Ned Beatty

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).

Most Known For

Law & Order

as Malcolm Reynolds

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Dr. David Lowry

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Murder, She Wrote

as Roy Gunderson

M*A*S*H

as Colonel Hollister

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

The Waltons

as Curtis Norton

The Rockford Files

as Leon Fielder

The Rockford Files

as Al Brennan

Hawaii Five-O

as Caldwell

Homicide: Life on the Street

as Stanley Bolander

Highway to Heaven

as Bill Cassidy

Gunsmoke

as Karp

Toy Story 3

as Lotso (voice)

The Rookies

Shooter

as Senator Charles F. Meachum

The Streets of San Francisco

as Eddie Boggs

Faerie Tale Theatre

as The King

Rango

as Mayor (voice)

Superman

as Otis