Gordon Begg

Gordon Begg

Born: January 14, 1868
Died: February 4, 1954
in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK

Movies for Gordon Begg...

The Queen of Spades
Title: The Queen of Spades
Character: General Volcholnikov
Released: March 16, 1949
Type: Movie
An elderly countess strikes a bargain with the devil and exchanges her soul for the ability to always win at cards. An army officer, who is also a fanatic about cards, murders her for the secret, then finds himself haunted by the woman's spirit.
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Great Expectations
Title: Great Expectations
Character: Night Porter
Released: December 26, 1946
Type: Movie
In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.
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They Knew Mr. Knight
Title: They Knew Mr. Knight
Character: Sims
Released: March 5, 1946
Type: Movie
After a chance train encounter with Laurence Knight, Tom Blake's family's fortunes prosper on the beneficence of the great financier. A developing friendship leads to the Knights selling their home to the Blakes when they move back to London. All looks rosy for the Blakes as share prices in Mr Knight's new business venture soar, but is their confidence misplaced?
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What Do We Do Now?
Title: What Do We Do Now?
Character: Stage Door Keeper
Released: January 1, 1946
Type: Movie
Lesley and Wesley, comedians awaiting their turn at the Skewball Hippodrome, appoint themselves amateur detectives to find a stolen diamond brooch.
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Strawberry Roan
Title: Strawberry Roan
Character: Shepherd (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1944
Type: Movie
Farmer Chris Lowe meets and falls in love with Molly , a chorus-girl. Despite the fact that she is a city girl through and through, she accepts his proposal of marriage and after the wedding goes to live on the farm. Chris realises that the transition for Molly will be difficult, and in an attempt to ease her into farm life, buys her a strawberry roan calf to look after. Unfortunately Molly finds the adjustment to rural life extremely difficult and does not settle down. She fails to integrate into the local community and starts to feel she has made a big mistake.
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Medal for the General
Title: Medal for the General
Character: Old Steward (uncredited)
Released: November 6, 1944
Type: Movie
A retired general helps out by sheltering some evacuees during WWII.
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English Without Tears
Title: English Without Tears
Character: Grandfather Gilbey
Released: July 28, 1944
Type: Movie
While Lady Christabel Beauclark, a bird fancier, is scurrying about demanding certain territorial rights for British birds from other countries, Her Ladyship's niece is falling in love with the family butler, Tom Gilbey. The birds are forgotten when war breaks out, and Gilbey now finds himself in love with the niece whose love was previously unrequited. Written by Les Adams
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The Lamp Still Burns
Title: The Lamp Still Burns
Character: Old Carter (uncredited)
Released: November 29, 1943
Type: Movie
A tribute to the important work of female nurses during World War II.
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Sons of the Sea
Title: Sons of the Sea
Character: Waiter
Released: December 23, 1939
Type: Movie
The head of Dartmouth Training College has been murdered, and his successor, Captain Hyde, suspects that he himself may have been the intended target. He enlists the help of his own son Philip, a reluctant cadet at the college, to help him confirm his suspicions about planned enemy action... but meanwhile, there is a Secret Service agent staying at the college observatory, the foreign-born professor of astronomy is behaving strangely, and Naval Intelligence disclaim any knowledge of what is going on...
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Sword of Honour
Title: Sword of Honour
Character: Grandpa Brown
Released: August 13, 1939
Type: Movie
A recruit at Sandhurst initially makes a poor impression, but goes on to prove himself by riding in the Grand National.
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Where There's a Will
Title: Where There's a Will
Character: Aldrich, the Butler
Released: August 10, 1936
Type: Movie
Will Hay plays the pennyless, bungling solicitor Benjamin Stubbins, who arrives at his office to find his insolent office boy (Graham Moffatt) with his feet up on the desk, reading a wild west magazine, which Hay confiscates so that he can read it later. Stubbins later takes a job from a group of Americans who claim they want him to track down some ancestors of theirs in Scotland. In reality however they want to use his office so they can rob a safe in the room immediately below his office. Stubbins takes the job (which is designed to keep him out of the office). In the end Stubbins realises his mistake and at a Christmas Eve fancy dress party he informs a group of carol singing policeman about the Americans nefarious activities
