Known For
Acting
Born
May 15, 1879
Died
Apr 11, 1948
Place of Birth
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Credits
26 titles
Matheson Lang
Biography
From Wikipedia Matheson Alexander Lang (May 15, 1879 – April 11, 1948) was a Canadian-born stage and film actor and playwright in the early 20th century. He is best remembered for his performances roles in Great Britain in Shakespeare plays. In 1916, Lang became one of the first major theatre stars to act on film, as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, with his wife as Portia. He went on to appear in over 30 films and was one of Britain's leading movie stars of the 1920s. Among his memorable roles were Guy Fawkes (1923), Matthias in The Wandering Jew (1923) (which also featured his wife as Judith), Henry IV in Henry, King of Navarre (1924), and Henry V in Royal Cavalcade (1935). Lang also wrote the plays Carnival (1919) and The Purple Mask (1920), both of which were produced on Broadway and made into films. Matheson Lang died in Bridgetown, Barbados. He was 68.
Known For
Filmography
The Chinese Bungalow
Theatre Play
The Cardinal
Cardinal de Medici
Drake of England
Francis Drake
The Great Defender
Sir Douglas Rolls
Little Friend
John Hughes
Channel Crossing
Jacob Van Eeden
Carnival
Silvio Steno
The Chinese Bungalow
Yuan Sing
The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Sir Percy Blakeney
The Blue Peter
David Hunter
The King's Highway
Paul Clifford
The Island of Despair
Stephen Rhodes
The Chinese Bungalow
Yuan Sing
The Secret Kingdom
John Quarrain
White Slippers
Lionel Hazard
Slaves of Destiny
Luke Charnock
Henry, King of Navarre
Henry
Guy Fawkes
Guy Fawkes
The Wandering Jew
Matathias
The Hell Ship
Jan Steen
Dick Turpin's Ride to York
Dick Turpin
A Romance of Old Baghdad
Prince Omar
Carnival
Sylvio Steno
Victory and Peace
Edward Arkwright
Masks and Faces
Coachman
The Merchant of Venice
Shylock