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).
as Fat Monroe
as Old Man Carl
as Mr. Donaldson
as Self
as Coach Spence(1 ep)
as Hartshorn
as Mayor (voice)
as Lotso (voice)
as Chester Conway
as Twinky LeMoyne
as Doc Long
as Senator Charles F. Meachum
as Jack Delorean
as Self
as Harmo
as Gigot's Father
as Sheriff Abe McConnell
as Gen. Ed Sheppard
as Slade
as Slade(2 eps)
as Mudduck
as Murph
as Dr. David Lowry(1 ep)
as Stanley Bolander
as Dexter Wilkins
as Lester Boyle
as Warden Wyatt
as Moles Huddenel
as Dr. McGillicuddy
as Farmer Grultrad(2 eps)
as Judge Roy Bean(3 eps)
as Col. Banning
as McNair
as Sam Lawrence
as General Whalen
as Self(1 ep)
as Insp. Victor Valiant
as Frédéric (archive footage)
as Narrator (voice)
as Daniel Ruettiger
as Herbert Francis 'Bert' Greenblatt(6 eps)
as Uncle Benny
as Stanley Bolander(33 eps)
as Dennis Hanks (voice)
as Doc Tatum
as Landlord
as Reader (voice)
as Tad Hollingsworth(1 ep)
as Dr. Boyle
as Sgt. Logan
as Scoot Shepard
as Josef Locke
as Admiral Malice
as Sam Kolawetz
as Edward C. Acker
as Duke of Bridgewater
as Ernest Weller
as Malcolm Reynolds(1 ep)
as Pilot
as Dr. Harwood
as Charlie Mitchelle
as Thomas Ludlow
as Cornelius van Horne
as Rev. Bloor
as Charlie Kiefer
as Harry Orth
as James Nicks
as Self - Host
as Grandpa
as George
as Ed Conner(6 eps)
as Matthew Bonner
as Ellis
as Lt. Stern
as Self(1 ep)
as Roy Ridnitz
as Thelonious Pitt
as Harry Lewis
as Tiny Doyle
as Cole Scholar
as Borisov
as Jack Kellom
as Dean Martin
as Art Hofstadter
as Mr. Thomas
as Bender
as Senator William Blaine (Segment "The Constituent")
as Rev. Mansfield French
as J. Edgar Hoover(3 eps)
as Roy Gunderson(1 ep)
as Bill Cassidy(2 eps)
as Diomed(3 eps)
as Otto Leo(3 eps)
as Self
as Herbie
as Lynch Mob Leader
as Clyde Torkle
as Luke Telford
as Sydney Morehouse
as The King
as The King(1 ep)
as Sen. Durward
as Senator Durward(2 eps)
as Benjamin Hammett
as Rev. Freddy Stone
as Lynch Mob Leader(1 ep)
as Reverend Mansfield French(1 ep)
as Ralph Follet
as Ace Stamper
as Dr. Walter Keys
as Dan Beame
as Otis
as Gene Mullen
as Myerson
as Mike Naponic
as Rep. Leo Ryan(2 eps)
as Mr. Elliott
as Ward Douglas
as Bud Koenig
as Hoover Shoates
as Otis
as Dwayne Stabler
as Julius Taggart
as Mickey
as Anglo Coyote
as Edwards
as Dr. Gibbs
as Larry MacElwaine
as Randy Blair(1 ep)
as Sylvester
as Pinky
as Kinney
as Bob Sweet
as Arthur Jensen
as Wakefield(1 ep)
as Sheriff J.C. Connors (uncredited)
as Shorty Scotty
as Dardis
as Big Henry(1 ep)
as Allan Crum
as Delbert Reese
as Country Bull
as Ollie Thompson(2 eps)
as Leon Fielder(2 eps)
as Al Brennan(1 ep)
as Gage(1 ep)
as Father Stafford
as Tom King
as Sheriff J.C. Connors
as Hackel
as Det. Dan Corrigan
as Deams
as Tector Crites
as Frank Powell
as Eddie Boggs(1 ep)
as Colonel Hollister(1 ep)
as Curtis Norton(1 ep)
as Bobby Trippe
as Caldwell(1 ep)
as Self(2 eps)
as Karp(1 ep)
as Self - Nominee(1 ep)