One of my friends was actually his next-door neighbor; apparently he was a pretty nice guy to talk to.

/Weird to realize the train engineer in Back to the Future III was the Mountain Man

Geez. Build a hundred bridges, you're Bill the bridge-builder. But...

R.i.p. creepy hilljack dude. Wonder if they will dump his ashes into sodomy lake? Suuueeeeeee!

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He'll be forever remembered in the annals of Ned Beatty.

Like Gene Rodenberry, he has arranged to be cremated, then his ashes will be shot into Jon Voight.

And here is his website (new window). Note the URL.

JasonOfOrillia: And here is his website (new window). Note the URL.

I note that it goes nowhere.

Don't know if it's true, but I remember hearing/reading somewhere that he was the original choice for Sgt. Hartman in Full Metal Jacket, but Kubrick was so colossally creeped out by his performance in Deliverance that he ultimately decided to not work with him.

He was in alot of Clint Eastwood movies, including a bizarre scene in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot.

RIP Cap'n Redlegs Terrell!

Heh heh, "annals."

If you die at the age if 80 of esophogal cancer, it's hard to yell "damn you smoking!". Seems silly to even mention it.

Really? The first thing I think of him for is "The Shootist."

/RIP Jay Cobb
//"Try not to wet your pants."

It was Bill McKinney and Ned Beatty? I thought it was Stephen Spielberg telling Indiana Jones to squeal...?

MFAWG: He was in alot of Clint Eastwood movies, including a bizarre scene in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot.

RIP Cap'n Redlegs Terrell!

an AWESOME scene in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot.

ftfy

I can't find the quote, but I remember Burt Reynolds talking about the filming of this scene and his concern that Bill was getting a little too into it. He had a line that was something to the effect of, "I think he really would've buggered him."

May I pass along my congratulations for your great hillbilly acting breakthrough. I am sure, in the miserable annals of the Earth, you will be duly enshrined.

Gotfire: If you die at the age if 80 of esophogal cancer, it's hard to yell "damn you smoking!". Seems silly to even mention it.

It's kind of weird, too, since he had quit for decades. I kinda doubt he quit hitting the hooch, though. That's probably what got him.

You got a pretty esophagus.

Love that movie. It, more than any other piece of mass culture, has kept people away from my best outdoor spots.

FerneJohn: I can't find the quote, but I remember Burt Reynolds talking about the filming of this scene and his concern that Bill was getting a little too into it. He had a line that was something to the effect of, "I think he really would've buggered him."

I saw him interviewed on Bob Costas' old late night show (late 80s, early 90s) and the implication was that he did try to fark him. When Beatty goes after the dying hillbilly and they hold him back, they are really having to hold him back.

My dad worked with Ned not too long after high school, and went hunting with him a few times. They haven't really kept in touch though.

freetomato: TSD: for those without knowledge, click here (new window)

That's wrong on so many levels.

I understand Ned Beatty really does not like to discuss that scene. Can't say I blame him.

Well, of course he doesn't. He's anally raped in that scene. (this is not directed at you, by the way.. you're ALL RIGHT). It's a major scene for the film, but in terms of his career, it was just a blip. The thing I have trouble reconciling is this - James Dickey was a great writer, and Deliverance was a great film. Dickey is all but forgotten (read "To The White Sea", and imagine it being directed by the Cohen brothers - that was being shopped around hollywood back in the mid/late 90's - and mourn the awesomeness that might have been!) But I digress. Deliverance, for all its excellence as a film (surpassing, in my opinion, the excellence of the book) probably set North/South relations back a full century. A yankee bigot need only reference 'Duelling Banjos' to paint the whole of the American south as a bunch of buggering, inbred morons. That's doubly sad, too - because that song is the one common element between the country and the city folk in the film. It's a great scene, and it sets up Beatty's character as the prejudiced city boy. (Looking at the characters it was pretty clear who was going to get raped - Bobby's your only choice. Drew's too gentle, decent and talented. Ed is us, the passive, timid viewer, and Lewis is the American alpha ideal, who is stripped of his power just when they need it the most- which leaves Ed on the verge of discovering just what he's capable of.)

er.. yeah. lost my train of thought. Great movie, Deliverance. Watched it again after Thanksgiving dinner. Anyhoo - I believe its best parts are often overlooked in favor of its most lurid. Watch it again if you get a chance.. it's farking fantastic film making.


/ain't that pitiful? genetic deficiencies.. .

When I was about 10, my mom and I were on our own, having left Dad. Mom made a point of spending Saturdays with me. We'd go out to lunch and then to the movies and maybe some shopping. It was great.

So, there weren't a whole lot of kid's movies available back then, and if you were going to the movies every weekend, you pretty much ended up seeing whatever was available in the theaters, kid's movie or not. When we went to the movies, my Mom, if she didn't want me to see something, would put her hand over my eyes until it was off the screen.

We ended up one Saturday watching "Deliverance". When it got to that scene, my Mom's hand not only clamped over my eyes, but her other hand tried to cover my ears. She ended up basically dragging me out of the theater by my head. I had no idea what the hell was going on that was so horrible. We stayed out in the lobby and she kept looking into the theater, and eventually we went back in and watched the rest of the movie.

To this day, when I watch "Deliverance" I watch that scene peeking through my own fingers.

/css
//my husband thinks it's hysterical
///my story, not the scene
////rip, putrid disgusting hillbilly scum and damn fine actor

/distraught

FerneJohn: I can't find the quote, but I remember Burt Reynolds talking about the filming of this scene and his concern that Bill was getting a little too into it. He had a line that was something to the effect of, "I think he really would've buggered him."

You can find it in Reynold's IMDB bio page.

He was also Sgt. Red Legs in The Outlaw Josey Wales.

For flat out weirdness, check out his performance Thunderbolt and Lightfoot. David Lynch
never dreamed up anything more bizarre.

//Goodnight Mr. McKinney

For me, my best memory of Bill McKinney was when he played a cop in the movie "The Gauntlet" and Sondra Locke's character gave him a verbal dressing down in the squad car with Clint Eastwood. He should have never asked her what it was like being a whore. Epic burn.

To be fair, Beatty was dressed like a whore, with those beguiling jeans. Practically begging for it.