Ned Beatty

Illusions (2015)

As: Landlord

Greg Sanderson is helping his wife, Jan, to recover from a nervous breakdown and revive their strained marriage. Their privacy is interrupted by the arrival of Greg's stunning and mysterious sister, Laura. Jan's paranoia deepens as she suspects that Greg's and her sister's relationship is too close. In her desperation, she confides her fears to the landlord but his weird reaction only creates ...

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Victor Kulle

Stars: Ned Beatty | Robert Carradine | Emma Samms | Susannah York | Heather Locklear

The Big Ask (2014)

As: Old Man Carl

The Big Ask is a dark comedy about three couples who head to the desert to help their friend heal after the death of his mother. They would do anything for him - except for the one thing he wants.

Runtime: 91 min.

Directed by: Thomas Beatty | Rebecca Fishman

Stars: Jason Ritter | Zachary Knighton | Melanie Lynskey | David Krumholtz | Gillian Jacobs

Rampart (2011)

As: Hartshorn

Follows veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, as he struggles to take care of his family, and fights for his own survival.

Runtime: 108 min.

Directed by: Oren Moverman

Stars: Robin Wright | Steve Buscemi | Jon Bernthal | Woody Harrelson | Ben Foster

Rango (2011)

As: Tortoise John (voice)

When Rango, a lost family pet, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt, the less-than-courageous lizard suddenly finds he stands out. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, new Sheriff Rango is forced to play his new role to the hilt.

Runtime: 107 min.

Directed by: Gore Verbinski

Stars: Alfred Molina | Ned Beatty | Johnny Depp | Bill Nighy | Isla Fisher

Toy Story 3 (2010)

As: Lotso (voice)

Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally left at a nefarious day care center. The toys must band together to escape and return home to Andy.

Runtime: 103 min.

Directed by: Lee Unkrich

Stars: Tom Hanks | Ned Beatty | Michael Keaton | Tim Allen | Joan Cusack

The Killer Inside Me (2010)

As: Chester Conway

Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford is a pillar of the community in his small west Texas town, patient and apparently thoughtful. Some people think he is a little slow and maybe boring, but that is the worst they say about him. But then nobody knows about what Lou calls his "sickness": He is a brilliant, but disturbed sociopathic sadist.

Runtime: 109 min.

Directed by: Michael Winterbottom

Stars: Jessica Alba | Casey Affleck | Kate Hudson | Ned Beatty | Tom Bower

In the Electric Mist (2009)

As: Twinky LeMoyne

Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie (Baby Feet) Balboni, who is co-producer of a Civil War film. At the same time, after Elrod Sykes, the star of the film, reports finding another corpse in the Atchafalaya Swamp near the movie set, Robicheaux starts another investigation, believing the corpse to ...

Runtime: 117 min.

Directed by: Bertrand Tavernier

Stars: Tommy Lee Jones | John Goodman | Peter Sarsgaard | Mary Steenburgen | Kelly Macdonald

Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

As: Doc Long

The true story of Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets had some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.

Runtime: 102 min.

Directed by: Mike Nichols

Stars: Tom Hanks | Om Puri | Amy Adams | Julia Roberts | Philip Seymour Hoffman

Shooter (2007)

As: Senator Charles F. Meachum

A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why??

Runtime: 124 min.

Directed by: Antoine Fuqua

Stars: Danny Glover | Elias Koteas | Kate Mara | Mark Wahlberg | Michael Peña

The Walker (2007)

As: Jack Delorean

An escort who caters to Washington D.C.'s society ladies becomes involved in a murder case.

Runtime: 108 min.

Directed by: Paul Schrader

Stars: Kristin Scott Thomas | Ned Beatty | Moritz Bleibtreu | Woody Harrelson | Lauren Bacall

Superman II - The Richard Donner Cut (2006)

As: Otis

Kryptonian villain General Zod (Terence Stamp) and his henchmen are accidentally freed from their outer-space imprisonment and threaten Earth with destruction, just as Superman (Christopher Reeve) decides to renounce his superpowers for his new love, Lois Lane (Margot Kidder). This alternate version of the film is based on footage shot by director Richard Donner before being replaced on the project, and it ...

Runtime: 115 min.

Directed by: Richard Donner | Richard Lester

Stars: Ned Beatty | Marlon Brando | Margot Kidder | Christopher Reeve | Gene Hackman

Sweet Land (2005)

As: Harmo

Set in 1920, Inge travels from Germany to rural Minnesota in order to meet the man destined to be her husband.

Runtime: 110 min.

Directed by: Ali Selim

Stars: Lois Smith | Ned Beatty | Alan Cumming | Elizabeth Reaser | Tim Guinee

The Wool Cap (2004)

As: Gigot's Father

This film, originally made for tv, stars William H. Macy as a mute superintendent of a apartment building that is falling apart who becomes the unwilling guardian to a young girl with a bit of an attitude. The film is an updated and Americanized version of the 1962 feature film Gigot starring Jackie Gleason, who also wrote the original story.

Runtime: 103 min.

Directed by: Steven Schachter

Stars: William H. Macy | Ned Beatty | Don Rickles | Keke Palmer | Cherise Boothe

Where The Red Fern Grows (2003)

As: The Sheriff

Set in the Ozark Mountains during the Great Depression, Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for 2 years to achieve his dream of buying two coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in God as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure and tragedy roaming the river bottoms of Cherokee country with "Old Dan" and "Little Ann."

