Ned Beatty

Ned Thomas Beatty (born July 6, 1937) is an American actor. He has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award; and has 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 has 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 Presidents Men (1976), the priest Edwards in Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), Lex Luthors 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 Ruettigers father in Rudy (1993), detective McNair in Just Cause (1995), Ray and Claudes 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 Wilsons War (2007) and the voice of antagonist Lots-O-Huggin Bear in Toy Story 3 (2010).Description above from the Wikipedia article Ned Beatty, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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