Ned Beatty
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- Ned Thomas Beatty
Ned Thomas Beatty (born July 6, 1937) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor.
Beatty was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of Margaret Fortney (née Lennis), a high school lunch lady, and Charles William Beatty. He has a sister, Mary Margaret. In 1947, he began singing in gospel and barbershop quartets in St. Matthews, Kentucky, as well as at his local church. He made his stage debut at the age of 19, appearing in Wilderness Road, an outdoor historical pageant. He attended college at Transylvania University in Lexington, KY, although he did not graduate.
Beatty has appeared in over 100 film and is probably most recognized from his appearance as Delbert Reese, a Tennessee lawyer and husband of Lily Tomlin who attempts to have a sexual liaision with Gwen Welles in Robert Altman's Nashville (1975). Also memorable were his depictions of Dennis Quaid's co-worker in a drama about police corruption in New Orleans, The Big Easy (1987); Lex Luthor's henchman Otis in Superman (1978);...
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