FrameThrower · Actors · Ed Begley Jr.
Ed Begley Jr.
7 films · 581 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1974–2019
Born 16 September 1949 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Edward James Begley Jr. is an American actor and environmental activist. He has appeared in hundreds of films, television shows, and stage performances. He played Dr. Victor Ehrlich on the television series St. Elsewhere (1982–1988). The role earned him six consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award nomination. Equally prolific in cinema, his film appearances include Blue Collar (1978), An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Transylvania 6-5000 (1985), The Accidental Tourist (1988), Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989), She-Devil (1989), Batman Forever (1995), and Pineapple Express (2008).…
How their films are shot
Measured across 581 frames from the 7 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 7 films we hold, 43% of their frames are night, 43% natural — the look of the work Ed takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
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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 581 frames from Ed Begley Jr.'s 7 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.