Ed Begley

Actor
Ed Begley

About

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Also Known As
Edward James Begley, Edward Begley
Birth Place
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Born
March 25, 1901
Died
April 29, 1970
Cause of Death
Heart Attack

Biography

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Reliable veteran character player, effective in films like "Twelve Angry Men" (1957) and in his Oscar-winning turn in "Sweet Bird of Youth" (1962). Father of actor Ed Begley, Jr....

Filmography

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The Dunwich Horror (1970)
Dr. Henry Armitage
The Monitors (1969)
The President
Firecreek (1968)
Preacher Broyles
A Time To Sing (1968)
Kermit Dodd
Hang 'Em High (1968)
Captain Wilson
Wild in the Streets (1968)
Senator Allbright

Photos & Videos

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12 Angry Men - Lobby Card Set
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Stars In My Crown (1950) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Always A Boy In Walesburg
Sweet Bird of Youth - Publicity Stills
15 Photos
Billion Dollar Brain - Movie Poster
1 Photo
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Never Had A Wife

Family & Companions

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Amanda Huff
Wife
Dorothy Bates
Wife
Allene Jeanne Sanders
Companion
NBC page, actor. Mother of Ed Begley Jr.
Helen Jordan
Wife

Biography

Reliable veteran character player, effective in films like "Twelve Angry Men" (1957) and in his Oscar-winning turn in "Sweet Bird of Youth" (1962). Father of actor Ed Begley, Jr.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

The Dunwich Horror (1970)
Dr. Henry Armitage
The Monitors (1969)
The President
Firecreek (1968)
Preacher Broyles
A Time To Sing (1968)
Kermit Dodd
Hang 'Em High (1968)
Captain Wilson
Wild in the Streets (1968)
Senator Allbright
Warning Shot (1967)
Capt. Roy Klodin
Billion Dollar Brain (1967)
General Midwinter
The Oscar (1966)
Grobard
The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
Shamus Tobin
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
"Boss" Finley
The Green Helmet (1961)
Bartell
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
[David] Burke
12 Angry Men (1957)
Juror 10
Patterns (1956)
Bill Briggs
Boots Malone (1952)
Howard Whitehead
On Dangerous Ground (1952)
Capt. Brawley
The Turning Point (1952)
Neil Eichelberger
Deadline--U.S.A. (1952)
Frank Allen
Lone Star (1952)
[Senator] Claud [Anthony] Demmet
The Lady from Texas (1951)
Dave Blodgett
You're in the Navy Now (1951)
Port commander
Convicted (1950)
MacKay
Stars in My Crown (1950)
Lon Backett
Dark City (1950)
Barney
Saddle Tramp (1950)
Hartnagle
Backfire (1950)
Captain Garcia
Wyoming Mail (1950)
Haynes
The Great Gatsby (1949)
Myron Lupus
It Happens Every Spring (1949)
Stone
Tulsa (1949)
"Crude" Johnny Brady
Sitting Pretty (1948)
Mr. Hammond
Deep Waters (1948)
Josh Hovey
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
James Cotterell
The Street with No Name (1948)
Police Chief Bernard Harmatz
Boomerang! (1947)
Paul Harris
The Roosevelt Story (1947)
Voice of opposition
Marriages Are Made (1918)
Sheriff

Cast (Special)

Inherit the Wind (1965)
Matthew Brady

Life Events

1931

Debut as radio announcer

1943

Broadway debut

1947

Film acting debut in Elia Kazan's "Boomerang"

Photo Collections

 
8 Photos
12 Angry Men - Lobby Card Set
Here is a set of Lobby Cards from 12 Angry Men (1957), starring Henry Fonda. Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.
15 Photos
Sweet Bird of Youth - Publicity Stills
Here are some publicity stills taken for Sweet Bird of Youth (1962), starring Paul Newman and Shirley Knight. Publicity stills were specially-posed photos, usually taken off the set, for purposes of publicity or reference for promotional artwork.
1 Photo
Billion Dollar Brain - Movie Poster
Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for Billion Dollar Brain (1967), starring Michael Caine and directed by Ken Russell. One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.

