Personal Info
Birth date
1901-03-25 (124 Years)
Day of death
1970-04-28
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Also known as
Edward Begley
Edward James Begley
Ed Begley
Biography
Edward James Begley Sr. (March 25, 1901 – April 28, 1970) was an American actor of theatre, radio, film, and television.
Filmography
Climax!
3.3
Overview:
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.Tony Awards
5.9
Overview:
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.Bonanza
7.5
Overview:
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.The Virginian
6.3
Overview:
The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more based on character and relationships than the usual western.Robert Montgomery Presents
5.6
Overview:
Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually Lucky Strike cigarettes, for example, Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater, ....The Johnson's Wax Program, and so on.The Fugitive
7.2
Overview:
Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route to death row, Kimble's train derails and crashes, allowing him to escape and begin a cross-country search for the real killer, a "one-armed man". At the same time, Dr. Kimble is hounded by the authorities, most notably dogged by Police Lieutenant Philip Gerard.Burke's Law
6
Overview:
Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.Naked City
5.5
Overview:
Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the same name, and mimics its dramatic “semi-documentary” format. In 1997, the episode “Sweet Prince of Delancey Street” was ranked #93 on TV Guide’s “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time”.Rawhide
7.1
Overview:
The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.The Lucy Show
7
Overview:
The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. A significant change in cast and premise for the 1965–66 season divides the program into two distinct eras; aside from Ball, only Gale Gordon, who joined the program for its second season, remained. For the first three seasons, Vivian Vance was the co-star. The earliest scripts were entitled The Lucille Ball Show, but when this title was declined, producers thought of calling the show This Is Lucy or The New Adventures of Lucy, before deciding on the title The Lucy Show. Ball won consecutive Emmy Awards as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the series' final two seasons, 1966–67 and 1967–68.The Philco Television Playhouse
6.3
Overview:
The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respected dramatic shows of the Golden Age of Television, winning a 1954 Peabody Award and receiving eight Emmy nominations between 1951 and 1956.Route 66
6.3
Overview:
After discovering that his late father has gone through most of the family fortune, Tod Stiles hits the title trans-America highway in his Corvette in search of adventure with friend Buz Murdock, a survivor of New York's mean streets. The two work odd jobs as they meet and interact with colorful characters and find themselves plunged into one situation after another, some of them romantic, some of them very dangerous. Later, Linc Case, a Vietnam war hero trying to find himself, takes over as Tod's travel companion.12 Angry Men
8.548
Overview:
The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.The Wild Wild West
7.5
Overview:
The Wild Wild West is an American television series. Developed at a time when the television western was losing ground to the spy genre, this show was conceived by its creator, Michael Garrison, as "James Bond on horseback." Set during the administration of President Ulysses Grant, the series followed Secret Service agents James West and Artemus Gordon as they solved crimes, protected the President, and foiled the plans of megalomaniacal villains to take over all or part of the United States. The show also featured a number of fantasy elements, such as the technologically advanced devices used by the agents and their adversaries. The combination of the Victorian era time-frame and the use of Verne-esque style technology have inspired some to give the show credit for the origins of the steam punk subculture.The Name of the Game
6.8
Overview:
The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones and the NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s. The show had an extremely large budget for a television series.The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
7.8
Overview:
A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.My Three Sons
6.4
Overview:
A widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and later the boys' great-uncle. An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons join the loving family in later seasons.Dr. Kildare
5.5
Overview:
The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respect of the senior doctor in his specialty, internal medicine.The Ed Sullivan Show
6.8
Overview:
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.Gunsmoke
6.59
Overview:
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.The F.B.I.
5.391
Overview:
The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the characters almost always drove Ford vehicles in the series. Alcoa was co-sponsor of Season One only.The High Chaparral
6.5
Overview:
The High Chaparral is an American Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell which aired on NBC from 1967 to 1971. The series, made by Xanadu Productions in association with NBC Productions, was created by David Dortort, who had previously created the hit Bonanza for the network. The theme song was also written and conducted by Bonanza scorer David Rose, who also scored the two-hour pilot.The Defenders
5.9
Overview:
The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally complex cases, with defendants such as neo-Nazis, conscientious objectors, civil rights demonstrators, a schoolteacher fired for being an atheist, an author accused of pornography, and a physician charged in a mercy killing.Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
5.8
Overview:
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on CBS television between 1958 and 1960. Two of its 48 episodes served as pilots for the 1950s television series The Twilight Zone and The Untouchables.The Invaders
6.8
Overview:
The Invaders, alien beings from a dying planet. Their destination: the Earth. Their purpose: to make it their world. David Vincent has seen them, for him it began one lost night on a lonely country road, looking for a shortcut that he never found. It began with a closed deserted diner, and a man too long without sleep to continue his journey. It began with the landing of a craft from another galaxy. Now, David Vincent knows that the Invaders are here, that they have taken human form. Somehow he must convince a disbelieving world that the nightmare has already begun.Sweet Bird of Youth
6.803
Overview:
Gigolo and drifter Chance Wayne returns to his hometown as the companion of a faded movie star, Alexandra Del Lago, whom he hopes to use to help him break into the movies. Chance runs into trouble when he finds his ex-girlfriend, the daughter of the local politician Tom "Boss" Finley, who more or less forced him to leave his daughter and the town many years ago.Lights Out
5.3
Overview:
Lights Out was an extremely popular American old-time radio program, an early example of a network series devoted mostly to horror and the supernatural, predating Suspense and Inner Sanctum. Versions of Lights Out aired on different networks, at various times, from January 1934 to the summer of 1947 and the series eventually made the transition to television. In 1946, NBC Television brought Lights Out to TV in a series of four specials, broadcast live and produced by Fred Coe, who also contributed three of the scripts. NBC asked Cooper to write the script for the premiere, "First Person Singular", which is told entirely from the point of view of an unseen murderer who kills his obnoxious wife and winds up being executed. Variety gave this first episode a rave review ("undoubtedly one of the best dramatic shows yet seen on a television screen"), but Lights Out did not become a regular NBC-TV series until 1949.Acting
1992Legends of the West as Captain Wilson in 'Hang 'Em High'
1970Road to Salina as Warren
1970The Dunwich Horror as Dr. Henry Armitage
1969The Silent Gun as John Cole
1969Secrets of the Pirate's Inn as Dennis McCarthy
1969The Monitors as U.S. President
1968The Mod Squad (1 Episode) as Unknown
1968The Name of the Game (1 Episode) as Gabe Sobel
1968A Time to Sing as Kermit Dodd
1968Wild in the Streets as Senator Allbright
1968Hang 'em High as Captain Wilson
1968Firecreek as Preacher Broyles
1967Billion Dollar Brain as General Midwinter
1967The High Chaparral (1 Episode) as Ben Lynch
1967The Violent Enemy as Colum O'More
1967Warning Shot as Capt. Roy Klodin
1967The Invaders (1, 1 Episode) as Simon Carver, Dr. Samuel Crowell
1966The Oscar as Grosbard
1965Inherit the Wind as Matthew Harrison Brady
1965The F.B.I. (1 Episode) as Mel Olin
1965The Wild Wild West (1 Episode) as Unknown
1965The Decorator as Judge Connors
1964The Unsinkable Molly Brown as Shamus Tobin
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1 Episode) as Dr. Hayes
1963Burke's Law (1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as James Littlefield, Morgus Ghoul, Alkali, Bascule Doirot
1963The Fugitive (1, 1 Episode) as Dan Brady, Professor G. Stanley Lazer
1962Going My Way (1 Episode) as Unknown
1962The Lucy Show (1 Episode) as Andrew Bailey
1962The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1 Episode) as Brother Thomas Fitzgibbons
1962The Virginian (1, 1 Episode) as Mike Tyrone, Micah Ellis
1962Sweet Bird of Youth as Tom 'Boss' Finley
1961The New Breed (2 Episodes) as Masters
1961Ben Casey (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1961Target: The Corruptors! (1 Episode) as Unknown
1961Dr. Kildare (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Henry Harris, Joe Hogan, Jamie Cousins
1961Cain's Hundred (1, 1 Episode) as Edward Hoagley, Tully Johnson
1961The Defenders (1 Episode) as Simon Gray
1961Kraft Mystery Theatre (1 Episode) as Unknown
1961The Green Helmet as Bartell
1960Route 66 (1 Episode) as Unknown
1960My Three Sons (1 Episode) as Unknown
1959Odds Against Tomorrow as Dave Burke
1959Bonanza (1 Episode) as Dan Tolliver
1959Rawhide (1 Episode) as Piney Kinney
1958Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958Naked City (1 Episode) as Jimmy Fenton
195712 Angry Men as Juror 10
1956Tony Awards (1 Episode) as Self - Winner
1956Patterns as Bill Briggs
1955Gunsmoke (1, 1 Episode) as Jeb Crater, Mr. Sam'l
1955Patterns as Andy Sloane
1954The Wonderful World of Disney (2 Episodes) as Dennis McCarthy
1954Climax! (1 Episode) as Harry Rathvon
1953Harvest as Karl Zalinka
1953Kraft Television Theatre (1 Episode) as Unknown
1953The Oscars (1 Episode) as Self
1952Omnibus (1 Episode) as Unknown
1952Lone Star as Anthony Demmet
1952The Turning Point as Neil Eichelberger
1952Deadline - U.S.A. as Frank Allen
1952Boots Malone as Howard Whitehead
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame (1, 1 Episode) as Matthew Harrison Brady, Annas
1951On Dangerous Ground as Capt. Brawley
1951Goodyear Television Playhouse (1 Episode) as Unknown
1951The Lady from Texas as Dave Blodgett
1951You're in the Navy Now as Post Commander
1950Wyoming Mail as Haynes
1950Dark City as Barney
1950Saddle Tramp as Mr. August Hartnagle
1950Convicted as Mackay, Head of Parole Board
1950Stars in My Crown as Lon Backett
1950Robert Montgomery Presents (1, 1 Episode) as Karl Zalinka, Joe Grant
1950Backfire as Capt. Garcia
1949Lights Out (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1949It Happens Every Spring as Edgar Stone
1949The Great Gatsby as Myron Lupus
1949Tulsa as John J. 'Johnny' Brady (as Edward Begley)
1948The Philco Television Playhouse (1, 1 Episode) as Ernie Barger, Unknown
1948Sorry, Wrong Number as James 'J.B.' Cotterell
1948Deep Waters as Josh Hovey
1948The Street with No Name as Chief Bernard Harmatz
1948The Ed Sullivan Show (1 Episode) as Self
1948Sitting Pretty as Horatio J. Hammond
1947Kraft Television Theatre (2, 1 Episode) as Andy Sloane, The Mayor
1947Boomerang! as Paul Harris