- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 15, 1879
- Place of Birth
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Died
- April 11, 1948
Matheson Lang
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.
Filmography
movieThe Chinese Bungalow
1940 · Theatre Play
movieThe Cardinal
1936 · Cardinal de Medici
movieDrake of England
1935 · Francis Drake
movieThe Great Defender
1934 · Sir Douglas Rolls
movieLittle Friend
1934 · John Hughes
movieChannel Crossing
1933 · Jacob Van Eeden
movieCarnival
1931 · Silvio Steno, Theatre Play
The Chinese Bungalow
movieThe Chinese Bungalow
1930 · Yuan Sing
movieThe Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1928 · Sir Percy Blakeney
The Blue Peter
movieThe Blue Peter
1928 · David Hunter
The King's Highway
movieThe King's Highway
1927 · Paul Clifford
The Island of Despair
movieThe Island of Despair
1926 · Stephen Rhodes
The Chinese Bungalow
movieThe Chinese Bungalow
1926 · Yuan Sing
The Secret Kingdom
movieThe Secret Kingdom
1925 · John Quarrain
White Slippers
movieWhite Slippers
1924 · Lionel Hazard
Slaves of Destiny
movieSlaves of Destiny
1924 · Luke Charnock
Henry, King of Navarre
movieHenry, King of Navarre
1924 · Henry
Guy Fawkes
movieGuy Fawkes
1923 · Guy Fawkes
The Wandering Jew
movieThe Wandering Jew
1923 · Matathias
The Hell Ship
movieThe Hell Ship
1923 · Jan Steen
movieDick Turpin's Ride to York
1922 · Dick Turpin
A Romance of Old Baghdad
movieA Romance of Old Baghdad
1922 · Prince Omar
movieCarnival
1921 · Sylvio Steno, Theatre Play
Victory and Peace
movieVictory and Peace
1918 · Edward Arkwright
Masks and Faces
movieMasks and Faces
1917 · Coachman
The Merchant of Venice
movieThe Merchant of Venice
1916 · Shylock