Ned Thomas Beatty (born July 6, 1937) is an American character actor.

Beatty was born in Louisville, Kentucky to Charles William Beatty and Margaret Lennis. He has appeared in over 100 films and is probably most recognized from his appearances as Lex Luthor's henchman Otis in Superman (1978), and as rape victim Bobby Trippe in Deliverance (1972) (his debut film). He also played a significant, ongoing role in the 1990s television police drama, Life on the Street.

Beatty was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Network (1976). He has also been nominated for two Emmy Awards and one Golden Globe Award. In the award-winning 1991 British film, Hear My Song, he portrayed the singer Josef Locke.

In March of 2006, Beatty received the RiverRun International Film Festival's "Master of Cinema" award (the highest honor of the festival).

Contrary to poular belief, Ned has no relation to his contemporary, actor Warren Beatty.

Filmography

• Deliverance (1972)
• The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
• The Dangerous World of Deliverance (1972) (short subject)
• The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)
• The Last American Hero (1973)
• White Lightning (1973)
• W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975)
• Nashville (1975)
• All the President's Men (1976)
• The Big Bus (1976)
• Network (1976)
• Silver Streak (1976)
• Mikey and Nicky (1976)
• The Heretic (1977)
• Alambrista! (1977)
• Gray Lady Down (1978)
• The Great Bank Hoax (1978)
• Superman (1978)
• Promises in the Dark (1979)
• Wise Blood (1979)
• 1941 (1979)
• The American Success Company (1980)
• Hopscotch (1980)
• Superman II (1980)
• The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
• Rumpelstiltskin (1982)
• The Toy (1982)
• Stroker Ace (1983)
• Touched (1983)
• Restless Natives (1985)
• Back to School (1986)
• The Big Easy (1987)
• The Fourth Protocol (1987)
• Rolling Vengeance (1987)
• The Trouble with Spies (1987)
• Shadows in the Storm (1988)
• Switching Channels (1988)
• The Unholy (1988)
• Midnight Crossing (1988)
• After the Rain (1988)
• Purple People Eater (1988)
• Time Trackers (1989)
• Physical Evidence (1989)
• Tennessee Nights (1989)
• Chattahoochee (1989)
• Ministry of Vengeance (1989)
• Going Under (1990)
• Big Bad John (1990)
• Angel Square (1990)
• A Cry in the Wild (1990)
• Repossessed (1990)
• Fat Monroe (1990) (Short feature)
• Captain America (1991)
• Hear My Song (1991)
• Blind Vision (1992)
• Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
• Warren Oates: Across the Border (1993) (documentary)
• Rudy (1993)
• Replikator (1994)
• The Outlaws: Legend of O.B. Taggart (1994)
• Radioland Murders (1994)
• Just Cause (1995)
• The Curse of Inferno (1997)
• He Got Game (1998)
• Cookie's Fortune (1999)
• Life (1999)
• Spring Forward (1999)
• This Beautiful Life (2002)
• Thunderpants (2002)
• Where the Red Fern Grows (2003)
• Sweet Land (2005)

See also

• List of famous Louisvillians

External links

• Ned Beatty interview

1937 births | American character actors | American film actors | American television actors | Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nominees | Homicide: Life on the Street cast | Living people | Louisvillians | M*A*S*H actors | Superman actors | Film actors

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