Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Deliverance | Bobby Trippe | |
| The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | Tector Crites (Jackson gang/Narrator/Jersey Lily bartender) | ||
| 1973 | The Waltons "The Bicycle" | Curtis Norton | TV |
| Dying Room Only | Tom King | ||
| The Thief Who Came to Dinner | Deams | ||
| The Last American Hero | Hackel, Derby Promoter | ||
| White Lightning | Sheriff J.C. Connors | ||
| 1974 | The Execution of Private Slovik | Father Stafford | TV |
| 1975 | W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings | Country Bull | |
| Nashville | Delbert Reese | ||
| Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan | Ollie Thompson | ||
| The Deadly Tower | Allan Crum | TV | |
| M*A*S*H | Col. Hollister | ||
| 1976 | All the President's Men | Dardis | |
| The Big Bus | Shorty Scotty | ||
| Network | Arthur Jensen | Nominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor | |
| Silver Streak | Bob Sweet | ||
| Mikey and Nicky | Kinney | ||
| 1977 | Exorcist II: The Heretic | Edwards | |
| Alambrista! | Anglo Coyote | TV | |
| 1978 | Gray Lady Down | Mickey | |
| The Great Bank Hoax | Julius Taggart | ||
| Superman | Otis | ||
| 1979 | Promises in the Dark | Bud Koenig | |
| Wise Blood | Hoover Shoates | ||
| Friendly Fire | Gene Mullen | TV
Nominated – Emmy Award for 'Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special' |
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| 1941 | Ward Douglas | ||
| 1980 | The American Success Company | Mr. Elliott | |
| Hopscotch | Myerson | ||
| Superman II | Otis | ||
| 1981 | The Incredible Shrinking Woman | Dan Beame | |
| 1982 | Rumpelstiltskin | The King | TV |
| Kentucky Woman | Luke Telford | ||
| The Toy | Sydney Morehouse | ||
| 1983 | Stroker Ace | Clyde Torkle | |
| Touched | Herbie | ||
| 1985 | Restless Natives | Bender | |
| 1986 | Back to School | Dean David Martin | |
| The Haunting of Barney Palmer | Cole Scholar | TV | |
| 1985/1986 | Highway to Heaven | 1985 - Willy The Waver&Melvin Rich / 1986 - Bill Cassidy
1985 - The Banker and the Bum / 1986 - That's Our Dad |
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| 1987 | The Big Easy | Jack Kellom | |
| The Fourth Protocol | Borisov/Pavel Petrovic | ||
| Rolling Vengeance | Tiny Doyle | ||
| The Trouble with Spies | Harry Lewis | ||
| 1988 | Shadows in the Storm | Thelonious Pitt | |
| Switching Channels | Roy Ridnitz | ||
| The Unholy | Lt. Stern | ||
| Midnight Crossing | Ellis | ||
| After the Rain | Kozen | ||
| Purple People Eater | Grandpa | ||
| 1989 | Time Trackers | Harry Orth | |
| Physical Evidence | James Nicks | ||
| Tennessee Nights | Charlie Kiefer | ||
| Chattahoochee | Dr. Harwood | ||
| Ministry of Vengeance | Rev. Bloor | ||
| 1989–1994 | Roseanne | Ed Conner | TV |
| 1990 | Last Train Home | Cornelius van Horne | TV
Nominated – Emmy Award for 'Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special' |
| Going Under | Admiral Malice | ||
| Big Bad John | Charlie | ||
| Angel Square | Officer Ozzie O'Driscoll | ||
| A Cry in the Wild | Pilot Jake Holcomb | ||
| Repossessed | Ernest Weller | ||
| Fat Monroe | Fat Monroe | (Short feature) | |
| Captain America | Sam Kolawetz | ||
| 1991 | Hear My Song | Josef Locke | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture |
| 1992 | Blind Vision | Sgt. Logan | |
| Prelude to a Kiss | Dr. Boyle | ||
| 1993 | The Golden Palace | Tad Hollingsworth | TV |
| Warren Oates: Across the Border | Narrator | Documentary | |
| Rudy | Daniel Ruettiger, Sr. | ||
| Ed and His Dead Mother | Uncle Benny | ||
| 1994 | Replikator | Insp. Victor Valiant | |
| The Outlaws: Legend of O.B. Taggart | Unknown | ||
| Radioland Murders | General Walt Whalen | ||
| 1995 | Just Cause | McNair | |
| Streets of Laredo | Judge Roy Bean | TV | |
| 1996 | Crazy Horse | Dr. McGillicuddy | |
| Gulliver's Travels | Farmer Grultrud | ||
| 1997 | The Curse of Inferno | Moles Huddenel | |
| 1998 | He Got Game | Warden Wyatt | |
| 1999 | Cookie's Fortune | Lester Boyle | |
| Life | Dexter Wilkins | ||
| Spring Forward | Murph | ||
| Hard Time: Hostage Hotel | Tony | TV | |
| 2000 | The Wilgus Stories | Fat Monroe | |
| Homicide: The Movie | Det. Stanley 'The Big Man' Bolander | ||
| 2001 | I Was a Rat | Mudduck | TV |
| 2002 | This Beautiful Life | Bum | |
| Roughing It | Slade | TV | |
| Thunderpants | Gen. Ed Sheppard | ||
| 2003 | Where the Red Fern Grows | Sheriff | |
| 2004 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Big Daddy | Adaptation into a motion picture in 1958, revised by Williams in 1974 and refilmed for Showtime in 1984.
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play |
| The Wool Cap | Gigot's Father | TV | |
| 2005 | Sweet Land | Harmo | |
| 2007 | Shooter | Senator Charles F. Meachum | |
| The Walker | Jack Delorean | ||
| Charlie Wilson's War | Clarence "Doc" Long | ||
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Dr. David Lowry | TV, guest appearance.
Episode: Sweet Jane. Beatty submitted this episode for consideration in the category of "Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series" on his behalf for the 2007 Emmy Awards. |
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| 2009 | In the Electric Mist | Twinky LeMoyne | |
| 2010 | The Killer Inside Me | Chester Conway | Sundance Film Festival 2010 |
| Toy Story 3 | Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear | Voice only
IGN Award for Favorite Villain |
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| 2011 | Rango | Tortoise John | Voice only |
| Rampart | Hartshorn | ||
| 2013 | Teddy Bears | Old Man Carl | Pre-production |
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