Ned Beatty

Real name: Ned Thomas Beatty · Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky, USA · Birthdate: July 06, 1937 (75 years) · Occupation: Actor, Soundtrack

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Stocky, genial looking supporting actor born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, who has continually displayed his versatility in cinema since first appearing alongside Burt Reynolds being brutalized in the back woods nightmare of Deliverance (1972). Beatty and Reynolds struck up a friendship together, and Ned has since been cast by Burt in several other films together including White Lightning (1973), W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975), and the abysmal Stroker Ace (1983).Ned's talents were also noticed by others in Hollywood and he was cast in many key productions of the 1970s turning in stellar performance, including an Academy Award nomination of Best Supporting Actor for his role in Network (1976). Beatty was also marvelous in Nashville (1975), under fire from a crazed sniper in The Deadly Tower (1975) (TV), an undercover FBI man in the action/comedy Silver Streak (1976), as Lex Luthor's bumbling assistant, Otis, in the blockbuster Superman (1978)....and he returned again with Gene Hackman to play Otis and Lex Luthor again in Superman II (1980).Beatty continued to remain busy throughout the 1980s with appearances in several big budget TV productions including "The Last Days of Pompeii" (1984). However, the overall caliber of the productions in general did not match up to those he had appeared in during the '70s. Nonetheless, Beatty still shone in films including The Big Easy (1986), _The Fourth Protocol (1987))_ )qv), and the delightful Hear My Song (1991). Into the 1990s, Beatty's work output swung between a mixture of roles in family orientated productions (Gulliver's Travels (1996) (TV), Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1990) (TV), etc.) taking advantage of his "fatherly" type looks, but he could still accentuate a hard edge, and additionally was cast in Radioland Murders (1994), the TV series "Homicide: Life on the Street" (1993) and Just Cause (1995).Most recently, Beatty turned out a terrific performance in the popular Where the Red Fern Grows (2003).

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Rampart (2011) - Michael Whittaker
Happy Feet Two (2011) - Mr. Elder Mayor
Rango (2011) - Tortoise John (voice)
Toy Story 3 (2010) - Lotso
The Killer Inside Me (2010) - Chester Conway
In the Electric Mist (2009) - Twinky LeMoyne
Charlie Wilson's War (2007) - Doc Long
The Walker (2007) - Jack Delorean
Deliverance: Betraying the River (2007) - Himself
Deliverance: Delivered (2007) - Himself
Deliverance: The Journey (2007) - Himself
Deliverance: The Beginning (2007) - Himself
Shooter (2007) - Senator Charles F. Meachum
Superman II (2006) - Otis
'Network': The Cast, the Characters (2006) - Himself
'Network': The Experience (2006) - Himself
'Network': Mad as Hell - The Creation of a Movie Moment (2006) - Himself
Sweet Land (2005) - Harmo
The Wool Cap (2004) - Gigot's Father
Where the Red Fern Grows (2003) - Sheriff Abe McConnell
Thunderpants (2002) - Gen. Ed Sheppard
Roughing It (2002) - Slade
I Was a Rat (2001) - Mudduck
Homicide: The Movie (2000) - Det. Stanley 'The Big Man' Bolander
The Wilgus Stories (2000) - Fat Monroe

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