Sarah McDavid

  • Sweet Land

    Sweet Land

  • The Walker

    The Walker

  • B.L. Stryker

    B.L. Stryker

  • Network

    Network

  • Go On

    Go On

  • Deliverance

    Deliverance

  • Hopscotch

    Hopscotch

  • All the President's Men

    All the President's Men

  • Rudy

    Rudy

  • Pray TV

    Pray TV

  • The Unholy

    The Unholy

  • Hostage Flight

    Hostage Flight

  • Charlie Wilson's War

    Charlie Wilson's War

  • The Affair

    The Affair

  • Casting By

    Casting By

  • Touched

    Touched

  • Crazy Horse

    Crazy Horse

  • Physical Evidence

    Physical Evidence

  • Friendly Fire

    Friendly Fire

  • Baggage Claim

    Baggage Claim

  • Stroker Ace

    Stroker Ace

  • Lincoln

    Lincoln

  • Angel Square

    Angel Square

  • Chattahoochee

    Chattahoochee

  • He Got Game

    He Got Game

  • Switching Channels

    Switching Channels

  • Roughing It

    Roughing It

  • The Killer Inside Me

    The Killer Inside Me

  • In the Electric Mist

    In the Electric Mist

  • Spy

    Spy

  • Streets of Laredo

    Streets of Laredo

  • Thunderpants

    Thunderpants

  • Rumpelstiltskin

    Rumpelstiltskin

  • Delvecchio

    Delvecchio

  • Prelude to a Kiss

    Prelude to a Kiss

  • Restless Natives

    Restless Natives

  • Gray Lady Down

    Gray Lady Down

  • Where the Red Fern Grows

    Where the Red Fern Grows

  • Time Trackers

    Time Trackers

  • The Incredible Shrinking Woman

    The Incredible Shrinking Woman

  • The Big Easy

    The Big Easy

  • White Lightning

    White Lightning

  • The Last Days of Pompeii

    The Last Days of Pompeii

  • La Classe américaine

    La Classe américaine

  • Cookie's Fortune

    Cookie's Fortune

  • Midnight Crossing

    Midnight Crossing

  • Back to School

    Back to School

  • Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

    Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

  • The Big Bus

    The Big Bus

  • The Last American Hero

    The Last American Hero

  • Spring Forward

    Spring Forward

  • Splendor in the Grass

    Splendor in the Grass

  • The Boys

    The Boys

  • Big Bad John

    Big Bad John

  • Rampart

    Rampart

  • The Big Ask

    The Big Ask

  • The Deadly Tower

    The Deadly Tower

  • Promises in the Dark

    Promises in the Dark

  • The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

    The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

  • The Marcus-Nelson Murders

    The Marcus-Nelson Murders

  • A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion

    A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion

  • Earth and the American Dream

    Earth and the American Dream

  • The Thief Who Came to Dinner

    The Thief Who Came to Dinner

  • The Execution of Private Slovik

    The Execution of Private Slovik

  • The Great Bank Hoax

    The Great Bank Hoax

  • The Gardener's Son

    The Gardener's Son

  • The Curse of Inferno

    The Curse of Inferno

  • All the Way Home

    All the Way Home

  • Purple People Eater

    Purple People Eater

  • The Trouble with Spies

    The Trouble with Spies

  • Mikey and Nicky

    Mikey and Nicky

  • All God's Children

    All God's Children

  • A Woman Called Golda

    A Woman Called Golda

  • Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected

    Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected

  • A Cry in the Wild

    A Cry in the Wild

  • A Question of Love

    A Question of Love

  • The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

    The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

  • I Was a Rat

    I Was a Rat

  • The American Success Company

    The American Success Company

  • Don't Ask Me, Ask God

    Don't Ask Me, Ask God

  • Last Train Home

    Last Train Home

  • The Making of 'Network'

    The Making of 'Network'

  • Homicide: The Movie

    Homicide: The Movie

  • Go Toward the Light

    Go Toward the Light

  • Ed and His Dead Mother

    Ed and His Dead Mother

  • Hear My Song

    Hear My Song

  • Robert Kennedy & His Times

    Robert Kennedy & His Times

  • Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide

    Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide

  • Ministry of Vengeance

    Ministry of Vengeance

  • Dying Room Only

    Dying Room Only

  • The Wool Cap

    The Wool Cap

  • T Bone N Weasel

    T Bone N Weasel

  • Shadows in the Storm

    Shadows in the Storm

  • Tail Gunner Joe

    Tail Gunner Joe

  • Nashville 99

    Nashville 99

  • Tennessee Nights

    Tennessee Nights

  • E! True Hollywood Story

    E! True Hollywood Story

  • Trial: The Price of Passion

    Trial: The Price of Passion

  • Celebrity

    Celebrity

  • Szysznyk

    Szysznyk

  • NBC Special Treat

    NBC Special Treat

  • Radioland Murders

    Radioland Murders

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart

    Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart

  • After the Rain

    After the Rain

  • The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

    The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

  • A Woman Called Golda

    A Woman Called Golda

  • W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings

    W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings

  • Illusions

    Illusions

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

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

  • Sex and Buttered Popcorn

    Sex and Buttered Popcorn

  • The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story

    The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story

  • The Haunting of Barney Palmer

    The Haunting of Barney Palmer

  • Fat Monroe

    Fat Monroe

  • Kiwi Magic

    Kiwi Magic