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Character actor NED BEATTY

Fresh Air
Published January 20, 1994 at 10:00 PM MST

Character actor NED BEATTY. He spent 15 years in theater before making his film debut in "Deliverance." Since then, he''s played everything from a sinister executive in "Network" to a clownish sheriff in the Burt Reynolds film "Stroker Ace." In all, Beatty has acted in 37 feature films, and 44 television movies or series. (rebroadcast from 10/26/87). BEATTY is now a regular on Barry Levinson''s TV series "Homicide."

Copyright 1994 Fresh Air