Ned Beatty(1937-2021)

Stage: Appeared (as replacement actor ("Deputy" / "Detective" / "Fight Fan" / "Roller"; Broadway debut) in "The Great White Hope" on Broadway. Drama. Written by Howard Sackler. Music arranged by Charles Gross. Directed by Edwin Sherin. Alvin Theatre: 3 Oct 1968-31 Jan 1970 (546 performances + 15 previews). Cast: James Earl Jones (as "Jack Jefferson"), Jane Alexander (as "Eleanor Bachman"), Thomas Anderson (as "Negro Man" / "Jack's Friend" / "Member of The Congregation" / "Mourner" / "Contributor"), Thomas Barbour (as "Sir William Griswold" / "Man at Fight" / "Civic Marcher" / "Fight Fan"), Verona Barnes (as "Jack's Friend" / "Member of The Congregation" / "Mourner" / "Contributor"), Don Blakely (as "An African Student" / "Jack's Friend" / "Mourner" / "Contributor"), Dave Brown (as "Jack's Friend" / "Member of The Congregation" / "Mourner" / "Contributor"), Burke Byrnes (as "1st Man on Ladder" / "Reporter" / "Craps Player" / "Policeman" / "Deputy" / "German Officer"), David Connell (as "Barker" / "Pailman" / "Mourner"), Lawrence Cook (as "Ensemble"), Sheila Coonan (as "Mrs. Kimball" / "Civic Marcher" / "Civic Leader"), Lance Cunard (as "Porter" / "Trainer" / "Handler" / "Civic Marcher" / "Civic Leader" / "Fight Fan"), George Curley (as "Weigher-in" / "Mr. Farlow" / "Photographer" / "Civic Marcher" / "Stage Hand" / "Fight Fan"), Jon Cypher (as "Mr. Cameron, the D.A." / "Klossowski" / "Man at Fight" / "Fight Fan"), George Ebeling (as "Fred"), Marshall Efron (as "Ragosy" / "Man at Fight" / "Civic Marcher" / "Fight Fan"), Hector Elizondo (as "French Handler" / "Blackface" / "El Jefe" / "Trainer" / "Deputy"), Luis Espinosa (as "Cuban Boy" / "Jack's Friend" / "Mourner"), Antonio Fargas (as "Scipio"), Joanna Featherstone (as "Jack's Friend" / "Member of The Congregation" / "Mourner" / "Contributor"), Edd K. Gasper (as "Government Agent" / "Ranger" / "Civic Marcher" / "Deputy" / "German Officer"), Lou Gilbert (as "Goldie"), Donald Girard (as "Paco"), Ruth Gregory (as "Mrs. Bachman"), Joe Hamer (as "Bettor" / "Ensemble" "Mr. M. Bratby"), George Harris II (as "Tout" / "Waiter" / "Policeman" / "Reporter" / "Mexican" / "Fight Fan"), Hilda Haynes (as "Mrs. Jefferson"), Bob Horen (as "Official" / "Promoter" / "Reporter" / "Civic Marcher" / "Civic Leader" / "Mexican" / "Pinkerton Man"), L. Errol Jaye (as "Pastor"), Woodie King (as "Young Negro" / "Drummer"), Ed Lauter (as "Photographer" / "Craps Player" / "Policeman" / "Stage Hand" / "Pinkerton Man"), Jerry Laws (as "Jack's Friend" / "Member of The Congregation" / "Mourner" / "Contributor"), Philip Lindsay (as "Negro Man" / "Jack's Friend" / "Member of The Congregation" / "Mourner" / "Contributor"), Peter Masterson (as "Smitty"), George Mathews (as "Cap'n Dan"), Edward McNally (as "Roller" / "Detective" / "Ensemble"), Lou Meyer (as "Juggler" / "Man at Fight" / "Civic Marcher" / "Fight Fan"), Clark Morgan (as "A Distinguished Negro" / "Ensemble"), Terrence O'Connor (as "Civic Marcher" / "Civic Leader"), Jimmy Pelham (as "Tick"), Garwood Perkins (as "Deacon" / "Jack's Friend" / "Mourner" / "Contributor"), Terrance Phillips (as "Boy" / " Ensemble"), Richard Pittman (as "Jack's Friend" / "Member of The Congregation" / "Mourner" / "Contributor"), Dan Priest (as "Col. Cox" / "2nd Man on Ladder" / "Civic Marcher" / "Deputy"), Michael Prince (as "Mr. Donnelly" / "Craps Player" / "Reporter"), Brooks Rogers (as "Mr. Dixon"), Gil Rogers (as "Brady" / "Inspector Wainwright" / "German Officer" / "Fight Fan"), Danette Small (as "Civic Marcher" / "Member of The Congregation" / "Mourner" / "Contributor"), Yvonne Southerland (as "Signature Recorder" / "Jack's Friend" / "Member of The Congregation" / "Mourner"), Dolores St. Amand (as "Ensemble"), Larry Swanson (as "Mr. Eubanks" / "Handler" / "Civic Marcher" / "Civic Leader" / "Photographer" / "Reporter"), Judy Thames (as "Ensemble"), Christine Thomas (as "Civic Marcher" / "Civic Leader"), David Thomas (as "Mr. Treacher" / "Ensemble"), Glory Van Scott (as "Jack's Friend" / "Mourner" / "Contributor"), Sean J. Walsh (as "The Kid" / "Ranger" / "Civic Marcher" / "Deputy" / "Photographer"), Marlene Warfield (as "Clara"), Mel Winkler (as "Rudy" / "Jack's Friend" / "Contributor"), Eugene R. Wood (as "Pop Weaver" / "Man at Fight"), Max Wright (as "Mr. Coates" / "Reporter" / "German Officer"). Replacement actors included: Martin Wolfson (as "Goldie") [8 Sep 1969 -? / final Broadway role]. Produced by Herman Levin.