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{{Short description|American actor (1901–1970)}}
{{about|the mid twentieth century actor|his son|Ed Begley Jr.}}
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| name               = Ed Begley
| image              = Ed Begley 1958.jpg
| caption            = Begley in 1958
| birth_name         = Edward James Begley
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1901|3|25}}
| birth_place        = [[Hartford, Connecticut]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|1970|4|28|1901|3|25}}
| death_place        = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| resting_place      = [[San Fernando Mission Cemetery]] in [[Los Angeles]], California
| occupation         = Actor
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Amanda Huff|1922|1957|end=died}}
* {{marriage|Dorothy Reeves|1961|1963|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Helen Jordan<br>|1963}}
}}
| children           = 3, including [[Ed Begley Jr.|Ed Jr.]]
| years_active       = 1917–1970
| module             = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes
| allegiance    = United States
| branch        = [[United States Navy]]
| serviceyears  = 
| rank          = 
| battles = [[World War I]]
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'''Edward James Begley Sr.''' (March 25, 1901&nbsp;– April 28, 1970) was an American actor of theatre, radio, film, and television.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news| title=Ed Begley, Actor, Dead at 69; Noted for Character Portrayals| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/04/30/archives/ed-begley-actor-dead-at-69-noted-for-character-portrayals-won-oscar.html| date=April 30, 1970| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| access-date=December 4, 2019}}</ref> He won an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]] for his performance in the film ''[[Sweet Bird of Youth (1962 film)|Sweet Bird of Youth]]'' (1962) and appeared in such classics as ''[[12 Angry Men (1957 film)|12 Angry Men]]'' (1957), ''[[Odds Against Tomorrow]]'' (1959) and ''[[The Unsinkable Molly Brown (film)|The Unsinkable Molly Brown]]'' (1964). He was nominated for an [[Emmy Award]] for his portrayal of Matthew Harrison Brady in a television adaptation of ''[[Inherit the Wind (play)|Inherit the Wind]]''. He is the father of the actor and environmental activist [[Ed Begley Jr.|Ed Begley Jr]].

==Early life==
Begley was born in [[Hartford, Connecticut]], to two Irish immigrants, Hannah (née Clifford) and Michael Joseph Begley.<ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QAkaAAAAYAAJ&q=Edward+Begley+Hartford| title=Current Biography Yearbook| year=1957| publisher=H. W. Wilson Company| access-date=December 4, 2019| via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qpgCWd8B_k4C&q=Edward+Begley+Hartford| title=Hollywood album: lives and deaths of Hollywood stars from the pages of the New York Times| first1=Arleen| last1=Keylin| first2=Suri| last2=Boiangiu| date=June 1, 1977| publisher=Arno Press| access-date=December 29, 2018| isbn=978-0405103117| via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| url=http://www.tonic.com/post/ed-begley-jr-hollywoods-go-to-green-guru/| title=The Passion of Ed Begley Jr. — Hollywood's Go-To Green Guru| date=February 3, 2010| access-date=January 2, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627095813/http://www.tonic.com/post/ed-begley-jr-hollywoods-go-to-green-guru/| archive-date=June 27, 2012| url-status=dead| df=mdy-all| journal=Tonic}}</ref> After he dropped out of school as a fifth-grader, Begley ran away from home several times, going to work for "carnivals, fairs, and small circuses".<ref name=bp>{{cite news |title=Ed Begley Loves Life |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2290846/begley_minibio/ |newspaper=[[Connecticut Post|The Bridgeport Post]] |date=April 24, 1964 |page=21 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=April 25, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref> Later he sold brushes, delivered milk, and served four years in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War I]].<ref name=bp /><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200109135541/https://www.nytimes.com/1970/04/30/archives/ed-begley-actor-dead-at-69-noted-for-character-portrayals-won-oscar.html Ed Begley, Actor, Dead at 69; Noted for Character Portrayals.] ''[[The New York Times]]'' via [[Internet Archive]]. Published April 30, 1970. Retrieved February 19, 2020.</ref>

