1937 - Today
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 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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ned Beatty has received more than 2,814,172 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Ned Beatty is the 1,593rd most popular actor (down from 1,352nd in 2019), the 2,807th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,464th in 2019) and the 786th most popular American Actor.
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Among actors, Ned Beatty ranks 1,593 out of 10,030. Before him are Dilip Kumar, Mary Wickes, Patrick Dewaere, Cameron Mitchell, Martin Weinek, and Michael Jai White. After him are Daniel Brühl, Mario Brega, Chazz Palminteri, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Megan Fox, and Tom Hiddleston.
1922 - Present
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 1,587
1910 - 1995
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 1,588
1947 - 1982
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 1,589
1918 - 1994
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 1,590
1964 - Present
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 1,591
1967 - Present
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 1,592
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 1,593
1978 - Present
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 1,594
1923 - 1994
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 1,595
1952 - Present
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 1,596
1938 - Present
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 1,597
1986 - Present
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 1,598
1981 - Present
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 1,599
Among people born in 1937, Ned Beatty ranks 142. Before him are Eduard Streltsov, Alberto Spencer, Joseph Estrada, Lusine Zakaryan, Luciana Paluzzi, and Giorgi Shengelaia. After him are Anna Hazare, Aslan Usoyan, Amos Tversky, Aleksandr Medved, Waylon Jennings, and Olusegun Obasanjo.
1937 - 1990
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 136
1937 - 2006
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 137
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 138
1937 - 1992
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 139
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 140
1937 - 2020
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 141
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 142
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 143
1937 - 2013
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 144
1937 - 1996
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 145
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 146
1937 - 2002
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 147
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 148
Among people born in United States, Ned Beatty ranks 2,807 out of 15,968. Before him are George William Hill (1838), Mary Wickes (1910), Lyman Spitzer (1914), Cameron Mitchell (1918), Michael Jai White (1967), and Martha Chase (1927). After him are Susannah Mushatt Jones (1899), Dick Wolf (1946), Roger B. Chaffee (1935), Chazz Palminteri (1952), James W. Christy (1938), and John Basilone (1916).
1838 - 1914
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 2,801
1910 - 1995
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 2,802
1914 - 1997
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 2,803
1918 - 1994
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 2,804
1967 - Present
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 2,805
1927 - 2003
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 2,806
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 2,807
1899 - 2016
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 2,808
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 2,809
1935 - 1967
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 2,810
1952 - Present
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 2,811
1938 - Present
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 2,812
1916 - 1945
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 2,813
Among actors born in United States, Ned Beatty ranks 786. Before him are Julie Newmar (1933), John de Lancie (1948), Robert Sean Leonard (1969), Mary Wickes (1910), Cameron Mitchell (1918), and Michael Jai White (1967). After him are Chazz Palminteri (1952), Megan Fox (1986), Gloria Grahame (1923), David Huddleston (1930), Maggie Gyllenhaal (1977), and Octavia Spencer (1972).
1933 - Present
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 780
1948 - Present
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 781
1969 - Present
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 782
1910 - 1995
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 783
1918 - 1994
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 784
1967 - Present
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 785
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 786
1952 - Present
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 787
1986 - Present
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 788
1923 - 1981
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 789
1930 - 2016
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 790
1977 - Present
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 791
1972 - Present
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 792