Evil-doer
Occupation
Lex Luthor's assistant
Hobby
Serving Lex Luthor.
Type of Villain
Incompetent Right-Hand
Otis is the secondary antagonist in the 1978 film Superman and a minor antagonist in its 1980 sequel, Superman II .
He was portrayed by the late Ned Beatty , who also played Charles Meachum in Shooter , Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear in Toy Story 3 and Tortoise John in Rango .
Biography [ ]
Otis is the incompetent henchman of Lex Luthor . He is treated with very little (if any) respect by Luthor. Despite this, Otis is staunchly loyal to Luthor, always addressing him as "Mr Luthor".
In his first appearance, Otis is followed by a detective wanting to find the hideout of Luthor. However, Luthor, who is hiding in an underground subway station, watches the detective on security camera and kills him by pushing him onto the railway tracks causing him to be hit by a train.
Luthor's diabolical plan was to destroy the entire West Coast of the US and replace it with a new one. To achieve this, Luthor was to direct a US nuclear missile to hit the San Andreas fault line and trigger a major earthquake. However, Otis got the calculation wrong, causing Luthor to direct a second missile. Luthor's plan goes away when Superman flies to prevent the detonation. Superman arrests Luthor and Otis and delivers them to prison.
While in prison, Otis shared a cell with Luthor. Otis unwittingly annoys a fellow inmate Fogelstein by calling him a "bedwetter". Luthor had arranged for his girlfriend Eve Teschmacher to break them out of prison in a hot air balloon. Unfortunately, Otis is too heavy for the rope ladder and Luthor abandons him. It's unknown what happened with Otis after this, but is likely that Otis was given an extended sentence and solitary confinement for his escape attempt.
Trivia [ ]
Otis also appeared as Lex Luthor's right-hand man in a Smallville comic book tie-in when Lex rebuild his empire and changed it to LexCorp.
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Superman II : General Zod | Non | Ursa | Lex Luthor | Otis | Eve Teschmacher | Rocky
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace : Lex Luthor | Nuclear Man
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Superman vs. The Elite : The Elite (Manchester Black & Hat ) | Atomic Skull
Superman: Unbound : Brainiac
The Death Of Superman : Doomsday | Lex Luthor | Intergang (Bruno Mannheim ) | Mercy Graves | Cyborg Superman
Reign Of The Supermen : Cyborg Superman | Darkseid | Parademons | Lex Luthor | Mercy Graves
Superman: Red Son : Superman | Brainiac | Lex Luthor | Joseph Stalin | Superior Man | Batman
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Legion of Super-Heroes Villains |
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