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).
Acting
Movie
Toy Story 3
as Lotso (voice)
2010
Movie
Rango
as Mayor (voice)
2011
Movie
Shooter
as Senator Charles F. Meachum
2007
Movie
Superman
as Otis
1978
Movie
Superman II
as Otis
1980
Movie
All the President's Men
as Dardis
1976
Movie
Network
as Arthur Jensen
1976
Movie
Deliverance
as Bobby Trippe
1972
Movie
Charlie Wilson's War
as Doc Long
2007
TV
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Dr. David Lowry
2000
Movie
Life
as Dexter Wilkins
1999
Movie
He Got Game
as Warden Wyatt
1998
Movie
Exorcist II: The Heretic
as Edwards
1977
Movie
Rudy
as Daniel Ruettiger
1993
TV
M*A*S*H
as Colonel Hollister
1972
TV
Law & Order
as Malcolm Reynolds
1990
Movie
1941
as Ward Douglas
1979
Movie
The Killer Inside Me
as Chester Conway
2010
Movie
Just Cause
as McNair
1995
Movie
Back to School
as Dean Martin
1986
Movie
In the Electric Mist
as Twinky LeMoyne
2009
Movie
Nashville
as Delbert Reese
1975
Movie
Captain America
as Sam Kolawetz
1990
TV
Murder, She Wrote
as Roy Gunderson
1984