Ed Begley Movie Rankings
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Ed Begley scores a combined 3.0971 out of 4 stars for On Dangerous Ground
3.0971
Hard, withdrawn city cop Jim Wilson roughs up one too many suspects and is sent upstate to help investigate the murder of a young girl in the winter countryside. There he meets Mary Malden, whom he finds attractive and independent. ... more about On Dangerous Ground
DVD from $23.50 
(6 sellers)
3
Ed Begley scores a combined 2.8185 out of 4 stars for Street with No Name
2.8185
After two gang-related killings in "Center City," a suspect (who was framed) is arrested, released on bail...and murdered. ... more about Street with No Name
DVD from $4.39 
(3 sellers)
4
Ed Begley scores a combined 2.7820 out of 4 stars for Unsinkable Molly Brown
2.7820
Majestic mountains are in the background and a waterfall in the foreground. Is that a canoe on the river? No it's a cradle with a baby. The buoyant Molly Brown has survived the first crisis of her life -- a flood. ... more about Unsinkable Molly Brown
DVD from $9.21 
(5 sellers)
5
Ed Begley scores a combined 2.6210 out of 4 stars for Billion Dollar Brain
2.6210
Harry Palmer has left the British Secret Service and become a private detective. ... more about Billion Dollar Brain
DVD from $5.99 
(6 sellers)
6
Ed Begley scores a combined 2.6170 out of 4 stars for Boomerang!
2.6170
This dramatization of a factual incident opens in a quiet Connecticut town where a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner. The citizens are horrified and demand action from the police. ... more about Boomerang!
DVD from $8.24 
(4 sellers)
7
Ed Begley scores a combined 2.6082 out of 4 stars for Sweet Bird of Youth
2.6082
Drifter Chance Wayne returns to his hometown after many years of trying to make it in the movies. With him is a faded film star he picked up along the way, Alexandra Del Lago. ... more about Sweet Bird of Youth
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Golden Globes, USA - Best Supporting Actor
DVD from $3.10 
(6 sellers)
8
Ed Begley scores a combined 2.5718 out of 4 stars for Sorry
2.5718
In director Anatole Litvak's superb thriller SORRY, WRONG NUMBER, Barbara Stanwyck stars as the alluring, wealthy, and irritating Leona Stevenson, a hypochondriac whose psychosomatic illness has her bedridden. Leona's only lifeline is the telephone, which she uses to excess. ... more about Sorry
DVD from $4.94 
(5 sellers)
9
Ed Begley scores a combined 2.5281 out of 4 stars for Dunwich Horror
2.5281
H.P. Lovecraft meets Hollywood: Wilbur Whateley wants to help the Old Ones break through by consulting the Necronomicon, and Armitage must stop him. Attractive females are added to fill out the plot. ... more about Dunwich Horror
DVD from $3.00 
(7 sellers)
10
Ed Begley scores a combined 2.3432 out of 4 stars for You're in the Navy Now
2.3432
An experimental steam-powered vessel sets off on its maiden voyage with an inexperienced Naval officer at the helm. ... more about You're in the Navy Now
DVD from $5.53 
(5 sellers)
11
Ed Begley scores a combined 2.3356 out of 4 stars for Odds Against Tomorrow
2.3356
Dave Burke is looking to hire two men to assist him in a bank raid: Earl Slater, an white ex-convict, and Johnny Ingram, a black gambler. ... more about Odds Against Tomorrow
DVD from $5.68 
(4 sellers)
12
Ed Begley scores a combined 2.1620 out of 4 stars for It Happens Every Spring
2.1620
A college professor is working on a long term experiment when a baseball comes through the window destroying all his glassware. The resultant fluid causes the baseball to be repelled by wood. ... more about It Happens Every Spring
Not Available on DVD
13
Ed Begley scores a combined 2.1057 out of 4 stars for Hang 'Em High
2.1057
A band of vigilantes catch Jed Cooper and, incorrectly believing him guilty of cattle rustling and murder, hang him and leave him for dead. But he doesn't die. ... more about Hang 'Em High
DVD from $3.00 
(7 sellers)
14
Ed Begley scores a combined 2.1004 out of 4 stars for Great Gatsby
2.1004
Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifetyle of his landlord, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. ... more about Great Gatsby
Not Available on DVD
15
Ed Begley scores a combined 2.0637 out of 4 stars for Oscar
2.0637
Frankie Fane has clawed his way to the top of the Hollywood heap. Now, as he's preparing to win his Oscar, his friend Hymie Kelly reminisces over their life together, and Frankie's ruthless struggle to the top and the people he's stepped on (i.e. ... more about Oscar
Not Available on DVD
16
Ed Begley scores a combined 1.9815 out of 4 stars for Wild in the Streets
1.9815
Max Flatow is a precocious, social miscreant who has a way with home-made explosives. When he tires of these, he runs away from home only to emerge seven years later as Max Frost, the world's most popular entertainer. ... more about Wild in the Streets
DVD from $7.56 
(5 sellers)
17
Ed Begley scores a combined 1.9185 out of 4 stars for Backfire
1.9185
Not Available on DVD
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Ed Begley scores a combined 1.9054 out of 4 stars for Firecreek
1.9054
The folk of small western town Firecreek stand up for their rights after gunmen abuse them, leading to an extravagant final battle between good-guy Jimmy Stewart and bad-guy Henry Fonda. ... more about Firecreek
DVD from $10.00 
(5 sellers)
19
Ed Begley scores a combined 1.7268 out of 4 stars for Dark City
1.7268
Danny Haley's bookie operation is shut down, so he and his pals need money; when Danny meets Arthur Winant, a sucker from out of town, he decoys him into a series of poker games where eventually Winant loses $5000 that isn't his...then hangs himself. ... more about Dark City
Not Available on DVD
