Born in Hartford, Connecticut to Irish immigrants, Begley left school in the fifth grade, worked in carnivals and the Navy, then began a stage and radio career as a teenager, appearing in the Broadway musical “Going Up” (1917) and later in London and popular radio series such as “The Fat Man” and “Richard Diamond, Private Detective.”
He moved into film in the late 1940s, delivering supporting t… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for 12 Angry Men 1957 Hang 'em High 1968 Bonanza 1959 Sorry, Wrong Number 1948 Series ★ 7.5 Bonanza 1959
Dan Tolliver Series ★ 7.9 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962
Brother Thomas Fitzgibbons Series ★ 7.6 The Wild Wild West 1965
Series ★ 7.9 The Wonderful World of Disney 1954
Dennis McCarthy Series ★ 7.3 Rawhide 1959
Piney Kinney ★ 7.2 Patterns 1956
Bill Briggs ★ 7 Boomerang! 1947
Paul Harris Series ★ 7.1 The Lucy Show 1962
Andrew Bailey ★ 6.8 Sorry, Wrong Number 1948
James 'J.B.' Cotterell ★ 7.1 Stars in My Crown 1950
Lon Backett ★ 6.9 Odds Against Tomorrow 1959
Dave Burke ★ 7.1 Sitting Pretty 1948
Horatio J. Hammond ★ 6.9 Deadline - U.S.A. 1952
Frank Allen Series ★ 6.8 The Invaders 1967
Simon Carver ★ 6.7 Sweet Bird of Youth 1962
Tom 'Boss' Finley Series ★ 6.7 Gunsmoke 1955
Jeb Crater Series ★ 6.7 The High Chaparral 1967
Ben Lynch Series ★ 6.7 Route 66 1960
Series ★ 6.6 My Three Sons 1960
Series ★ 6.6 Wagon Train 1957
Reno Sutton ★ 6.6 On Dangerous Ground 1951
Capt. Brawley ★ 6.6 It Happens Every Spring 1949
Edgar Stone Series ★ 6.5 The Virginian 1962
Mike Tyrone ★ 6.5 Dark City 1950
Barney ★ 6.4 Warning Shot 1967
Capt. Roy Klodin ★ 6.3 Tulsa 1949
John J. 'Johnny' Brady (as Edward Begley) ★ 6.4 The Street with No Name 1948
Chief Bernard Harmatz ★ 6.3 The Road to Salina 1970
Warren ★ 6.2 Convicted 1950
Mackay, Head of Parole Board ★ 6.2 The Turning Point 1952
Neil Eichelberger Series ★ 6.1 The Mod Squad 1968
★ 5.7 Lone Star 1952
Anthony Demmet ★ 5.9 Backfire 1950
Capt. Garcia Series ★ 5.6 The F.B.I. 1965
Mel Olin ★ 6.2 Firecreek 1968
Preacher Broyles ★ 5.4 The Great Gatsby 1949
Myron Lupus ★ 5.7 Wild in the Streets 1968
Senator Allbright ★ 5.7 The Unsinkable Molly Brown 1964
Shamus Tobin ★ 5.3 The Dunwich Horror 1970
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