==Career==
Begley began his career as a [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] and radio actor while in his teens. He appeared in the hit musical ''[[Going Up (musical)|Going Up]]'' on Broadway in 1917 and in London the next year. He later acted in roles as Sgt. O'Hara in the radio show ''[[The Fat Man (radio)|The Fat Man]]''. His radio work included ''[[Stroke of Fate]]'' and a period as [[Charlie Chan]], among other roles. He also starred in the 1950s radio program ''[[Richard Diamond, Private Detective]]'', playing Lieutenant Walter Levinson, head of homicide at the 5th Precinct, Manhattan. He was elected a member of [[The Lambs]] in 1943. In the late 1940s, he began appearing regularly in supporting film roles.

[[File:Monte Markham Ed Begley 1969.JPG|thumb|left|Begley (right) with [[Monte Markham]] in 1969]]

In the 1952–1953 [[television]] season, Begley co-starred with [[Eddie Albert]] in the [[CBS]] [[situation comedy|sitcom]] ''[[Leave It to Larry]]''. In 1954 Begley starred in the [[NBC Television]] show ''[[Robert Montgomery Presents]]'' in "Big Boy", an episode sponsored by [[Lucky Strike]], as Joe Grant, an engineer for the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] living in [[Cheyenne, Wyoming]], who worked on the famous [[Union Pacific Big Boy]] steam locomotives. The show is about how Begley's character copes with the [[Dieselisation|transition]] from [[steam locomotives]] to [[diesel locomotives]] in the 1950s.

He won the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]] for his role in ''[[Sweet Bird of Youth (1962 film)|Sweet Bird of Youth]]'' (1962). Some of his other notable films include ''[[Deadline – U.S.A.]]'' (1952), ''[[12 Angry Men (1957 film)|12 Angry Men]]'' (1957) as juror #10, ''[[Odds Against Tomorrow]]'' (1959), ''[[The Unsinkable Molly Brown (film)|The Unsinkable Molly Brown]]'' (1964), and ''[[Wild in the Streets]]'' (1968). One notable role Begley played both on television (twice in [[Patterns (Kraft Television Theatre)|1955]]) and in the theatrical film (1956) is William (Bill) Briggs, one of the three primary characters in [[Rod Serling]]'s ''[[Patterns (Kraft Television Theatre)|Patterns]]''.

In 1956, he appeared in the Broadway production of ''[[Inherit the Wind (play)|Inherit the Wind]]'', in the role of Matthew Harrison Brady. For this performance, he won the [[Tony Award]] for [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play|Best Featured Actor in a Play]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ed Begley |url=http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=31506 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=July 4, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Inherit the Wind |url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=2514 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=July 4, 2015}}</ref> In 1968 he appeared with Clint Eastwood in the classic Western ''[[Hang 'Em High]]''.

His other television work included appearances on the 1954 TV series ''Justice'', ''[[Empire (1962 TV series)|Empire]]'', ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'', ''[[Bonanza]]'', ''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]'', ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'', ''[[Target: The Corruptors]]'', '' [[The Invaders]]'', ''[[The Wild Wild West]]'', ''[[My Three Sons]]'', ''[[Wagon Train]]'' and ''[[Going My Way (TV series)|Going My Way]]'', with [[Gene Kelly]]. Among his many Broadway credits were ''[[All My Sons]]'' and ''[[Our Town]]''.

==Personal life==
Begley married his first wife, Amanda Huff, in 1922; they had two children. Huff died in 1957. His second marriage ended in divorce and his third wife, Helen, survived him.<ref name=nyt/> Begley is father of actor [[Ed Begley Jr.]], from his extramarital relationship with Allene Jeanne Sanders.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-04-14-ls-58337-story.html|title=Rooted to the Cause; Ed Begley Jr. shines in a world in which some stars are environmentalists only when the cameras are on. He lives what he preaches|first=Connie|last=Koenenn|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=April 14, 1996}}</ref> His younger brother, [[Martin Begley]], worked briefly  for him as his manager. Both were members of [[The Lambs]] in New York.

