After serving in the US Coast Guard for three years, Beatty began his television career in 1956, working on The Bing Crosby Show.
[a] He later worked on The Danny Kaye Show, Insight and The Red Skelton Hour.
Beatty made his directorial debut on The Carol Burnett Show as an associate director.
[3] Later in his career Beatty directed the television film Of Thee I Sing, with Dave Powers and Dick Hall.
[citation needed] Beatty died in April 2020 of prostate cancer at his home in Palm Desert, California, at the age of 87.