Ned Beatty
Actor
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).
Filmography
Rango
as Mayor (voice) 2011
Shooter
as Senator Charles F. Meachum 2007
Superman
as Otis 1978
Superman II
as Otis 1980
All the President's Men
as Dardis 1976
Network
as Arthur Jensen 1976
Deliverance
as Bobby Trippe 1972
Charlie Wilson's War
as Doc Long 2007
Life
as Dexter Wilkins 1999
He Got Game
as Warden Wyatt 1998
Exorcist II: The Heretic
as Edwards 1977
Rudy
as Daniel Ruettiger 1993
1941
as Ward Douglas 1979
The Killer Inside Me
as Chester Conway 2010
Just Cause
as McNair 1995
Back to School
as Dean Martin 1986