Runtime: 86 min.

Directed by: Sam Pillsbury | Lyman Dayton

Stars: Ned Beatty | Dabney Coleman | Joseph Ashton | Dave Matthews | Renee Faia

Thunderpants (2002)

As: Gen. Ed Sheppard

An 11-year-old boy's amazing ability to break wind leads him first to fame and then to death row, before it helps him to fulfill his ambition of becoming an astronaut.

Runtime: 87 min.

Directed by: Peter Hewitt

Stars: Celia Imrie | Rupert Grint | Simon Callow | Stephen Fry | Bruce Cook

Roughing It (2002)

As: Slade

A teenaged Mark Twain travels to the American West during the "Gold Rush" days in search of fortune and his destiny.

Runtime: 185 min.

Directed by: Charles Martin Smith

Stars: Eric Roberts | Adam Arkin | Ned Beatty | James Garner | Robert Dunne

Homicide: The Movie (2000)

As: Stanley Bolander

Retired police lieutenant Al Giardello is running for mayor when he is suddenly shot at a press conference. All of the detectives, past and present, clamor for an opportunity to help find the shooter.

Runtime: 88 min.

Directed by: Jean de Segonzac

Stars: Daniel Baldwin | Andre Braugher | Ned Beatty | Reed Diamond | Richard Belzer

Spring Forward (1999)

As: Murph

As the seasons change in a Connecticut town, two men of different age and backgrounds who work together outdoors for the local park system, share thoughts and feelings that gradually deepen into a relationship approaching father and son. Paul is just out of prison for armed robbery, assigned to work with Murph, a middle-aged vet whose grown son Bobby is dying. Paul is trying to control his temper and build ...

Runtime: 110 min.

Directed by: Tom Gilroy

Stars: Liev Schreiber | Ned Beatty | Ian Hart | Campbell Scott | Peri Gilpin

Cookie's Fortune (1999)

As: Lester Boyle

Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.

Runtime: 118 min.

Directed by: Robert Altman

Stars: Liv Tyler | Julianne Moore | Chris O'Donnell | Glenn Close | Patricia Neal

He Got Game (1998)

As: Warden Wyatt

A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter sentence.

Runtime: 136 min.

Directed by: Spike Lee

Stars: Rosario Dawson | Denzel Washington | Jill Kelly | Hill Harper | Ray Allen

The Curse of Inferno (1997)

As: Moles Huddenel

A rather dull minded bank robber suddenly suffers from a change of heart and decides to give the money back. However, he then learns that getting the money back into the bank is much more difficult than taking it out.

Runtime: 87 min.

Directed by: John Warren

Stars: Ned Beatty | Pauly Shore | Janine Turner

Crazy Horse (1996)

As: Dr. McGillicuddy

The legendary Native American chieftain refuses to go with his people peacefully to the reservation and starts a rebellion.

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: John Irvin

Stars: Ned Beatty | Michael Greyeyes | John Finn | Zahn McClarnon | Peter Horton

The Affair (1995)

As: Col. Banning

A black soldier in World War II England begins an affair with a white woman whose husband is a soldier currently overseas in battle and in doubts of her relationship with him as she discovered he had been having an affair with his secretary.

Runtime: 105 min.

Directed by: Paul Seed

Stars: Ned Beatty | Kerry Fox | Courtney B. Vance | Bill Nunn | Leland Gantt

Just Cause (1995)

As: McNair

Bobby Earl is facing the electric chair for the murder of a young girl. Eight years after the crime he calls in Paul Armstrong, a professor of law, to help prove his innocence. Armstrong quickly uncovers some overlooked evidence to present to the local police, but they aren't interested - Bobby was their killer.

Runtime: 102 min.

Directed by: Arne Glimcher

Stars: Sean Connery | Laurence Fishburne | Kate Capshaw | Ruby Dee | Blair Underwood

Radioland Murders (1994)

As: General Walt Whalen

In 1939, WBN, a fourth radio network, is about to take to America's airwaves. As if the confusion of the premiere night wasn't enough, Penny Henderson, the owner's secretary, must deal with an unhappy sponsor, an overbearing boss and a soon-to-be ex-husband who desperately wants her back. As the broadcast begins, a mysterious voice breaks the broadcast and suddenly members of the cast turn up dead. It's up ...

Runtime: 108 min.

Directed by: Mel Smith

Stars: Scott Michael Campbell | Ned Beatty | Mary Stuart Masterson | Brian Benben | George Burns

Replikator (1994)

As: Insp. Victor Valiant

Two rival corporations are developing replication technology which would enable the cloning of human tissue. The technology falls into a criminal group. Ludo Ludovic and Kathy Moskow with the help of a cop try to stop the criminals.

Runtime: 97 min.

Directed by: Philip Jackson

Stars: Ned Beatty | Peter Outerbridge | Brigitte Bako | Michael St. Gerard | Lisa Howard

Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart (1994)

After many years in prison, a changed robber comes home to see his sons again, one of them brain-damaged. Due to many misfortunate events and terrible tragic misunderstandings, they go on the run, leaving a bloody trail wherever they go.

Runtime: 94 min.

