The term "character actor" lacks a precise definition. You could use it to describe performers who play stock types: the absent-minded professor, the jock. It works as shorthand for supporting players ...

Ned Beatty was a character actor best known for his appearances in the movies "Deliverance," "Network" and "Superman." He died Sunday at age 83. NPR's Anastasia Tsioulcas has this remembrance of ...

Film and TV actor Ned Beatty, who was Oscar nominated for his supporting role in “Network” and appeared in a number of the most significant American films of the 1970s, has died. He was 83. Beatty’s ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Ned Beatty, the Oscar-nominated character actor who in half a century of American movies, including "Deliverance," "Network" and "Superman," was a booming, indelible presence in even ...

The Oscar-nominated Kentucky native was also memorable in 'Nashville,' 'All the President's Men' and two Superman films. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor On television, Beatty was at his best as Det.

NEW YORK (AP) — Ned Beatty, the Oscar-nominated character actor who in half a century of American movies, including “Deliverance,” “Network” and “Superman,” was a booming, indelible presence in even ...

This story has been updated. NEW YORK — Ned Beatty, the Oscar-nominated character actor who in half a century of American movies, including “Deliverance,” “Network” and “Superman,” was a booming, ...

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