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Ned Beatty Biography (1937-)

Full name, Ned Thomas Beatty; born July 6, 1937, in Louisville, KY; son of Charles William and Margaret (maiden name, Lennis) Beatty; married Belinda Rowley, 1971 (divorced); married second wife (divorced); married Dorothy "Tinker"Adams Lindsay, June 28, 1979 (divorced, 1998); married Sandra Johnson, November 20, 1999; children: Douglas, Charles and Lennis (twins), Wally, John, Blossom; (third marriage) Thomas, Dorothy. Addresses: Agent: c/o DeborahMiller, Metropolitan Talent, 4526 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90010.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor

Birth Details

July 6, 1937

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• (Film debut) Bobby Trippe, Deliverance, Warner Bros., 1972
• Deams, The Thief Who Came to Dinner, Warner Bros., 1972
• Tector Crites, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, National General, 1972
• Hackel, The Last American Hero (also known as Hard Driver),Twentieth Century-Fox, 1973
• Sheriff Connors, White Lightning (also known as McClusky),United Artists, 1973
• Delbert Reese, Nashville, Paramount, 1975
• Country Bull, W. W. and the Dixie Dancekings, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1975
• District Attorney Dardis, All the President's Men, Warner Bros., 1976
• Shorty Scotty, The Big Bus, Paramount, 1976
• Kinney, Mikey and Nicky, Paramount, 1976
• Arthur Jensen, Network, United Artists, 1976
• Bob Sweet, Silver Streak, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976
• Julius, The Great Bank Hoax (also known as The Great Georgia Bank Hoax and Shenanigans), Warner Bros., 1977
• Edwards, The Exorcist II: The Heretic, Warner Bros., 1977
• Mickey, Gray Lady Down, Universal, 1977
• Otis, Superman (also known as Superman: The Movie), WarnerBros., 1978
• Anglo Coyote, Alambrista! (also known as The Illegal), Filmhaus, 1978
• Ward Douglas, 1941 (also known as The Night the Japs Attacked and The Rising Sun), Universal, 1979
• Hoover Shoater, Wise Blood (also known as John Huston's Wise Blood, Der Ketzer, and Die Weisheit des Blutes), New Line, 1979
• Bud Koenig, Promises in the Dark, Warner Bros., 1979
• Mr. Elliot, American Success Company (also known as American Success, The Ringer, and Success), Columbia, 1980
• Otis, Superman II, Warner Bros., 1980
• G. P. Myerson, Hopscotch, Avco Embassy, 1980
• Dan Beame, The Incredible Shrinking Woman, Universal, 1981
• Sydney Morehouse, The Toy, Columbia, 1982
• Ned, lynch mob leader, The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, Embassy, 1983
• Clyde Torkle, Stroker Ace, Universal, 1983
• Herbie, Touched, International Film Marketing, 1983
• Harry Lewis, The Trouble with Spies, 1984
• Fritz Bender, Restless Natives, 1985
• Mr. Thomas, Konrad, PBS, 1985
• Dean Martin, Back to School, Orion, 1986
• Jack Kellotti, The Big Easy, Columbia, 1987
• General Borisov, The Fourth Protocol, Rank, 1987
• Tiny Doyle, Rolling Vengeance, Apollo, 1988
• Lieutenant Stern, The Unholy, Vestron, 1988
• Ellis, Midnight Crossing, Vestron, 1988
• Matthew Bonner, The Passage (also known as After the Rain),Manson International, 1988
• Grandpa, The Purple People Eater, Concorde, 1988
• Thelonius Pitt, Shadows in the Storm, Vidmark International, 1988
• Roy Ridnitz, Switching Channels, TriStar, 1988
• Reverend Bloor, Ministry of Vengeance (also known as Helden USA4), Concorde, 1989
• James Nicks, Physical Evidence, Columbia, 1989
• Harry, Time Trackers, Concorde, 1989
• Deputy Charlie Kiefer, Black Water (also known as Tennessee Nights and Tennessee Waltz), 1989
• Narrator, Sex and Buttered Popcorn (also known as For Adults Only), 1989
• Charlie, Big Bad John, Magnum, 1990
• Dr. Harwood, Chattahoochee, Hemdale, 1990
• Ernest Weller, Repossessed, New Line, 1990
• The pilot, A Cry in the Wild, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists,1991