Videos

Movie Clip

Stars In My Crown (1950) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Always A Boy In Walesburg With narration by Marshall Thompson, the screenplay derived from the somewhat autobiographical novel by Alabamian Joe David Brown, we meet Dean Stockwell as young John, Joel McCrea the preacher, plus Polly Bailey, Amanda Blake, Adeline de Walt Reynolds, Wilson Wood, Ed Begley and Arthur Hunnicutt, in MGM’s Stars In My Crown, 1950.
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Never Had A Wife Early scene introducing ex-cop Burke (Ed Begley) meeting ex-con Slater (Robert Ryan) whom he has in mind for one last bank job, in the Harry Belafonte-financed Odds Against Tomorrow, 1959, directed by Robert Wise.
Convicted (1950) -- (Movie Clip) They Call It Yammering Ex-D-A Knowland (Broderick Crawford) is unflappable on his first day as prison warden, ignoring head guard Douglas (Carl Benton Reid) and aide Mackay (Ed Begley), confronting his new charges including Tex (John Doucette) and Luigi (Peter Virgo), in Convicted, 1950, starring Glenn Ford.
Deadline-U.S.A. (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Open, You Got Elected! Opening credits and a vignette of corruption featuring Martin Gabel (as gangster "Rienzi") from ex-newsman Richard Brooks' newspaper drama Deadline-U.S.A., 1952, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ethel Barrymore.
12 Angry Men (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Lucky To Get A Murder The end of director Sidney Lumet's opening scene in the jury room, one take running over six minutes, Jack Klugman, Ed Begley, Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Robert Webber, Henry Fonda, Jack Warden, E.G. Marshall, George Voscovec among the speakers, from 12 Angry Men, 1957.
12 Angry Men -- (Movie Clip) It's The Same Knife! Juror 4 (E.G. Marshall) is making up a point leading up to the dramatic moment when Juror 8 (Henry Fonda) pulls out his identical switchblade, in a famous scene from Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Men, 1957.
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) -- (Movie Clip) There's Only One Payoff Window In a flashback sequence, Chance Wayne (Paul Newman) recalls his younger self being invited to leave his Southern hometown by politician "Boss" Finley (Ed Begley), whose daughter he loves, in director Richard Brooks' Sweet Bird of Youth, 1962, from the Tennessee Williams play.
Hang 'Em High -- (Movie Clip) I'm An Ex-Lawman! From the long opening scene, Cooper (Clint Eastwood) is in-effect tried by Wilson (Ed Begley) and henchmen (Alan Hale Jr., Bruce Dern, et al) in his first Hollywood Western starring role, in Hang 'Em High, 1968.
Billion Dollar Brain (1967) -- (Movie Clip) The Air In Texas At the Texas compound of oil zillionaire and cold war agitator General Midwinter (Ed Begley), Harry Palmer (Michael Caine), who’s posing as a for-hire private eye after having been pressed back into service with Britain’s MI-5, takes in some doctrine, in Billion Dollar Brain, 1967.
Protocol (1984) -- (Movie Clip) National Heroine Presidential aides Cliff DeYoung and Ed Begley Jr. among the riveted viewers as Washington D.C. cocktail waitress Sunny (Goldie Hawn, also executive producer), who accidentally took a bullet intended for a visiting dignitary, dazzles the press, Chris Sarandon as her minder, in Protocol, 1984.
Patterns (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Too Strenuous Now into the rhythm, executive Staples (Van Heflin) with aide Billy (Michael Dreyfus), secretary Marge (Elizabeth Wilson), colleague Briggs (Ed Begley), his son Paul (Ronnie Welsh) and boss Ramsey (Everett Sloan), in Patterns, 1956.
Patterns (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Industrial Relations First day on the job, Staples (Van Heflin) meets fellow executive Briggs (Ed Begley), discussing prospects and their boss, early in Rod Serling's Patterns, 1956.

Trailer

Firecreek - (Original Trailer) A pacifist sheriff (James Stewart) must use tougher means when his town is threatened by a band of outlaws in Firecreek (1968) co-starring Henry Fonda.
Boomerang! - (Textless Trailer) Prosecutor Dana Andrews fights to prove the defendant in a scandalous murder case is innocent in Elia Kazan's Boomerang! (1947).
12 Angry Men - (Original Trailer) Henry Fonda is the lone holdout against convicting a Puerto Rican youth in the jury duty drama 12 Angry Men (1957).
Unsinkable Molly Brown, The - (Original Trailer) A backwoods girl strikes it rich in Colorado and crashes high society in The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964) starring Debbie Reynolds.
It Happens Every Spring - (Textless Trailer) Ray Milland is a scientist who invents a baseball that cannot be hit in It Happens Every Spring (1949).
Stars in My Crown - (Original Trailer) A parson (Joel McCrea) uses six-guns and the Bible to bring peace to a Tennessee town in Stars in My Crown (1950).
On Dangerous Ground - (Original Trailer) A tough cop sent to help in a mountain manhunt falls for the quarry's blind sister in On Dangerous Ground (1952) starring Robert Ryan.
Billion Dollar Brain - (Original Trailer) Harry Palmer (Michael Caine) must stop a U.S. general from launching an invasion of Russia with a supercomputer in Billion Dollar Brain (1967).
Lone Star - (Original Trailer) A frontiersman helps out with Texas's fight for independence from Mexico in Lone Star (1952), starring Clark Gable & Ava Gardner.
Sitting Pretty - (Original Trailer) Clifton Webb is Mr. Belvedere, an efficiency expert who applies his methods to child rearing in Sitting Pretty (1948).
Time To Sing, A - (Original Trailer) A singer (Hank Williams, Jr.) hides his love of music to please his restrictive guardian in A Time To Sing (1968).
Sweet Bird of Youth - (Original Trailer) A young gigolo returns to his Southern hometown in search of the lost love of his youth in Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) starring Paul Newman and Geraldine Page.

Family

Ed Begley Jr
Son
Actor.

Companions

Amanda Huff
Wife
Dorothy Bates
Wife
Allene Jeanne Sanders
Companion
NBC page, actor. Mother of Ed Begley Jr.
Helen Jordan
Wife

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