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The Marriage of Corbal
Title: The Marriage of Corbal
Character: Shepherd
Released: May 28, 1936
Type: Movie
The film hinges on the love triangle between a young aristocratic lady on the run (Cleonie, played by Hazel Terry), the murderous Varennes, Citizen-Deputy of the Revolution who saves her by disguising her as his nephew (Nils Asther) and finally the Marquis of Corbal of the film's title, played by Hugh Sinclair.
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The Night of the Party
Title: The Night of the Party
Character: Miles
Released: July 16, 1934
Type: Movie
A major newspaper publisher dies in suspicious circumstances during a parlour game at a dinner party. The publishers secretary is the obvious suspect, but the inspector isn't so sure ...
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Dangerous Ground
Title: Dangerous Ground
Character: Holford
Released: May 1, 1934
Type: Movie
Two insurance detectives work with the police to identify and bring down a crime kingpin. One is murdered, but his partner and his daughter continue.
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This Week of Grace
Title: This Week of Grace
Released: June 30, 1933
Type: Movie
Grace Milroy loses her job working at a factory. However, through a strange set of circumstances, she is taken on as housekeeper at the nearby Swinford Castle the home of the eccentric Duchess of Swinford.
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The Shadow
Title: The Shadow
Character: Willit
Released: March 2, 1933
Type: Movie
A group of people in an old dark house are terrorized by a mysterious hooded figure dressed in black who proceeds to kill them off one by one.
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Strictly Business
Title: Strictly Business
Character: Stormont
Released: December 29, 1931
Type: Movie
The daughter of an American leather magnate is sent on a series of sightseeing tours in London with her father's business associate, but finds herself targeted by an opportunistic blackmailer.
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Out of the Blue
Title: Out of the Blue
Character: Mumford
Released: November 5, 1931
Type: Movie
Impoverished aristocrat's daughter Tommy Tucker is in love with radio announcer Bill Coverdale, but he is engaged to her more glamorous sister Angela, who he does not love. Seeking escape from this hopeless situation, and her life of genteel poverty, Tommy flees abroad to Biarritz to become a nightclub singer.
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The Sleeping Cardinal
Title: The Sleeping Cardinal
Character: Marston, the butler
Released: February 15, 1931
Type: Movie
A card cheat is threatened with exposure into joining a criminal enterprise that Sherlock Holmes believes is controlled by Professor Moriarity.
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Elstree Calling
Title: Elstree Calling
Character: Shakespeare
Released: February 6, 1930
Type: Movie
A series of 19 musical and comedy "vaudeville" sketches presented in the form of a live television broadcast hosted by Tommy Handley (as himself).
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Sacrifice
Title: Sacrifice
Character: Cheriton
Released: March 26, 1929
Type: Movie
'Lady persuades her son to divorce his actress wife by implying their baby is illegitimate.' (British Film Catalogue)
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The Celestial City
Title: The Celestial City
Character: Truscott
Released: March 1, 1929
Type: Movie
A British silent crime film directed by J. O. C. Orton
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Piccadilly
Title: Piccadilly
Character: Coroner
Released: February 1, 1929
Type: Movie
A young Chinese woman, working in the kitchen at a London dance club, is given the chance to become the club's main act.
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Clothes Make the Woman
Title: Clothes Make the Woman
Released: June 4, 1928
Type: Movie
A young Russian peasant feels pity for the Princess Anastasia and saves her life by accidentally wounding her in the massacre of the Romanovs during the Russian Revolution.
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A Sinless Sinner
Title: A Sinless Sinner
Character: Dr. Norton
Released: August 1, 1919
Type: Movie
A forger's arrest shocks his pregnant wife, causing their daughter to suffer strange trances.
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The Vengeance of Nana
Title: The Vengeance of Nana
Released: May 1, 1915
Type: Movie
'A spurned Indian woman seeks revenge on the man who promised to marry her.' (British Film Institute)