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Ned Beatty

Ned Beatty

· Louisville, Kentucky, USA

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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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Acting (164)

  1. 2014

  2. 2013

  3. 2012

  4. 2011

  5. 2010

  6. 2009

  7. 2007

  8. 2006

  9. 2005

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  16. 1998

  17. 1996

  18. 1995

  19. 1994

  20. 1993

  21. 1992

  22. 1991

  23. 1990

  24. 1989

  25. 1988

  26. 1987

  27. 1986

  28. 1985

  29. 1984

  30. 1983

  31. 1982

  32. 1981

  33. 1980

  34. 1979

  35. 1978

  36. 1977

  37. 1976

  38. 1975

  39. 1974

  40. 1973

  41. 1972

  42. 1968

  43. 1955

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