Edward James Begley Jr. (born September 16, 1949 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor and environmental activist best known for his roles in St. Elsewhere, A Mighty Wind, Pineapple Express, and Whatever Works.
He was married to Ingrid Taylor, currently married to Rachelle Carson-Begley and has three children, two with Taylor and one with Carson-Begley. His father was actor Ed Begley.
Filmography
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Film Roles
- 1969: The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes as Student (Uncredited Role)
- 1972: Evil Roy Slade as Husband Making Fun of Stool (uncredited)
- 1972: Now You See Him Now Yoy Dont as Druffle
- 1972: Family Flight as Driver
- 1973: Charley And The Angel as Derwood Moseby
- 1973: Showdown as Pook
- 1973: Superdad as The Gang
- 1974: Cockfighter as Tom Peeples
- 1976: Stay Hungry as Lester
- 1977: Dead Of Night 1977 as Frank
- 1977: Citizens Band as The Priest
- 1977: Record City as Pokey
- 1978: The One And Only as Arnold
- 1978: Blue Collar as Bobby Joe
- 1978: Battlestar Galactica (1978) as Ensign Greenbean
- 1978: Goin South as Whitey Haber
- 1979: Amateur Night At The Dixie Bar And Grill as Moss Tillis
- 1979: Elvis as DJ Fontana
- 1979: Hardcore as Soldier
- 1979: Hot Rod 1979 as Clay
- 1979: The In-Laws as Barry Lutz
- 1979: The Concorde Airport 79 as Rescuer #1
- 1979: A Shining Season as John Haaland
- 1981: Private Lessons as Jack Travis
- 1981: Buddy Buddy as Lieutenant #1
- 1982: Rascals And Robbers The Secret Adventures Of Tom Sawyer And Huck Finn as Jeb
- 1982: Eating Raoul as Hippie
- 1982: Cat People as Joe Creigh
- 1982: Young Doctors in Love as Young Simon's Father
- 1982: An Officer and a Gentleman as Altitude Chamber Instructor (voice)
- 1982: Not Just Another Affair as Warren Krantz
- 1982: Voyager From The Unknown as Wilbur Wright
- 1983: Still The Beaver as Whitey
- 1983: Get Crazy as Colin Beverly
- 1983: An Uncommon Love as Matt Randolph
- 1984: This is Spın̈al Tap as John 'Stumpy' Pepys
- 1984: Cheeseball Presents as Ed Begley Jr. (uncredited)
- 1984: Streets of Fire as Ben Gunn
- 1984: Protocol as Hassler
- 1985: The Pound Puppies 1985 as Arnold
- 1985: Transylvania 6-5000 as Gil Turner
- 1987: Celebration Family as Jake Foreman
- 1987: Amazon Women on the Moon as Griffin/Station Announcer
- 1987: Roman Holiday as Leonard Lupo
- 1988: Spies Lies And Naked Thighs as Alan
- 1988: The Accidental Tourist as Charles
- 1989: Scenes From The Class Struggle In Beverly Hills as Peter
- 1989: She-Devil as Bob
- 1990: Not A Penny More Not A Penny Less as Stephen Bradley
- 1990: In The Best Interest Of The Child as Howard Feldon
- 1990: Meet The Applegates as Richard P. Applegate
- 1990: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake as Jerry Soloway
- 1991: Chance Of A Lifetime as Darrel
- 1991: The Story Lady as Otis
- 1992: In The Line Of Duty Siege Of Marion as Lt. Fred House
- 1992: Dark Horse 1992 as Jack Mills
- 1992: Exclusive as Allen
- 1992: Running Mates as Chapman Snow
- 1992: Mastergate as Steward Butler
- 1993: Cooperstown as Dave Cormeer
- 1993: Even Cowgirls Get The Blues as Rupert
