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Reliable veteran character player, effective as sneering, insidious blowhards 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.
Full Bio , Awards & Milestones

Filmography

The Dunwich Horror - ( Dr Henry Armitage / 1970 / Released / AIP )
Firecreek - ( Preacher Broyles / 1968 / Released / )
Hang 'Em High - ( Captain Wilson / 1968 / Released / )
Warning Shot - ( Captain Roy Klodin / 1968 / Released / )
Wild in the Streets - ( Sen Allbright / 1968 / Released / AIP )
Billion Dollar Brain - ( General Midwinter / 1967 / Released / )
The Oscar - ( Grobard / 1966 / Released / )
The Unsinkable Molly Brown - ( Shamus Tobin / 1964 / Released / )
Sweet Bird of Youth - ( "Boss" Finley / 1962 / Released / )
Odds Against Tomorrow - ( Dave Burke / 1959 / Released / )
Twelve Angry Men - ( 10th Juror / 1957 / Released / )
Patterns - ( William Briggs / 1956 / Released / United Artists Pictures Inc. )
Deadline U.S.A. - ( / 1952 / Released / )
On Dangerous Ground - ( Capt. Brawley / 1952 / Released / RKO Pictures Distribution )
U.S.S. Tea Kettle - ( / 1951 / Released / )
It Happens Every Spring - ( / 1949 / Released / Fox Films, Ltd. )
Boomerang - ( Harris / 1947 / Released / )
TV Credits
Neither Are We Enemies ( 1970 / Released ): Actor
The Silent Gun ( 1969 / Released ): Actor
Inherit the Wind ( 1965 / Released ): Actor
The Dick Powell Show ( 1961 / Released ): Actor
Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater ( 1950 / Released ): Actor
Kraft Television Theater ( 1947 / Released ): Actor
Full Biography (Back to top)

Reliable veteran character player, effective as sneering, insidious blowhards 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.

Profession(s):
Actor, radio announcer
Sometimes Credited As:
Edward James Begley
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Family
son:Ed Begley Jr
Companion(s)
Allene Jeanne Sanders , Companion , ```..mother of Ed Begley Jr

Awards (Back to top)
Oscar Best Supporting Actor "Sweet Bird of Youth" 1962
Tony Actor, Featured or Supporting (Dramatic) "Inherit the Wind" 1956

Milestones (Back to top)
1947 Film acting debut in Elia Kazan's "Boomerang"
1943 Broadway debut
1931 Debut as radio announcer
Ran away from home and joined a traveling carnival aged 11

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