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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 1,931,613 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Ed Begley is the 3,339th most popular actor (down from 2,783rd in 2019), the 5,175th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,526th in 2019) and the 1,577th most popular American Actor.

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  • 49.06

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  • 34

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  • 1.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ed Begley ranks 3,339 out of 9,996Before him are Craig Parker, Tarık Akan, Katherine Kelly Lang, Kōichi Yamadera, Ian Hart, and Shirley Henderson. After him are Ricky Bruch, Linda Cardellini, Willard Scott, Agostina Belli, Shammi Kapoor, and Ana Belén.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Ed Begley ranks 183Before him are Xu Xiangqian, Fernando Tambroni, Erich Ollenhauer, Mária Mednyánszky, Jean Mermoz, and Enrique Santos Discépolo. After him are Frank Churchill, André Parrot, Harry Partch, Konstantinos Kollias, Ugo Frigerio, and Cyril of Bulgaria. Among people deceased in 1970, Ed Begley ranks 154Before him are Konstantinos Tsaldaris, Ștefan Barbu, Robert Gerhard, Adhemar Pimenta, Fritz Kortner, and Kiichiro Higuchi. After him are František Junek, Nathan Alterman, Abraham Alikhanov, Cyril Scott, Billie Burke, and Eva Hesse.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ed Begley ranks 5,175 out of 18,182Before him are Paula Fox (1923), Terry Bozzio (1950), Katherine Kelly Lang (1961), William Henry Conley (1840), Edward Stettinius Jr. (1900), and Phil Anselmo (1968). After him are Donny Hathaway (1945), Robert W. Floyd (1936), Rusty Schweickart (1935), Linda Cardellini (1975), William D. Coolidge (1873), and Ralph Kirkpatrick (1911).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Ed Begley ranks 1,577Before him are Bradley Whitford (1959), Betsy Blair (1923), Dennis Franz (1944), James Arness (1923), Robert Cummings (1910), and Katherine Kelly Lang (1961). After him are Linda Cardellini (1975), Willard Scott (1934), Jennifer Esposito (1973), Kerwin Mathews (1926), Kelly Rutherford (1968), and M. C. Gainey (1948).

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