Ned Beatty
After "Deliverance" (1972) introduced him to American film audiences as the victim of one of the most horrific and infamous incidents of onscreen violence in cinematic history, actor Ned Beatty quickly became one of Hollywood's most rock-steady supporting everymen. Throughout the remainder of the 1970s, Beatty was seemingly omnipresent in the decade's seminal films, including "Nashville" (1975), "All the President's Men" (1976), "Network" (1976) and "Superman" (1978). Never a leading a man, Beatty nonetheless earned a reputation as one of the top supporting actors in the trade. While the his later decade films were not as prominent, Beatty landed several high-quality small-screen projects, including a regular role as a member of the original cast of what many considered to be one of the best shows ever produced for television, "Homicide: Life on the Street" (NBC, 1993-99). Though he would never match the sheer volume of hits in his first decade of film work, his myriad of roles as amicable middle-aged men, well-meaning public officials and later big-hearted grandfathers, would earn him the distinction of being the one of the busiest and most beloved actors in Hollywood.
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Ned Beatty
Filmography
Movies
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58% |
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Teddy Bears | Old Man Carl (Character) | - | 2013 |
73% |
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Rampart | Hartshorn (Character) | $969.2K | 2011 |
88% |
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Rango | Mayor (Voice) | - | 2011 |
98% |
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Toy Story 3 | Lotso (Voice) | $415.0M | 2010 |
56% |
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The Killer Inside Me | Chester Conway (Character) | $215.0K | 2010 |
54% |
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In the Electric Mist | Twinky LeMoyne (Character) | - | 2009 |
82% |
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Charlie Wilson's War | Doc Long (Character) | $66.6M | 2007 |
55% |
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The Walker | Jack Delorean (Character) | $77.2K | 2007 |
47% |
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Shooter | Senator Charles F. Meachum (Character) | $47.0M | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut | Otis (Character) | - | 2006 |
85% |
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Sweet Land | Harmo (Character) | $1.7M | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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The Wool Cap | v (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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Where the Red Fern Grows | Sheriff Abe McConnell (Character) | - | 2003 |
67% |
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Thunderpants | Gen. Ed Sheppard (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Was a Rat | Mudduck (Character) | - | 2001 |
83% |
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Homicide: The Movie | Det. Stanley "The Big Man" Bolander (Character) | - | 2000 |
86% |
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Cookie's Fortune | Lester Boyle (Character) | - | 1999 |
88% |
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Spring Forward | Murph (Character) | $102.3K | 1999 |
52% |
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Life | Dexter Wilkins (Character) | $64.0M | 1999 |
80% |
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He Got Game | Warden Wyatt (Character) | $21.6M | 1998 |
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The Curse of Inferno | Moles Huddenel (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Crazy Horse | Dr. McGillicuddy (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Gulliver's Travels | Unknown (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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The Affair | Col. Banning (Character) | - | 1995 |
26% |
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Just Cause | McNair (Character) | $35.7M | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Replikator | Insp. Victor Valiant (Character) | - | 1994 |
33% |
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Radioland Murders | General Walt Whalen (Character) | $1.2M | 1994 |
50% |
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Ed and His Dead Mother | Uncle Benny (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | O.B. Taggart | Sam Lawrence (Character) | - | 1993 |
78% |
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Rudy | Daniel (Character) | $20.7M | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Comic Book Christmas Caper |
Officer Ozzie O'Driscoll/ |
- | 1993 |
63% |
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Prelude to a Kiss | Doctor Boyle (Character) | $19.3M | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | T Bone N Weasel | Doc Tatum (Character) | - | 1992 |
90% |
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Hear My Song | Josef Locke (Character) | $3.0M | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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Going Under | Admiral Malice (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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Blind Vision | Sgt. Logan (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tom Alone | Cornelius van Horne (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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Shadows in the Storm | Thelonious Pitt (Character) | - | 1990 |
6% |
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Captain America | Sam Kolawetz (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Angel Square |
Officer Ozzie O'Driscoll/ |
- | 1990 |
0% |
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Repossessed | Ernest Weller (Character) | $1.3M | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn | The Duke of Bridgewater (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story | Edward C. Acker (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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A Cry in the Wild | Pilot (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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Big Bad John | Charlie Mitchelle (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Train Home | Cornelius van Horne (Character) | - | 1990 |
11% |
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Chattahoochee | Dr. Harwood (Character) | $17.5K | 1989 |
22% |
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Physical Evidence | James Nicks (Character) | $3.5M | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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Ministry of Vengeance | Rev. Bloor (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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Time Trackers | Harry Orth (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spy | Thomas Ludlow (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tennessee Nights | Charlie Kiefer (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | B.L. Stryker: The King of Jazz | Unknown (Character) | - | 1989 |
60% |
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Switching Channels | Roy Ridnitz (Character) | $8.2M | 1988 |
25% |
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The Unholy | Lt. Stern (Character) | $5.5M | 1988 |
40% |