==Death==
Begley died of a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] while attending a party at the home of [[Jay Bernstein]] in [[Hollywood, California]], on April 28, 1970.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ecpaAAAAIBAJ&pg=6338,7018819| title=Ed Begley Dies in California| newspaper=[[St. Petersburg Times]]| date=April 30, 1970| page=6A| access-date=December 4, 2019}}</ref> He is buried at the [[San Fernando Mission Cemetery]] in [[Mission Hills, Los Angeles|Mission Hills, California]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ellenberger |first=Allan R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8bOJCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22ed+begley%22+%22san+fernando+mission+cemetery%22&pg=PA194 |title=Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory |date=2001-05-01 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-0983-9 |pages=194–195 |language=en}}</ref> 
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==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1947
| ''[[Body and Soul (1947 film)|Body and Soul]]''
| Party leader
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[The Web (film)|The Web]]''
| Man
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Boomerang (1947 film)|Boomerang]]''
| Paul Harris
|
|-
| ''[[The Roosevelt Story]]''
| Narrator
| Documentary
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1948
| ''[[Sitting Pretty (1948 film)|Sitting Pretty]]''
| Horatio J. Hammond
|
|-
| ''[[The Street with No Name]]''
| Chief Bernard Harmatz
|
|-
| ''[[Deep Waters (1948 film)|Deep Waters]]''
| Josh Hovey
|
|-
| ''[[Sorry, Wrong Number]]''
| James Cotterell
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1949
| ''[[Tulsa (film)|Tulsa]]''
| John J. 'Johnny' Brady
| as Edward Begley
|-
| ''[[It Happens Every Spring]]''
| Edgar Stone
|
|-
| ''[[The Great Gatsby (1949 film)|The Great Gatsby]]''
| Myron Lupus
|
|-
| rowspan="6"| 1950
| ''[[Backfire (1950 film)|Backfire]]''
| Captain Garcia
|
|-
| ''[[Stars in My Crown (film)|Stars in My Crown]]''
| Lon Backett
|
|-
| ''[[Convicted (1950 film)|Convicted]]''
| Mackay, Head of Parole Board
|
|-
| ''[[Saddle Tramp (film)|Saddle Tramp]]''
| August Hartnagle
|
|-
| ''[[Wyoming Mail]]''
| Prison Warden Haynes
|
|-
| ''[[Dark City (1950 film)|Dark City]]''
| Barney
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1951
| ''[[You're in the Navy Now]]''
| Port Commander
|
|-
| ''[[The Lady from Texas]]''
| Dave Blodgett
|
|-
| ''[[On Dangerous Ground]]''
| Captain Brawley
|
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1952
| ''[[Boots Malone]]''
| Howard Whitehead
|
|-
| ''[[Lone Star (1952 film)|Lone Star]]''
| Senator Anthony Demmet
|
|-
| ''[[Deadline – U.S.A.]]''
| Frank Allen
|
|-
| ''[[The Turning Point (1952 film)|The Turning Point]]''
| Neil Eichelberger
|
|-
| 1954
| ''Big Boy''
| Joe Grant
|
|-
| 1955
| ''[[Kraft Television Theatre]]'' (TV)
| Andy Sloane
| Episode: "[[Patterns (Kraft Television Theatre)|Patterns]]" <br /> Nominated – [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role]]
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Patterns (film)|Patterns]]''
| William Briggs
|
|-
| 1957
| ''[[12 Angry Men (1957 film)|12 Angry Men]]''
