Ed Jr. Begley
          Actor  
	
	Films to Rent 
				 
	  
	        
Stay Hungry (1976) 
- Dir. Bob Rafelson
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jeff Bridges, Sally Field… 
- This boasts the first dramatic role for Arnold Schwarzenegger but it serves as more than a curiosity, it's an intriguing portrait of a social…
 
Dead of Night (1977) 
- Dir. Dan Curtis
Feat. Ed Jr. Begley, Patrick Macnee, Anjanette Comer… 
- Three–part horror omnibus penned by Richard Matheson ('I Am Legend'), which is patchy though intriguing throughout. Scariest story is the…
 
Private Lessons (1981) 
- Dir. Alan Myerson
Feat. Sylvia Kristel, Eric Brown, Howard Hesseman… 
- A slightly queasy mix of thriller and sexual drama, has a teenager (Brown) initiated by the family maid (Kristel) into the carnal facts of life, and…
 
Accidental Tourist, The (1988) 
- Dir. Lawrence Kasdan
Feat. William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis… 
- A travel author faces problems with the two eccentric women in his life. A dry leisure.
 
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989) 
- Dir. Paul Bartel
Feat. Jacqueline Bisset, Mary Woronov, Ray Sharkey… 
- This irreverant poke at Hollywood's upper–class has something to offend everyone, but its camp bad taste is kind of endearing. Jacqueline…
 
She-Devil (1989) 
- Dir. Susan Seidelman
Feat. Meryl Streep,  Roseanne, Ed Jr. Begley… 
- A stylised comic treatment of Fay Weldon's dark novel with Rosanne Barr exacting ultimate retribution on husband–stealing rich–bitch…
 
Meet the Applegates (1990) 
- Dir. Michael Lehmann
Feat. Ed Jr. Begley, Stockard Channing, Dabney Coleman 
- A wacky satire about a family of insects who assimilate into suburban America in order to blow up a nuclear power plant. As bent as it sounds, from…
 
Army Intelligence (Renaissance Man) (1994) 
- Dir. Penny Marshall
Feat. Danny De Vito, Gregory Hines, James Remar… 
- De Vito plays a redundant ad man whose desperation for work lands him a job teaching under–achieving army officers. For undemanding fans of the…
 
Greedy (1994) 
- Dir. Jonathan Lynn
Feat. Michael J. Fox, Kirk Douglas, Nancy Travis… 
- Slapdash comedy with Douglas as a wealthy elderly man who's family compete to secure his vast inheritance. 
 
Pagemaster, The (1995) 
- Dir. Joe Johnston, Maurice Hunt
Feat. Macaulay Culkin, Christopher Lloyd, Ed Jr. Begley… 
- Taking shelter at a public library opens up a world of imagination that comes to magically animated life for an introverted pre–teen (Macaulay…
 
Late Shift, The (1995)
 
- Dir. Betty Thomas
Feat. Kathy Bates, John Michael Higgins, Bob Balaban… 
- Searing, insightful fact–based drama that charts the jostle for late–night supremacy between David Letterman and Jay Leno after the…
 
Kingdom Hospital (TV Mini-series) (2004) 
- Dir. Craig R Baxley
Feat. Andrew McCarthy, Bruce Davison, Diane Ladd… 
- Horror–writer Stephen King expands his King–dom with a solid adaptation of dir. Lars von Trier's celebrated Danish TV series "The…
 
For Your Consideration (2006)
 
- Dir. Christopher Guest
Feat. Catherine O'Hara, Ed Jr. Begley, Eugene Levy… 
- Mockumentary maestro Christopher Guest takes a well–aimed pot shot at Hollywood’s awards season, with the core of his regular comedic…
 
Whatever Works (2009) 
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood, Patricia Clarkson… 
- Caustic comedian Larry David teams up with Woody Allen in this cringe–inducing black comedy about a cranky, middle–aged…
 
Georgia O'Keeffe (2009) 
- Dir. Bob Balaban
Feat. Joan Allen, Jeremy Irons, Ed Jr. Begley 
- This made–for–television biopic of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz, is distinguished as…
 
What's Your Number? (2011) 
- Dir. Mark Mylod
Feat. Anna Faris, Chris Evans, Ari Graynor… 
- Lightly likable rom–com content to coast on the charms of its eclectic cast. Faris plays a woman looking back on her past loves and wondering…
 
Family Tree (TV Series) (2013) 
- Dir. Christopher Guest
Feat. Chris O'Dowd, Ed Jr. Begley, Nina Conti… 
- Director Christopher Guest (WAITING FOR GUFFMAN, BEST IN SHOW) applies his distinctive doco–style comedy to the episodic format of television…