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Midnight Crossing | Ellis (Character) | $673.1K | 1988 |
No Score Yet |
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The Purple People Eater | Grandpa (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Passage | Unknown (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet |
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Rolling Vengeance | Tiny Doyle (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
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The Trouble With Spies | Harry Lewis (Character) | $57.0K | 1987 |
67% |
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The Fourth Protocol |
Borisov/ |
$12.4M | 1987 |
89% |
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The Big Easy | Jack Kellom (Character) | $15.5M | 1986 |
88% |
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Back to School | Dean David Martin (Character) | $89.2M | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Konrad | Mr. Thomas (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hostage Flight | Art Hofstadter (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Larry Broome (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrity | Unknown (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charlotte Forten's Mission | Reverend Mansfield French (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kentucky Woman | Luke Telford (Character) | - | 1983 |
19% |
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Stroker Ace | Clyde Torkle (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched | Herbie (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion | Unknown (Character) | - | 1982 |
3% |
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The Toy | Mr. Morehouse (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pray TV | Rev. Freddy Stone (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mixed Blessings | Rev. Freddy Stone (Character) | - | 1982 |
27% |
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The Incredible Shrinking Woman | Dan Beame (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | All the Way Home | Unknown (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Splendor in the Grass | Ace Stamper (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Violation of Sarah McDavid | Dr. Walter Keys (Character) | - | 1981 |
83% |
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Superman II | Otis (Character) | - | 1980 |
80% |
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Hopscotch | Myerson (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | All God's Children | Mike Naponic (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The American Success Company | Mr. Elliott (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet |
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Friendly Fire | Gene Mullen (Character) | - | 1979 |
88% |
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Wise Blood | Hoover Shoates (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet |
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Promises in the Dark | Bud Koenig (Character) | - | 1979 |
39% |
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1941 | Ward Douglas (Character) | - | 1979 |
63% |
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Gray Lady Down | Mickey (Character) | - | 1978 |
93% |
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Superman: The Movie | Otis (Character) | - | 1978 |
100% |
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Alambrista | Anglo Coyote (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Question of Love | Dwayne Stabler (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet |
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The Great Bank Hoax | Julius Taggart (Character) | - | 1977 |
11% |
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Exorcist II: The Heretic | Edwards (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tail Gunner Joe | Sylvester (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lucan | Larry MacElwaine (Character) | - | 1977 |
91% |
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Network | Arthur Jensen (Character) | - | 1976 |
76% |
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Silver Streak | Bob Sweet (Character) | - | 1976 |
64% |
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The Big Bus | Shorty Scotty (Character) | - | 1976 |
88% |
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Mikey and Nicky | Kinney (Character) | - | 1976 |
94% |
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All the President's Men | Dardis (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet |
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The Deadly Tower | Allan Crum (Character) | - | 1975 |
89% |
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Nashville | Delbert Reese (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet |
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W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings | Country Bull (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan | Ollie Thompson (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet |
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The Execution of Private Slovik | Father Stafford (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Marcus-Nelson Murders | Detective Dan Corrigan (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dying Room Only | Tom King (Character) | - | 1973 |
75% |
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The Last American Hero | Hackel (Character) | - | 1973 |
67% |
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White Lightning | Sheriff J.C. Connors (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hard Driver | Hackel (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet |
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The Thief Who Came to Dinner | Deams (Character) | - | 1973 |
80% |
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The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | Tector Crites (Character) | - | 1972 |
89% |
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Deliverance | Bobby Trippe (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Footsteps | Frank Powell (Character) | - | 1972 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 81% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
91% | 90% | Homicide: Life on the Street | Unknown (Character) | 1993-1995 |
76% | 78% | Roseanne | Ed Conner (Guest Star) | 1989 1991 1994 |
No Score Yet | 64% | Highway to Heaven | Bill Cassidy (Guest Star) | 1985-1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown (Character) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Robert Kennedy and His Times | Unknown (Character) | 1985 |
18% | No Score Yet | The Last Days of Pompeii | Unknown (Character) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Streets of San Francisco | Eddie Boggs (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rockford Files | Leon Fielder (Guest Star) | 1974 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rookies | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | 87% | M*A*S*H | Col. Hollister (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Petrocelli | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Karp (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Waltons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Boys | Herbert Francis 'Bert' Greenblatt (Character) |