Ned Beatty

Acting · Born 1937-07-06 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA

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),…

Filmography

• All the President's Men as Dardis
• Toy Story 3 as Lotso (voice)
• Nashville as Delbert Reese
• Superman as Otis
• Deliverance as Bobby Trippe
• Network as Arthur Jensen
• Shooter as Senator Charles F. Meachum
• Rudy as Daniel Ruettiger
• Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut as Otis
• La Classe américaine as Frédéric (archive footage)

TV

• M*A*S*H as Colonel Hollister
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Dr. David Lowry
• Homicide: Life on the Street as Stanley Bolander
• The Rockford Files as Leon Fielder
• The Rockford Files as Al Brennan
• Inside the Actors Studio as Self
• The Rookies
• Hawaii Five-O as Caldwell
• Highway to Heaven as Bill Cassidy
• The Streets of San Francisco as Eddie Boggs