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.
Movies & TV Shows
- The Hell Ship (1923) — Jan Steen
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The Great Defender (1934) — Sir Douglas Rolls
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The Cardinal (1936) — Cardinal de Medici
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Drake of England (1935) — Francis Drake
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Little Friend (1934) — John Hughes
- The Island of Despair (1926) — Stephen Rhodes
- White Slippers (1924) — Lionel Hazard
- Masks and Faces (1917) — Coachman
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Carnival (1921) — Sylvio Steno
- The King's Highway (1927) — Paul Clifford
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Channel Crossing (1933) — Jacob Van Eeden
- The Chinese Bungalow (1926) — Yuan Sing
- The Chinese Bungalow (1930) — Yuan Sing
- Slaves of Destiny (1924) — Luke Charnock
- Henry, King of Navarre (1924) — Henry
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Dick Turpin's Ride to York (1922) — Dick Turpin
- A Romance of Old Baghdad (1922) — Prince Omar
- The Secret Kingdom (1925) — John Quarrain
- The Blue Peter (1928) — David Hunter
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Carnival (1931) — Silvio Steno
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The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1928) — Sir Percy Blakeney
- The Wandering Jew (1923) — Matathias
- Guy Fawkes (1923) — Guy Fawkes
- Victory and Peace (1918) — Edward Arkwright
- The Merchant of Venice (1916) — Shylock