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Ed Begley

Ed Begley

3 films · 212 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19511970

Born 25 March 1901 · Hartford, Connecticut, USA · died 28 April 1970

Edward James Begley Sr. was an American actor of theatre, radio, film, and television.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 212 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19511970

  • Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor1963
  • Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play1956
  • Donaldson Awards

How their films are shot

Measured across 212 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Ed takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 3 films we hold, 49% of their frames are day — the look of the work Ed takes.

Time of day

Day49%
Night44%
Interior6%

Lighting

Low key39%
Natural36%
High key18%
Chiaroscuro7%

Shot size

Medium54%
Closeup30%
Wide9%
Establishing4%

Camera angle

Eye level89%
Low angle6%
High angle4%

Mood

Neutral60%
Tense27%
Mysterious5%
Lonely4%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 212 frames from Ed Begley's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.