Ned Beatty
Ned Beatty | |
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Born | Ned Thomas Beatty July 6, 1937 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
Died | June 13, 2021 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 83)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1956–2013 |
Spouses |
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Children | 8 |
Ned Thomas Beatty (July 6, 1937 – June 13, 2021) was an American actor. In a career that spanned five decades, he appeared in more than 160 films. Throughout his career, Beatty gained a reputation for being "the busiest actor in Hollywood".[1][2] His film appearances included Deliverance (1972), White Lightning (1973), All the President's Men (1976), Network (1976), Superman (1978), Superman II (1980), Back to School (1986), Rudy (1993), Shooter (2007), Toy Story 3 (2010), and Rango (2011). He also had the series regular role of Stanley Bolander in the first three seasons of the hit NBC TV drama Homicide: Life on the Street.
Beatty was nominated for an
Early life
Beatty was born on July 6, 1937, in Louisville, Kentucky,[3] to Margaret (née Fortney) and Charles William Beatty.[4][5] He had an older sister, Mary.[6] In 1947, Beatty began singing in gospel and barbershop quartets in St. Matthews, Kentucky, and at his local church. He graduated from Eastern High School and subsequently received a scholarship to sing in the a cappella choir at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky; he attended but did not graduate.[4]
In 1956, Beatty made his stage debut at age 19, appearing in Wilderness Road, an outdoor-historical pageant located in
Career
Throughout his career, Beatty had no regrets about mostly only playing supporting roles: "[Leading roles] are more trouble than they're worth. I feel sorry for people in a star position. It's unnatural".[7]
1970s
In 1972, Beatty made his film debut as Bobby Trippe in
In 1973, Beatty had roles in
Beatty received his only
In 1976, he also appeared in
In 1978, Beatty appeared in
1980s
In 1980, Beatty appeared in Ronald Neame's film Hopscotch with Walter Matthau. In 1981, Beatty appeared in the comedy/science fiction film The Incredible Shrinking Woman, directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Lily Tomlin. In 1982, Beatty returned to work with Richard Donner and Richard Pryor in the comedy The Toy. Beatty worked with Burt Reynolds again in the auto-racing farce Stroker Ace (1983).[11]
In the middle of the 1980s, Beatty appeared in the comedy film
In 1988, Beatty appeared with the main character Thelonious Pitt in Shadows in the Storm, and reunited with Burt Reynolds and Christopher Reeve for the comedy film Switching Channels, his fifth time in a movie with Reynolds.[11] He appeared in Purple People Eater (1988), portraying a simple grandfather. In 1989, Beatty made Chattahoochee, portraying Dr. Harwood. He had a recurring role as the father of John Goodman's character Dan Conner on the TV comedy series Roseanne (1989–1994).
1990s
Entering the 1990s, Beatty gained his third nomination for an
In 1990, Beatty worked again with
Beatty made the 1994 science-fiction film
2000s
In the beginning of the 2000s, he was a member of the original cast of the television police drama reunion film Homicide: The Movie (2000), reprising his role of Detective
Beatty also enjoyed a career as a stage actor, including a run in the
In the middle of the 2000s, Beatty appeared in the television film The Wool Cap (2004) with William H. Macy, and in 2005, in an American independent film directed and written by Ali Selim, Sweet Land. In March 2006, Beatty received the RiverRun International Film Festival's "Master of Cinema" Award (the highest honor of the festival), in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
At the end of the 2000s, Beatty portrayed a corrupt U.S. Senator in the film version of Stephen Hunter's novel Point of Impact retitled Shooter (2007), directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Mark Wahlberg, Michael Peña, and Danny Glover; in a drama film written and directed by Paul Schrader, The Walker (2007), and as the honorable U.S. Congressman Doc Long in the true story Charlie Wilson's War (2007), with Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, directed by Mike Nichols. He also worked with Tommy Lee Jones in the thriller In the Electric Mist (2009).
