Question: Big Bad John is a 1990 film directed by Burt Kennedy, it stars who, which American actor?
Context: Jimmy Ray Dean (August 10, 1928 – June 13, 2010) was an American country music singer, television host, actor, and businessman, best known today as the creator of the Jimmy Dean sausage brand.  He became a national television personality starting on CBS in 1957.  He rose to fame for his 1961 country crossover hit "Big Bad John" and his 1963 ABC television series, "The Jimmy Dean Show", which also gave puppeteer Jim Henson his first national media exposure.  His acting career included a supporting role as Willard Whyte in the James Bond movie, "Diamonds Are Forever" (1971).  He lived near Richmond, Virginia, and was nominated for the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2010, although he was formally inducted posthumously. The Killer Inside Me is a 1976 American crime drama film directed by Burt Kennedy and based on Jim Thompson's novel of the same name.  In this adaption, the action was shifted from the west Texas oilfields to a Montana mining town, and several other changes made.  It stars Stacy Keach, Susan Tyrrell, and Tisha Sterling. The Good Guys and the Bad Guys is a 1969 American western film directed by Burt Kennedy.  It stars Robert Mitchum and George Kennedy. Big Bad John is a 1990 film directed by Burt Kennedy.  It stars Ned Beatty and Jimmy Dean, the latter of whom wrote and performed the song the film is based upon. White Hunter Black Heart is a 1990 American adventure drama film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood and based on the 1953 book of the same name by Peter Viertel.  Viertel also co-wrote the script with James Bridges and Burt Kennedy.  The film is a thinly disguised account of writer Peter Viertel's experiences while working on the classic 1951 film "The African Queen", which was shot on location in Africa at a time when location shoots outside of the United States for American films were very rare.  The main character, brash director John Wilson, played by Eastwood, is based on real-life director John Huston.  Jeff Fahey plays Pete Verrill, a character based on Viertel.  George Dzundza's character is based on "African Queen" producer Sam Spiegel.  Marisa Berenson's character Kay Gibson and Richard Vanstone's character Phil Duncan, are based on Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart, respectively. Wolf Lake is a 1978 film directed by Burt Kennedy.  It stars Rod Steiger and Robin Mattson. The Big Bad Wolf is an animated short released on 13 April 1934 by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Burt Gillett as part of the Silly Symphony series.  Acting partly as a sequel to the wildly successful adaptation of "The Three Little Pigs" of the previous year (maintaining the previous film's title characters as well as its villain), this film also acts as an adaptation of the fairy-tale "Little Red Riding Hood", with the Big Bad Wolf from 1933's "Three Little Pigs" acting as the adversary to Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother. "Big Bad John" is a country song originally performed by Jimmy Dean, who wrote and composed in collaboration with Roy Acuff.  Released in September 1961, by the beginning of November it went to number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and won Dean the 1962 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording.  The song and its sequels tell a story typical of American folklore, reminiscent of Paul Bunyan or John Henry.  "Big Bad John" was also the title of a 1990 television movie starring Dean. Ned Thomas Beatty (born July 6, 1937) is an American actor.  He has appeared in more than 160 films and has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain and a Golden Globe Award; he also won a Drama Desk Award. The Trouble with Spies is a 1987 film directed by Burt Kennedy.  A spy spoof comedy, it stars Donald Sutherland and Ned Beatty.
Answer: Ned Beatty