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Gordon Begg is a Actor born on 14 january 1868

Gordon Begg

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Birth 14 january 1868
Death 4 february 1954 (at 86 years)

Gordon Begg (1868–1954) was a British stage and film actor. During the silent era he made several films in Hollywood, before returning to Britain. He appeared as William Shakespeare in the 1930 British revue film Elstree Calling.

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Maurice Elvey
Maurice Elvey
(6 films)
Ivor Barnard
Ivor Barnard
(4 films)
Norman Walker
Norman Walker
(2 films)
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Jack Harris
(4 films)
Patric Curwen
Patric Curwen
(3 films)
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Filmography of Gordon Begg (25 films)

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The Queen of Spades
The Queen of Spades (1949)
, 1h35
Directed by Thorold Dickinson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans, Yvonne Mitchell, Ronald Howard, Mary Jerrold, Anthony Dawson
Roles General Volcholnikov
Rating70% 3.5411353.5411353.5411353.5411353.541135
Captain Herman Suvorin (Anton Walbrook) is a Russian soldier in St Petersburg in 1806. He comes from a working class background, and is consequently spurned by his wealthier fellow officers. Suvorin begins gambling, playing the card game Faro. He is told of an aged countess (Edith Evans), who allegedly sold her soul to the devil in exchange for success in playing Faro. Suvorin seduces her ward (Yvonne Mitchell) as part of a plan to learn the countess's secret of success.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations (1946)
, 1h58
Directed by David Lean, George Pollock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about children
Actors John Mills, Jean Simmons, Valerie Hobson, Alec Guinness, Martita Hunt, Finlay Currie
Roles Night Porter
Rating77% 3.896443.896443.896443.896443.89644
Orphan Phillip "Pip" Pirrip (Anthony Wager) lives with his shrewish older sister and her kind-hearted blacksmith husband, Joe Gargery (Bernard Miles). One day, Pip runs into an escaped convict, Abel Magwitch (Finlay Currie), who intimidates the boy into getting him some food and a file for his chains. Magwitch is caught when he attacks a hated fellow escapee, and is taken back to the prison ship.
Bad Company
Bad Company (1946)
, 44minutes
Genres Drama
Actors Mabel Constanduros, Gordon Begg

A dancer whose career was ruined in an accident has her mobility restored by a surgeon. Her boyfriend gives her a stolen diamond.
Medal for the General
Medal for the General (1944)
, 1h40
Directed by Maurice Elvey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Godfrey Tearle, Petula Clark, Morland Graham, Mabel Constanduros, John Laurie, Patric Curwen
Roles Old Steward (uncredited)
Rating66% 3.317593.317593.317593.317593.31759
The title character is Victor Church, a World War I veteran who becomes despondent when his advancing age prevents him from playing an active role in the battles of World War II. Feeling unwanted and useless, he retreats to his country estate and plans his suicide. He finds a new purpose in life when he opens his home to six rambunctious Cockney children evacuated from the London slums and tries to keep the mischievous group under control.
English Without Tears
English Without Tears (1944)
, 1h29
Directed by Harold French
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Michael Wilding, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Lilli Palmer, Claude Dauphin, Albert Lieven, Peggy Cummins
Roles Grandfather Gilbey
Rating59% 2.9525352.9525352.9525352.9525352.952535
Lady Christabel Beauclark (Margaret Rutherford), an english aristocrat, has become a fanatic bird fancier. She is a delegate of the British empire at the League of Nations in Geneva, where she is engaged in a crusade to secure the territorial rights for her beloved British birds, in both Britain and abroad. While she is occupied with this somewhat odd mission, her niece, Joan Heseltine (Penelope Dudley-Ward), has become more and more affectionate towards the family butler, Tom Gilbey (Michael Wilding), who accompanies the delegation in Geneva, to the point of falling head over heels for him.
The Lamp Still Burns
The Lamp Still Burns (1943)
, 1h27
Directed by Maurice Elvey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Documentary, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Rosamund John, Stewart Granger, Godfrey Tearle, Cathleen Nesbitt, Margaret Vyner, John Laurie
Roles Old Carter (uncredited)
Rating61% 3.0912953.0912953.0912953.0912953.091295
During the Second World War, Laurence Rains (Stewart Granger) is annoyed when female architect Hilary Clarke (Rosamund John) insists he must enlarge the first aid room in his factory to satisfy government regulations, despite having the best safety record in the country. He encounters her once again, now a nurse trainee assisting a doctor treat one of his employees. He finds out that Clarke only became an architect to please her father, who had no sons to follow in his profession. When she saw how her young assistant at her firm, seriously injured in a traffic accident, was tended to by the nurses, she found her true vocation. Pamela Siddell (Margaret Vyner), a violinist and Rains' fiancee, sees his attraction to Clarke.
Sons of the Sea
Sons of the Sea (1939)
, 1h22
Directed by Maurice Elvey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors Leslie Banks, Kay Walsh, Mackenzie Ward, Cecil Parker, Simon Lack, Ellen Pollock
Roles Waiter
Rating56% 2.8236852.8236852.8236852.8236852.823685
England, 1939. The head of Dartmouth Naval College is murdered. His successor, Captain Hyde, believes that he was in fact the intended target of the assassination. He soon begins to realise that both British and foreign intelligence agents are at work. He enlists the help of his son, a reluctant sea cadet, to smoke them out.
Dangerous Ground
Dangerous Ground (1934)
, 1h8
Directed by Norman Walker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors Jack Raine, Joyce Kennedy, Gordon Begg, Kathleen Kelly
Roles Holford
Rating56% 2.835732.835732.835732.835732.83573
After a police detective is murdered his girlfriend decides to solve the case herself.
The Night of the Party
The Night of the Party (1934)
, 1h1
Directed by Michael Powell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Leslie Banks, Ian Hunter, Jane Baxter, Ernest Thesiger, Viola Keats, Muriel Aked
Roles Miles
Rating58% 2.9083152.9083152.9083152.9083152.908315
After inviting guests to a dinner party the ruthless press baron Lord Studholme is found murdered during a party game. The investigating detectives have to work out which of the guests had the motive to murder him.