Ed Begley junior

Ed Begley at the 81st Annual Academy Awards, 2009

Edward James "Ed" Begley Jr. (Born September 16, 1949 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American actor .

Life

Edward James Begley Jr. was born as the illegitimate son of Oscar-winning actor Ed Begley (1901-1970) in Los Angeles. At that time he was still married to his wife Amanda Huff. However, his son grew up in Buffalo , New York , and attended the Stella Niagara Education Park Cadet School in Lewiston. After the family moved back to Los Angeles in 1962, he attended “Notre Dame High School” in Sherman Oaks and studied at “Los Angeles Valley College” in North Hollywood.

For his role as “Dr. Victor Ehrlich ”in the television series Chief Physician Dr. Westphall (St. Elsewhere) , Begley was nominated five times for an Emmy Award and in 1986 for a Golden Globe Award . He worked in numerous well-known television series such as Columbo or Star Trek: Raumschiff Voyager .

Personal

On June 18, 2011, Begley described on the television program Celebrity Close Calls that he was almost murdered in 1972 when he was stabbed several times during a robbery by a street gang. The attackers were young people who were later picked up by the police.

Begley was married to production assistant Ingrid Taylor from October 31, 1976 to October 1989, with whom he has two children, Amanda (* 1977) and Nicholas Taylor (* 1979). On August 23, 2000, he married actress Rachelle Carson , with whom they have a daughter.

Filmography (selection)

