Ned Beatty

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Ned Thomas Beatty (born July 6, 1937) is a retired American actor and singer.

He has appeared in more than 160 films, been nominated for an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain, and a Golden Globe Award; he also received a Drama Desk Award. These nominations came from his appearances in films and television series such as Network (1976), Friendly Fire (1979), Hear My Song (1991), and Toy Story 3 (2010).

He has had great commercial success in roles including executive Bobby Trippe (1972), lawyer Delbert Reese (1980), and undercover federal agent Bob Sweet in Exorcist II (1990), author Robert Moore in The Red Fern Grows (1995), and animator John Tactis in Rango (2011).

Ned Beatty died at 4:29 p.m. on the news at 4:29 p.m., according to the station.

Early life

Beatty was born in Louisville, Kentucky, on July 6, 1937, to Margaret (née Fortney) and Charles William Beatty. Mary, his older sister, was his grandmother. Beatty began performing in gospel and barbershop quartets in St. Matthews, Kentucky, and at his local church in 1947. He was granted a scholarship to perform in the Transylvania University cappella choir in Lexington, Kentucky; he attended but did not graduate.

Beatty made his stage debut at the age of 19, appearing in Wilderness Road, an outdoor-historical pageant located in Berea, Kentucky. During his first ten years of theater, he performed at Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia, home to the State Theatre of Virginia. Beatty, who moved to Kentucky, spent time in the Louisville area, including the Clarksville Little Theatre (Indiana) and the newly formed Actors Theater of Louisville. Willy Loman was a contest in Death of a Salesman in 1966.

Personal life and death

Beatty has been married four times. Walta Chandler's first wife was married from 1959 to 1968, and they had four children. Belinda Rowley, his second wife, was born in 1971 and had two children. Dorothy Adams "Tinker" Lindsay, his third wife, was married from June 28, 1979 to March 1998, and had two children. Sandra Johnson, his fourth wife, was born on November 20, 1999, and they lived in Los Angeles, California. They also owned a house in Karlstad, Minnesota.

Beatty was not related to fellow Hollywood actor Warren Beatty, who was born in 1937. Beatty joked that Warren was his "illegitimate uncle" when asked if they were related.

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

Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential campaign was supported by the senator.

Beatty died of natural causes at his Los Angeles home on June 13, 2021, at the age of 83.

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Career

Beatty had no regrets over his time in acting supporting roles: "Leading roles] are more difficult than they're worth. I'm sorry for people in a leading role. It's unnatural.

Beatty made his film debut in Deliverance, starring Jon Voight and Burt Reynolds, and set in northern Georgia in 1972. Two mountain men humiliate and rape Beatty's character, a scene so shocking that it is still regarded as a film landmark. Beatty confessed that most of the people on film did not want to do the scene, but that it was an important one. Duelling Banjos as its theme tune, and the film went on to be the highest grossing show on record. He appeared in The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, a western with Paul Newman in 1972.

Beatty appeared in The Thief Who Came to Dinner, The Last American Hero, and White Lightning in 1973. Beatty was reunited in this film with his Deliverance co-star Burt Reynolds. He appeared in an episode of The Waltons TV show The Waltons that year, as well as the television show The Marcus-Nelson Murders, which was the pilot for the series Kojak. He appeared in the television miniseries "The Execution of Private Slovik" and in the two-part series "Profit and Loss" next year. He appeared in W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings in Robert Altman's Nashville, and as Colonel Hollister in M*A*S*H's "Dear Peggy." As Deputy Sheriff Ollie Thompson (1975), he appeared in the NBC-TV film Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan. In 1975, Beatty appeared in "The Hiders" episode, Beatty also appeared on Gunsmoke.

Beatty's second Academy Award nomination for the acclaimed film Network (1976), portraying a television network's vivacious and shrewd chairman of the board who tells the mad Howard Beale character (portrayed by Peter Finch) that corporate-led global dehumanization is not only inevitable, but it is also a good thing. William Holden, the lead role in Finch, nor Beatty nor Beatty have been nominated for an Academy Award. The other three acting awards outside of the best Supporting Actor category were swept by Network stars Peter Finch, Best Actress for Faye Dunaway, and Best Supporting Actress for Beatrice Straight. Jason Robards received the Best Supporting Actor award for his role in All the President's Men, which also starred Beatty.

He appeared in The Big Bus, Silver Streak, and Mikey and Nicky in 1976. In 1977, he returned to work with John Boorman in Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) and appeared in "The Final Chapter," the first episode of Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected. He appeared on CBS in the short-lived sitcom Szysznyk (1977-78).

Beatty appeared in Gray Lady Down (1978), a drama aboard a submarine starring Charlton Heston, in 1978. The film, in large part, is notable for being Christopher Reeve's debut on film, Beatty's future costar. Beatty was cast by Richard Donner to play Lex Luthor's inept henchman Otis in Superman: The Movie (1978), where we see his character being left behind in jail. In a Miniseries or a Special for the television show Friendly Fire (1979), he was first nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special. He appeared in Wise Blood, directed by John Huston, and 1941, directed by Steven Spielberg.

