Ned Beatty Trippe in "Deliverance" (1972), starring Jon Voight and Burt Reynolds, and set in northern Georgia. Beatty's character is forced to strip at gunpoint by two mountain men who humiliate and rape him, a scene so unprecedented, horrifying and shocking that it is still referenced as a screen milestone. In 1972, he also appeared in "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean", a western with Paul Newman. In 1973, Beatty made "The Thief Who Came to Dinner", "The Last American Hero" and "White Lightning". The latter film reunited Beatty with his "Deliverance" co-star, Burt Reynolds. He also appeared in an
Ronny Cox Henry Mason, the father of Bree Van de Kamp (Marcia Cross) on "Desperate Housewives". In 1997, Cox portrayed the fictional President of the United States Jack Neil in the movie "Murder at 1600". Cox also portrayed John Ramsey in the 2000 TV film "Perfect Murder, Perfect Town" and Senator/Vice President Robert Kinsey in "Stargate SG-1". Cox had a role in "The Starter Wife". He played Pappy McCallister, the husband of Molly Kagan's best friend Joan. Cox occasionally has done animation work, lending his voice to the Tyrusian deserter Doc in "Invasion America" and Senator McMillan in "Todd McFarlane's Spawn". Cox