Aleksandr Shchagin was born on August 19, 1898 in village Polyanki, Zaraysk uyezd, Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire as Aleksandr Ivanovich Shchagin. He was an actor, known for The Golden Key (1939), Marriage (1944) and Boyevoy kinosbornik 11 (1942). He died on April 28, 1959 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR.