Biography
Edward James Begley Sr. (March 25, 1901 – April 28, 1970) was an American actor of theatre, radio, film, and television.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Legends of the West
1992
as Captain Wilson in 'Hang 'Em High'
Host Jack Palance explores how Hollywood has depicted Western legends like George Armstrong Custer, Billy the Kid, Crazy Horse and the O.K. Corral
Road to Salina
1970
as Warren
Jonas, a young drifter, is wandering in a deserted area on the road to Salina, Mexico. He stops at a desolate roadside service station when Mara, the ...
The Dunwich Horror
1970
as Dr. Henry Armitage
Dr. Henry Armitage, an expert in the occult, goes to the old Whateley manor in Dunwich looking for Nancy Wagner, a student who went missing the previo...
The Silent Gun
1969
as John Cole
A gunfighter with a reputation as a fast gun almost kills an innocent child. He makes up his mind that he is not going to carry around loaded weapons ...
Secrets of the Pirate's Inn
1969
as Dennis McCarthy
A gang of kids helps a sea captain search for a pirate’s treasure that’s rumored to be hidden somewhere in the old dilapidated inn the sea captain jus...
The Monitors
1969
as U.S. President
Earthlings chafe at the peace established by a benevolent alien race and set about to rebel.
A Time to Sing
1968
as Kermit Dodd
A young farmer becomes a singer against the wishes of his uncle.
Wild in the Streets
1968
as Senator Allbright
Musician Max Frost lends his backing to a Senate candidate who wants to give 18-year-olds the right to vote, but he takes things a step further than e...
Hang 'em High
1968
as Captain Wilson
Marshall Jed Cooper survives a hanging, vowing revenge on the lynch mob that left him dangling. To carry out his oath for vengeance, he returns to his...
Firecreek
1968
as Preacher Broyles
A peace-loving, part-time sheriff in the small town of Firecreek must take a stand when a gang of vicious outlaws takes over his town.
Billion Dollar Brain
1967
as General Midwinter
A former British spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom?
The Violent Enemy
1967
as Colum O'More
During the troubles in Ireland an IRA bomb plot is hatched to blow up a British power station. Sean Rogan (Tom Bell) is an IRA bomb expert and escapes...
Warning Shot
1967
as Capt. Roy Klodin
Hounded by the press for shooting a doctor, an ousted Los Angeles policeman works his own case.
The Oscar
1966
as Grosbard
An amoral lowlife accidentally stumbles into an acting career that sets him on a trajectory to Hollywood stardom. But everyone on whom he steps on the...
Inherit the Wind
1965
as Matthew Harrison Brady
A young man, Bert Cates, is arrested in a small Bible Belt town for teaching the theory of Evolution in the public school. Two of the finest legal min...
The Decorator
1965
as Judge Connors
A respected but struggling interior decorator from a wealthy background moves in with some of her clients in order to meet their specific needs. In th...
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
1964
as Shamus Tobin
The buoyant Molly Brown has survived the first crisis of her life—a flood. Sixteen years later she sets out to make her way in the world. She assures ...
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962
as Tom 'Boss' Finley
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 b...
The Green Helmet
1961
as Bartell
After suffering a near fatal accident in his last race over the hill, top British race car driver Greg Rafferty, is about to call it quits when he get...
Odds Against Tomorrow
1959
as Dave Burke
An old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man tensions flare.
12 Angry Men
1957
as Juror 10
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 m...
Patterns
1956
as Bill Briggs
Staples, a successful plant operator, is brought in from Ohio to take an executive position at Ramsey & Co. in New York. He forms a friendship with Br...
Patterns
1955
as Andy Sloane
"Patterns" was an American television play broadcast live on January 12, 1955, remade as a film the next year with some of the same cast. Fred Staples...
Harvest
1953
as Karl Zalinka
A young man in love with a sophisticated woman from the city is torn between his desires and those of his family. His parents wish him and his brother...
Lone Star
1952
as Anthony Demmet
Rip-roaring big star, big budget semi-historical story about cattle baron Devereaux Burke, who is enlisted by an aging Andrew Jackson to dissuade Sam ...
The Turning Point
1952
as Neil Eichelberger
Special prosecutor John Conroy hopes to combat organized crime in his city and appoints his cop father Matt as chief investigator. John doesn't unders...
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952
as Frank Allen
With three days before his paper folds, a crusading editor tries to expose a vicious gangster.
Boots Malone
1952
as Howard Whitehead
An agent for horse jockeys faces his greatest challenge.
On Dangerous Ground
1951
as Capt. Brawley
A big-city cop is reassigned to the country after his superiors find him too angry to be an effective policeman. While on his temporary assignment he ...
The Lady from Texas
1951
as Dave Blodgett
An eccentric Civil War widow is accused of being insane.
You're in the Navy Now
1951
as Post Commander
When Lt. John Harkness is assigned as the new skipper of a submarine chaser equipped with an experimental steam engine, he hopes that the U.S.S. Teake...
Wyoming Mail
1950
as Haynes
In 1869, the United States begins a railroad mail service to the West Coast which proves highly tempting to train robbers, in particular an organized ...
Dark City
1950
as Barney
Gamblers who "took" an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in on them.
Saddle Tramp
1950
as Mr. August Hartnagle
Carefree Chuck Connor is on his way west and stops off to see an old friend and his four lads. When his host is killed in a riding accident Chuck real...
Convicted
1950
as Mackay, Head of Parole Board
A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.
Stars in My Crown
1950
as Lon Backett
Civil War veteran Josiah Grey comes to a small town to be a gospel minister. In time, he has a family and many friends but also finds friction with a ...
Backfire
1950
as Capt. Garcia
When he's discharged from a military hospital, ex-GI Bob Corey goes on a search for his army buddy Steve Connolly. A reformed crook, Connolly is on th...
The Great Gatsby
1949
as Myron Lupus
Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifetyle of his landlord, th...
It Happens Every Spring
1949
as Edgar Stone
A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets out to exploit his discovery.
Tulsa
1949
as John J. 'Johnny' Brady (as Edward Begley)
It's Tulsa, Oklahoma at the start of the oil boom and Cherokee Lansing's rancher father is killed in a fight with the Tanner Oil Company. Cherokee pla...
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948
as James 'J.B.' Cotterell
Leona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside world. One day she overhears a murder plot on the teleph...
Deep Waters
1948
as Josh Hovey
A state welfare agent persuades a Maine lobsterman to take a troubled orphan boy aboard.
The Street with No Name
1948
as Chief Bernard Harmatz
After two gang-related killings in "Center City," a suspect (who was framed) is arrested, released on bail...and murdered. Inspector Briggs of the FBI...
Sitting Pretty
1948
as Horatio J. Hammond
Tacey and Harry King are a suburban couple with three sons and a serious need of a babysitter. Tacey puts an ad in the paper for a live-in babysitter,...
Boomerang!
1947
as Paul Harris
When a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner in a quiet Connecticut town, the citizens are horrified and demand action from the p...