Ned Beatty, Indelible in ‘Deliverance,’ ‘Network,’ Dies at 83

Actor Ned Beatty poses at New York's Music Box Theatre where he plays the role of Big Daddy in a new production of Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" on Oct. 17, 2003. Gino Domenico/AP Photo

NEW YORK—Ned Beatty, the indelible character actor whose first film role in 1972’s “Deliverance” launched him on a long, prolific, and accomplished career, has died. He was 83.

Beatty’s manager, Deborah Miller, said Beatty died Sunday of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles surrounded by friends and loved ones.