As of July 2026, Ned Beatty is best known for The Rockford Files and Homicide: Life on the Street. Find every show and movie Ned Beatty has starred in — and where to watch them — below.
Ned Beatty

Ned Beatty

Actor Born 1937 Louisville, Kentucky, USA 8 TV Shows 8 Movies

Ned Thomas Beatty (July 6, 1937 – June 13, 2021) was an American actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award; and won a Drama Desk Award.

These nominations stemmed from his performances in films and TV series like Network (1976), Friendly Fire (1979), Last Train Home (1990), Hear My Song (1991) and the adaptation movie "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (2004).

He had great commercial success in memorable 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), the priest Edwards in Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), Lex Luthor's henchman Otis in Superman (1978) and Superman II (1980), Bates' right hand man Sydney Morehouse in The Toy (1982), twice characters Borisov and Pavel Petrovic in The Fourth Protocol (1987), TV presenter Ernest Weller in Repossessed (1990), Rudy Ruettiger's father in Rudy (1993), detective McNair in Just Cause (1995), Ray and Claude's warden/employer 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).

Ned Beatty has built a filmography of 16 credits over a career spanning from 1974 to 2011.

Ned Beatty's most notable role to date came in Toy Story 3 (2010), where he played Lotso (voice). He also appeared in Rango (2011) as Mayor (voice). Most recently appeared in Shooter (2007) as Senator Charles F. Meachum.

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📺 Ned Beatty's TV Shows

The Rockford Files
Leon Fielder
1974
Homicide: Life on the Street
Stanley Bolander
1993
Highway to Heaven
Bill Cassidy
1984
Roseanne
Ed Conner
1988
Gulliver's Travels
Farmer Grultrad
1996
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Rep. Leo Ryan
1980
Streets of Laredo
Judge Roy Bean
1995
The Last Days of Pompeii
Diomed
1984

🎬 Ned Beatty's Movies

Toy Story 3
Lotso (voice)
2010
Shooter
Senator Charles F. Meachum
2007
Rango
Mayor (voice)
2011
Superman
Otis
1978
Nashville
Delbert Reese
1975
Superman II
Otis
1980
All the President's Men
Dardis
1976
Network
Arthur Jensen
1976

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