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Ned Beatty
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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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Dolly Parton and the Art of the Country Star Turn
From Rhinestone to Dumplin', a chain of films where country music royalty carries the picture, each in a key uniquely their own.
8 films
The Camera as Weapon
From Chris Hansen's sting operations to the blood sport of nightly news, this chain traces the moral rot at the heart of spectacle.
8 films
Pure-Hearted Heroes
Sixty years after Batman '66 taught us that heroism can be bright, sincere, and utterly without irony, this chain celebrates films whose protagonists believe, s...
7 films
The DVDs That Changed Everything
In the late 1990s, home video underwent a seismic shift driven by a double revolution: an unprecedented jump in technical quality, and an unprecedented access t...
10 films
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Rango
2011 · Mayor (voice)
Toy Story 3
2010 · Lotso (voice)
In the Electric Mist
2009 · Twinky LeMoyne
Shooter
2007 · Senator Charles F. Meachum
Sweet Land
2005 · Harmo
Where the Red Fern Grows
2003 · Sheriff Abe McConnell
Homicide: The Movie
2000 · Stanley Bolander
Life
1999 · Dexter Wilkins
Radioland Murders
1994 · General Whalen
Konrad
1985 · Mr. Thomas
Superman II
1980 · Otis
1941
1979 · Ward Douglas
Superman
1978 · Otis
Silver Streak
1976 · Bob Sweet
Network
1976 · Arthur Jensen
All the President's Men
1976 · Dardis
Nashville
1975 · Delbert Reese
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975 · Ollie Thompson
Deliverance
1972 · Bobby Trippe