Portrait of Ed Begley

Acting

Ed Begley

Titles
48movies42TV shows
Career

Active from 1948 to 1970, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles
18
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Patterns
Patterns
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 62 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.8EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.4CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Ed Begley Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.2, average 5.2
  • Coming of Age
    1.8, average 2.9
  • Fantasy
    0.9, average 1.8
  • Uncanny
    1.7, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 5
  • Classic Hollywood 3
  • Film Noir 3
  • Crime Thriller 3
  • Sports Film 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • 1950s Setting 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Tense Atmosphere 2
  • Gritty Realism 2
  • Moral Dilemma 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

40
TypeAllMovies48TV shows40
RoleAnyActing40Appearances2
ScoreAny60+70+80+
DecadeAny1940s31950s131960s24
GenreAnyDrama34Action & Adventure10Crime7Mystery7Western7Sci-Fi & Fantasy5Comedy5Family4Talk2Reality1Animation1Documentary1Kids1
Group by
DecadesScores
Newest firstOldest first

1960s

24 titles · average score 64
GoodWatch49
Poster for The Invaders

TV show · as Dr. Samuel Crowell / Simon Carver

GoodWatch71
Poster for The High Chaparral

TV show · as Ben Lynch

GoodWatch65
Poster for The F.B.I.

TV show · as Mel Olin

GoodWatch84
Poster for The Fugitive

TV show · as Dan Brady / Professor G. Stanley Lazer

GoodWatch68
Poster for Burke's Law

TV show · as James Littlefield / Bascule Doirot

GoodWatch54
Poster for The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

TV show · as Brother Thomas Fitzgibbons

GoodWatch70
Poster for The Virginian

TV show · as Micah Ellis / Mike Tyrone

GoodWatch47
Poster for The Lucy Show

TV show · as Andrew Bailey

GoodWatch63
Poster for Dr. Kildare

TV show · as Henry Harris / Jamie Cousins

All 24 titles from the 1960s

1950s

13 titles · average score 70
GoodWatch73
Poster for Bonanza

TV show · as Dan Tolliver

GoodWatch50
Poster for Rawhide

TV show · as Piney Kinney

GoodWatch69
Poster for Naked City

TV show · as Jimmy Fenton

GoodWatch71
Poster for Wagon Train

TV show · as Reno Sutton

GoodWatch76
Poster for Gunsmoke

TV show · as Jeb Crater / Mr. Sam'l

GoodWatch51
Poster for Climax!

TV show · as Harry Rathvon

GoodWatch81
Poster for The Wonderful World of Disney

TV show · as Dennis McCarthy

GoodWatch85
Poster for Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV show · as Annas / Matthew Harrison Brady

Poster for Robert Montgomery Presents

TV show · as Joe Grant / Karl Zalinka

All 13 titles from the 1950s

1940s

3 titles · average score 71
Poster for The Philco Television Playhouse

TV show · as Ernie Barger

GoodWatch78
Poster for Kraft Television Theatre

TV show · as Andy Sloane / The Mayor

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