Directed by: Rupert Hitzig

Stars: Ernest Borgnine | Ned Beatty | Ben Johnson | Mickey Rooney | Larry Gatlin

Rudy (1993)

As: Daniel Ruettiger

Rudy grew up in a steel mill town where most people ended up working, but wanted to play football at Notre Dame instead. There were only a couple of problems. His grades were a little low, his athletic skills were poor, and he was only half the size of the other players. But he had the drive and the spirit of 5 people and has set his sights upon joining the team.

Runtime: 114 min.

Directed by: David Anspaugh

Stars: Sean Astin | Ned Beatty | Jon Favreau | Greta Lind | Scott Benjaminson

Ed and His Dead Mother (1993)

As: Uncle Benny

A mourning son makes a deal to reanimate his one year dead mother, however things turn into an unexpected direction.

Runtime: 93 min.

Directed by: Jonathan Wacks

Stars: Steve Buscemi | Ned Beatty | Miriam Margolyes | John Glover | Sam Sorbo

Warren Oates: Across the Border (1993)

As: Narrator

A retrospective of the work of the late actor Warren Oates, with clips from his films and interviews with cast and crew members who worked with him.

Runtime: 54 min.

Directed by: Tom Thurman

Stars: Ned Beatty

Lincoln (1992)

Famous actors read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civil War.

Runtime: 240 min.

Directed by: Peter W. Kunhardt | James A. Edgar

Stars: James Earl Jones | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Jason Robards | Glenn Close | Richard Widmark

T Bone N Weasel (1992)

As: Doc Tatum

A couple of con men look for paradise in a stolen car.

Directed by: Lewis Teague

Stars: Christopher Lloyd | Ned Beatty | Larry Hankin | Gregory Hines | Graham Jarvis

Earth and the American Dream (1992)

A beautiful and disturbing film recounts America’s story from the environment’s point of view. From the arrival of Columbus to the simple wilderness living of the 16th and 17th centuries, through the agrarian lifestyle of the 18th century, the changes from the Industrial Revolution, to the 20th century when most of the planet’s resources have been depleted — this film examines the North ...

Runtime: 78 min.

Directed by: Bill Couturié

Stars: Ellen Burstyn | Harrison Ford | James Caan | Alec Baldwin | Peter Coyote

Prelude to a Kiss (1992)

As: Dr. Boyle

A couple fall in love despite the girl's pessimistic outlook. As they struggle to come to terms with their relationship, something supernatural happens that tests it.

Runtime: 105 min.

Directed by: Norman René

Stars: Ned Beatty | Kathy Bates | Meg Ryan | Alec Baldwin | Patty Duke

Blind Vision (1992)

As: Sgt. Logan

A shy mail clerk becomes embroiled in the investigation of the murder of a man involved with the beautiful neighbor he is obsessed with.

Directed by: Shuki Levy

Stars: Louise Fletcher | Ned Beatty | Lenny Von Dohlen | Joe Banks | Gerard Ender

Hear My Song (1991)

As: Josef Locke

Singer Josef Locke fled to Ireland 25 years ago to escape the clutches of the tax man and police Chief Jim Abbott. What he also left behind was the love of his life Cathleen Doyle. Now, Micky O’Neill is desperate to save both his ailing Liverpool nightclub ‘Heartly’s’ and his failing relationship with the beautiful Nancy, Cathleen’s daughter. The solution? Book the infamous Josef Locke.

Runtime: 113 min.

Directed by: Peter Chelsom

Stars: Shirley Anne Field | Ned Beatty | Tara Fitzgerald | William Hootkins | Adrian Dunbar

Tennessee Nights (1991)

As: Charlie Kiefer

When entertainment lawyer Wolfgang Leighton decides to take a break from business for some fishing in Tennessee's backwoods, he ends up embroiled in a bank robbery and murder. Pursued by the killers, he's running from the police and a young hitchhiker appears to be his only friend.

Runtime: 105 min.

Directed by: Nicolas Gessner

Stars: Ned Beatty | Ed Lauter | Julian Sands | Stacey Dash | Denise Crosby

Angel Square (1991)

A Canadian boy comes of age and investigates a mystery in 1945.

Runtime: 104 min.

Directed by: Anne Wheeler

Stars: Ned Beatty

Captain America (1990)

As: Sam Kolawetz

During World War II, a brave, patriotic American Soldier undergoes experiments to become a new supersoldier, "Captain America." Racing to Germany to sabotage the rockets of Nazi baddie "Red Skull", Captain America winds up frozen until the 1990s. He reawakens to find that the Red Skull has changed identities and is now planning to kidnap the President of the United States.

Runtime: 97 min.

Directed by: Albert Pyun

Stars: Ned Beatty | Matt Salinger | Scott Paulin | Darren McGavin | Ronny Cox

Repossessed (1990)

As: Ernest Weller

It's been some time since Father Jebedaiah Mayii exorcised the Devil from little Nancy Aglet, who is now grown up with a husband and two children of her own. But the prince of darkness wants to go a second round and has returned to repossess her! With Father Mayii unwilling to help, Father Luke Brophy tries his best to help Nancy, even when TV's Ernest Weller plans to air the exorcism live on TV.

Runtime: 80 min.