Beatty appeared in Ronald Neame's film Hopscotch with Walter Matthau in 1980. Beatty appeared in the 1981 comedy/science fiction film The Incredible Shrinking Woman, directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Lily Tomlin. Beatty appeared in The Toy in 1982 as Richard Donner and Richard Pryor. Beatty appeared with Burt Reynolds again in the 1983 auto-racing farce Stroker Ace (1983).

Beatty appeared in the comedy film Restless Natives (1985), directed by Michael Hoffman in the middle of the 1980s. Beatty appeared in another comedy film, this time as "Dean Martin" in Back to School (1986), starring Rodney Dangerfield. In 1986, he appeared as a corrupt cop in The Big Easy, directed by Jim McBride and starring Dennis Quaid, and continued with The Fourth Protocol (1987), opposite Michael Caine and Pierce Brosnan.

Beatty appeared in the Storm with Thelonious Pitt in Shadows and Christopher Reeve, his fifth time in a film with Reynolds. He appeared in Purple People Eater (1988), portraying a humble grandfather. Beatty created Chattahoochee in 1989, starring Dr. Harwood. On the television comedy film Roseanne (1989–1994), he appeared as the father of John Goodman's character Dan Conner.

Beatty received his third nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special Category for Last Train Home (1990). He appeared in Hear My Song (1991), in which he portrayed tenor Josef Locke, for whom he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture.

Beatty appeared in Repossessed (1990), a spoof The Exorcist, in 1990. He appeared in Captain America (1990), a Marvel Comics superhero adventure. In Prelude to a Kiss (1992), opposite Meg Ryan and Alec Baldwin, he played the father of the bride. He appeared in Rudy, a true story based film based on Rudy, as a Notre Dame Fighting Irish football fan whose son, despite all odds, plays the school's football team. In 1992, he appeared on the television show The Golden Palace as Blanche Devereaux' developmentally impaired older brother. Beatty appeared in the television series Homicide: Life on the Street as Detective Stanley Bolander for the first three seasons (1993-1995).

Beatty produced the 1994 science-fiction film Replikator (1994) and Radioland Murders, a comedy series directed by Beatty. In 1995, he appeared alongside Sean Connery and Laurence Fishburne in the thriller Just Cause. In Larry McMurtry's western book Streets of Laredo (1995), he appeared as Judge Roy Bean in a television miniseries. He appeared in He Got Game, a 1998 sports drama written and directed by Spike Lee and starring Denzel Washington. Beatty, a 1999 graduate of Cookie's Fortune, Love, and Spring Forward, Inc.

He appeared in the first cast of the television drama revival film Homicide: The Movie (2000), reprising his role as Detective Stanley Bolander in the 2000s. He appeared in Peter Hewitt's film Thunderpants in 2002. In Where the Red Fern Grows, he portrayed a simple sheriff.

Beatty also performed on stage, including a stint on a Hot Tin Roof with Brendan Fraser and Frances O'Connor in Broadway and London. In a play for playing Big Daddy in a production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, he received the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for Playing Big Daddy.

Beatty appeared in William H. Macy's television film The Wool Cap (2004) and then in 2005, in an American independent film directed and written by Ali Selim, Sweet Land. In Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Beatty was named "Master of Cinema" Award by the RiverRun International Film Festival (the highest award of the festival).

Beatty portrayed a slew of Americans at the end of the 2000s. Senator in the film version of Stephen Hunter's book Point of Impact retitled Shooter (2007), starring Mark Wahlberg, Michael Pea, and Danny Glover, and is published in a drama film directed and directed by Paul Schrader called The Walker (2004) as the United States' highest civilian civilian honorable U.S. Senator. Doc Long, a congressman from Charlie Wilson's War (2006), with Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, directed by Mike Nichols, was included in the true story. He also appeared in the thriller In the Electric Mist (2009), where he appeared alongside Tommy Lee Jones.

Beatty appeared in the film The Killer Inside Me (2010), which was part of the Sundance Film Festival in 2010. In the 2010 Disney/Pixar film Toy Story 3 (2010) opposite Charlie Wilson's War costar Tom Hanks, who was reprising his role as Woody from the first two films, he also voiced Lots-O'Huggin' Bear. Beatty appeared in the computer-animated film Rango (2011) with actor Johnny Depp and director Gore Verbinski, playing Tortoise John. He appeared in the film Funny Guy and in the film Rampart (2011), opposite Woody Harrelson, which is set in 1999 Los Angeles. Beatty's last television appearance was in the sitcom television series Go On (2013), starring Matthew Perry.

Beatty's next film, The Big Ask (2013), a dark comedy about three couples who go to the desert to help their friend recover following his mother's death. The film starred Gillian Jacobs, Zachary Knighton, David Krumholtz, Melanie Lynskey, Ahna O'Reilly, and Jason Ritter, and was produced by his son Thomas Beatty and Rebecca Fishman. Baggage Claim (2013), David E. Talbert's American comedy film directed by David E. Talbert and written by Talbert, was also Beatty's last film role before his retirement.

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