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Ned Beatty
Ned Thomas Beatty (July 6, 1937 – June 13, 2021) was an American actor. His career expanded over five decades and he appeared in more than 160 film and television roles. Known as "the busiest actor in Hollywood", Beatty's film appearances include classics like Deliverance (1972), White Lightning (1973), All the President's Men (1976), Network (1976), Superman (1978 & 1980), Back to School (1986), Rudy (1993), Shooter (2007), Toy Story 3 (2010), and Rango (2011). Also noteworthy is his regular role as Stanley Bolander in the first three seasons of the hit NBC TV drama Homicide: Life on the Street. Beatty was nominated for an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain, and a Golden Globe Award; he was also a recipient of a Drama Desk Award.
Early in his life, Beatty began singing in gospel and barbershop quartets which staged the foundation to his acting career. His theater debut in 1956 came when he was only 19, starting with Wilderness Road, an outdoor-historical pageant located in Berea, Kentucky. His notable performances in theaters led him back to Louisville where he starred as Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman in 1966. Throughout his career, Beatty remained dedicated to supporting roles, asserting that leading roles were 'more trouble than they're worth,' Beatty's final appearances were in television series Go On (2013) and films The Big Ask and Baggage Claim (2013). His death in 2021 marked the end of an illustrious career.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Ned Thomas Beatty
Born: Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Citizenship: American
Birthday: July 6, 1937
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 1956-2013
Children: 8
Spouses: Walta Chandler, Belinda Rowley, Dorothy Lindsay, Sandra Johnson
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Awards and Nominations Received by Ned Beatty
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Movies Featuring Ned Beatty
All the President's Men
Deliverance
Wise Blood
Spring Forward
White Lightning
Silver Streak
Nashville
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Just Cause
Mikey and Nicky
Rudy
The Fourth Protocol
Stroker Ace
The Last American Hero
The Toy
Repossessed
And the Oscar Goes To…
Homicide: The Movie
I Was a Rat
Roughing It
Thunderpants
The Wool Cap
Where the Red Fern Grows
Big Bad John
A Cry in the Wild
Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Hear My Song
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Hopscotch
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
The Making of ‘Superman: The Movie’
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey’s Rebellion
A Woman Called Golda
Rumpelstiltskin
Captain America
Splendor in the Grass
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
Touched
The Last Days of Pompeii
Robert Kennedy & His Times
Restless Natives
Hostage Flight
The American Success Company
All the Way Home
Konrad
The Haunting of Barney Palmer
Shadows in the Storm
Midnight Crossing
Physical Evidence
Tennessee Nights
Ministry of Vengeance
Going Under
The Unholy
Purple People Eater
Sex and Buttered Popcorn
Rolling Vengeance
Go Toward the Light
Spy
The Trouble with Spies
Switching Channels
Time Trackers
Purple People Eater
Promises in the Dark
Streets of Laredo
Earth and the American Dream
Gray Lady Down
Lincoln
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
Blind Vision
Friendly Fire
The Big Bus
In the Electric Mist
The Execution of Private Slovik
T Bone N Weasel
The Deadly Tower
Illusions
The Great Bank Hoax
Radioland Murders
Replikator
Crazy Horse
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
A Question of Love
Prelude to a Kiss
Spring Forward
Gulliver’s Travels
Our Town
Tail Gunner Joe
The Curse of Inferno
Captain America: Director’s Cut
The Gardener’s Son
Alambrista!
La Classe américaine
Ed and His Dead Mother
Warren Oates: Across the Border
The Affair
Career Timeline
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1993
Rudy
La Classe américaine
Frédéric (archive footage)
Ed and His Dead Mother
Uncle Benny
Warren Oates: Across the Border
Narrator (voice)
1992
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
Lincoln
Dennis Hanks (voice)
Blind Vision
Sgt. Logan
T Bone N Weasel
Doc Tatum
Illusions
Landlord
Prelude to a Kiss
Dr. Boyle
1990
Repossessed
Big Bad John
Charlie Mitchelle
A Cry in the Wild
Pilot
Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
Duke of Bridgewater
Captain America
Sam Kolawetz
1989
Physical Evidence
James Nicks
Tennessee Nights
Charlie Kiefer
Ministry of Vengeance
Rev. Bloor
Sex and Buttered Popcorn
Self - Host
Spy
Thomas Ludlow
Time Trackers
Harry Orth
1988
Shadows in the Storm
Thelonious Pitt
Midnight Crossing
Ellis
The Unholy
Lt. Stern
Purple People Eater
Grandpa
Go Toward the Light
George
Switching Channels
Roy Ridnitz
Purple People Eater
Grandpa
1987
The Fourth Protocol
The Haunting of Barney Palmer
Cole Scholar
Rolling Vengeance
Tiny Doyle
The Trouble with Spies
Harry Lewis
1982
The Toy
The Making of ‘Superman: The Movie’
Self
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey’s Rebellion
Benjamin Hammett
A Woman Called Golda
Sen. Durward
Rumpelstiltskin
The King
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
Lynch Mob Leader
1981
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Dan Beame
Splendor in the Grass
Ace Stamper
All the Way Home
Ralph Follet
1977
Exorcist II: The Heretic
The Great Bank Hoax
Julius Taggart
Our Town
Dr. Gibbs
Tail Gunner Joe
Sylvester
The Gardener’s Son
Pinky
Alambrista!
Anglo Coyote
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