- 1993: Partners (1993) as 'Grave Squad' Lawyer
- 1994: Storybook as Pouch (voice)
- 1994: Greedy as Carl
- 1994: Renaissance Man as Jack Markin
- 1994: Incident At Deception Ridge as Jack Davis
- 1994: Sensation as Earl Strauber
- 1994: The Shaggy Dog as Ron Daniels
- 1994: Teh Pagemaster as Alan Tyler
- 1994: The Crazysitter as Paul Van Arsdale
- 1995: Batman Forever as Fred Stickley (uncredited)
- 1995: Hourglass as Det. Cecil Dish
- 1996: Project: ALF as Dr. Warner
- 1996: The Late Shift as Rod Perth
- 1996: Santa with Muscles as Ebner Frost
- 1997: Not In This Town as Henry Whitcomb
- 1997: Alone 1997 as Gerald
- 1997: The Lay Of The Land as Harvey Dankworth
- 1997: Ms Bear as Greg Bradley
- 1997: Joey (1997) as Ambassador Ted Ross
- 1998: Im Losing You as Zev
- 1998: Addams Family Reunion as Phillip Adams
- 2000: Best in Show as Hotel Manager
- 2001: Get Over It as Frank Landers
- 2001: Hounded as Ward Van Dusen
- 2001: Anthrax as Brent Krawford
- 2001: Diary Of A Sex Addict as Dr. Aaron
- 2002: Bug! as The Dept. of Health Inspector
- 2002: Auto Focus as Mel Rosen
- 2003: War Stories as Ed O'Brien
- 2003: Net Games as John Fielding
- 2003: A Mighty Wind as Lars Olfen
- 2003: Going Down as Oscar Earnest
- 2004: Stateside as Father Concoff
- 2004: Raising Game as Dr. Curly Weeks
- 2004: Hair High as Rev. Shirley Cheddar
- 2004: Life On Liberty Street as Richard Spencer
- 2004: Back By Midnight as Robert Wade
- 2005: Desolation Sound as Doug Shepard
- 2005: Spirit Bear The Simon Jackson Story as Frank Perdue
- 2006: Relative Strangers as Mr. Manoire
- 2006: For Your Consideration as Sandy Lane
- 2006: The Elder Son as Leonard
- 2007: One Long Night as Joel
- 2007: Fly Me to the Moon as Poopchev
- 2007: Hard Four as Governor Begley
- 2008: Recount as David Boies
- 2008: Pineapple Express as Robert
- 2008: Reaper as Sonny Addison
- 2008: Next Of Kin as Patrick
- 2009: Fatal Secrets as Rev. Vernon
- 2009: Whatever Works as John
- 2009: Tripping Forward as James
- 2009: Georgia O Keeffe as Dr. Lee Steiglita
- 2009: Twenty One And A Wake Up as Col. Ritchie
- 2009: Hes Such A Girl as Taylor's Father
- 2010: The Penthouse as Nicholas
- 2010: A Turtles Tale Sammys Adventures as GreenPeace Worker
- 2011: What's Your Number? as Mr. Darling
- 2011: Brave New World as Dick Kennealy
- 2012: Little Women Big Cars as Mr. Hughes
- 2012: Making Change as Simmons
- 2013: Armed Response as Officer Krupke
- 2013: Muhammad Alis Greatest Fight as Harry Blackmun
- 2014: Youre Not You as Uncle Roger
- 2016: Time Toys as William 'Wiz' Wisconsin
- 2016: Ghostbusters (2016) as Ed Mulgrave
- 2016: Mascots as A.J. Blumquist
- 2017: Girlfriends Day as Rupert
- 2017: Lucky as Dr. Christian Kneedler
- 2017: CHIPS as Wasp Driver
- 2018: Making Babies as Dr. Remis
- 2018: Book Club as Tom
- 2018: Imperfections as Barry
- 2019: Bixler High Private Eye as Charlie DeWitt
- 2019: Plus One as Chuck
- 2020: Reboot Camp as John Lehman
- 2020: Dear Christmas as Randy Morgan
Television Roles
- 1967: My Three Sons as Marv
- 1969-1972: Room 222 as Bob/Willard/Stretch/George/Michael
- 1970: The Immortal (1969) as Gas Station Attendant
