Acting credits
164
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Ned Beatty
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 129Series: 35
TMDB ID: 13726
IMDb ID: nm0000885
Known for: Acting
Born: July 6, 1937
Died: June 13, 2021
Age: 83
Place of birth: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2014
Years active: 71
Average TMDB rating: 6.46
Wikidata: Q4212
Also known as
Ned Thomas Beatty • ند بیتی
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).
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Ned Beatty.
The Big Ask
as Old Man Carl
2014 Movie
Baggage Claim
as Mr. Donaldson
2013 Movie
Casting By
as Self
2012 Movie
Rampart
as Hartshorn
2011 Movie
Rango
as Mayor (voice)
2011 Movie
Toy Story 3
as Lotso (voice)
2010 Movie
The Killer Inside Me
as Chester Conway
2010 Movie
In the Electric Mist
as Twinky LeMoyne
2009 Movie
Charlie Wilson's War
as Doc Long
2007 Movie
Shooter
as Senator Charles F. Meachum
2007 Movie
The Walker
as Jack Delorean
2007 Movie
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
as Otis
2006 Movie
The Making of 'Network'
as Self
2006 Movie
Sweet Land
as Harmo
2005 Movie
The Wool Cap
as Gigot's Father
2004 Movie
Where the Red Fern Grows
as Sheriff Abe McConnell
2003 Movie
Thunderpants
as Gen. Ed Sheppard
2002 Movie
Roughing It
as Slade
2002 Movie
I Was a Rat
as Mudduck
2001 Movie
Spring Forward
as Murph
2000 Movie
Homicide: The Movie
as Stanley Bolander
2000 Movie
Life
as Dexter Wilkins
1999 Movie
Cookie's Fortune
as Lester Boyle
1999 Movie
He Got Game
as Warden Wyatt
1998 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Ned Beatty.
Go On
as Coach Spence • 1 eps
2012 Series
Roughing It
as Slade • 2 eps
2002 Series
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Dr. David Lowry • 1 eps
2000 Series
E! True Hollywood Story
1 eps
1996 Series
Gulliver's Travels
as Farmer Grultrad • 2 eps
1996 Series
Streets of Laredo
as Judge Roy Bean • 3 eps
1995 Series
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self • 1 eps
1994 Series
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Stanley Bolander • 33 eps
1993 Series
The Golden Palace
as Tad Hollingsworth • 1 eps
1992 Series
Law & Order
as Malcolm Reynolds • 1 eps
1990 Series
B.L. Stryker
1 eps
1989 Series
Roseanne
as Ed Conner • 6 eps
1988 Series
Robert Kennedy & His Times
as J. Edgar Hoover • 3 eps
1985 Series
Murder, She Wrote
as Roy Gunderson • 1 eps
1984 Series
Highway to Heaven
as Bill Cassidy • 2 eps
1984 Series
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Diomed • 3 eps
1984 Series
Celebrity
as Otto Leo • 3 eps
1984 Series
Faerie Tale Theatre
as The King • 1 eps
1982 Series
A Woman Called Golda
as Senator Durward • 2 eps
1982 Series
American Playhouse
as Lynch Mob Leader • 1 eps
1982 Series
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
as Rep. Leo Ryan • 2 eps
1980 Series
Nashville 99
as Randy Blair • 1 eps
1977 Series
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
1 eps
1977 Series
Delvecchio
as Wakefield • 1 eps
1976 Series