Directed by: Bob Logan

Stars: Ned Beatty | Leslie Nielsen | Linda Blair | Anthony Starke | Thom Sharp

A Cry in the Wild (1990)

As: Pilot Jake Holcomb

13-year-old Brian is the sole survivor of an unreported plane crash. Alone in the Yukon wilderness, Brian must learn to survive by his wits, find food and shelter, and brave wild, hungry animals until or if he is found.

Runtime: 82 min.

Directed by: Mark Griffiths

Stars: Ned Beatty | Pamela Sue Martin | Jared Rushton | Deke Anderson

Big Bad John (1990)

As: Charlie Mitchelle

Jimmy Dean's popular 1950 song is translated into a feature length movie about a young couple who elopes to escape the girl's evil stepfather.

Runtime: 92 min.

Directed by: Burt Kennedy

Stars: Ned Beatty | Romy Windsor | Jack Elam | Jimmy Dean | Jeff Osterhage

Going Under (1990)

As: Admiral Malice

Runtime: 80 min.

Directed by: Mark W. Travis

Stars: Bill Pullman | Ned Beatty | Roddy McDowall | Wendy Schaal | Robert Vaughn

Spy (1989)

As: Thomas Ludlow

Richard is a spy. Ever since his wife Angela left him, cause she never liked what he did or became, his heart has not exactly been in it anymore. After failing to complete his mission, he decides to leave. His friend and boss, Tony Cooper, brings him to a plastic surgeon, so that he could change his appearance and disappear. A year later, he learns that the doctor who operated on him and Tony are dead. ...

Runtime: 88 min.

Directed by: Philip Frank Messina

Stars: Bruce Greenwood | Catherine Hicks | Ned Beatty | Len Lesser | Jameson Parker

Last Train Home (1989)

As: Cornelius van Horne

Tom Bradshaw searches for his family while riding the rails in this family drama set in the 1880s.

Runtime: 92 min.

Directed by: Randy Bradshaw

Stars: Ron White | Paul Coeur | Katharine Isabelle | Noam Zylberman | Donna Goodhand

Ministry of Vengeance (1989)

As: Rev. Bloor

David Miller is a Vietnam vet who renounced violence and became a minister after he was forced to blow up a Viet Cong kid in self defense, but years later, when David's wife Gail and daughter Kim are killed by a group of terrorists led by Ali Aboud, in a massacre at an airport in Rome, Italy, David is devastated. Going against his faith, David sets out to find and kill Ali Aboud.

Runtime: 96 min.

Directed by: Peter Maris

Stars: Ned Beatty | George Kennedy | Yaphet Kotto | Ken Abraham

Chattahoochee (1989)

As: Dr. Harwood

In 1955 Florida, a Korean vet has a breakdown and is incarcerated in a "maximum security" mental health prison, where patients are abused.

Runtime: 97 min.

Directed by: Mick Jackson

Stars: Gary Oldman | M. Emmet Walsh | Dennis Hopper | Pamela Reed | Frances McDormand

Time Trackers (1989)

As: Harry Orth

When an evil scientist steals his colleague's time machine, his colleague's beautiful, brilliant daughter, aided by an L.A. cop and a hapless admirer (Wil Shriner), pursues him back to twelfth century England, where, disguised as a damsel in distress, she enlists the help of a knight errant whose secret past holds the key to her future.

Runtime: 86 min.

Directed by: Howard R. Cohen

Stars: Ned Beatty | Kathleen Beller | Wil Shriner

Physical Evidence (1989)

As: James Nicks

A police officer suspended and now accused of murder is forced to join forces with his court-appointed attorney to assemble the pieces of a deadly puzzle to find the missing link before time runs out.

Runtime: 99 min.

Directed by: Michael Crichton

Stars: Ned Beatty | Theresa Russell | Burt Reynolds | Kay Lenz | Ted McGinley

Sex and Buttered Popcorn (1989)

As: Himself - Host

Actor Ned Beatty hosts a look at the genre known as "exploitation" films. Interviews with some of the producers and directors of these films are shown, along with scenes from and trailers for some of these films.

Runtime: 74 min.

Directed by: Sam Harrison

Stars: Ned Beatty | David F. Friedman | Dan Sonney | Mildred Babb

Purple People Eater (1988)

As: Grandpa

A kid plays the old novelty song "Purple People Eater" and the creature actually appears. The two then proceed to help an elderly couple who are being evicted by their greedy landlord.

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: Linda Shayne

Stars: Neil Patrick Harris | Ned Beatty | Peggy Lipton | Shelley Winters | Chubby Checker

Go Toward the Light (1988)

As: George

A young couple faces the realities of life with their child who is diagnosed with AIDS.

Stars: Linda Hamilton | Ned Beatty | Ned Beatty | Piper Laurie | Joshua Harris

Midnight Crossing (1988)

As: Ellis

A blind woman, her husband and another couple sail off to find cash hidden on an island near Cuba.

Runtime: 104 min.

Directed by: Roger Holzberg

Stars: John Laughlin | Kim Cattrall | Ned Beatty | Faye Dunaway | Daniel J. Travanti

The Unholy (1988)

As: Lt. Stern

A priest battles a demon that kills sinners in the act of sinning.

Runtime: 102 min.

Directed by: Camilo Vila

Stars: Ned Beatty | William Russ | Ben Cross | Hal Holbrook | Jill Carroll

Switching Channels (1988)

As: Roy Ridnitz

A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.

