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Ned Beatty is a Actor American born on 6 july 1937 at Louisville (USA)

Ned Beatty

Ned Beatty
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Birth name Ned Thomas Beatty
Nationality USA
Birth 6 july 1937 at Louisville (USA)
Death 13 june 2021 (at 83 years)

Ned Thomas Beatty (born July 6, 1937) is an American actor who has appeared in more than 100 films and has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain and a Golden Globe Award; he won a Drama Desk Award.

These nominations stemmed from his performances in films and television series such as Network (1976), Friendly Fire (1979), Last Train Home (1990), Hear My Song (1991), the adaptation film Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2004), and Toy Story 3 (2010).

He has had great commercial success in roles such as the executive Bobby Trippe in Deliverance (1972), Tennessee lawyer Delbert Reese in Nashville (1975), general attorney Dardis in All the President's Men (1976), Bob Sweet in Silver Streak (1976), the priest Edwards in Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), Lex Luthor's bumbling henchman Otis in Superman (1978) and Superman II (1980), Bates' right-hand man Sydney Morehouse in The Toy (1982), Borisov and Pavel Petrovic in The Fourth Protocol (1987), TV presenter Ernest Weller in Repossessed (1990), Rudy Ruettiger's father in Rudy (1993), attorney McNair in Just Cause (1995), 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 Wilson's War (2007) and the voice of antagonist Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear in Toy Story 3 (2010) and Tortoise John in Rango (2011).

Biography

Beatty has been married four times. His first wife was Walta Chandler; they were married from 1959 until 1968 (before Beatty became an actor) and had four children: Douglas Beatty (born 1960), twins Charles and Lennis Beatty (born 1963), and Walter Beatty (born 1966). His second wife was the actress Belinda Rowley; they were married from 1971 and had two children: John Beatty and Blossom Beatty. His third wife was Dorothy Adams "Tinker" Lindsay; they were married from June 28, 1979 to March 1998 and had two children: Thomas Beatty in 1980 and Dorothy Beatty in 1983. His fourth wife is Sandra Johnson; they married November 20, 1999, and reside in California. They also maintain a residence in Karlstad, Minnesota.

On June 29, 2012, Beatty attended a 40th anniversary screening of Deliverance in June 2012 at Warner Bros., with Burt Reynolds, Ronny Cox and Jon Voight.

Best films

Toy Story 3 (2010)
(Actor)
Superman II (1980)
(Actor)
Life (1999)
(Actor)
Silver Streak (1976)
(Actor)
The Toy (1982)
(Actor)
Network (1976)
(Actor)

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ned Beatty (93 films)