2010s
In 2010, Beatty starred in the thriller
Beatty's next film was
Personal life
Beatty was married four times. His first wife was Walta Chandler; they were married from 1959 until 1968 and had four children.[22] His second wife was actress Belinda Rowley; they were married from 1971 to 1979 and had two children.[22] His third wife was Dorothy Adams "Tinker" Lindsay; they were married from June 28, 1979, to March 1998 and had two children.[22] His fourth wife was Sandra Johnson; they were married on November 20, 1999, and lived in Los Angeles, California.[22] They also maintained a residence in Karlstad, Minnesota.[22]
Beatty was not related to fellow Hollywood star Warren Beatty, also born in 1937. When asked if they were related, Beatty had been known to joke that Warren was his "illegitimate uncle".[23]
On June 29, 2012, Beatty attended a 40th anniversary screening of Deliverance at Warner Bros., with Burt Reynolds, Ronny Cox and Jon Voight.[24][25]
He supported Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential campaign.[26]
Death
Beatty died of
Filmography
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Film
Year | Films | Role | Notes |
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1972 | Deliverance | Bobby Trippe | |
1972 | The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | Tector Crites | |
1973 | The Thief Who Came to Dinner | Deams | |
1973 | The Last American Hero | Hackel | |
1973 | White Lightning | Sheriff J.C. Connors | |
1975 | W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings | 'Country Bull' Jenkins | |
1975 | Nashville | Delbert Reese | |
1976 | All the President's Men | Martin Dardis | |
1976 | The Big Bus | Scotty 'Shorty Scotty' | |
1976 | Network | Arthur Jensen | Nominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
1976 | Silver Streak
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FBI Agent Bob Stevens / Bob Sweet | |
1976 | Mikey and Nicky | Kinney | |
1977 | Exorcist II: The Heretic | Edwards | |
1977 | Alambrista! | Anglo Coyote | |
1978 | Gray Lady Down | Mickey | |
1978 | The Great Bank Hoax | Julius Taggart | |
1978 | Superman | Otis
|
|
1979 | Promises in the Dark | Bud Koenig | |
1979 | Wise Blood | Hoover Shoates | |
1979 | 1941 | Ward Douglas | |
1980 | The American Success Company | Mr. Elliott | |
1980 | Hopscotch | G.P. "See you next Tuesday" Myerson | |
1980 | Superman II | Otis
|
|
1981 | The Incredible Shrinking Woman | Dan Beame | |
1982 | The Toy | Sydney Morehouse | |
1982 | The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez | Lynch Mob Leader | |
1983 | Stroker Ace | Clyde Torkle | |
1983 | Touched | Herbie | |
1985 | Restless Natives | Bender | |
1986 | Back to School | Dean David Martin | |
1987 | The Big Easy
|
Jack Kellom | |
1987 | The Fourth Protocol | General Pavel Borisov | |
1987 | Rolling Vengeance | 'Tiny' Doyle | |
1987 | The Trouble with Spies | Harry Lewis | |
1988 | Shadows in the Storm | Thelonious Pitt | |
1988 | Switching Channels | Roy Ridnitz | |
1988 | The Unholy | Lieutenant Stern | |
1988 | Midnight Crossing | Ellis | |
1988 | After the Rain | Kozen | |
1988 | Purple People Eater | Sam Johnson | |
1989 | Time Trackers | Harry Orth | |
1989 | Physical Evidence | James Nicks | |
1989 | Tennessee Nights | Charlie Kiefer | |
1989 | Chattahoochee | Dr. Harwood | |
1989 | Ministry of Vengeance | Reverend Bloor | |
1990 | Going Under | Admiral Malice | |
1990 | Big Bad John | Charlie Mitchelle | |
1990 | Angel Square | Officer Ozzie O'Driscoll | |
1990 | A Cry in the Wild | Jake Holcomb | |
1990 | Repossessed | Ernest Weller | |
1990 | Fat Monroe | Fat Monroe | Short |
1990 | Captain America | Sam Kolawetz | |
1991 | Hear My Song | Josef Locke | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture[15] |
1992 | Blind Vision | Sergeant Logan | |
1992 | Prelude to a Kiss | Dr. Boyle | |
1993 | Warren Oates: Across the Border | Narrator | Documentary |
1993 | Rudy | Daniel Ruettiger , Sr.