• Officer Ozzie O'Driscoll/Santa Claus, Angel Square (also known asChristmas Comic Book Caper and The Comic Book Christmas Caper),1991
• Admiral Malice, Going Under, Warner Bros., 1991
• Josef Locke, Hear My Song, Miramax, 1991
• Sergeant Dave Logan, Blind Vision, Vertigo Pictures, 1992
• Sam Kolawetz, Captain America, Jadran Film, 1992
• Dr. Boyle, Prelude to a Kiss, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992
• Daniel, Rudy, TriStar, 1993
• Uncle Benny, Ed and His Dead Mother (also known as Bon Appetit,Mama and Motherhood), IRS Releasing, 1993
• Narrator/himself, Warren Oates: Across the Border, 1993
• Frederic, La classe americaine (also known as Le grand detournement), 1993
• Inspector Victor Valian, Replikator, 1994
• General Walt Whalen, Radioland Murders, 1994
• The Outlaws: Legend of O. B. Taggart, 1994
• McNair, Just Cause, Warner Bros., 1995
• Moles Huddenel, The Curse of Inferno (also known as The Stick Up), 1997
• Warden Wyatt, He Got Game, Buena Vista, 1998
• Murphy, Spring Forward, IFC Productions, 1999
• Lester Boyle, Cookie's Fortune, October Films, 1999
• Dexter Williams, Life, MCA/Universal, 1999
• The sheriff, Where the Red Fern Grows, Doty-Dayton Releasing, 2000
• General Ed Sheppard, Thunderpants (also known as Donderbroek), 2002
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Nick Szysznyk, Szysznyk, CBS, 1977-1978
• Ed Conner, a recurring role, Roseanne, ABC, 1989-1996
• Herbert Francis "Bert" Greenblatt, The Boys, CBS, 1993
• Detective Stanley "Stan" Bolander, Homicide: Life on the Street (also known as H:LOTS and Homicide), NBC, 1993-1995
• Movies
• Frank Powell, Footsteps (also known as Nice Guys Finish Last and Footsteps: Night Guys Finish Last), CBS, 1972
• Tom King, Dying Room Only, ABC, 1973
• Father Stafford, The Execution of Private Slovik, NBC, 1974
• Allan Crum, The Deadly Tower (also known as Sniper), NBC, 1975
• Ollie Thompson, Attack on Terror: The FBI versus the Ku Klux Klan,CBS, 1975
• Big Henry, Big Henry and the Polka Dot Kid, 1976
• Sylvester, Tail Gunner Joe, NBC, 1977
• Larry McElwaine, Lucan, ABC, 1977
• Dr. Gibbs, Our Town, NBC, 1977
• In the Glitter Palace, NBC, 1977
• Dwayne Stabler, A Question of Love (also known as A Purely Legal Matter), NBC, 1978
• Gene Mullen, Friendly Fire, ABC, 1979
• Mike Naponic, All God's Children, ABC, 1980
• Congressman Leo J. Ryan, Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (also known as The Mad Messiah), CBS, 1980
• Ralph Follet, All the Way Home, NBC, 1981
• Ace Stampler, Splendor in the Grass, NBC, 1981
• Dr. Walter Keys, The Violation of Sarah McDavid, CBS, 1981
• House Divided--Denmark Vesey's Rebellion (also known as DenmarkVesey's Rebellion), PBS, 1982
• Reverend Freddy Stone, Pray TV (also known as Mixed Blessings), ABC, 1982
• Senator John Durward, A Woman Called Golda, syndicated, 1982
• Luke Telford, Kentucky Woman, CBS, 1983
• Art Hofstadter, Hostage Flight, NBC, 1985
• Cole Scholar, The Haunting of Barney Palmer, PBS, 1986
• George, Go toward the Light (also known as Go to the Light), CBS, 1988
• Thomas Ludlow, Spy, USA Network, 1989
• Cornelius Van Horne, Last Train Home (also known as Tom Alone), The Family Channel, 1990
• George Willoughby, Illusions, 1992
• Doc Tatum, T Bone N Weasel, TNT, 1992
• Colonel Banning, The Affair (also known as Black Tuesday),HBO, 1995
• Dr. McGillicuddy, Crazy Horse, TNT, 1996
• Tony, Hard Time: Hostage Hotel (also known as Hostage Hotel), TNT, 1999
• Detective Stanley "Stan" Bolander, Homicide: The Movie, NBC, 2000
• Fat Monroe, The Wilgus Stories, 2000
• Miniseries
• Otto Leo, Celebrity (also known as Tommy Thompson's Celebrity), NBC, 1984
• Diomed, The Last Days of Pompeii, ABC, 1984
• J. Edgar Hoover, Robert Kennedy and His Times, CBS, 1985
• Scoot Shepard, Trial: The Price of Passion, NBC, 1992
• Voice of Dennis Hanks, Lincoln, ABC, 1992
• Judge Roy Bean, Larry McMurtry's Streets of Laredo, CBS, 1995