20
Ed Begley scores a combined 1.5624 out of 4 stars for Convicted
1.5624
Not Available on DVD
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Ed Begley scores a combined 1.5441 out of 4 stars for Turning Point
1.5441
Special prosecutor John Conroy hopes to combat organized crime in his city, and appoints his cop father Matt as chief investigator. ... more about Turning Point
Not Available on DVD
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Ed Begley scores a combined 1.4711 out of 4 stars for Stars in My Crown
1.4711
Civil War veteran Josiah Grey comes to a small town to be a gospel minister. In time he has a family and many friends, but he also finds friction with a few of his parishioners. ... more about Stars in My Crown
Not Available on DVD
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Ed Begley scores a combined 1.4336 out of 4 stars for Monitors
1.4336
Unusual sci-fi invasion film, with a black-comedy twist: The Earth is taken over by The Monitors, aliens who run it like hall monitors in a 1950's high school, with overtones of Big Brother. ... more about Monitors
Not Available on DVD
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Ed Begley scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Boots Malone
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
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Ed Begley scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Deadline - U.S.A.
0.0001
Ed Hutcheson, tough editor of the New York 'Day', finds that the late owner's heirs are selling the crusading paper to a strictly commercial rival. At first he sees impending unemployment as an opportunity to win back his estranged wife Nora. ... more about Deadline - U.S.A.
Not Available on DVD
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Ed Begley scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Deep Waters
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
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Ed Begley scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Lone Star
0.0001
Rip-roaring big star, big budget semi-historical story by Borden Chase about cattle baron Devereaux Burke (Gable), who is enlisted by an aging Andrew Jackson (scene-stealing Barrymore) to dissuade Sam Houston (Moroni Olsen) from establishing Texas as a ... more about Lone Star
Not Available on DVD
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Ed Begley scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Road to Salina
0.0001
Jonas (Walker Jr) is on the road to Salina. He stops at a gas station/restaurant and its owner, Mara (Hayworth), is struck by his resemblance to her dead son, Rocky (Porel). ... more about Road to Salina
Not Available on DVD
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Ed Begley scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Roosevelt Story
0.0001
A documentary about the private (partly) and public life of Franklin D. Roosevelt who, despite his physical handicap, was elected President of the United States four times, compiled primarily from newsreels. ... more about Roosevelt Story
Not Available on DVD
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Ed Begley scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Saddle Tramp
0.0001
Carefree Chuck Connor is on his way west and stops off to see an old friend and his four lads. When his host is killed in a riding accident Chuck realises he must take care of the family. ... more about Saddle Tramp
Not Available on DVD
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Ed Begley scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Sitting Pretty
0.0001
Tacey and Harry King are a suburban couple with three sons and a serious need of a babysitter. Tacey puts an ad in the paper for a live-in babysitter, and the ad is answered by Lynn Belvedere. But when she arrives, she turns out to be a man. ... more about Sitting Pretty
Not Available on DVD
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Ed Begley scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Time to Sing
0.0001
Grady (Hank Williams Jr.) is a young farming boy who likes playing his guitar and singing along. Unfortunately his conservative uncle Kermit (Ed Begley) doesn't approve of this. On a trip into town Kermit loses all the family's money in a poker game. ... more about Time to Sing
Not Available on DVD
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Ed Begley scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Warning Shot
0.0001
A police sergeant kills a man who pulls a gun on him during a stakeout. The man's gun disappears, and the sergeant is charged with manslaughter. The sergeant works to clear his name and determine where the gun went and why the man was there at all. ... more about Warning Shot
DVD from $7.49 
(0 sellers)
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Ed Begley scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Wyoming Mail
0.0001
In 1869, the United States begins a railroad mail service to the West Coast which proves highly tempting to train robbers, in particular an organized gang with one of the mail's supposed guardians in their pay. ... more about Wyoming Mail
Not Available on DVD
 
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Ed Begley
Birthdate:
March 25, 1901
Death date:
April 28, 1970

Ed Begley

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Career Span:

Decade
# Movies
Movie Score
1940s
8
total ranking of 2.3745  2.3745
1950s
15
total ranking of 2.0893  2.0893
1960s
12
total ranking of 2.2347  2.2347
1970s
2
total ranking of 1.4545  1.4545
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score:
2.2754
Ed Begley is ranked overall as 2.2754 of of 4 stars
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