Deliverance and Superman star Ned Beatty dies aged 83
US actor Ned Beatty, known for his roles in Deliverance, Superman and many other films, has died at the age of 83, BBC News reports.
According to his manager, he died on Sunday from natural causes "surrounded by his family and loved ones".
Born in Kentucky in 1937, Beatty was Oscar-nominated in 1977 for playing a corporate CEO in Network, a role he filmed in a single day.
He also appeared in All the President's Men and was heard as menacing teddy bear Lotso on Toy Story 3.
Lee Unkrich, director of that 2010 animated film, said it had been "a joy and an incredible honour" to work with him.
Beatty made his screen debut in 1972's Deliverance, in which his character is brutally assaulted during a canoeing expedition.
He went on to appear in a number of films with that movie's star, Burt Reynolds, and was also seen in Robert Altman's Nashville.
In 1978's Superman he was seen as Lex Luthor's bumbling assistant Otis, a character that returned in 1980's Superman II.
His other roles included playing Irish singer Josef Locke in Hear My Song, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1992.