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Ed Begley

1901 - 1970

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Edward James Begley (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). He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his portrayal of Matthew Harrison Brady in a television adaptation of Inherit the Wind. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ed Begley has received more than 1,895,162 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Ed Begley is the 3,185th 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 1,438th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ed Begleys by language

Over the past year Ed Begley has had the most page views in the with 302,113 views, followed by German (13,635), and Italian (9,706). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (143.65%), Latvian (130.26%), and Volapük (80.34%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ed Begley ranks 3,185 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 1,438. 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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Television and Movie Roles

12 Angry Men
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 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.
Apr 10o 19578.542 / 10
Hang 'em High
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 former job as a lawman. Before long, he's caught up with the nine men on his hit list and starts dispensing his own brand of Wild West justice.
Apr 12o 19686.825 / 10
The Dunwich Horror
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 previous night. He is turned away by Wilbur, the family's insidious heir, who has plans for the young girl. But Armitage won't be deterred. Through conversations with the locals, he soon unearths the Whateleys' darkest secret — as well as a great evil.
Jan 14o 19705.4 / 10