Ned Beatty
Birthday: 1937-07-06 | Place of Birth: Louisville, Kentucky, USANed 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Sam Kolawetz
as Old Man Carl
as Hartshorn
as Mayor (voice)
as Chester Conway
as Lotso (voice)
as Twinky LeMoyne
as Jack Delorean
as Senator Charles F. Meachum
as Harmo
as Gigot's Father
as Sheriff Abe McConnell
as Gen. Ed Sheppard
as Slade
as Mudduck
as Murph
as Stanley Bolander
as Lester Boyle
as Warden Wyatt
as Moles Huddenel
as Dr. McGillicuddy
as Judge Roy Bean
as Judge Roy Bean
as McNair