Runtime: 105 min.

Directed by: Ted Kotcheff

Stars: Ned Beatty | Kathleen Turner | Christopher Reeve | Burt Reynolds | Henry Gibson

Shadows in the Storm (1988)

A daydreaming businessman named Thelonius Pitt takes a vacation in the Redwood Forests of California. The morning after he arrives, he meets a beautiful, mysterious woman named Melanie. She happens to look just like the woman he keeps seeing in his dreams. Thelonius and Melanie meet each other on the shore of a nearby river late at night. Melanie's husband finds them, and attacks Thelonius. Melanie pulls ...

Runtime: 85 min.

Directed by: Terrell Tannen

Stars: Michael Madsen | Ned Beatty | Mia Sara

The Trouble with Spies (1987)

As: Harry Lewis

George Trent, a British spy, has gone incommunicado in Ibiza. Appleton Porter (Donald Sutherland) is sent to find out what happened to Trent. Porter settles into a small hotel with several busybody guests. He probes them for information about Trent, their former neighbor. Meanwhile, the spy survives several attempts on his life as he attempts to solve the mystery.

Runtime: 91 min.

Directed by: Burt Kennedy

Stars: Donald Sutherland | Ned Beatty | Michael Hordern | Ruth Gordon | Lucy Gutteridge

Rolling Vengeance (1987)

As: Tiny Doyle

A truck driver builds a special, eight-ton truck to help get revenge against the rednecks who killed his family and raped his girlfriend.

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: Steven Hilliard Stern

Stars: Todd Duckworth | Ned Beatty | Don Michael Paul | Lawrence Dane | Lisa Howard

The Fourth Protocol (1987)

As: Borisov / Petrovic

Plan Aurora, led by Kim Philby is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear bomb, whilst MI5 agent John Preston attempts to prevent it's detonation.

Runtime: 119 min.

Directed by: John Mackenzie

Stars: Michael Caine | Pierce Brosnan | Ian Richardson | Julian Glover | Ray McAnally

The Big Easy (1987)

As: Jack Kellom

Remy McSwain is a New Orleans police lieutenant who investigates the murder of a local mobster. His investigation leads him to suspect that fellow members of the police force may be involved.

Runtime: 102 min.

Directed by: Jim McBride

Stars: Ellen Barkin | Ned Beatty | John Goodman | Lisa Jane Persky | Dennis Quaid

Back to School (1986)

As: Dean David Martin

Self-made millionaire Thornton Melon decides to get a better education and enrolls at his son Jason's college. While Jason tries to fit in with his fellow students, Thornton struggles to gain his son's respect, giving way to hilarious antics.

Runtime: 96 min.

Directed by: Alan Metter

Stars: Robert Downey Jr. | Keith Gordon | Rodney Dangerfield | Burt Young | William Zabka

Hostage Flight (1985)

As: Art Hofstadter

A plane is hijacked and bound for London. Once the terrorists begin killing hostages, the passengers take matters into their own hands.

Directed by: Steven Hilliard Stern

Stars: Ned Beatty | Barbara Bosson | John Karlen | Jack Gilford | René Enríquez

Answers (1985)

As: Senator William Blaine (Segment "The Constituent")

Three of Ernest Thompson's short plays are presented, each involving a surprise visitor. In the first, "A Good Time," a vacationing California Highway Patrolman visits a young woman in New York who had told him if he ever came to New York, she'd show him a good time. In the second, "The Constituent," a United States Senator drops in on a constituent who has been sending him scathing and profane letters for ...

Runtime: 116 min.

Directed by: George Schaefer

Stars: Ned Beatty | Burgess Meredith | Eileen Brennan | Sam Bottoms | Patty McCormack

Restless Natives (1985)

As: Bender

Two lads in Edinburgh embark on a non-violent spree of robberies. They dress up in clown masks and act as modern highwaymen, robbing coach loads of tourists in the highlands. In the process they become folk heroes to the locals. Their adventures make for a whimsical and gentle comedy, in the Bill Forsyth vein.

Runtime: 89 min.

Directed by: Michael Hoffman

Stars: Ned Beatty | Robert Urquhart | Vincent Friell | Joe Mullaney | Teri Lally

Konrad (1985)

As: Mr. Thomas

Konrad is a factory-made child, perfect in every way. When he is mistakenly delivered to the eccentric Mrs. Bartelotti, the factory demands his return. Konrad must go against everything he has been taught to stand up to his creators. Parents can talk to their children about the program using the viewers guide "A Closer Look."

Directed by: Nell Cox

Stars: Ned Beatty | Max Wright | Polly Holliday | Huckleberry Fox

Touched (1983)

Two mental patients in an institution fall in love and plan to escape in the search of a normal life.

Runtime: 93 min.

Directed by: John Flynn

Stars: Ned Beatty | Gilbert Lewis | Robert Hays | Kathleen Beller

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1983)

As: Lynch Mob Leader

Forced to run from the Texas Rangers after a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez sets off in desperate flight, evading a massive manhunt on horseback for days.

Runtime: 106 min.