- 1971: The Bill Cosby Show as Student #2
- 1971: Adam-12 as Bud
- 1971: The F.B.I. as Youngblood
- 1971: Owen Marshall Counselor At Law as Howard Dubberly
- 1971: Nanny and the Professor as Richie Cooper
- 1972: Mannix as Attendant
- 1972: Maude as Young Man
- 1972: Ironside (1967) as Jimmy Sanders
- 1972: Wait Till Your Father Gets Home as Sunbather
- 1972: The Doris Day Show as Wally
- 1973: Love, American Style as Dick
- 1973-1974: Roll Out! as Lt. Robert W. Chapman
- 1974: Happy Days as Hank
- 1974-1983: Insight as Father John/Jimmy/Marty
- 1975: Medical Center as Greg Duncan
- 1975: Baretta as Ernie
- 1976: Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman as Steve Fletcher
- 1976: Starsky & Hutch as Harv Schwab
- 1977-1981: Quincy, M.E. as Kit Sawyer/Walter 'Speed' Simpson/David Phillips
- 1978: Wonder Woman (1975) as Harold Farnum
- 1978-1979: Battlestar Galactica (1978) as Flight Sgt. Greenbean
- 1978-1981: Fantasy Island as Amos McAllister/Jamie
- 1978-1994: Columbo as Irving Krutch/Officer Stein
- 1979: M*A*S*H as Pvt. Paul Conway
- 1979: Laverne & Shirley as Robert 'Bobby' Feeney
- 1979: Charlie's Angels as Kenny Daniels
- 1980: Barnaby Jones as Lindy Powell
- 1982: Voyagers! as Wilbur Wright
- 1982: Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo as various
- 1982: Richie Rich as various
- 1982-1988: St. Elsewhere as Dr. Victor Ehrlich
- 1982-1989: The Magical World Of Disney as Dr. Jack Brooker/Amos Tucker
- 1983: The New Leave It To Beaver as Whitey
- 1984: The Love Boat as Allan Bundy
- 1984: Tales of the Unexpected as George Princey
- 1984: The Smurfs (1981) as various
- 1985: Tall Tales And Legends as Ichabod Crane
- 1985-1987: Faerie Tale Theatre as Brom Dutcher/Wilhelm Grimm
- 1986: You Are The Jury as Brian Spears
- 1987: Pound Puppies (1980s) as Snake
- 1990: Timeless Tales From Hallmark as Bertram
- 1990-1991: Parenthood 1990 as Gil Buckman
- 1992: Batman: The Animated Series as Germs/Charlie Collins/Stagehand
- 1992-1993: Captain Planet and the Planeteers as Preston/Zoning Commissioner
- 1993: Roseanne as Principal Alexander
- 1993: Tales from the Crypt as Judd Campbell
- 1993-1998: The Larry Sanders Show as Ed Bagley Jr.
- 1994: Winnetka Road as Glenn Barker
- 1994: World War II When Lions Roared as Harry Hopkins
- 1994: The Magic School Bus as Logaway Larry
- 1995: Duckman as Barry Brittle
- 1996: Touched by an Angel as Chris Carpenter
- 1996: 3rd Rock from the Sun as Jeff
- 1996: Dave's World as Watterson
- 1996: ABC Afterschool Specials as Mr. Rogers
- 1996: Star Trek: Voyager as Henry Starling
- 1996-1998: Adventures from the Book of Virtues as Alec/William Tell/Soldier
- 1997: Sabrina the Teenage Witch as Mr. James T. Rothwell
- 1997: Sherman Oaks as Trust
- 1997: The Drew Carey Show as Dr. Chris Vanderkamp
- 1997: Gun as The Director
- 1997: The Nanny as Tom Rosenstein
- 1997: Meego as Dr. Edward Parker
- 1998: The Wonderful World Of Disney as Fitz-Gilbert Hamilton
- 1998: Rugrats as Bob/Waiter
- 1999: The Practice as Dr. Emanuel Foster
- 1999-2003: 7th Heaven as Dr. Hank Hastings
- 1999-2009: The Simpsons as Ed. Begley, Jr.
