Ned Beatty
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).
Filmography (37)
Rango
Toy Story 3
The Killer Inside Me
In the Electric Mist
Charlie Wilson's War
Shooter
The Walker
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Where the Red Fern Grows
Life
Cookie's Fortune
He Got Game
Just Cause
Radioland Murders
Rudy
Prelude to a Kiss
Captain America
Repossessed
The Unholy
Switching Channels
The Fourth Protocol
Back to School
The Big Easy
The Toy
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Superman II
1941
Superman
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Network
Silver Streak
All the President's Men
Gator
Mikey and Nicky
Nashville
White Lightning
