Ned Beatty

Ned Thomas Beatty is an American actor who has appeared in more than 160 films and has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain and a Golden Globe Award he also won a Drama Desk Award.

Beatty was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of Margaret Fortney and Charles William Beatty . He has a sister, Mary Margaret. In 1947, young Ned began singing in gospel and barbershop quartets in St. Matthews, Kentucky, and at his local church. He received a scholarship to sing in the a cappella choir at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky he attended but did not graduate.

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