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Ned Beatty

Ned Beatty

Birthday: 1937-07-06 | Place of Birth: Louisville, Kentucky, USA

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ned Beatty, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2014
The Big Ask

as    Old Man Carl

2011
Rampart

as    Hartshorn

2011
Rango

as    Mayor (voice)

2010
The Killer Inside Me

as    Chester Conway

2010
Toy Story 3

as    Lotso (voice)

2009
In the Electric Mist

as    Twinky LeMoyne

2007
The Walker

as    Jack Delorean

2007
Shooter

as    Senator Charles F. Meachum

2005
Sweet Land

as    Harmo

2003
Where the Red Fern Grows

as    Sheriff Abe McConnell

2002
Thunderpants

as    Gen. Ed Sheppard

2002
Roughing It

as    Slade

2000
Spring Forward

as    Murph

2000
Homicide: The Movie

as    Stanley Bolander

1999
Cookie's Fortune

as    Lester Boyle

1996
Crazy Horse

as    Dr. McGillicuddy

1995
Streets of Laredo

as    Judge Roy Bean

1995
Streets of Laredo

as    Judge Roy Bean

1995
Just Cause

as    McNair

1994
Radioland Murders

as    General Whalen

1994
Replikator

as    Insp. Victor Valiant

1993
Rudy

as    Daniel Ruettiger

1993
The Boys

as    Herbert Francis 'Bert' Greenblatt

1993
Ed and His Dead Mother

as    Uncle Benny

1992
Prelude to a Kiss

as    Dr. Boyle

1992
Illusions

as    Landlord