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Ed Begley

1901 - 1970

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Edward James Begley Sr. (March 25, 1901 – April 28, 1970) was an American actor of theatre, radio, film, and television. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the film Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) and appeared in such classics as 12 Angry Men (1957), Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) and The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ed Begley has received more than 2,089,613 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Ed Begley is the 3,189th most popular actor (up from 3,334th in 2019), the 4,824th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,163rd in 2019) and the 1,439th most popular American Actor.

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  • 2.1M

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  • 50.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ed Begley ranks 3,189 out of 13,578. Before him are Jeffrey Katzenberg, Sam Jaffe, William Sanderson, Anémone, Kenneth Welsh, and Stephen Collins. After him are Henry Ian Cusick, Elias Koteas, Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė, Anton Diffring, Alain Souchon, and Akira Terao.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Ed Begley ranks 178. Before him are Clyde Geronimi, Gustav Knuth, Edgar Ende, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Karl Arnold, and Henri Sauguet. After him are Konstantinos Kollias, Gustav Machatý, Jean Mermoz, Agostinho Fortes Filho, Alberto Hurtado, and Ivan Pyryev. Among people deceased in 1970, Ed Begley ranks 145. Before him are Albert Ayler, Soledad Miranda, Shaken Aimanov, Abraham Alikhanov, Lucía Sánchez Saornil, and František Junek. After him are Inger Stevens, Alf Prøysen, Paul Schmidt, Alice Hamilton, Fritz Kortner, and Ralph Hartley.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ed Begley ranks 4,824 out of 20,380. Before him are Tom Noonan (1951), Paul Scheuring (1968), Jeffrey Katzenberg (1950), Sam Jaffe (1891), William Sanderson (1944), and Stephen Collins (1947). After him are Tony Hawk (1968), Brandon Sanderson (1975), Helen Fisher (1945), George Bellows (1882), Jackie Wilson (1934), and Robert Monroe (1915).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Ed Begley ranks 1,439. Before him are Kelly Hu (1968), Tom Noonan (1951), Jeffrey Katzenberg (1950), Sam Jaffe (1891), William Sanderson (1944), and Stephen Collins (1947). After him are William Zabka (1965), Josephine Hull (1877), Justin Theroux (1971), Sam Wanamaker (1919), Michael Weatherly (1968), and Richard Lynch (1940).

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