• Farmer Grultrud, Gulliver's Travels, NBC, 1996
• Mudduck, I Was a Rat, BBC, 2001
• Slade, Roughing It (also known as Mark Twain's Roughing It), Hallmark Channel, 2002
• Pilots
• Detective Dan Corrigan, "The Marcus Nelson Murders," Kojak, CBS, 1973
• Lieutenant Kluba, Hunter, CBS, 1976
• Specials
• We the People 200: The Constitutional Gala, CBS, 1987
• Drug-Free Kids: A Parent's Guide, PBS, 1988
• Living the Dream: A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, syndicated,1988
• The 58th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade, syndicated, 1989
• The 17th Annual People's Choice Awards, CBS, 1991
• Voice, Earth and the American Dream, HBO, 1993
• Voice of Herbert Hoover, The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century, PBS, 1996
• Michael Landon: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 1997
• Episodic
• Curtis Norton, "The Bicycle," The Waltons, CBS, 1973
• Leon Fielder, "Profit and Loss, Parts I & II," The Rockford Files, NBC, 1974
• Karp, "The Hiders," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1975
• "A Touch of Bribery," Lucas Tanner, NBC, 1975
• "Shadow of Fear," Petrocelli, NBC, 1975
• Col. Hollister, "Dear Peggy," M*A*S*H, CBS, 1975
• "Shadow of a Man," Rookies, ABC, 1976
• "Oldest Profession--Latest Price," Hawaii Five-O, CBS, 1976
• Al Brennan, "Return to the 38th Parallel," The Rockford Files, NBC, 1976
• "The Gardener's Son," Visions, PBS, 1977
• "The Final Chapter," Tales of the Unexpected, NBC, 1977
• Inspector Eddie Boggs, San Francisco Police Department, "Hang Tough," Streets of San Francisco, ABC, 1977
• "A Madness Within," Delvecchio, CBS, 1977
• Nashville 99, ABC, 1977
• Guest panelist, The Hollywood Squares, 1978
• "Rumpelstiltskin," Faerie Tale Theatre, Showtime, 1982
• Chief Roy Gunderson, "The Murder of Sherlock Holmes," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1984
• Willy the Waver/Melvin Rich, "The Banker and the Bum," Highway to Heaven, 1985
• Reverend Mansfield French, "Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom," American Playhouse, PBS, 1985
• Larry Broome, "Incident in a Small Jail," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, NBC, 1985
• Billy Cassidy, Jr., "That's Our Dad," Highway to Heaven, NBC, 1986
• "Lillian Gilbreth," An American Portrait, CBS, 1986
• "The Constituent," Answers, Arts and Entertainment, 1986
• "That's Our Dad," Our House, NBC, 1986
• John Pacer, "Episode 6," Dolly, 1987
• Will Quinn, "The King of Jazz," ABC Saturday Mystery (also known as B. L. Stryker), ABC, 1989
• C. Edward Acker, "The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story" (also known as "Lockerbie"), HBO Showcase, HBO, 1990
• Duke of Bridgewater, "Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn," The Magical World of Disney, Disney Channel, 1990
• "The Return of Preston Giles," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1990
• Voice of Frederic Remington, "Frederic Remington: The Truth of Other Days," American Masters, PBS, 1991
• Wally Higgins, "The Calamitous Courting of Hetty King," Road to Avonlea, 1992
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, 1992
• Tad Hollingsworth, "Tad," The Golden Palace, CBS, 1993
• Tad Hollingsworth, "One Angry Stan," The Golden Palace, CBS, 1993
• Also appeared in Inside the Actors Studio.
• Stage Appearances
• Fool, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Center Theatre Group, MarkTaper Forum, Los Angeles, 1982
• Love Letters, Canon Theatre, Los Angeles, 1990
• Big Daddy, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Lyrics Theatre, London, 2001
• Also appeared in The Great White Hope, New York City.
• Stage Appearances; Major Tours
• Cap'n Andy, Show Boat, U.S. cities, 1996-1997
• RECORDINGS
• Video Games
• Sheriff Francis Wompler, Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine, 1994

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• Variety, April 27, 1998, pp. 57-59