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).
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Two lads in Edinburgh embark on a non-violent spree of robberies. They dress up in clown masks and a...
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Remy McSwain is a New Orleans police lieutenant who investigates the murder of a local mobster. His ...
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Self-made millionaire Thornton Melon decides to get a better education and enrolls at his son Jason'...
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A truck driver builds a special, eight-ton monster truck to help get revenge against the rednecks wh...
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Actor Ned Beatty hosts a look at the genre known as "exploitation" films. Interviews with some of th...
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During World War II, a brave, patriotic American Soldier undergoes experiments to become a new super...
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It's been some time since Father Jebedaiah Mayii exorcised the Devil from little Nancy Aglet, who is...
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An American submarine races to get a nuclear weapon before a Russian submarine....
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A mourning son makes a deal to reanimate his one year dead mother, however things turn into an unexp...
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George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an ...
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Retired police lieutenant Al Giardello is running for mayor when he is suddenly shot at a press conf...
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Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three K...
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Carter Page III, a middle-aged gay man in Washington, D. C., is a "walker", a single man who escorts...
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Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local h...
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Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford is a pillar of the community in his small west Texas town, patient and appar...
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Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to go to...
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This essential new documentary pays tribute to the legacy of the late, legendary casting director Ma...
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| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
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| 1 | The Big Ask (2014) | Old Man Carl | - | - |
| 2 | Baggage Claim (2013) | Mr. Donaldson | 4.9 | |
| 3 | Casting By (2012) | Self | - | - |
| 4 | Rampart (2011) | Hartshorn | 5.4 | |
| 5 | Rango (2011) Oscars 2012 | Mayor (voice) | 7 | |
| 6 | The Killer Inside Me (2010) | Chester Conway | 5.9 | |
| 7 | Toy Story 3 (2010) Top 100 by FilmGator | Lotso (voice) | 8.3 | |
| 8 | In the Electric Mist (2009) | Twinky LeMoyne | 5.9 | |
| 9 | The Walker (2007) | Jack Delorean | 3.5 | |
| 10 | Charlie Wilson's War (2007) Oscars 2008 | Doc Long | 7.1 | |
| 11 | Shooter (2007) | Senator Charles F. Meachum | 7.3 | |
| 12 | Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006) | Otis | 7 | |
| 13 | Sweet Land (2005) | Harmo | 5.3 | |
| 14 | Thunderpants (2002) | Gen. Ed Sheppard | 3 | |
| 15 | Homicide: The Movie (2000) | Stanley Bolander | - | - |
| 16 | Cookie's Fortune (1999) | Lester Boyle | - | - |
| 17 | Life (1999) Oscars 2000 | Dexter Wilkins | 7.1 | |
| 18 | He Got Game (1998) | Warden Wyatt | 7.6 | |
| 19 | Just Cause (1995) | McNair | 6.4 | |
| 20 | Radioland Murders (1994) | General Whalen | - | - |
| 21 | Ed and His Dead Mother (1993) | Uncle Benny | 7 | |
| 22 | Rudy (1993) | Daniel Ruettiger | 6.8 | |
| 23 | La Classe américaine (1993) | Frédéric (archive footage) | 6 | |
| 24 | Blind Vision (1992) | Sgt. Logan | - | - |
| 25 | Prelude to a Kiss (1992) | Dr. Boyle | - | - |
| 26 | Illusions (1992) | Landlord | - | - |
| 27 | Going Under (1991) | Admiral Malice | - | - |
| 28 | Captain America (1990) | Sam Kolawetz | 4.2 | |
| 29 | Repossessed (1990) | Ernest Weller | 7.7 | |
| 30 | Physical Evidence (1989) | James Nicks | - | - |
| 31 | Sex and Buttered Popcorn (1989) | Self - Host | - | - |
| 32 | Purple People Eater (1988) | Grandpa | - | - |
| 33 | Rolling Vengeance (1987) | Tiny Doyle | - | - |
| 34 | The Fourth Protocol (1987) | Borisov | 6.3 | |
| 35 | The Big Easy (1986) | Jack Kellom | 4.5 | |
| 36 | Back to School (1986) | Dean Martin | 6.3 | |
| 37 | Hostage Flight (1985) | Art Hofstadter | - | - |
| 38 | Restless Natives (1985) | Bender | 6 | |
| 39 | The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1983) | Lynch Mob Leader | 6 | |
| 40 | Stroker Ace (1983) | Clyde Torkle | 7 | |
| 41 | The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1983) | Lynch Mob Leader | 6 | |
| 42 | The Toy (1982) | Sydney Morehouse | 5.7 | |
| 43 | Rumpelstiltskin (1982) | The King | - | - |
| 44 | The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981) | Dan Beame | - | - |
| 45 | Hopscotch (1980) | Myerson | - | - |
| 46 | Superman II (1980) | Otis | 7 | |
| 47 | 1941 (1979) | Ward Douglas | 6.1 | |
| 48 | Gray Lady Down (1978) | Mickey | - | - |
| 49 | Superman (1978) | Otis | 7.4 | |
| 50 | Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) | Edwards | 5.1 | |
| 51 | Alambrista! (1977) | Anglo Coyote | 5 | |
| 52 | Network (1976) | Arthur Jensen | 7.8 | |
| 53 | All the President's Men (1976) | Dardis | 7.7 | |
| 54 | Silver Streak (1976) | Bob Sweet | 7 | |
| 55 | The Big Bus (1976) | Shorty Scotty | 7 | |
| 56 | Mikey and Nicky (1976) | Kinney | 7.3 | |
| 57 | Gator (1976) | Sheriff J.C. Connors (uncredited) | - | - |
| 58 | Nashville (1975) | Delbert Reese | 4.3 | |
| 59 | The Deadly Tower (1975) | Allan Crum | 8 | |
| 60 | White Lightning (1973) | Sheriff J.C. Connors | 7 | |
| 61 | The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973) | Deams | - | - |
| 62 | Dying Room Only (1973) | Tom King | - | - |
| 63 | The Last American Hero (1973) | Hackel | 6 | |
| 64 | The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) | Tector Crites | 7 | |
| 65 | Deliverance (1972) | Bobby Trippe | 7.1 |
