FrameThrower · Actors · Ned Beatty
Ned Beatty
12 films · 838 frames · top-billed in 5 · 1972–2011
Born 6 July 1937 · Louisville, Kentucky, USA · died 13 June 2021
Ned Thomas Beatty was an American actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award; and won a Drama Desk Award.
These nominations stemmed from his performances in films and TV series like Network (1976), Friendly Fire (1979), Last Train Home (1990), Hear My Song (1991) and the adaptation movie "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (2004).
He had great commercial success in memorable roles such as the executive Bobby Trippe in Deliverance (1972), Tennessee lawyer Delbert Reese in Nashville (1975), general attorney Dardis in All the President's Men (1976), the priest Edwards in Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), Lex Luthor's henchman Otis in Superman (1978) and…
How their films are shot
Measured across 838 frames from the 12 films we hold. This is the look of the work Ned takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 12 films we hold, 47% of their frames are day, 41% low key — the look of the work Ned takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Rango
2011 · Mayor (voice)
The Big Easy
1986 · Jack Kellom
1941
1979 · Ward Douglas
Nashville
1975 · Delbert Reese
Deliverance
1972 · Bobby Trippe
Rampart
2011 · Hartshorn
The Killer Inside Me
2010 · Chester Conway
Toy Story 3
2010 · Lotso (voice)
The Walker
2007 · Jack Delorean
He Got Game
1998 · Warden Wyatt
Superman
1978 · Otis
All the President's Men
1976 · Dardis
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 838 frames from Ned Beatty's 12 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.