Ned Thomas Beatty (July 6, 1937 – June 13, 2021)^[1] was an American actor. He was one of the top character actors in film, particularly during the 1970s and appeared in more than 160 films. He was 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.

Ned Beatty
Beatty in 2006
Born	Ned Thomas Beatty July 6, 1937[1] Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	June 13, 2021 (aged 83) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Transylvania University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1956–2013
Spouse(s)	Walta Chandler ​ ​ (m. 1959; div. 1968)​ Belinda Rowley ​ ​ (m. 1971; div. 1979)​ Dorothy “Tinker” Lindsay ​ ​ (m. 1979; div. 1998)​ Sandra Johnson ​ (m. 1999)​
Children	8
Awards	Drama Desk Award(2004)
Website	www.nedbeattysings.com(archive)

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 had great commercial success in roles such as executive Bobby Trippe in Deliverance (1972), lawyer Delbert Reese in Nashville (1975), investigator Martin Dardis in All the President’s Men (1976), undercover federal agent Bob Sweet in Silver Streak (1976), the priest, Father Edwards in Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), Lex Luthor‘s bumbling henchman Otis in Superman(1978) and Superman II (1980), as a millionaire’s right-hand man in The Toy (1982), Pavel Borisov in The Fourth Protocol (1987), TV presenter Ernest Weller in Repossessed (1990), Rudy Ruettiger‘s father in Rudy (1993), attorney McNair in Just Cause(1995), Dexter Wilkins in Life (1999), the simple sheriff in Where the Red Fern Grows (2003), the corrupt Senator Charles F. Meachum in Shooter(2007), Congressman Doc Long in Charlie Wilson’s War (2007) and in animated films as the voice of Lots-O’-Huggin’ Bear in Toy Story 3 (2010) and Tortoise John in Rango (2011).

Early life

Career

Personal lifeEdit

Beatty was married four times. His first wife was Walta Chandler; they were married from 1959 until 1968 and had four children: Douglas Beatty (born 1960), twins Charles and Lennis Beatty (born 1963), and Walter Beatty (born 1966).^[1] His second wife was the actress Belinda Rowley; they were married from 1971 to 1979 and had two children: John Beatty and Blossom Beatty.^[1] His third wife was Dorothy Adams “Tinker” Lindsay; they were married from June 28, 1979 to March 1998 and had two children: Thomas Beatty in 1980 and Dorothy Beatty in 1983.^[1] His fourth wife was Sandra Johnson; they married on November 20, 1999, and resided in California.^[1] They also maintained a residence in Karlstad, Minnesota.

Beatty was not related to fellow Hollywood star Warren Beatty, both born in 1937. When asked if they were related, Ned had been known to joke that Warren was his “illegitimate uncle.”^[6]

On June 29, 2012, Beatty attended a 40th anniversary screening of Deliverance at Warner Bros., with Burt Reynolds, Ronny Cox and Jon Voight.^[7][8]

Beatty supported Jesse Jackson‘s 1988 presidential campaign.^[9]

Beatty died in Los Angeles of natural causes on June 13, 2021, at age 83.^[10]

A review of the movie WHITE LIGHTNING made in Arkansas in 1973 ( with pictures) Part 1

 

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Burt Reynolds White Lightning Review

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Posted by Everythings Jake at 12:18 PM

Burt Reynolds Week : White Lightning

Welcome one and all to the week of Burt Reynolds.  Now I will be going over his earliest movies as we already covered him being in Gunsmoke for 4 years.   This time around we have a guanine time line movie for you.  It’s all about stilling shine, bribes and a bit unorthodox police brutality.  So strap on your seat belts, keep a look out of smokeys and brace yourselves.  This is White Lightning.

Silly smokeys think I am gonna pull over.

You damn peanuthead, you don’t know your spoiler from second base, you know that?

Bobby”Gator” McKlusky (Burt Reynolds of Navajo Joe, Gunsmoke, Shamus, The Longest Yard, Hooper, Starting Over and City Heat) is doing a nickel stretch in Arkansas corrections for running moonshine when he finds out his younger brother Donny was murdered.  He believes that the sheriff of the county he grew up in is responsible.  He knows that Sheriff J.C. Conners (Ned Beatty of Deliverance, The Thief Who Came to Dinner, The Last American Hero, Gator, Superman, Midnight Crossing and Homicide: Life on the Street)is more crooked than a white fence and agrees to go undercover for the Feds to expose the sheriff for the dubious, heartless bastard that he is.  To do that, the Feds outfit Gator with a ’71 LTD with a V8 big block so he can tear ass around the county and sign up to run moonshine or “White Lightning” as it is called in these here parts.   Yikes, talking like that is contagious.

Ladies dig the burns, fellas. Remember that.

Gator hooks up with an ex-con mechanic name of Dude Watson (Matt Clark of In the Heat of the Night, The Outlaw Josey Wales and Back to the Future Part III) to bring Gator into the shine business.  Reluctant as hell but knows when he is whipped, Dude links Gator up with Roy (Bo Hopkins of the Wild Bunch, American Graffiti, Midnight Express and Cowboy Up) a good ole boy that needs a blocker to mess with the cops between deliveries.  Gator starts jotting down how much gets delivered and to whom, in the hopes this will tighten the noose around J.C.’s neck.  A bit of side action from Roy’s ladyfriend Lou (Jennifer Billingsley of General Hospital, Lady in a Cage and The Thirsty Dead) who could not outwit a stuffed iguana but is easy on the eyes.

I have just a few points to make about the film.  This flick was shot in 35mm Spherical and sadly recorded in Mono.  Stereo was a trifle expensive.   As the cops are chasing Gator down a dirt path I noticed the rear window in his car was indeed missing but prior to the chase he leapt in the car and it had a rear window.  Continuity people!!!!   We had a few six shooters fire more than their fare share of rounds than the revolver carried but again this tiny oversight can be ignored.

Best be good, boy or I make you squeal like me.

This film has street brawling, car chases, shoot outs and more action in just one film that I have seen in a while.  Yes fellas, you get to see a fair amount of Billingsley; now move on.  All in all it was a fun flick.

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Saline County Courthouse (Arkansas)

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