Ned Thomas Beatty 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, Friendly Fire, Last Train Home, Hear My Song, the adaptation film Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Toy Story 3. He has had great commercial success in memorable roles such as the executive Bobby Trippe in Deliverance, Tennessee lawyer Delbert Reese in Nashville, general attorney Dardis in All the President's Men, Bob Sweet in Silver Streak, the priest Edwards in Exorcist II: The Heretic, Lex Luthor's henchman Otis in Superman and Superman II, Bates' right-hand man Sydney Morehouse in The Toy, Borisov and Pavel Petrovic in The Fourth Protocol, TV presenter Ernest Weller in Repossessed, Rudy Ruettiger's father in Rudy, attorney McNair in Just Cause, Dexter Wilkins in Life, the simple sheriff in Where the Red Fern Grows, the corrupt Senator Charles F. 

July 6th, 1937 in Louisville  /  Died:   Jun 13th, 2021 - aged 83