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Actor

Network
Network (1976)
, 2h1
Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about sexuality, Films about television
Actors Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, Ned Beatty, Wesley Addy
Roles Arthur Jensen
Rating80% 4.0485854.0485854.0485854.0485854.048585
Howard Beale, the longtime anchor of the Union Broadcasting System's UBS Evening News, learns from the news division president, Max Schumacher, that he has just two more weeks on the air because of declining ratings. The two old friends get roaring drunk and lament the state of their industry. The following night, Beale announces on live television that he will commit suicide on next Tuesday's broadcast. UBS fires him after this incident, but Schumacher intervenes so that Beale can have a dignified farewell. Beale promises he will apologize for his outburst, but once on the air, he launches back into a rant claiming that life is "bullshit". Beale's outburst causes the newscast's ratings to spike, and much to Schumacher's dismay, the upper echelons of UBS decide to exploit Beale's antics rather than pull him off the air.
All the President's Men, 2h18
Directed by Alan J. Pakula
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Politique, Political films
Actors Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Robards, Jack Warden, Hal Holbrook, Jane Alexander
Roles Dardis
Rating78% 3.948323.948323.948323.948323.94832
In June 1972, a security guard (Frank Wills, playing himself) at the Watergate complex finds a door kept unlocked with tape. He calls the police, who find and arrest five burglars in the Democratic National Committee headquarters within the complex. The next morning, The Washington Post assigns new reporter Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) to the local courthouse to cover the story, which is thought to be of minor importance.
Gator
Gator (1976)
, 1h55
Directed by James Best, Burt Reynolds, Hal Needham
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Jack Weston, Lauren Hutton, Jerry Reed (Hubbard), Burt Reynolds, Alice Ghostley, Dub Taylor
Roles Sheriff J.C. Connors (uncredited)
Rating57% 2.8964552.8964552.8964552.8964552.896455
Gator McKlusky (Burt Reynolds) had been just released from prison following the events of White Lightning and is living in the Okefenokee Swamp with his father and daughter. Federal agents know that he is still making moonshine with his father (John Steadman) and Suzie (Lori Futch) and use this information to coerce him into assisting them to catch a corrupt politician.
Mikey and Nicky, 1h59
Directed by Elaine May
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Ned Beatty, Carol Grace, Reuben Greene, William Hickey
Roles Kinney
Rating73% 3.6926653.6926653.6926653.6926653.692665
When Nicky calls Mikey yet again to bail him out of trouble—this time a contract on his life for money he stole from his mob boss—Mikey, as always, shows up to help. Overcoming the obstacles of Nicky's paranoia and blind fear, Mikey gets him out of the hotel where he has holed up, and starts to help him plan his escape, but Nicky keeps changing the plan, and a hit man is hot on their trail. As they try to make their escape, the two friends have to confront issues of betrayal, regret, and the value of friendship versus self-preservation.
The Big Bus, 1h28
Directed by James Frawley
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Comedy science fiction films, Road movies, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Joseph Bologna, Stockard Channing, John Beck, René Auberjonois, José Ferrer, Ruth Gordon
Roles Shorty Scotty
Rating55% 2.796542.796542.796542.796542.79654
Coyote Bus Lines' scientists and designers work feverishly to complete Cyclops, a state-of-the-art jumbo bus, enabling man to achieve a new milestone in bussing: non-stop service between New York City and Denver. Almost immediately after the bus's engine is equipped with nuclear fuel, a bomb goes off, critically injuring Professor Baxter, the scientist in charge of the project. Cyclops itself is undamaged, but Coyote Lines has lost both its driver and co-driver.
Silver Streak, 1h54
Directed by Arthur Hiller
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Buddy films, Children's films
Actors Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, Patrick McGoohan, Richard Pryor, Ned Beatty, Richard Kiel
Roles Bob Sweet
Rating68% 3.4484253.4484253.4484253.4484253.448425
Book editor George Caldwell (Wilder) travels from Los Angeles to Chicago for his sister's wedding aboard a train called the Silver Streak. On board, George meets a vitamin salesman named Bob Sweet (Beatty) and a woman named Hilly Burns (Clayburgh). Hilly works for Professor Schreiner, a well-known art historian who is on a publicity tour for his new book about Rembrandt.
Nashville
Nashville (1975)
, 2h39
Directed by Robert Altman, Alan Rudolph
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films about disabilities, Sign-language films, American Sign Language films, Films about language and translation