|
|
1993 | Ed and His Dead Mother | Uncle Benny | |
1994 | Replikator | Inspector Victor Valiant | |
1994 | Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart | Unknown | |
1994 | Radioland Murders | General Walt Whalen | |
1995 | The Affair | Colonel Banning | |
1995 | Just Cause | McNair | |
1997 | The Curse of Inferno | Moles Huddenel | |
1998 | He Got Game | Warden Wyatt | |
1999 | Cookie's Fortune | Lester Boyle | |
1999 | Life | Dexter Wilkins | |
2000 | Spring Forward | Murph | |
2002 | This Beautiful Life | Bum | |
2002 | Thunderpants | General Ed Sheppard | |
2003 | Where the Red Fern Grows | Sheriff Abe McConnell | |
2005 | Sweet Land | Harmo | |
2007 | Shooter | Senator Charles F. Meachum | |
2007 | The Walker | Jack Delorean | |
2007 | Charlie Wilson's War | Clarence 'Doc' Long | |
2009 | In the Electric Mist | Twinky LeMoyne | |
2010 | The Killer Inside Me | Chester Conway | |
2010 | Toy Story 3 | Lotso
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Voice[30] IGN Award for Favorite Villain[31] Nominated—IGN Movie Award for Best Ensemble Cast[32] Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Villain[15] |
2011 | Rango | Tortoise John | Voice[30] |
2011 | Rampart | Hartshorn | |
2013 | The Big Ask | Old Man Carl | |
2013 | Baggage Claim | Mr. Donaldson | Final film role |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1972 | Footsteps | Frank Powell | Television film |
1973 | The Waltons | Curtis Norton | Episode: "The Bicycle"[33] |
1973 | Kojak | Det. Dan Corrigan | Episode: "The Marcus-Nelson Murders" |
1973 | Dying Room Only | Tom King | Television film |
1974 | The Rockford Files | Leon Fielding | Episode: " Profit and Loss "
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1974 | The Execution of Private Slovik | Father Stafford | Television film |
1975 | Lucas Tanner | Harold Ogden | Episode: "A Touch of Bribery" |
1975 | The Deadly Tower | Allan Crum | Television film |
1975 | M*A*S*H | Colonel Hollister | Episode: "Dear Peggy" |
1975 | Gunsmoke | Karp | Episode: "The Hiders"[33] |
1975 | Petrocelli | Gage | Episode: "Death Ride"[33] |
1975 | Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan | Deputy Sheriff Ollie Thompson | Television film |
1975 | The Rookies | Frank Forest | Episode: "Shadow of a Man"[33] |
1976 | Hunter
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Lt. Kluba | Unaired pilot for 1977 series |
1976 | Hawaii Five-O | Keith Caldwell | Episode: "Oldest Profession - Latest Price"[33] |
1976 | NBC Special Treat | Big Henry | Episode: "Big Henry and the Polka Dot Kid"[33] |
1977 | Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected | McClaskey | Episode: "The Final Chapter"[33] |
1977 | Tail Gunner Joe | Sylvester | Television film |
1977 | The Streets of San Francisco | Eddie Boggs | Episode: "Hang Tough"[33] |
1977 | Delvecchio | Wakefield | Episode: "The Madness Within" parts 1 and 2[33] |
1977 | Nashville 99 | Randy Blair | Episode: "Sing Me a Song to Die By"[33] |
1977 | Lucan | Larry MacElwaine | Television film[33] |
1977 | Visions | Anglo Coyote / Pinky | 2 episodes[33] |
1977–1978 | Szysznyk | Nick Szysznyk | 15 episodes[33] |
1978 | A Question of Love | Dwayne Stabler | Television film |
1979 | Friendly Fire | Gene Mullen | Nominated – Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special
|
1980 | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones | Congressman Leo Ryan | Television film |
1981 | The Violation of Sarah McDavid | Dr. Walter Keys | Television film |
1981 | Splendor in the Grass | Ace Stamper | Television film |
1982 | A Woman Called Golda | Senator Durward | Television film |
1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre | The King | Episode: "Rumpelstiltskin" |
1983 | Kentucky Woman
|
Luke Telford | Television film |
