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Ned Beatty

Acting

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Acting credits

164

Prolific

Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

2.0

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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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Series

Series

Series credits linked with Ned Beatty.

Series poster for Go On (2012)

as Coach Spence • 1 eps

Go On

2012 Series
Series poster for Roughing It (2002)

as Slade • 2 eps

Roughing It

2002 Series
Series poster for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)

as Dr. David Lowry • 1 eps

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000 Series
Series poster for E! True Hollywood Story (1996)

1 eps

E! True Hollywood Story

1996 Series
Series poster for Gulliver's Travels (1996)

as Farmer Grultrad • 2 eps

Gulliver's Travels

1996 Series
Series poster for Streets of Laredo (1995)

as Judge Roy Bean • 3 eps

Streets of Laredo

1995 Series
Series poster for Inside the Actors Studio (1994)

as Self • 1 eps

Inside the Actors Studio

1994 Series
Series poster for Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)

as Stanley Bolander • 33 eps

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993 Series
Series poster for The Golden Palace (1992)

as Tad Hollingsworth • 1 eps

The Golden Palace

1992 Series
Series poster for Law & Order (1990)

as Malcolm Reynolds • 1 eps

Law & Order

1990 Series
Series poster for B.L. Stryker (1989)

1 eps

B.L. Stryker

1989 Series
Series poster for Roseanne (1988)

as Ed Conner • 6 eps

Roseanne

1988 Series
Series poster for Robert Kennedy & His Times (1985)

as J. Edgar Hoover • 3 eps

Robert Kennedy & His Times

1985 Series
Series poster for Murder, She Wrote (1984)

as Roy Gunderson • 1 eps

Murder, She Wrote

1984 Series
Series poster for Highway to Heaven (1984)

as Bill Cassidy • 2 eps

Highway to Heaven

1984 Series
Series poster for The Last Days of Pompeii (1984)

as Diomed • 3 eps

The Last Days of Pompeii

1984 Series
Series poster for Celebrity (1984)

as Otto Leo • 3 eps

Celebrity

1984 Series
Series poster for Faerie Tale Theatre (1982)

as The King • 1 eps

Faerie Tale Theatre

1982 Series
Series poster for A Woman Called Golda (1982)

as Senator Durward • 2 eps

A Woman Called Golda

1982 Series
Series poster for American Playhouse (1982)

as Lynch Mob Leader • 1 eps

American Playhouse

1982 Series
Series poster for Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980)

as Rep. Leo Ryan • 2 eps

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

1980 Series
Series poster for Nashville 99 (1977)

as Randy Blair • 1 eps

Nashville 99

1977 Series
Series poster for Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected (1977)

1 eps

Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected

1977 Series
Series poster for Delvecchio (1976)

as Wakefield • 1 eps

Delvecchio

1976 Series