Editing Ed Begley (section)

==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>