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).
1990 • TV
2000 • TV
1962 • TV
1984 • TV
2007 • Movie
2010 • Movie
as Senator Charles F. Meachum
as Lotso (voice)
as Mayor (voice)
as Otis
as Ernest Weller
as Bender
as Myerson
as Sydney Morehouse
as Delbert Reese
as Clyde Torkle
as Otis
as Arthur Jensen
as Ward Douglas
as Hoover Shoates
as Harmo
as Roy Ridnitz
as Murph
as Daniel Ruettiger
as Doc Long
as Bobby Trippe
as Malcolm Reynolds
1 episodes
as Dr. David Lowry
1 episodes
as Self
2 episodes
as Roy Gunderson
1 episodes
as Colonel Hollister
1 episodes
as Curtis Norton
1 episodes
as Caldwell
1 episodes
as Self - Nominee
1 episodes
as Leon Fielder
2 episodes
as Al Brennan
1 episodes
as Bill Cassidy
2 episodes
as Stanley Bolander
33 episodes
as Eddie Boggs
1 episodes
as Karp
1 episodes
1 episodes
as The King
1 episodes
as Gage
1 episodes
as Farmer Grultrad
2 episodes
as Coach Spence
1 episodes
1 episodes