Actors Ned Beatty, Ronee Blakley, Keith Carradine, Barbara Baxley, Geraldine Chaplin, Scott Glenn
Roles Delbert Reese
Rating75% 3.797193.797193.797193.797193.79719
The overarching plot takes place over five days leading up to a political rally for Replacement Party candidate Hal Phillip Walker, who is never seen throughout the entire movie. The story follows 24 characters roaming around Nashville, in search of some sort of goal through their own (often overlapping) story arcs.
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings, 1h31
Directed by John G. Avildsen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Musical films, Road movies, Children's films, Chase films
Actors Burt Reynolds, Conny Van Dyke, Ned Beatty, Jerry Reed (Hubbard), Art Carney, Brad Dourif
Roles Country Bull
Rating59% 2.951232.951232.951232.951232.95123
In 1957, W.W. Bright (Burt Reynolds) is an easygoing crook who robs gas stations. He meets the Dixie Dancekings, a country music band, while fleeing from a policeman. Dixie (Conny Van Dyke), their singer, gives him an alibi. He claims to be in the music business, and ends up promoting the group. Wayne (Jerry Reed), the band's leader, does not trust him, but the others all have faith in him.
The Deadly Tower, 1h40
Directed by Jerry Jameson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Kurt Russell, Ned Beatty, Pernell Roberts, Clifton James, John Forsythe, Gilbert Roland
Roles Allan Crum
Rating65% 3.295593.295593.295593.295593.29559
The film is based on the true story of Charles Joseph Whitman, an engineering student and former Marine who murdered his own wife and mother and then killed 14 more people and wounded 31 others before being shot and killed by Austin Police in a shooting rampage at the University of Texas at Austin on the afternoon of August 1, 1966.
The Execution of Private Slovik, 2h
Directed by Lamont Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Martin Sheen, Mariclare Costello, Ned Beatty, Gary Busey, Charlie Sheen, Matt Clark
Roles Father Stafford
Rating75% 3.7869353.7869353.7869353.7869353.786935
The book and the film tell the story of Private Eddie Slovik, the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the American Civil War. The film starred Martin Sheen as Private Slovik, a performance for which he received an Emmy Award nomination for Best Lead Actor in a Drama. Sheen said he did not think actors should be compared, and made it clear he would refuse the award. Many critics and viewers consider this to be one of Sheen's finest performances. Among the other Emmy Award nominations, the film was named for "Outstanding Special". The film also won a Peabody Award.
The Thief Who Came to Dinner, 1h41
Directed by Bud Yorkin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Romance
Themes Heist films
Actors Ryan O'Neal, Jacqueline Bisset, Warren Oates, Jill Clayburgh, Ned Beatty, Charles Cioffi
Roles Deams
Rating61% 3.052853.052853.052853.052853.05285
Webster McGee (Ryan O'Neal) is a computer programmer who abruptly quits his job and adopts a life of crime as a jewel thief in Houston, Texas.
The Last American Hero, 1h35
Directed by Lamont Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Jeff Bridges, Valerie Perrine, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ned Beatty, Gary Busey, Ed Lauter
Roles Hackel
Rating63% 3.194063.194063.194063.194063.19406
Junior Jackson (Junior Johnson) (by Jeff Bridges), a stock-car stays one step ahead of reform school until his father (Art Lund) is thrown in prison for moonshining. Seeing the error of his ways, Jackson begins to concentrate his driving skills, hoping to become a professional stock car racer to raise money to get his father released from jail.
White Lightning, 1h41
Directed by Joseph Sargent
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Bo Hopkins, Jennifer Billingsley, Diane Ladd, Matt Clark
Roles Sheriff J.C. Connors
Rating63% 3.198033.198033.198033.198033.19803
Bobby "Gator" McKlusky (Burt Reynolds) is serving time in an Arkansas prison for running moonshine when he learns his younger brother Donny was murdered and that Sheriff J.C Conners (Ned Beatty) was the one behind it. Gator knows the sheriff is taking money from local moonshiners, so he agrees to go undercover for the Feds and try to expose the sheriff. He gets a job running moonshine with Roy Boone (Bo Hopkins) and starts having an affair with his girlfriend Lou (Jennifer Billingsley). Eventually, when the sheriff discovers Gator is working for the Feds and sends his enforcer Big Bear (Armstrong), Gator decides to go after the sheriff in an epic car chase finale.
White Lightning, 1h41
Directed by Hal Needham, Joseph Sargent
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Jennifer Billingsley, Bo Hopkins, Matt Clark, Louise Latham
Roles Sheriff J.C. Connors
Rating63% 3.198033.198033.198033.198033.19803
Jugé pour trafic de whisky, McKlusky est condamné à la prison. Au pénitencier, il apprend que son frère a été assassiné par le shérif Connors. Les autorités fédérales soupçonnent Connors de corruption et de trafic. McKlusky leur propose de démasquer le shérif en échange d'une remise de peine...