By Eunice Charles
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Edward James Begley Jr. (born September 16, 1949) 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. He also co-hosted, along with wife Rachelle Carson, the green living reality show titled Living with Ed (2007–2010), and recurred as Dr. Grant Linkletter in Young Sheldon (2019–2024).
Equally prolific in cinema, Begley’s 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). He is a recurring cast member in the mockumentaries of Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy, including Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), For Your Consideration (2006), and Mascots (2016). In 2020, he was cast along with his wife Rachelle in the award-winning mockumentary Reboot Camp.
Begley was born in 1949 in Los Angeles, California, to Allene Jeanne Sanders and Oscar-winning film actor Ed Begley. At the time, Begley Sr. was still married to Amanda Huff. She died of cancer when Begley Jr. was 7 years old. Until he was 16, Begley Jr. believed that Huff was his biological mother. He only later became acquainted with his biological mother.
Begley was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2016.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Everyone keeps me on hand, I’ve ever to labor bent; but twist me about and then I’m only an ornament. (What word fits the first clue, but when rearranged, fits the second?)
Finger – fringe
Died
- Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit (physicist) –
- Maria Callas (opera singer) –
- Mary Travers (singer of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary) –
- Robert Redford (actor and director) –
Born
- James C. Penney (department store founder) –
- Allen Funt (producer) –
- Ursula Franklin (physicist and educator) –
- Lauren Bacall (actress) –
- B.B. King (musician) –
- Peter Falk (actor) –
- Ed Begley, Jr. (actor) –
- Robin Yount (baseball player) –
- David Copperfield (magician) –
- Molly Shannon (actress) –
- Marc Anthony (singer) –
- Amy Poehler (actress) –
- Alexis Bledel (actress) –
- Madeline Zima (actress) –
- Nick Jonas (singer and actor) –
Events
- U.S. Great Seal used for first time –
- James Pierpont’s “Jingle Bells” (originally titled “One Horse Open Sleigh”) was copyrighted –
- Supreme Court of Saskatchewan established, Regina, Saskatchewan –
- William Durant incorporated General Motors Corp. in New Jersey –
- American Legion incorporated –
- Many people reported seeing lake monster Ogopogo in Okanagan Lake, British Columbia –
- Edward Elliott caught a 97-pound blue catfish in the Missouri River near Vermillion, South Dakota –
- The New Metropolitan Opera House opened in the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. (On October 22, 1883, the Old Metropolitan Opera House opened in New York City on Broadway between 39th and 40th Streets.) –
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police began training women troopers –
- Montreal Protocol (about ozone) signed by 24 countries –
- Sam Ackerman (age 101) married Eva Powers (age 95), New Rochelle, New York –
Weather
- Iowa had its earliest recorded snowfall; between 4 to 6 inches falling in Stuart –
- The San Felipe Hurricane struck Palm Beach, Florida, dumping 18 inches of rain there. –
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