# Gordon Begg

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{{Short description|Scottish actor (1868–1954)}}
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{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}
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| name         = Gordon Begg
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1868|01|14|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [Aberdeen](/source/Aberdeen), Scotland
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|1954|02||1868|01|14|df=y}}
| death_place  = London, England
| other_names   = Alexander Gordon Begg
| occupation  = [Film actor](/source/Film_actor) <br> [Stage actor](/source/Stage_actor)
| years_active = 1914–1954 (film) 
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'''Gordon Begg''' (14 January 1868 – February 1954){{Citation needed|date=May 2026}} was a Scottish [stage](/source/stage_actor) and [film actor](/source/film_actor).<ref>{{Cite book |last=McFarlane |first=Brian |title=The Encyclopedia of British Film |publisher=[Manchester University Press](/source/Manchester_University_Press) |year=2013 |isbn=9780719091391 |edition=4th |pages=62}}</ref> During the [silent film](/source/silent_film) era he made several films in [Hollywood](/source/Cinema_of_the_United_States), before returning to Britain. He appeared as [William Shakespeare](/source/William_Shakespeare) in the 1930 British [revue](/source/revue) film ''[Elstree Calling](/source/Elstree_Calling)''.

==Selected filmography==
* ''[The Cost of a Kiss](/source/The_Cost_of_a_Kiss)'' (1917)
* ''[A Sinless Sinner](/source/A_Sinless_Sinner)'' (1919)
* ''[The Harbour Lights](/source/The_Harbour_Lights_(1923_film))'' (1923)
* ''[The Bandolero](/source/The_Bandolero)'' (1924)
* ''[His Buddy's Wife](/source/His_Buddy's_Wife)'' (1925)
* ''[The Celestial City](/source/The_Celestial_City_(film))'' (1929)
* ''[Elstree Calling](/source/Elstree_Calling)'' (1930)
* ''[The Officers' Mess](/source/The_Officers'_Mess)'' (1931)
* ''[Out of the Blue](/source/Out_of_the_Blue_(1931_film))'' (1931)
* ''[The Sleeping Cardinal](/source/The_Sleeping_Cardinal)'' (1931)
* ''[Strictly Business](/source/Strictly_Business_(1931_film))'' (1931)
* ''[The Shadow](/source/The_Shadow_(1933_film))'' (1933)
* ''[Princess Charming](/source/Princess_Charming_(film))'' (1934)
* ''[Dangerous Ground](/source/Dangerous_Ground_(1934_film))'' (1934)
* ''[The Night of the Party](/source/The_Night_of_the_Party)'' (1935)
* ''[The Marriage of Corbal](/source/The_Marriage_of_Corbal)'' (1936)
* ''[Where There's a Will](/source/Where_There's_a_Will_(1936_film))'' (1936)
* ''[English Without Tears](/source/English_Without_Tears)'' (1944)
* ''[Welcome, Mr. Washington](/source/Welcome%2C_Mr._Washington)'' (1944)
* ''[They Knew Mr. Knight](/source/They_Knew_Mr._Knight_(film))'' (1946)
* ''[Great Expectations](/source/Great_Expectations_(1946_film))'' (1946)
* ''[What Do We Do Now?](/source/What_Do_We_Do_Now%3F_(film))'' (1946)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0066716}}

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Category:Male actors from Aberdeen
Category:Scottish male film actors
Category:Scottish male stage actors
Category:Scottish male silent film actors
Category:20th-century Scottish male actors
Category:20th-century British male actors

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