Directed by: Robert M. Young

Stars: Tom Bower | Edward James Olmos | Brion James | James Gammon | Bruce McGill

Stroker Ace (1983)

As: Clyde Torkle

Stroker Ace, a champion NASCAR driver, is standing at the top of his career, but is getting fed up with having to do as he's told. In between rebelling against his sponsor (a fried chicken chain)'s promotion gimmicks (like making him dress up in giant chicken suit) he spends the rest of the movie trying to bed the buxom Pembrook.

Runtime: 96 min.

Directed by: Hal Needham

Stars: Ned Beatty | Burt Reynolds | Parker Stevenson | Loni Anderson | Jim Nabors

The Toy (1982)

As: Sydney Morehouse

On one of his bratty son Eric's annual visits, the plutocrat U.S. Bates takes him to his department store and offers him anything in it as a gift. Eric chooses a black janitor who has made him laugh with his antics. At first the man suffers many indignities as Eric's "toy", but gradually teaches the lonely boy what it is like to have and to be a friend.

Runtime: 102 min.

Directed by: Richard Donner

Stars: Ned Beatty | Teresa Ganzel | Richard Pryor | Jackie Gleason | Scott Schwartz

A Woman Called Golda (1982)

As: Sen. Durward

The story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel's prime minister in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Runtime: 191 min.

Directed by: Alan Gibson

Stars: Ned Beatty | Leonard Nimoy | Judy Davis | Franklin Cover | Ingrid Bergman

Pray TV (1982)

A newly ordained minister accepts a summer job with a dynamic TV evangelist only to find deep conflicts between the latter's conventional activities servicing his community's spiritual needs and his power wielded as a TV celebrity.

Directed by: Robert Markowitz

Stars: Ned Beatty | John Ritter | Richard Kiley | Louise Latham | Jonathan Prince

All the Way Home (1981)

As: Ralph Follet

A wife and mother in 1915 Tennessee copes with the loss of her husband and the necessity of raising their children alone.

Runtime: 120 min.

Directed by: Delbert Mann

Stars: Sally Field | William Hurt | Ned Beatty | Ann Doran | Ellen Corby

Splendor in the Grass (1981)

As: Ace Stamper

Splendor in the Grass is a made-for-TV movie starring Michelle Pfeiffer

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Richard C. Sarafian

Stars: Ned Beatty | Michelle Pfeiffer | Cyril O'Reilly | Eva Marie Saint | Melissa Gilbert

Superman II (1981)

As: Otis

Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton test the Man of Steel's mettle. Led by Gen. Zod, the Kryptonians take control of the White House and partner with Lex Luthor to destroy Superman and rule the world. But Superman, who attempts to make himself human in order to get closer to Lois, realizes he has a responsibility to save the planet.

Runtime: 127 min.

Directed by: Richard Lester

Stars: Ned Beatty | Sarah Douglas | Christopher Reeve | Gene Hackman | Jackie Cooper

The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)

As: Dan Beame

After being exposed to a bizarre mixture of household chemicals, Pat Kramer begins to shrink. This baffles scientists, makes parenting difficult, warms the hearts of Americans, and captures the attention of a group of people who want to take over the world. This evil group plots to kidnap Pat and perform experiments on her so that they can eventually shrink everyone.

Runtime: 88 min.

Directed by: Joel Schumacher

Stars: Ned Beatty | Charles Grodin | Elizabeth Wilson | Henry Gibson | Lily Tomlin

Hopscotch (1980)

As: Myerson

When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destroying his own records and traveling to Austria where he begins work on a memoir that will expose all his former agency's covert practices. The CIA catches wind of the book and sends other agents after him, initiating a frenetic game of cat and mouse that spans ...

Runtime: 106 min.

Directed by: Ronald Neame

Stars: Ned Beatty | Walter Matthau | Sam Waterston | Glenda Jackson | Herbert Lom

All God's Children (1980)

As: Mike Naponic

After the success of "Who Dares Wins," Richard Widmark fights for justice for "All God's Children"

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Jerry Thorpe

Stars: Ned Beatty | Ossie Davis | Ruby Dee | Mariclare Costello | Richard Widmark

The American Success Company (1980)

As: Mr. Elliott

A husband is humiliated at home and at work. He decides he has had enough of it and hires a prostitute to help him get back at his boss, wife and friends and get a lot richer in the process.

Runtime: 91 min.

Directed by: William Richert

Stars: Jeff Bridges | Ned Beatty | Belinda Bauer | Steven Keats | Bianca Jagger

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' (1980)

As: Himself

Ernie Anderson narrates this look at the making of Richard Donner's blockbuster 1978 film. Behind-the-scenes footage, as well as scenes from the film, reveal just how audiences were able to "believe a man can fly." This program features interviews with key cast and crew.

Runtime: 52 min.

Directed by: Iain Johnstone

Stars: Ned Beatty | Marlon Brando | Christopher Reeve | Gene Hackman | Ernie Anderson

1941 (1979)

As: Ward Douglas

It's been six days since the attack on Pearl Harbor. Panic grips California, supposedly the next target of the Japanese forces. Everywhere in California, people are suffering from war nerves. Chaos erupts all over the state. An Army Air Corps Captain, a civilian with a deranged sense of Nationalism, civilian defenders, and a Motor Pool crew all end up chasing a Japanese sub planning to attack LA.

Runtime: 118 min.

Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Stars: Ned Beatty | Dan Aykroyd | John Belushi | Murray Hamilton | Lorraine Gary

Promises in the Dark (1979)

As: Bud Koenig

A young doctor, Alexandra Kendall, seeking change while recovering from a recent heartbreak, moves from Chicago, Illinois to Hartford, Connecticut. She joins the West Hartford medical practice of Dr. Walter McInterny, a doctor approaching retirement age. 17-year-old Elizabeth "Buffy" Koenig is a precocious student at West Hartford's William Hall High School. Her boyfriend Gerry is a football player at Hall ...

Runtime: 118 min.

Directed by: Jerome Hellman

Stars: Ned Beatty | Marsha Mason | Susan Clark | Kathleen Beller | Michael Brandon

Wise Blood (1979)

As: Hoover Shoates

A Southerner--young, poor, ambitious but uneducated--determines to become something in the world. He decides that the best way to do that is to become a preacher and start up his own church.

Runtime: 106 min.

Directed by: John Huston

Stars: Brad Dourif | Harry Dean Stanton | Ned Beatty | John Huston | Dan Shor

Friendly Fire (1979)

As: Gene Mullen

In March 1970, a U.S. Army officer arrived at the Iowa farm of Peg and Gene Mullen and informed them that their son Michael had been killed in Vietnam by "friendly fire." Their determined attempts to learn more about the circumstances of their son's death are the subject of this true account film.

Runtime: 147 min.

Directed by: David Greene

Stars: Timothy Hutton | Ned Beatty | Carol Burnett | Sam Waterston | Sierra Pecheur

Superman (1978)

As: Otis

Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.

Runtime: 143 min.

Directed by: Richard Donner

Stars: Ned Beatty | Marlon Brando | Margot Kidder | Christopher Reeve | Gene Hackman

A Question of Love (1978)

As: Dwayne Stabler

A lesbian mother fights to keep her son when a custody suit is brought by her ex-husband.

Runtime: 92 min.

Directed by: Jerry Thorpe

Stars: Bonnie Bedelia | Gena Rowlands | Clu Gulager | Jane Alexander | Jocelyn Brando

The Great Bank Hoax (1978)

As: Julius Taggart

When the prominent citizens of a small town discover that the officers of the local bank have been embezzling money from it, they decide to rob the bank themselves.

Runtime: 87 min.

Directed by: Joseph Jacoby

Stars: Ned Beatty | Michael Murphy | Burgess Meredith | Charlene Dallas | Richard Basehart

Gray Lady Down (1978)

As: Mickey

The USS Neptune, a nuclear submarine, is sunk off the coast of Connecticut after a collision with a Norwegian cargo ship. The navy must attempt a potentially dangerous rescue in the hope of saving the lives of the crew.

Runtime: 111 min.

Directed by: David Greene

Stars: Stacy Keach | Stephen McHattie | Ned Beatty | David Carradine | Charlton Heston

¡Alambrista! (1977)

As: Anglo Coyote

After the birth of his first child, Roberto, a young Mexican man slips across the border into the United States. Seeking work to support his family back home, he finds that working hard is not enough.

Runtime: 110 min.

Directed by: Robert M. Young

Stars: Ned Beatty | Jerry Hardin | Domingo Ambriz | Linda Gillen | Trinidad Silva

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

As: Edwards

Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon returned? And if so, can the combined faith and knowledge of a Vatican investigator and a hypnotic research specialist free her from its grasp?

Runtime: 118 min.

Directed by: John Boorman

Stars: Max von Sydow | Louise Fletcher | Linda Blair | Richard Burton | Kitty Winn

Our Town (1977)

As: Dr. Gibbs

3-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder.

Runtime: 120 min.

Directed by: George Schaefer

Stars: Ned Beatty | Hal Holbrook | Glynnis O'Connor | Barbara Bel Geddes | Sada Thompson

Tail Gunner Joe (1977)

As: Sylvester

A dramatization of the life of Sen. Joseph McCarthy, the alcoholic senator from Wisconsin whose tactics of accusing prominent people of Communist sympathies were initially designed to give him a national power base when he later planned to run for President.

Runtime: 145 min.

Directed by: Jud Taylor

Stars: Burgess Meredith | Peter Boyle | Patricia Neal | Jean Stapleton | John Forsythe

Mikey and Nicky (1976)

As: Kinney

In Philadelphia, a small-time bookie who stole mob money is in hiding and he begs a childhood friend to help him evade the hit-man who's on his trail.

Runtime: 119 min.

Directed by: Elaine May

Stars: Ned Beatty | Peter Falk | John Cassavetes | Rose Arrick | Carol Grace

Silver Streak (1976)

As: Bob Sweet

A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train. When he can find no one who will believe him, he starts doing some investigating of his own. But all that accomplishes is to get the killer after him.

Runtime: 114 min.

Directed by: Arthur Hiller

Stars: Patrick McGoohan | Jill Clayburgh | Ned Beatty | Gene Wilder | Richard Pryor

Network (1976)

As: Arthur Jensen

A TV network cynically exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor's ravings and revelations about the media for their own profit.

Runtime: 121 min.

Directed by: Sidney Lumet

Stars: Faye Dunaway | Robert Duvall | William Holden | Peter Finch | Wesley Addy

All the President's Men (1976)

As: Martin Dardis

In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National headquarters. He is surprised to find top lawyers already on the defense case, and the discovery of names and addresses of Republican fund organizers on the accused further arouses his suspicions. The editor of the Post is prepared to run ...