- 2000: Batman Beyond as Dr. Croso
- 2000: Providence as Chuck Chance
- 2000: Homicide: The Movie as Dr. Victor Erhlich
- 2000: The Michael Richards Show as Impostor Vic
- 2001: The West Wing as Seth Gillette
- 2001: Gideons Crossing as Haley's Father
- 2001: Titus as Bill
- 2001: Family Law as Atty. Ethan Beal
- 2001-2002: The Agency as Lenny Musgrave
- 2001-2005: Six Feet Under as Hiram Gunderson
- 2002: Scrubs as Dr. Bailey
- 2004: Static Shock as Dr. Donald Todd
- 2004: Kingdom Hospital as Dr. Jesse James
- 2004-2005: Jack & Bobby as Reb. Belknap
- 2005: All Grown Up! as Amish Father
- 2005: Center Of The Universe as Dr. Harrison
- 2005-2019: Arrested Development as Stan Sitwell
- 2006: Las Vegas as Mr. Grimaldi
- 2006: Three Moons Over Mildford as Millionaire
- 2006-2007: Boston Legal as Clifford Cabot
- 2006-2007: Veronica Mars as Cyrus O'Dell
- 2007-2010: The New Adventures of Old Christine as Pastor Ed
- 2007-2011: CSI: Miami as Scott O'Shay
- 2008: King of the Hill as Stephens Davies
- 2008-2009: Gary Unmarried as Dr. Walter Krandall
- 2008-2012: Easy To Assemble as S. Erland Hussen
- 2009: Hannah Montana as Woody
- 2009: Party Down as Bruce Nesbitt
- 2009: Curious George as Vinny
- 2009: Monk as Dr. Malcolm Nash
- 2009: The Suite Life on Deck as Mayor Ragnar/Ragnar I
- 2010: The Good Guys as Nate Bailey
- 2010: Childrens Hospital as Sen. Throman
- 2010: Outlaw as Judge Donald Crane
- 2011: $#!+ My Dad Says as Terry
- 2011: Off The Map as Hank
- 2011: Chaos as Operative Corwin
- 2011-2012: Rizzoli & Isles as Dr. T. Pike
- 2012: Common Law as Dr. Van Waals
- 2012-2018: Portlandia as Ed/Doctor/Wes
- 2013: Hot in Cleveland as Yogi
- 2013: Newsreaders as Phillip Breck
- 2013: Partners as Dr. Kay
- 2013: The Office (US) as Erin's Biological Father
- 2013: Rules of Engagement as Rev. Todd
- 2013: Family Tree as Al Chadwick
- 2013-2014: Betas as George 'Murch' Murchinson
- 2014: Wedlock as Ray Gomez
- 2014: Regular Show as William
- 2015: Your Family And Mine as Gil
- 2015-2016: Blunt Talk as Teddy
- 2016: Lopez as Ed Begley Jr.
- 2016: Bad Internet as Angry Husband
- 2016: Angie Tribeca as Bonnie
- 2016-2017: Lady Dynamite as Joel Bamford
- 2016-2022: Better Call Saul as Clifford Main
- 2017: Grace and Frankie as Mark
- 2017: Future Man as Gabe Futturman
- 2017-2018: Me, Myself, and I as Older Justin
- 2017-2020: Guest Appearances as Fred
- 2017-2020: Curb Your Enthusiasm as Dr. Winkur
- 2018: Love (2016) as Mark Cruikshank
- 2018: The Cool Kids as Karl
- 2018-2019: Modern Family as Jerry
- 2019: Teachers (2016) as John-Paul Bennigan
- 2019: Human Discoveries as Marsh
- 2019-2020: Bless This Mess as Rudy
- 2019-2020: Big City Greens as Mr. Whistler
- 2019-present: Young Sheldon as Dr. Grant Linkletter
- 2020: Our Cartoon President as Bruce Mann
- 2021: Mr. Mayor as Chet Danville
Web Series Roles
- 2011: Funny Or Die Presents as Double-Chief O'Shambley
Radio Roles
- 1996: Star Wars: Return of the Jedi-The Original Radio Drama as Boba Fett
As Director
- 2003-2005: NYPD Blue