| Juror #10
|
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Odds Against Tomorrow]]''
| Dave Burke
|
|-
| 1961
| ''[[The Green Helmet]]''
| Bartell
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1962
| ''[[Sweet Bird of Youth (1962 film)|Sweet Bird of Youth]]''
| Tom 'Boss' Finley
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]] <br /> Nominated – [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]] <br /> Nominated – [[Laurel Awards|Laurel Award for Top Male Supporting Performance]]
|-
| ''[[Naked City (TV series)|Naked City]]''
| Jimmy Fenton
| Season 4, Episode 9
|-
| ''[[My Three Sons]]'' (TV)
| Ed Wallace, Carl Storffmann
| Season 2, Episode 15 & Season 9, Episode 13
|-
| 1963
| ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]'' (TV)
| Kyle Hawkes
| Season 3, Episode 21
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1964
| ''[[The Unsinkable Molly Brown (film)|The Unsinkable Molly Brown]]''
| Seamus Tobin
| Nominated – [[Laurel Awards|Laurel Award for Top Male Supporting Performance]]
|-
| ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide (TV)]]''
| Piney Kinney
| Season 7, Episode 3
|-
| ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'' (TV)
| Micah Ellis, Mike Tyrone
| (2 episodes) Season 2, Episode 15 & Season 4, Episode 19
|-
| rowspan="5"| 1965
| ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'' (TV)
| Judge 
| Season 4, Episode 21
|-
| ''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive (TV-1963)]]''
| Dan Brady
| Season 2, Episode 27
|-
| ''[[Inherit the Wind (1965 film)|Inherit the Wind]]'' (TV)
| Matthew Harrison Brady
| Nominated – [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama]]
|-
| ''[[Gunsmoke#Television series (1955–1975) and TV movies|Gunsmoke (TV)]]''
| Jeb Crater 
|
|-
| ''[[Bonanza]]''
| Dan Tolliver/Clint Watson
| 2 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1966
| ''[[The Oscar (film)|The Oscar]]''
| Grobard
|
|-
| ''[[The Wild Wild West]]'' (TV Series)
|Season 2, Episode 14 Night of the Infernal Machine
|
|-
| ''[[The Lucy Show]]'' (TV Series)
| Andrew Bailey 
| Season 5, Episode 3
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1967
| ''[[Warning Shot (1967 film)|Warning Shot]]''
| Captain Roy Klodin
|
|-
| ''[[The Violent Enemy]]''
| Colum O'More
|
|-
| ''[[Billion Dollar Brain]]''
| General Midwinter
|
|-
| ''[[Do Not Fold, Staple, Spindle or Mutilate]]''
| Scotty Duncan
|
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1968
| ''[[Firecreek]]''
| Preacher Broyles
|
|-
| ''[[Wild in the Streets]]''
| Senator Allbright
|
|-
| ''[[Hang 'Em High]]''
| Captain Wilson, Cooper Hanging Party
|
|-
| ''A Time to Sing''
| Kermit Dodd
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1969
| ''[[The Monitors (film)|The Monitors]]''
| President
|
|-
| ''Secrets of Pirates' Inn''
| Dennis McCarthy
| TV film
|- Secrets of the Pirates' Inn
| rowspan="4" |1970 
| ''[[The Dunwich Horror (film)|The Dunwich Horror]]''
| Henry Armitage
|
|-
| ''[[Neither Are We Enemies]]''
| Annas
| [[Hallmark Hall of Fame]] Easter special
|-
| ''[[Road to Salina]]''
| Warren
| Posthumous release (final film role)
|-
| ''[[Corwin (TV series)]]''
| Stan Holindrake
| Posthumous release; Season 2, Episode 1
|}