Runtime: 138 min.

Directed by: Alan J. Pakula

Stars: Robert Redford | Jack Warden | Martin Balsam | Dustin Hoffman | Hal Holbrook

The Big Bus (1976)

As: Shorty Scotty

The ultimate disaster film parody. A nuclear powered bus is making it's maiden non-stop trip from New York to Denver. The journey is plagued by disasters due to the machinations of a mysterious group allied with the oil lobby. Will the down on his luck driver, with a reputation for eating his passengers, be able to complete the journey?

Runtime: 88 min.

Directed by: James Frawley

Stars: Stockard Channing | Ned Beatty | John Beck | Rene Auberjonois | Joseph Bologna

The Deadly Tower (1975)

As: Allan Crum

The real-life story of Charles Whitman's deadly shooting spree at the University of Texas is retold. In August 1966, after killing his wife and mother, Whitman climbed to the top of the school's tower and opened fire on passers-by, killing 13 and wounding many others.

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Jerry Jameson

Stars: Kurt Russell | Ned Beatty | Richard Yniguez | Clifton James | Pernell Roberts

Nashville (1975)

As: Delbert Reese

This movie tells the intersecting stories of various people connected to the music business in Nashville. Barbara Jean is the reigning queen of Nashville but is near collapse. Linnea and Delbert Reese have a shaky marriage and 2 deaf children. Opal is a British journalist touring the area. These and other stories come together in a dramatic climax.

Runtime: 160 min.

Directed by: Robert Altman

Stars: Karen Black | Ned Beatty | David Arkin | Barbara Baxley | Ronee Blakley

W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975)

As: Country Bull

Story of a happy-go-lucky small time crook who runs into a country music group looking for their big break. They end up helping each other out in unexpected ways.

Runtime: 91 min.

Directed by: John G. Avildsen

Stars: Ned Beatty | Burt Reynolds | Art Carney | Conny Van Dyke | Jerry Reed

Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan (1975)

As: Ollie Thompson

After three civil-rights workers are murdered in Mississippi in 1964, a team of FBI agents is sent there to find the killers.

Runtime: 215 min.

Directed by: Marvin J. Chomsky

Stars: Ned Beatty | Dabney Coleman | Billy Green Bush | John Beck | Andrew Duggan

The Execution of Private Slovik (1974)

As: Father Stafford

The story of Eddie Slovik, who was executed by the Army in 1945, the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the Civil War.

Runtime: 120 min.

Directed by: Lamont Johnson

Stars: Ned Beatty | Martin Sheen | Matt Clark | Gary Busey | Mariclare Costello

Dying Room Only (1973)

As: Tom King

A married couple are traveling on a deserted desert road at night. They stop at a diner and the husband goes to the men's room. He never returns and the wife begins to suspect serious foul play.

Runtime: 74 min.

Directed by: Philip Leacock

Stars: Ned Beatty | Cloris Leachman | Dana Elcar | Louise Latham | Ross Martin

White Lightning (1973)

As: Sheriff J.C. Connors

An ex con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.

Runtime: 101 min.

Directed by: Joseph Sargent

Stars: Ned Beatty | Bo Hopkins | Laura Dern | Burt Reynolds | Jennifer Billingsley

The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973)

As: Det. Dan Corrigan

Runtime: 125 min.

Directed by: Joseph Sargent

Stars: Ned Beatty | Telly Savalas | José Ferrer | Marjoe Gortner

The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)

As: Deams

A computer programmer decides to become a thief. And when he starts making waves an insurance investigator hounds him. He also meets a woman who becomes his accomplice.

Runtime: 104 min.

Directed by: Bud Yorkin

Stars: Jill Clayburgh | Jacqueline Bisset | Warren Oates | Charles Cioffi | Ryan O'Neal

The Last American Hero (1973)

As: Hackel

A backwoods bootlegger decides to put the driving skills he developed evading the law to good use. He becomes a race car driver, and eventually, one of the fastest drivers in history.

Runtime: 95 min.

Directed by: Lamont Johnson

Stars: Jeff Bridges | Ned Beatty | Gary Busey | Valerie Perrine | Geraldine Fitzgerald

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)

As: Tector Crites

Outlaw and self-appointed lawmaker, Judge Roy Bean, rules over an empty stretch of the West that gradually grows, under his iron fist, into a thriving town, while dispensing his his own quirky brand of frontier justice upon strangers passing by.

Runtime: 120 min.

Directed by: John Huston

Stars: Ned Beatty | Matt Clark | Paul Newman | Jacqueline Bisset | Anthony Perkins

Footsteps (1972)

As: Frank Powell

A football coach is hired by a small college to shape up its football team, and he finds himself in trouble with local gamblers who don't want the team to improve.

Runtime: 74 min.

Directed by: Paul Wendkos

Stars: Ned Beatty | Richard Crenna | Clu Gulager | Joanna Pettet | Forrest Tucker

Deliverance (1972)

As: Bobby

Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.

Runtime: 109 min.

Directed by: John Boorman

Stars: Ned Beatty | Burt Reynolds | Jon Voight | Ronny Cox | Ed Ramey