1984 | The Last Days of Pompeii
|
Diomed | Miniseries |
1984 | The Haunting of Barney Palmer | Cole Scholar | Television film |
1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Chief Roy Gunderson | Episode: "The Murder of Sherlock Holmes" |
1984 | Celebrity | Otto Leo | Miniseries |
1985 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Larry Broome | Episode: "Pilot"; segment: "Incident in a Small Jail" |
1985 | Robert Kennedy and His Times | J. Edgar Hoover | Miniseries |
1985 | Konrad | Mr. Thomas | Television film |
1985 | Hostage Flight | Art Hofstadter | Television film |
1985-1986 | Highway to Heaven | Bill Cassidy / Willy The Waver / Melvin Rich | 2 episodes |
1987 | Dolly | John Pacer | 1 episode |
1988 | Go Toward the Light | George | Television film |
1989 | Spy | Thomas Ludlow | Television film |
1989–1994 | Roseanne | Ed Conner | 6 episodes[10][34] |
1989 | Last Train Home | Cornelius van Horne | Nominated – Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special
|
1989 | B.L. Stryker | Ryan Quinn | Episode: "The King of Jazz" |
1990 | It's Garry Shandling's Show | Himself | Episode: "The Wedding Show" |
1990 | The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story | Edward C. Acker | Television film |
1992 | Road to Avonlea | Wally Higgins | Episode: "The Calamitous Courting of Hetty King"[33] |
1992 | Trial: The Price of Passion | Scoot Shepard | Television film |
1992 | Illusions | George Willoughby | Television film |
1993 | The Golden Palace | Tad Hollingsworth | Episode: "Tad" |
1993 | The Boys | Herbert Francis "Bert" Greenblatt | 6 episodes[10] |
1993–1995 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Stanley Bolander | 33 episodes |
1995 | Streets of Laredo | Judge Roy Bean | Miniseries |
1996 | Crazy Horse | Dr. Valentine McGillicuddy | Television film |
1996 | Gulliver's Travels | Farmer Grultrud | "Part 1" |
1999 | Hard Time: Hostage Hotel | Tony | Television film |
2000 | The Wilgus Stories | Fat Monroe | Television film |
2000 | Homicide: The Movie
|
Stanley Bolander | Television film |
2001 | I Was a Rat | Mudduck | Miniseries |
2002 | Roughing It | Slade | Television film |
2004 | The Wool Cap | Mr. Gigot | Television film |
2007 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Dr. David Lowry | Episode: " Sweet Jane"[35]
|
2008 | Law & Order | Judge Malcolm Reynolds | Episode: "Zero" |
2013 | Go On | Coach Spence | Episode: "Go Deep" |
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1994 | Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine | Sheriff Francis Wompler | Appears in live action video sequences[36] |
2010 | Toy Story 3: The Video Game
|
Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear
|
Voice |
Theater
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1968 | The Great White Hope | Various | Replacement |
2004 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Big Daddy Pollitt | Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1976 | Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Network | Nominated | [37] |
2004 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Won | [38] |
1991 | Golden Globe Awards | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Hear My Song | Nominated | [39] |
2011 | MTV Movie & TV Awards | Best Villain | Toy Story 3 | Nominated | [18] |
1979 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special | Friendly Fire | Nominated | [40] |
1990 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special | Last Train Home | Nominated |
See also
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External links
- Ned Beatty at IMDb
- Ned Beatty at the Internet Broadway Database
- Ned Beatty at the TCM Movie Database
- Ned Beatty at AllMovie
- Ned Beatty Interview by Beth Stevens on Broadway.com
- Ned Beatty discography at Discogs