==Radio==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%;"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Date
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Show
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Episode
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes
|-
| 1944–48
| ''[[Charlie Chan]]''
| All
| Charlie Chan
| <ref name="dunningota">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EwtRbXNca0oC&dq=%22Charlie+Chan,+mystery%22+%22Ed+Begley%22&pg=PA149|last=Dunning |first=John |author-link=John Dunning (detective fiction author) |date=1998 |title=On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio |section=Charlie Chan |location=New York |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=149 |edition=Revised |isbn=978-0-19-507678-3 |access-date=2019-10-22}}</ref>
|-
| 1946–1951
| ''[[The Fat Man (radio)|The Fat Man]]''
| Various episodes
| Sgt. O'Hara
|
|-
| 1947
| ''[[Mollé Mystery Theatre]]''
| "Goodbye, Darling"
| George Lucas
|
|-
| 1947
| ''[[The Adventures of Philip Marlowe]]''
| "The Friend From Detroit"
|
|
|-
| 1948
| ''[[The Whistler (radio series)|The Whistler]]''
| "Hired Alibi"
| 
| with [[Jack Webb]]
|-
| 1949–53
| ''[[Richard Diamond, Private Detective]]''
| Various episodes
| Lt. Levinson
|
|-
| 1949
| ''[[Let George Do It (radio)|Let George Do It]]''
| "The Man Under the Elm Tree"
| Darrell
| <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.greatdetectives.net/detectives/let-george-do-it-man-under-the-elm-tree/| title=EP0358: Let George Do It: The Man Under the Elm Tree| date=March 9, 2011| website=Greatdetectives.net| access-date=December 29, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 1951
| ''[[Fibber McGee and Molly]]''
| "Hitchhiking Bureau"
| Tilford C. Crabfish
|
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1951
| rowspan="4"| ''[[Tales of the Texas Rangers]]''
| "Blind Justice"
| rowspan="6"| Unknown
| rowspan="6"| <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.otrwesterns.com/tag/Ed_Begley/| title=Old Time Radio Westerns » Ed_Begley| website=Old Time Radio Westerns| access-date=December 29, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| "No Living Witnesses"
|-
| "Paid in Full"
|-
| "The Blow Off"
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1952
| rowspan=2 | ''[[Tales of the Texas Rangers]]''
| "Birds of a Feather"
|-
| "Prelude to Felony"
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Award 
! Category
! Nominated work
! Results
! Ref.
|-
| [[35th Academy Awards|1962]]
| [[Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Sweet Bird of Youth (1962 film)|Sweet Bird of Youth]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1963 |title=The 35th Academy Awards (1963) Nominees and Winners |date=October 5, 2014 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=May 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426053216/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1963 |archive-date=April 26, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[20th Golden Globe Awards|1962]]
| [[Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://goldenglobes.com/person/ed-begley/ |title=Ed Begley |publisher=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |access-date=December 25, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[1st Annual Grammy Awards|1958]]
| [[Grammy Awards]]
| [[Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording|Best Performance, Documentary or Spoken Word]]
| ''Great American Speeches''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/ed-begley/11584 |title=Ed Begley |publisher=[[Grammy Awards]] |access-date=December 25, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1962
| rowspan="2"| [[Laurel Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| Top Male Supporting Performance
| ''Sweet Bird of Youth''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| 
|-
| 1964
| ''[[The Unsinkable Molly Brown (film)|The Unsinkable Molly Brown]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[8th Primetime Emmy Awards|1956]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Best Actor in a Supporting Role]]
| ''[[Kraft Television Theatre]]'' {{small|(Episode: "[[Patterns (Kraft Television Theatre)|Patterns]]")}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/ed-begley |title=Ed Begley |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=December 25, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[18th Primetime Emmy Awards|1966]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama]]
| ''[[Inherit the Wind (Hallmark Hall of Fame)|Inherit the Wind]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[10th Tony Awards|1956]]
| [[Tony Awards]]
| [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play|Best Supporting or Featured Actor in a Play]]
| ''[[Inherit the Wind (play)|Inherit the Wind]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1956/category/any/show/any/ |title=1956 Tony Awards |publisher=[[Tony Awards]] |access-date=December 25, 2024}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{AFI person|42737-Ed-Begley}}
* [https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv580045 Ed Begley Papers] are archived at the [[American Heritage Center]], [[University of Wyoming]].
* {{IMDb name}}
* {{TCMDb name}}
* {{IBDB name}}
* {{Find a Grave}}

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