- Ned Thomas Beatty passed away on June 13, 2021, more than three weeks from what would have been his 84th birthday on July 6.
- He appeared in five films that have been nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award: Deliverance (1972), Nashville (1975), All the President's Men (1976), Network (1976) and Toy Story 3 (2010).
- He appeared in the two Oscar winning scripts of 1976: in Network (1976), which won as Best Original Screenplay, and in All the President's Men (1976), which won as Best Adapted Screenplay.
- After appearing in the romantic comedy Baggage Claim (2013), he retired from acting after 40 years in the movie industry.
- He appeared with Christopher Reeve in four films: Gray Lady Down (1978), Superman (1978), Superman II (1980) and Switching Channels (1988).
- Beatty's performance in Network (1976) ran only five minutes and 53 seconds, and earned him his only Oscar nomination.
- He was awarded the 1997 Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Award for Lead Actor in a Musical for "Show Boat" at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
- He appeared with Burt Reynolds in six films: Deliverance (1972), White Lightning (1973), W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975), Stroker Ace (1983), Switching Channels (1988) and Physical Evidence (1989).
- Beatty was offered the role of John Doe in the crime thriller Se7en (1995), but rejected because the screenplay was pure evil. The role went to Kevin Spacey.
- His son (from his first marriage) Charles Beatty works as a grip in Hollywood, mostly on commercials.
- He made guest appearances on both of the longest running prime time dramas in United States television history: Gunsmoke (1955) and Law & Order (1990).
- He was nominated for a 2002 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role of 2001 for his performance in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" at the Lyric Theatre in London.
- Upon his death, he was cremated and his ashes given to family.
- He appeared with Clifton James in four films: The Deadly Tower (1975), Silver Streak (1976), Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980) and Superman II (1980).
- Father, with Belinda Beatty, of Jon Beatty and Blossom Beatty Pidduck. Father, with Tinker Lindsay, of Thomas Beatty and Dorothy Beatty.
- He appeared in two films with the word "Toy" in the title: The Toy (1982) and Toy Story 3 (2010).
- Made an FBI training film as a bank robber.
- He and his wife Sandra Johnson were building a home in northern Minnesota near her family (2004).
- Father-in-law of Rebecca Fishman.
- He has appeared in seven films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically aesthetically" significant: Deliverance (1972), Nashville (1975), All the President's Men (1976), Network (1976), Alambrista! (1977), Superman (1978) and The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982).
- One of the few actors whose work can connect three, unrelated protagonists from separate studios AND link back full circle: Superman (1978), The Terminator (1984) and RoboCop (1987). Played in "Superman", which his "Deliverance" co-star Burt Reynolds turned down the lead role. Ronny Cox (who also co-started with Beatty) in "Deliverance" played the antagonist in "RoboCop". Arnold Schwarzenegger was considered for that lead role and later went on to act in Total Recall (1990) with Cox. Richard Pryor acted in both The Toy (1982) and Superman III (1983); Beatty was in the former, not latter film. Jackie Gleason (who co-starred in "The Toy") also played a supporting role with Burt Reynolds in the "Smokey and the Bandit" franchise, as Reynolds was originally to be cast as Superman/Clark Kent. Finally, Ned Beatty also acted in Shooter (2007) which, by extension, links him indirectly to the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (1990) universe. Actor Elias Koteas was in both movies. Mark Wahlberg (who was also casted in "Shooter") has brother Donnie Wahlberg who performed with pop group New Kids on the Block, alongside the height of TMNT's popularity at the same time.
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