Ned Beatty, R.I.P.

Actor Ned Beatty died today. His cause of death is not known. Beatty was 83.

Beatty's film career spanned more than four decades beginning with a memorable role Deliverance in 1972 alongside Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight and Ronny Cox. In the following years, Beatty would appear in five more films with Reynolds. Beatty's other notable screen credits include Nashville, All The President's Men, Network (for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor despite only being onscreen for six minutes), Silver Streak and the first two Superman movies as Lex Luthor's incompetent assistant Otis Berg. Later screen credits include Rudy, Charlie Wilson's War and the voice of the villainous Lotso Bear in Toy Story 3. 

Beatty also had numerous TV credits including The Waltons, Kojak, The Rockford Files, M*A*S*H, Hawaii Five-O, The Streets of San Francisco plus recurring roles on Roseanne and Homicide: Life on the Street.

I leave you with the six minutes from Network which earned Beatty his lone Academy Award nomination. Sometimes it's not about how long you stick around but how you make the most of your time. R.I.P.