• 1969: The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes)
• 1970: How did such a lovely girl get into this trade?
• 1972: Evil Roy Slade
• 1972: It cracks, it hisses, there is nothing to see (Now You See Him, Now You Don't)
• 1972: where does it hurt? (Where Does It Hurt?)
• 1972: Start into the Unknown (Family Flight)
• 1973: Roll Out (TV series)
• 1973: Charley and the Angel
• 1973: The vultures are already waiting (Showdown)
• 1973: Superdad - Dad is the greatest (Superdad)
• 1974: Cockfighter
• 1976: Mr. Universum (Stay Hungry)
• 1977: Quincy - Mysterious Murders
• 1977: Lust of a Eunuch
• 1977: Dead of Night comes with the night
• 1977: Mixed nuts
• 1977: Fleet Sayings on Channel 9 (Handle with Care)
• 1978: The One and Only
• 1978: Blue Collar
• 1978: Record City
• 1978: Columbo - Murder by Phone (Columbo: How to Dial a Murder)
• 1978: Goin (Goin 'South)
• 1978–1979: Kampfstern Galactica ( Battlestar Galactica , television series, five episodes)
• 1979: Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill (TV movie)
• 1979: Elvis - The King (Elvis - The Movie)
• 1979: Hardcore - A father sees red (Hardcore)
• 1979: Hot Road (TV movie)
• 1979: Two in the Devil's Kitchen (The In-Laws)
• 1979: Airport '80 - Die Concorde (The Concorde… Airport '79)
• 1979: M * A * S * H (TV series, episode 8x01)
• 1979: A Shining Season
• 1981: Private Lessons
• 1981: Buddy Buddy
• 1982: Voyager from the Unknown
• 1982: Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
• 1982: Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
• 1982: Eating Raoul (Eating Raoul)
• 1982: Kiss me, Doc! (Young Doctors in Love)
• 1982: Cat People (Cat People)
• 1982: All of a sudden it's love (Not Just Another Affair)
• 1982: An Officer and a Gentleman
• 1982–1988: Chief Physician Dr. Westphall ( St. Elsewhere , TV series, 127 episodes)
• 1983: Still the Beaver
• 1983: Get Crazy
• 1983: To Uncommon Love
• 1984: This Is Spinal Tap
• 1984: Streets of Fire (Streets of Fire)
• 1984: Protocol - Everything dances to my tune (Protocol)
• 1985: Waiting to Act
• 1986: Transylvania 6-5000
• 1986: Headin 'Home for the Holidays
• 1987: The Incredible Ida Early
• 1987: Celebration Family
• 1987: Amazons on the moon or why the Americans have the channel full (Amazon Women on the Moon)
• 1987: Roman Holiday
• 1988: Love Boat (TV series, episode 23, season 7)
• 1988: The Observator (Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs)
• 1988: The Absent-Minded Professor
• 1988: The Travels of Mr. Leary (The Accidental Tourist)
• 1989: Luxury, Sex and Lotter Life (Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills)
• 1989: The devil (She-Devil)
• 1990: All that glitters is not gold (Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less)
• 1990: Without Witnesses (In the Best Interest of the Child)
• 1990: The Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
• 1991: Applejuice (Meet the Applegates)
• 1991: The Irresistible (Chance of a Lifetime)
• 1991: The Story Lady
• 1992: Siege Without Mercy (In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion)
• 1992: Dark Horse
• 1992: The Skull Killer (Exclusive)
• 1992: First Lady in Twilight (Running Mates)
• 1992: Mastergate
• 1993: Cooperstown - On the streets of memory (Cooperstown)
• 1993: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
• 1994: Columbo - Two corpses and Columbo in the leather jacket (Columbo: Undercover)
• 1994: The Pagemaster - Richie's Fantastic Journey (The Pagemaster)
• 1994: Greedy
• 1994: Incident at Deception Ridge
• 1994: Bundles - The Shaggy Dog
• 1994: Mr. Bill (Renaissance Man)
• 1995: Two Satansbraten out of control (The Crazysitter)
• 1995: Adventure Land (Storybook)
• 1995: In the Web of Seduction (Hourglass)
• 1995: Deadly Sensation (Sensation)
• 1995: Rave Review
• 1995: Batman Forever
• 1996: For Goodness Sake II
• 1996: Alf - Der Film ( Project: ALF , TV film)
• 1996: The Late Shift
• 1996: Santa Claus mit Muckis (Santa with Muscles)
• 1996: Star Trek: Raumschiff Voyager ( Star Trek: Voyager , TV series, episodes 3x08–3x09)
• 1996: Behind the moon just left ( 3rd Rock from the Sun , TV series, episode 1x06)
• 1997: God save this town (Not in This Town)
• 1997: The Lay of the Land
• 1997: Emily and the Little Bear (Ms. Bear)
• 1997: Alone
• 1998: Joey
• 1998: I'm Losing You
• 1998: Addams Family - And the dear relatives (Addams Family Reunion)
• 1998: Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery
• 1999–2003: A Heavenly Family ( 7th Heaven , TV series, 16 episodes)
• 2000: Homicide: The Movie (TV movie)
• 2000: Best in Show
• 2001: Diary of a Sex Addict
• 2001: Ran an die Braut (Get Over It)
• 2001: Anthrax
• 2001: Master against his will (Hounded)
• 2001, 2005: Six Feet Under ( Six Feet Under , TV series, eight episodes)
• 2002: Dharma & Greg (TV series)
• 2002: Back by Midnight
• 2002: bug
• 2002: Auto Focus
• 2003: War Stories (TV movie)
• 2003: Net Games - Deadly Game (Net Games)
• 2003: A Mighty Wind
• 2003: Going Down
• 2004: Raising Genius
• 2004: Sinners (Stateside)
• 2004: Hair High
• 2004: Life on Liberty Street
• 2004: Kingdom Hospital (TV series, 13 episodes)
• 2004–2005: Jack & Bobby (TV series, five episodes)
• 2005: True
• 2005: Desolation Sound
• 2005: Welcome to California
• 2005: Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story
• 2006: Relative Strangers
• 2006: Tripping Forward
• 2006: For Your Consideration
• 2006: The Elder Son
• 2006–2007: Veronica Mars (TV series, six episodes)
• 2007: One Long Night
• 2007, 2011: CSI: Miami (TV series, five episodes)
• 2008: Ananas Express (Pineapple Express)
• 2008: Fly Me to the Moon 3D
• 2008: Recount
• 2009: Georgia O'Keeffe (TV movie)
• 2009: Hannah Montana (TV series, episode 3x06)
• 2009: Whatever Works - Love yourself who can (Whatever Works)
• 2008–2009: Gary Unmarried (TV series, twelve episodes)
• 2011: The Perfect Ex (What's Your Number?)
• 2013: Rules of Engagement (TV series, episode 7x13)
• 2013-2014: Betas (TV series, seven episodes)
• 2014: Luck by my side (You're Not You)
• 2015: Blunt Talk (TV series, six episodes)
• 2016: Better Call Saul (TV series, five episodes)
• 2016: Ghostbusters (Ghostbusters: Answer the Call)
• 2017: Lucky
• 2017: Future Man
• 2018: Book Club - The best is yet to come (Book Club)
• 2019: Plus One
• 2019: Young Sheldon (TV series, four episodes)
• 2019: Bixler High Private Eye (TV movie)

Award (selection)

Golden Globe Award

• 1986 : Nomination for Best Supporting Actor - Series, Mini-Series or TV Film for Chief Physician Dr. West phall

Web links

• Ed Begley in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Official website at edbegley.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ed Begley, Jr. Biography (1949–) on filmreference.com
2. ↑ Connie könenn: Rooted to the Cause; Ed Begley Jr. shines in a world in which some stars are environmentalists only when the cameras are on. He lives what he preaches . April 14, 1996. 
3. ↑ Ed Begley, Jr. at movies.yahoo.com