Biography
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Ned Thomas Beatty (born July 6, 1937) is an American character actor.
Beatty was born in Louisville, Kentucky, to Charles William Beatty and Margaret Fortney. 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 was a member of the original cast of the television police drama Homicide: Life on the Street, playing Detective Stanley Bolander in the show's first three seasons. He also had a recurring role as Dan Conner's father on the hit television show Roseanne.
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).
Beatty currently spends his summers in Karlstad, Minnesota, his wife's home town.
Beatty has recently lost a considerable amount of weight due to dieting and exercise.
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)
- Exorcist II: 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
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