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Otis is the secondary antagonist in the 1978 film Superman and a minor antagonist in its 1980 sequel Superman II. The character was later introduced in the DC Comics universe.

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[]

Donnerverse[]

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.

DC Comics[]

Otis (Prime Earth)

Otis from Earth-0

Otis was introduced in the mainstream comics continuity in Forever Evil #2 during the New 52. He was as a LexCorp security guard who was killed by Bizarro/Subject B-0 during the Crime Syndicate invasion on Earth-0.

Otis also appears in Superman Family Adventures #5 and #7, where he was turned into a Parasite-creature by Luthor.

Other Media[]

Television[]

Main article: Otis Graves
Otis Graves

Otis Graves in Supergirl

Otis Grisham

Otis Grisham in Superman & Lois'

  • Dr. Otis Ford appears in the Smallville episode "Scare", portrayed by Malcolm Stewart. This version is a scientist employed by LuthorCorp. In the episode "Onyx", Otis is called Dr. Sinclair. As both Otis and Sinclair are played by the same actor and work at the same facility involved with Kryptonite research, they are presumably the same character.
  • In the Smallville Season 11 comic book tie-in, a character called Otis Berg appears as Lex's personal assistant and right-hand man at LexCorp after Lex rebuild his empire and changed the company name. Eventually, Otis was killed by the Monitor to save Lex's life.
  • Otis appears in the Young Justice: Invasion episode "Satisfaction", voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson. This version is the commander of LexCorp security force. Otis also appears in the Young Justice tie-in comic book.
  • Otis Graves appears in the fourth season of Supergirl, portrayed by Robert Baker. This version is the brother of Mercy Graves and a former Project Cadmus agent who worked for both Lex Luthor, Lillian Luthor, and Agent Liberty. After being killed by Hellgrammite, Otis was resurrected by Eve Teschmacher and turned into a Metallo.
  • Otis Grisham appears in the third season of Superman & Lois, portrayed by Ryan Booth. This version met Lex Luthor when they were inmates at Stryker's Prison. After being released, Otis joined Lex's team with Gretchen Kelley and Hacksaw Kronick, assisting Luthor in his experiment to turn Bizarro into Doomsday.

Film[]

  • Otis appears in a flashback in Superman Returns: Prequel Comic #3, along with Eve Teschmacher.
  • Otis will appear in Superman (2025), portrayed by Terence Rosemore.

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Comics[]

Other Media[]

Trivia[]

  • A character based on Otis named Orville Gump appears in The World's Greatest Super Friends episode "Lex Luthor Strikes Back", voiced by William Callaway.

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Superman: Lex Luthor | Otis | Eve Teschmacher | Zod | Non | Ursa
Superman II: General Zod | Non | Ursa | Lex Luthor | Otis | Eve Teschmacher | Rocky
Superman III: Ross Webster | Vera Webster | Lorelei Ambrosia | Gus Gorman
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace: Lex Luthor | Nuclear Man
Superman Returns: Lex Luthor
Man of Steel: Sword of Rao (Dru-Zod, Faora-Ul, Nam-Ek, Jax-Ur, Tor-An, Car-Vex, Nadira & Dev-Em II)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: Lex Luthor | Anatoli Knyazev | Doomsday | Mercy Graves | Joe Chill | Zod | Steppenwolf
DC League of Super-Pets: Lulu | Lex Luthor | Mercy Graves | Whiskers | Mutant Guinea Pigs

Direct-to-video Movies
Superman: Brainiac Attacks: Brainiac | Lex Luthor | Mercy Graves | Mister Mxyzptlk
Superman: Doomsday: Lex Luthor | Superman Clone | Doomsday | Toyman | Mercy Graves
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies: Lex Luthor | Major Force | Metallo | Amanda Waller | Toyman | Solomon Grundy | Gorilla Grodd | Killer Frost | Lady Shiva | Giganta | Mongul | Captain Cold
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse: Darkseid | Female Furies (Granny Goodness, Mad Harriet, Lashina & Stompa) | Doomsday
Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam: Black Adam
All-Star Superman: Lex Luthor | Solaris | Parasite | Nasthalthia Luthor | Bar-El & Lilo-El
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
Superman: Man of Tomorrow: Parasite | Lobo | Lex Luthor
Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons: Starro | Lex Luthor | Penguin

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Video Games
Superman Arcade: Emperor Zaas | Lex Luthor | Metallo | Parasite
Superman: Shadow of Apokolips: Lex Luthor | Darkseid | Metallo | Livewire | Parasite | Kanto | Mercy Graves | Volcana
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe: Dark Kahn | Lex Luthor | Scorpion | Shang Tsung | Darkseid
Injustice: Superman | Brainiac | Doomsday | Aquaman | Black Adam | The Flash | Sinestro | Lex Luthor | Wonder Woman | Joker | Darkseid

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China White | Billy Wintergreen | Brother Blood | Isabel Rochev | Ruvé Darhk | Andrew Diggle | Conklin | Anarky | Talia al Ghul | Artemis | Ishmael Gregor | Tobias Church | Anatoly Knyazev | Cayden James | Joe Wilson | Dante | Grant Wilson | Trickster | Doctor Alchemy | Marlize DeVoe | Amunet Black | Vanessa Ambres | Joseph Carver | Deathstorm | Zaman Druce | Valentina Vostok | Atropos | Indigo | Silver Banshee | Colonel James Harper | Cyborg Superman | Thomas Coville | Morgan Edge | Otis Graves | Manchester Black | Eve Teschmacher | Red Daughter | Phil Baker | Margot Morrison | Rama Khan | Catherine Hamilton-Kane | Jonathan Cartwright | Chuck Dodgson | Hush | August Cartwright | Enigma | Tatiana | Russel Tavaroff | Poison Ivy | Lala | Syonide | Lady Eve | Kara Fowdy | Giselle Cutter | Helga Jace | Carson Williams | Sara Grey | Yuri Mosin | Leslie Larr | Zeta-Rho | Bizarro | Onomatopoeia | Agent Smith | A.M.A.Z.O. | Despero | Weather Witch

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Green Arrow | Deadshot | Amanda Waller | Nyssa al Ghul | Bronze Tiger | Ragman | Vigilante | Stanley Dover | Captain Cold | Gorilla Grodd | Golden Glider | Killer Frost (Earth-1) | Heat Wave | King Shark | Time Wraiths | Black Siren | Solovar | Music Meister | Cassandra Savage | Nora Darhk | Astra Logue | Kayla | Maxwell Lord | Livewire | Master Jailer | Lena Luthor | Purity | Mxyzptlk | Psi | Malefic J'onzz | Mary Hamilton | Two-Bits | Painkiller | John Henry Irons | Lucifer Morningstar

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Royal Flush Gang | League of Assassins | A.S.A. | H.I.V.E | Suicide Squad | Shadowspire | Demolition Team | Rogue Anti-Vigilante Task Force | Jackals | Ninth Circle | Longbow Hunters | Deathstroke Gang | Stillwater Gang | Legion of Doom | Project Cadmus | Children of Liberty | Morae | Crows Security | Wonderland Gang | False Face Society | Many Arms of Death | Leviathan | Black Hole | Mirror Duplicates | The 100 | Shadow Board | Masters of Disaster | Markovian Insurgents | Dominators | Shadow Demons | Intergang

See Also
Batwoman Villains | Black Lightning Villains | Flash Villains | Green Arrow Villains | DC's Legends of Tomorrow Villains | Supergirl Villains | Superman Villains

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