Matheson Lang
Acting
1879-05-15 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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(25)
movieThe Cardinal
as Cardinal de Medici · 1936 · 5.7
movieDrake of England
as Francis Drake · 1935 · 6.8
movieThe Great Defender
as Sir Douglas Rolls · 1934 · 4.6
movieLittle Friend
as John Hughes · 1934 · 5.0
movieChannel Crossing
as Jacob Van Eeden · 1933 · 8.0
movieCarnival
as Silvio Steno · 1931 · 9.0
movieThe Chinese Bungalow
as Yuan Sing · 1930 · 10.0
movieThe Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel
as Sir Percy Blakeney · 1928 · 9.0
movieThe Blue Peter
as David Hunter · 1928 · 8.0
movieThe King's Highway
as Paul Clifford · 1927 · 9.0
movieThe Island of Despair
as Stephen Rhodes · 1926 · 6.0
movieThe Chinese Bungalow
as Yuan Sing · 1926 · 9.0
movieThe Secret Kingdom
as John Quarrain · 1925 · 7.0
movieWhite Slippers
as Lionel Hazard · 1924 · 6.0
movieSlaves of Destiny
as Luke Charnock · 1924 · 8.0
movieHenry, King of Navarre
as Henry · 1924 · 9.0
movieGuy Fawkes
as Guy Fawkes · 1923 · 9.0
movieThe Wandering Jew
as Matathias · 1923 · 7.0
movieThe Hell Ship
as Jan Steen · 1923 · 6.2
movieDick Turpin's Ride to York
as Dick Turpin · 1922 · 10.0
movieA Romance of Old Baghdad
as Prince Omar · 1922 · 7.0
movieCarnival
as Sylvio Steno · 1921 · 7.0
movieVictory and Peace
as Edward Arkwright · 1918 · 0.0
movieMasks and Faces
as Coachman · 1917 · 4.5