Ned Beatty, the Oscar-nominated character actor, has died at the age of 83.
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Beatty’s manager said Beatty died on Sunday of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles, surrounded by friends and loved ones.
His presence in half a century of American movies, including “Deliverance”, “Network” and “Superman” propelled him to fame.
After years in regional theater, Beatty was cast in 1972’s “Deliverance” as Bobby Trippe, the happy-go-lucky member of a male river-boating party terrorised by backwoods thugs in that movie. The scene in which Trippe is brutalised and forced to “squeal like a pig” became the most memorable scene in the movie, and also portrayed Beatty as an actor whose face is always recognised by many moviegoers.
Beatty received only one Oscar nomination, as supporting actor for his role as corporate executive Arthur Jensen in 1976’s “Network”, but he contributed to some of the most popular movies of his time.
He was equally memorable as Otis, the idiot henchman of villainous Lex Luthor in the first two Christopher Reeve “Superman movies” and as the racist sheriff in “White Lightning.” He was cast in countless American movies.
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