Ned Beatty Ned Beatty Ned Thomas Beatty (born July 6, 1937) is a retired American actor. He has appeared in more than 160 films and has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain and a Golden Globe Award; he also won a Drama Desk Award. These nominations stemmed from his performances 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 such as the executive Bobby Trippe in "Deliverance" (1972), Tennessee lawyer Delbert Reese
Casting By to show us the profession’s evolution from studio system type-casting to the rise of large ensemble films populated with unique and diverse casts. In their July 25, 2013 cover story on the film ("Rise of the Casting Directors"), "Backstage" wrote, "the film features what is arguably the greatest assemblage of talking-head star power in any documentary ever made." The interviewees include numerous Hollywood legends: Woody Allen, Ed Asner, Jeanine Basinger, Ned Beatty, Tony Bill, Peter Bogdanovich, Stephen Bowie, Jeff Bridges, Glenn Close, Ronny Cox, Robert De Niro, Richard Donner, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Duvall, Clint Eastwood, Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Taylor