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“Ned passed away of natural causes Sunday morning, surrounded by his family and loved ones,” Deborah Miller, talent manager for Shelter Entertainment Group, told CNN in an email.
Betty’s first film role received lasting attention in the 1972 film “Deliverance” as one of four Georgia men who go on a harrowing canoe trip. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Network in 1976, played Otis in the 1978 film Superman, and has played countless theatrical, television, and film roles.
The Daily Variety once praised him as “the busiest actor in Hollywood,” according to his agency, Shelter Entertainment Group.
Born and raised in Kentucky, Betty fishes and works on farms, according to the agency.
“He started as a professional pianist at the age of 10 when he earned pocket money from singing in gospel quartets and a barber shop,” the agency said.
After Betty spent extended periods in theater in Abingdon, Virginia; in Washington, D.C.; And on Broadway, film director John Boorman cast him to play Bobby Tripp, who was sexually assaulted in the thriller “Deliverance,” according to Shelter Entertainment.
Other films include “All the President’s Men”, “Big Easy”, “Hear My Song” and most recently, “The Walker”, “Charlie Wilson’s War” and “Shutter” are on the list.
Correction: An earlier version of this story misspelled the Virginia town where Ned Petty spent so long in the theatre. It’s Abingdon.
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